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The old White Oak

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  1. JCMC

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    Ten years ago a third of this tree broke off and fell. I have been waiting for the rest to come down and it finally did in the last major storm. I was kind of leery of trying to cut it so I decided to let Mother nature take care of it who knew it would take that long. Now I just need to clean up what is on the ground and then I can drop the rest of this tree. This will be firewood for 2020 -2021
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  2. MikeInMa

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    Yup - gravity doesn't always suck. ~smile~

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    And it fell right where I wanted it. Just love it when a plan comes together.
     
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    Hope it holds itself off the ground enough for you to have easy cutting.
     
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    Boy that's a dandy! Nice, clean, open area to work in too. Not surrounded with undergrowth and possible varieties of those pesky poison ivy's and oaks!
     
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    That is really nice. If it stays off the ground you could not find a better situation for cutting it up. Sweet!
     
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    Nice. Now get busy!
     
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    Good firewood :thumbs:
    Go at it [​IMG] :tree::axe:
     
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    Yeah, good thing it didn't hang in another tree coming down. Wonder how many critter condo's were in it...
     
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    Wow I didn't realize it was 1 and 1/2 years ago that the Old White Oak came down well I finally got out to cut it up. It gave the 357xp a pretty good work out. 20181215_103530.jpg

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    Ready to split tomorrow

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    Still good firewood :D 24.gif :axe::stacker:
     
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    Yes, that's nice wood. We had some big white oak logs that we cut Feb, '17...had a little fungus and the sap was spalted but it was still 35-40% moisture.
     
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    Started splitting today then it started to sleet mixed with freezing rain.
     
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    very nice pics. thanks for sharing!! :thumbs: its amazing how time gets away from us sometimes. :doh:
     
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