It was mine, then it wasn't, now it is.

White oak died at our old house last summer. The new owner was going to pay to have it taken down. I told him it was a easy fell and if he wanted I would be glad to do. Today was the day. Drama free, now I just need to buck it up for some future BTU's

 

Fantastic, looks like some good weather for cutting.

 

Do you get to keep the wood?

 

Great pic! That'll make for a dream to split.

 

Yes I do. I'll work on getting it done Friday.

 

Nice! Great that he let you fell it and have the wood. Looks like a primo straight grained tree. Some nice splits to come from it.

 

I’d try to turn that into a mill log

 

Nice get. How far is it from your new house?

 

Did you enjoy visit to the previous homestead?

 

They say you can’t take em with ya. Nothing wrong with going back for them tho

 

Literally across the road.

 

Nice and easy

 

41 foot of useable trunk. I cut it into 82" lengths and hauled it home with the tractor. Weather isn't looking to good until Friday so I'll wait till then to buck it a up.

 

Nice drop.
So you moved across the road? Must have liked the area!

 

Thank you. Yes liked the area well. Got a really great deal on the house and then did really well selling the old one with the market as it was last year.

 

No one asked - did you deal with/remove the brush-twigs-top stuff (some extra work) or get to just let the refuse sit there (everything's coming up roses)? Nice score and so nearby... good job!

 

The owner and I cleaned up what little debris there was yesterday.

 

Worked on bucking it up this afternoon. It will be a few weeks before I can split it though. Going to be visiting family in sunny Florida next week or two.

 

Nice straight log. Should be easy spliting.