That old red oak shook the ground for sure. My back is aching looking at those rounds, I worked up a few ~20-25" diameter yesterday and was glad to go back to my real job today (don't "work" near as hard at that one)
Scotty, those stories and picures of trees being taken down and worked up are some of my favorite postings. Love it when it goes well, esp. When you take a tree away from being able to take out a house. I honestly don't know how anyone woul tolerate an oak over their house. I have several here and they are alway dropping limbs that could do a number on a house or car. My oaks are not over my house or where I park. Anything under an oak gets covered with catapillar poop. Nasty stuff.
Scotty Overkill ... you have to be the happiest tree hunter in the world... ... sure is fun watching you go...
Welcome to FHC UWC. Lots of good folks here. Looking forward to hearing about your firewood adventures.
As Stinny said, welcome to the best firewood club on the planet!! Oak is one of my faves too, one of the mainstays of my woodstacks. As long as you give it several seasons to season, it'll give amazing heat and coals.
Like Scotty says, too many variables ... number of guys, equipment needed on site, etc. The guy I have coming in about ten more days basically needs to get $1200 a day for 4 guys, equipment and insurance. When I had my business, all the insurances were $30K a year. He says his was $54k last year. Massachusetts is brutal. $850 for this red oak, about 25 inches above the crack. He's chipping the branches ( he really wanted the chips for some reason), I get the wood in 4 foot sections.( I'm not asking them to cut sixteens, they might though.) I don't like that crack. That and another one just out of sight showed up late this Summer. It will land on the house if it goes north/northwest. 10mm lens wasn't the best for height perspective:
