Back in April I made a post about this tree. Had lots of outside signs of stress and when I was investigating around the base I found termites. Scheduled my tree guy to come take it down (had a few others that needed to go too) and I'm so glad I did. There was a lot of damage to the tree even up high and the base had a huge hole in it that went to the ground where the bugs had been eating out the center. I live down in Baton Rouge, Louisiana and with Hurricane season upon us I'm really glad I pulled the trigger on this guy. Caught a picture of the climber that limbed the top out before they fell the main trunk, made me queasy just watching him do that. Here's a shot of them with the trunk down about to buck up the rounds. The rotted based. The wife for scale. I cleared a small area next to my barn lean-to for them to place the rounds that weren't totally ate up with termites. Gonna be a lot of splitting in my future!
oh yeah those truck rounds and the other poles they placed from the other trees they cut are going to keep me busy for a while. I traded in my future birthday and Christmas presents so that I could finally buy a splitter. I really wanted a lite commercial unit like Wolf Ridge splitter but I only split a cord or two at the most per year so this was in price range and so far has been great to use and eats up every stringy knotted round I throw at it.
Nice! I bet it serves you well for a long time. I’m really needing some sort of table or extension like that for mine. I’ve been stacking two rounds up for a place to sit wood while I split down the other half.
Jeremy, you got some good firewood from that tree. I have some friends who live not too far from you and they have really had lots of rain this year. I makes me wonder how it has been for you?
ooh, la la and the stump is nice, too we had one that was just starting with the stump rot - no carpenter ants yet except way up the top where a big branch had broken off years ago. Had it taken down as it was towering over the electric lines at the road. Had a big crack in it after a big wind storm and could have fallen on the house. Got 3 plus cord out of it.
Similar story. 70 year old oak looming over the house. Big branch came off in a storm landing on the roof. Got 3-4 cords out of it. Tree climbers are a different breed.
Good job on the decision to get it down, that's a man-killer if left go. And you've got some fantastic firewood coming from those big rounds!
You can say that again....lol.... Picture of blacksmith up a big pin oak we pieced out last week...... Me up a huge Norway maple we.pieced out a few weeks back..
Ya look like Buckin Billy Ray from the back. Maybe not a different breed just a certain breed hahahahahaha
Smart move taking that down. Piece of mind is priceless. Some good wood to come from it despite the rot. Got your work cut out. We have a similar tree on the side yard the landlord claims he wants to take down. Good lean toward the shed. About the same size as yours.
That was a nice tree, great wood even in the bottom sections, nice splitter too. My wife traded in a chance for a diamond ring for her 30th anniversary and told me to spend the $$ on a TSC 30 ton splitter, it has served us well.
It didn't take Mrs PMM long to put a stop to the bling. Kubota ZD 28, Bad Boy Buggy, manure spreader, wiring the barn vapor proof, tractor shed... I still get to do the maintenance.
