The last 2 days been cutting up this huge oak in my neighbors yard. It was blown down about 2 o'clock monday (daytime). The top just barely landed on my side of the fence. Was rotten in the trunk center. I will have to reload a small video of me pulling down some of the branches. The quality is bad. The pic of the house is the only damage I have seen so far to the house.
Lots of good limbs there. Good firewood in a few years. Stay safe during cleanup. Sent from my SM-T280 using Tapatalk
Looking good with the tractor there. Pulling that stuff down is the only way to go. Hope you get lots of free BTU's out of it. I was looking again at the vid. That was a pretty good size oak tree. Do you have a saw big enough for the trunk.
It's really my neighbors tree. He will keep most of it. He is like 67 and has had heart trouble so I am helping out. I got a small load so far, but I am not a fan of those twisted limbs since they don't stack well. But will make him some good wood. My largest saw is a Stihl ms650 and have a 32"bar for it so I think I can get that trunk down. The squealing is my little boy watching me!!
I should also say that he and his wife were helping as well. Tuesday he has his trusty ms170 out and was cutting a good bit of the top as well.
Glad you are able to help out on this clemsonfor and also happy your son got to watch. That is great when the little ones get to watch their dad working. It plants a good seed. It doesn't look like much damage to the fence so that is good.
Good to hear just some minor fixes after that storm! Also good to hear that you get some saw and tractor time out of it and that you can help out a neighbor. So about the tractor..... sharp looking little guy! Did you fix and paint it all up or did you get it like that? Either way it looks in great shape
I bought it like that 9 years ago. It's actually the wrong color. It's too orange. I have yanmar red to paint it, but just have never taken the time to tear it down aND respray it. Plus it's not a priority. And thanks!
I love it. I sought it out. Kubota seems to hold a lot of value. I bought mine toward the tale end of their popularity run before the big lawsuit hit . And the iseki, and Himinto (or however you spell it) and mitsibishi have parts issues. Yanmar is pretty well supported by the aftermarket and if you know the lingo you can still get stuff from yanmar usa. I looked at American tractors and really thought about a ford 2000 or 3000 or a massey. While there better with ground engaging implements, because they weigh more that weight would be a hindrance sine I trailer it a lot. Parts can be more expensive as well and they use way more fuel usually. I also looked at a big Ag tractors to keep at the farm (nothing but trees at my farm today) but part and implements would have put it way out of my budget and I would hAve lost the trailerability aspect that I wanted.
Nice job clem , not much damage other than the tree , that's good Going to take a little while to cut that bugger up
Actually DOT came by and removed the trunk and the main huge knotty part. Helps both us. Cause that's a lot of sawing to make some wood. I would of done it but I don't love making firewood out of giant knotty stuff
I like the trunks. (oak and pine here ) They usually make for some nice straight easy firewood, but forks/crotches can be a bear to split and who wants to damage a splitter wrestling with them. I've split a few just being stubborn but it really isn't an efficient use of time and effort. I've borrowed a bigger saw too. Or shared the big stuff with someone with a bigger saw. I'll throw out or give away for firepit burn the stuff I can't be bothered with. Easier to do when you've got plenty. Most of the fighting crotches I've done in the past was due to not having enough so more of a necessity. I've noodled some too. Seems like a waste of gas and time sometimes though. Most of my firewood has been either storm downed or gypsy moth kill. Sad on both but sadder on the latter.
