So I am out split'n some wood this afternoon and a fella pulls up in a truck and hops out and waves me over.... I shut down and we have a chat... he is from out of state and purchased a piece of property about 1/2 mile away. He needed advice on local land clearing to put in a driveway... He says "do you like to cut wood?" I says...... uh huh!! He says he has a tree down I can have, wanna come look? I go down to his place and his tree is a big red oak..... not sure dbh but my 24" bar wont get it in one swipe..... cool I'll be down here next week to take care of this eyesore.... lol. He goes on to tell me he is planning on taking out all the red oaks around his future home sight and can I cut those for him. There are about 8 of them about the same size as the downed tree and plenty of space to fall them. So I'm already feeling like I'm having a good day. Then he asked me how much I would charge to cut them down and take out the big wood? He will take care of the brush. I tell him I'm sure we can work something out that works for both of us, just let me know when your ready to take them down. So not a lot of wood or even a pic.... just a good story to pass along.
You painted a pretty good picture with your words. Bingo! Sounds like a winner to me. No charge, especially if he takes care of the brush and sawdust! As for the 24" bar not going through in one swipe, I do all our cutting with a 16" bar and regularly cut up to 30" or more with it. Sure, a bigger saw with a longer bar will cut faster but we don't need it. Besides, my back hates heavy saws anymore. The lighter the better and all things being equal, a 16" bar and chain weigh a whole lot less than a 28 or 36" bar. Now go plan out how you are going to get all that beautiful oak!!!
I know we love firewood here, but are the oaks nice enough to yield sawlogs? Do you/anyone you know have a way to load and haul them? You'd still get plenty of wood from the tops and a nice little payday at the mill.
I will take care of his tree's on the cheap for sure, but I am also going to be overseeing his driveway guy and doing property checks for him while he is back in FL.... I'll probably take a few bucks for all that. I am semi retired, so I need CAD money. I really really need a new 7910
As for the saw logs..... yes on the standing tree's, but not cutting those right now anyway, the one that fell is snapped and probably not..... I have tried a time or two on saw logs before although it's been a while... wasn't worth the effort at the time. I had a chainsaw mill and milled some myself, but the lumber that I sold didn't feel like it was worth it. I did make some nice trim for my old house out of it though.
Good story, great prospect, DonE Treat the man right and you might come out of "semi retirement!" Think of all the CAD issues that could be swept away.....
Dennis, I hate to disagree with you because you have more knowkedge and experience BUT a 16 inch bar will not go thru all my trunks.. in fact I still have a cord of ash in log for that a 20 inch bar in a circle will not get through I figure why I am still looking for 70 to 80 cc saw need z 25 plus bar to get thru the big stuff.. the bucket of 50 hp Kubota rolled trunk went around whole thing still at least 5 inches in middle un cut.... Cousin bringing up 461 with 25 and 30 inch bar we will get her How I know it's a cord log is 66 inches across average and over 10 feet long...
That sounds like a really good score Don. You got that splitter just in time cause you're going to need it now
Standing at the end of the log with a 20 inch bar, cut to the depth you like your splits to be, make 3 cuts 16 1/2 in wide cutting down with the grain, vertically (noodling) step to the side and do your cross-cutting, could even do some horizontal Cuts in the middle part. You have to get it down to size sometime
Yup tried that starTed piecing I like a pie but 455 started throwing chain and then cousin showed up and said get a bigger saw and he got a brand new 461 with 25 inch bar?and I will show ya hot to do it.... so ... I still got 5 cord split I got to stack... I can wait.. that was my frustration log... I would go out with 60 cc saw and 20 inch bar a 2 foot wedge and sledge hammer ... I will post pic soon it's kinda funny.... but I live in Vermont and I only get logs free that are too big for most people then use and chain cause to heavy to lift but it's free wood
Nice score set up DonE !! A 7910 will work nicely. Sounds like a good deal for both of you. Having used a ms460 and my 029super back to back, I can say that the 80cc saw works a lot better on big stuff than the 60cc saw. Now the funny part is that the 460 with a 20" bar weighs about the same as my 029super with a 16" bar. That's not using a scale, but picking the 2 up side by side.
Sounds like Friday the 13th was your lucky day! Awesome score! Had a bit of luck myself, but nothing like that. I took a 1/2 day off work to do some stuff outside. Get in my car to drive home, and the rains just start pouring - "doesn't that just figure". But as I'm getting closer to home, it starts letting up and I see blue skies over the house. T-storm passed us by about 3 miles south of the house and we didnt get a drop of rain from it. The cool breeze we got made for a real nice day to work outside.
Canadian border VT I'm not saying nobody needs a bigger one, just not I. We simply do not have trees that size here and I can saw a 30" or just a tad bigger with the 16" bar. I think one time I cut a 34" diameter log with the 16" bar. Just needed one whack with the axe to get it apart as there was just a little of the heart still holding on.
Size MattersI have cut big wood with a 20" bar on a 60cc saw and it works but he 70cc or 80cc with a longer bar just make things easier.
Well the loggers processor takes up to 28 inch diameter logs. so the get the normal size stuff.. but I can go grab the big stuff the processor won't handle it's pouring or I would post some Pics... Every once in a while.. when loggers are doing a small section and don't bring processor I can get a log truck of not worth going to mill pretty cheap got hit with skidder or split etc etc.. those little one are soooo much easier but good thing about big rounds when you slab them out you get nice square splits for cribbing... When I got 2 old sugar maples from edge of field those 2 tree cut split and stacked out to over 11 cord... just so everyone knows.. the sugars base goes 5 feet across then 10 or so feet up the get what we call leaders or branches (usually 4 or 5) that grow basically up the (those average 24 inches diameter) then regular branches come off those. Backwoods Savage of course you don't have any big tree.. you been burning over 50 years! And are 100 percent wood heat...
