dats a biggun, 65" oak

Noodlin sure is fun though

 

Very nice.

 

I passed on some rounds like those at my private tree dump -they were chest height and I'm 6'4"
They old man that owns the place tried to goad me into working one of them up, had I had the 441 then I'd of probably taken a slab at it

As far as keeping the clutch cover from plugging, you need a good 4 extra inches of bar in front of the spike

 

They get to the point of not being allot of fun when they get that big. I cut up a 52" maple and that was a whole bunch of cutting. I had a couple cuts on the trunk I could not quite get all the way through with the 28" bar from both sides. Trees like that make a 77cc saw seem quite small. I like the cuts that take seconds better than the ones that take minuets. It was worth it when it stacked out to 5.5 cords of wood. I swear it looked like a half cord of sawdust by the time I was done cutting.

 

I kind of agree. Those big rounds yield a lot of splits, but they get to a point where it takes a lot of time and energy to cut them, move them, and split them. I tend to think that I could get the same amount of wood from small rounds in less time than those big uns

Unless you have some heavy equipment to handle monster rounds, then it's no biggie. But all I've got going for me is a truck, an axe, and a young back

 

Yep

How long you think Id be out there with my dinky little 291

 

Hey that's true. It could always be worse

 

This is the biggest tree that 170 ever tackled. It got retired for the 291 shortly afterwards



Proof that it got diced up :

 

I would Get a long bar and cut it to tables
That stump would make a monster stump table
I love burning wood don't get me wrong lol
But some trees big old or twisted ... deserve to be honored and remembered

 

Yep that looks way too familiar. I had to go take a couple ibuprofen just from looking at the pictures.

 

Worked on an oak that big a couple years ago. I split the rounds with wedges and a sledge hammer. Lucky for me, they broke apart fairly well - better than I thought actually. I kept splitting them that way until I got pieces I could handle.

 

A little one from last year

 

I like working with stuff that size. A few rounds is a big pile of splits.

 

As long as the tree is put to good use it all balances out in the end. Luckily that locus hasn't had to come down, I imagine it would be a bear to drop, and dangerous to boot. I tend to stay away from anything above the 40' range.