Someone needs to invent a chainsaw with "metal sense" on the chain...like those table saws that "stop n drop" the blade the instant that you touch it with flesh...I seen a demo of one once...they stuck a hot dog into the blade and it went "bang" blade instantly stopped and dropped below the surface of the table...the raw hot dog had not a mark on it!
Mulberry is reasonably common in my area. I see them in shelterbelts occasionally and around town pretty regularly. I think they tolerate drought better than most fruit trees, which is a must in this part of the world. My grandma used to make jelly out of it when we were kids as I recall. The tiny seeds are a bit annoying, but I remember it being very tasty otherwise. Haven't had any in years. That has to be two or three times the size of any mulberry that I've seen though. I love mulberry as a smoking wood. Definitely up there with apple (probably my favorite on the smoker, but I don't find much of it) and hard to beat on a long cook like a pork butt. Good sweet smoke and the wood puts out heat forever. brenndatomu It's a cool idea. I'm afraid it'd be nearly impossible to import the tech without serious modification. The table saws and such that are equipped with the "safe stop" blades are putting out a low voltage electric current across the blade. When your hand, which conducts electricity much better than wood touches the blade the circuit starts pulling more current. Sort of like a GFCI outlet in your bathroom or kitchen. The system slams a sacrificial chunk of aluminum into the blade to instantly stop the blade and there you have it. You're down a saw blade and the brake will need replaced, but you can still count to ten without using your toes. I don't know how you'd engineer it to work on a chainsaw without ruining the chain (which is what you're trying to avoid in the first place). I'm sorry if I leaned into a sarcastic side comment with a lesson on saw stops. Hard to tell on the internet if someone is being genuinely curious or sarcastic.
Chain wasnt too bad. Few teeth had a good blunt to them and luckily it was the full skip chain that got it the worst. Lots of meat left and got them back to good shape yesterday. Some tedious hand filing but its done. Good news is im eventually going back for the rest. Some decent splits in the big rounds plus some slicing and dicing on the gnarly ones. They got a foot of snow there and only a couple inches here. I want it dry to work it.
Got most of it split yesterday. Yellow wood galore. Just some noodle logs and the shorts to process. On the gnarly side with some cool grain though. Made lots of chunkies. Topped off a half cord stack of mulberry. Lots of metal found by the splitter. Need another rack to empty. Ill be headed back soon for the rest.
Brad when he finds wood with metal in it. I really admire your commitment. I would put mulberry right next to black locust when it comes to btu's.
Will this be for your personal use? Wondering why you made the exception to travel further than normal. That’s one big mulberry!
It will get sold. I made the exception as mulberry is a rare score and probably once in a lifetime chance to get one this big. Plus im a wood hoarder. Its a special kind of crazy.
Looks like hedge to me. That is massive for a mulberry, never seen one that big before. It is big for hedge also, but I have seen some hedge that big before. It looks like hedge regardless of the size. WOW at the metal! I might have to pass on that; never seen that much metal in a tree. If I hit metal a couple of times, I walk away; too much clean wood to wreck chains on stuff like that...
Rack opened up yesterday and stacked what was left of the splits. Filled a quarter cord. A few noodle logs and chunklies left to store. Planning on going back before months end.
That is a monster. They are pretty decent size around here too(central Kansas). This one was 26" with a little metal in it too. Burns great, does pop when disturbed but overall one of my favorites. Burning some right now as a matter of fact.
