Yeah, I hope they make a really neat witness display. We (the family and I) visited Muir Woods in CA a while back. There was an epic redwood witness cookie.
Wow Jason, you hit the jackpot on this one! It makes one curious just how much total weight of that tree. It would certainly take some big equipment to pick it up. Glad you got your wife involved. And yes, she is beautiful. I know I have some happy memories of my wife and I working together. Same goes for our two sons. One of my favorites is when as a family we worked at making a buzz pile. Hauled many wagon loads out of the woods then me and the two boys buzzing up the wood. We had a saw that mounted on the front of a Super M. Made the cutting go quickly but we could not have cut that oak you got.
Good job. There is still some nice wood above the stump. I bet you are tired of wrestling with that monster.
Yes sir! I had to take the evening off so as not to burn myself out on it. There's still much work to be done. Guys over on ope have been estimating weight and Kevin came up with about 800-1k per 16" round! I agree with that assessment. With two rounds in the Tundra and only 10lbs of air in the airbags, if I hit a whoop or a big bump she would have nailed bump stops. Luckily it's only 5.5 miles away and smooth enough road for me to prevent that. Hoping to cut a 12x12x12 block and weigh it. It's definitely great memories for me, and I think her too. I don't ask too much, it's more about being together for me. She's a critical care nurse @ the local hospital and times have been very very taxing.
I put a 27” diameter oak cut to 16” on a scale this spring and it came out to 389 pounds. I also cut an oak to 16” that was around 42” diameter, split it and took some random splits hoping to get an average and that one came out to be 735 pounds. I would say your biggest rounds are close to that estimate
I will agree with Kevin on the weight. I well remember picking up one red oak log cut to 16" and had no ballast. It was a bit tricky steering.
Two more rounds this evening. Unfortunately I hit some rot in the second piece. There’s still some useable wood in there so I’ll take another one or two then move on. This is the new staging area. Hard to see but there’s 7 rows.
They get split and used in a wood stove (smoke dragon) in my basement. I wish I could heave them in a boiler!!
Same here brother!!! Big ole Thermo Control in my basement compliments of Cobleskill NY. I could fit some huge chunks or rounds in there. Problem is they take forever to season but do burn for a long time. Lots of heat with the old dragons, but lots of wood.
Posting these to show the weight of this beastie red oak. I went at it again this evening. Last round on the stump. I should have passed as it was mostly punk. Then I made a cut on the “small end. Happy to report it’s very solid wood. Cut that up and called it a load. Totally got dark in me.
How do you buck without cutting into dirt on the rootball log? Its get tricky especially with a huge bar.
You don't. When I get down close, I slow chain speed down a lot and sometimes give it throttle in pulses watching the color of the chip. After the whiter sap wood, it gets brown quick, but there's usually no getting around some action in the dirt. Believe you me, I'm tired of sharpening these 42" loops of chain. I have two and one has always needed touched up. I'm done with the stump now so it should get better in that aspect. I switched to the 365sp and a 24" for noodling duty. I want to send this saw to Kevin for port work so trigger time is needed.
Big work indeed!! Made the mistake of loading up after a late breakfast this morning. The crotch piece I’m now working on is a booger. Grain orientation is all over. Saw is screaming away, producing dust like milling and cutting very slow. The heat and fumes from that, and the sun beating down on me didn’t take long to make me feel like I could puke. Went through my 50oz water container like nothing. So I decided to call it a day. There was so much tension everywhere I sawed. Got the 365 stuck once and had to work to get it out. Just an overall pain in the rump. I’ll tackle it another day, I need a break.. This is all I got.
You know what’s worse than big wood? Big knotty wood! It also produces pieces that are virtually impossible to split. Just an all around time sink
