Maybe You could use your truck to pull it down first like this. This was dumped in my yard so I used lawn tractor
Nice! No truck, though. I will start with the simplest, lowest tech solution to begin with, a stepladder and my wedges.
You go girl! Good luck, becareful swinging a sledge hammer on a step ladder sounds a bit sketchy. But one has to do what you have to do to get the job done!
It's in a back yard, behind several levels of terracing. I have to bring out chunks with a hand truck through the neighbors' yard.
I see, Is there anything else around that you could attach to, then use a come along and pull it down?
There is the oak stump itself. Could sink a bolt into it. But if I did get it tipped over, with my luck it would fall on the connected part and I'd be up a creek. Really, I think the homeowner's instincts were right when he stood it up. Now there's a horizontal surface to tackle.
I made it down to Lowell, and took apart the stacked rounds. They were not as tall as I remembered, so no need for for a stepladder. First the easy part, the half where the rounds were sawed apart: Then the solid half. The old guy really wanted to come apart, one small wedge split him down to the bottom: It got a little gnarlier towards the bottom.
It was hard to figure out what was going on here: But he popped open. The final split: All chunked up: And always my favorite shot, loaded up and ready for home. Hope you enjoyed the blow by blow!
I'm glad to see you ended up standing on that slab, much safer than trying to swing a sledge on a ladder. Divide and conquer you took care of that sucker didn't you Didn't even need the Estwing Ain't no chunk of Oak stoppin you
Nice! Nibble away until it's to the size you need. Good job! Hoard on! Sent from my SM-T280 using Tapatalk
Great work! I went and busted up these two today. One normal sized split more than a trunk full. Didn't get the meter on them, but pretty dry.
Nice maple, quick to dry, not like my oak! If you have the right tools, you can take the big ones home.
Midwinter, I must say, in the most complimentary way possible for a lady... You're a beast! Nice job! THAT is some wood that will heat you three times!
