All this huge oak is giving me piles...of wood!

I got this score purely by accident/luck. The wood gods were smiling down on me again. I was cutting at a roadside score back in early February when a guy stops and asks if i wanted wood. As ive stated in the past "dumb question to ask a wood hoarder". He lived a couple minutes away. I stop over and he has the remnants from two huge red oaks felled by the May 15 tornado last year in his back yard. I guess tree guys bucked them up and left. He had posted adds on CL and the other scroungers took all the easy stuff but not these behemoths. BuZZsaw to the rescue. Went on a Sunday back in February and quartered the 16-18" long logs, but the others were 24" long/25-30" diameter and frozen to the ground. Some had to be bucked as well. Went later and cut them in half and quartered them. Pulled a load in February when ground was dry and frozen. Finally after waiting for the spring thaw and April showers to stop i was able to get the PU in and pulled a second load late today. Some pics are from February (snow on ground)
30" rounds bucked into 12" lengths. 6' tall rootball guys poor shed from blunt impact trauma. Actually drove the concrete pilings farther into the ground logs from todays load prior to quartering February's load (fuzzy pics from my cheap flip phone todays load before loading todays load tight quarters in my processing area. BuZZsaw sardine stacking in the PU still maybe half a truck load to get. 1 1/2-2 cord for the score

 

Your truck looks like it had plenty of traction, steering probably sucked but your tires won’t spin.

 

I think the truck got a hernia OhioStihl

 

I don’t think you have enough weight on it

 

you caught that before i edited. You guys dont miss a beat!

 

hows the dead locust score going Eric VW ?

 

yeah first the Spring thaw then April showers! And you guys have had some heat already!

 

Looks like you have been buzzing. Way to get after it.

 

Heck yeah!!!

 

I not ready for any "heat" yet, still have too much to do. 65 to 70 deg. would suit me fine for another month or two.

 

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Looks like @bear1998 was helping you load your truck Brad. "A couple more will fit". . Nice score BTW.

 

Nice work Brad, that’s a lot of oak.

 

How's it going with your oak MikeyB ?

 

The saw pictured is my 460 with a 20" bar.
believe it of not Backwoods Savage, up until 15 months ago thats all i had ...my 290 with a 16" bar, other than my little Husky 334 arborist saw. Never had used a chainsaw with a bigger bar! I bought a used 460 powerhead for $40 not realizing what i got. Got it in working order, bought a couple bars and now im able to hoard big wood with ease.
Since October 2017 a lot of larger diameter wood has been available to me. I guess it was a sign from the wood gods!
Didnt you get a 261 if my memory serves me right?

 

do you use the 180 mostly for limbing and skinnies? How do you like it? I almost bought a used one on CL last week