Any ideas? Is this more than I can safely handle?

You took the words right out of my mouth.Split a slab off of a smaller round and use that as a wedge to keep the cut from pinching the bar as you cut.

 

Park a Car in a Garage??
There’s a Novel Idea

Ya know, them doors are BIG Enough, that just might work, Nah, I have so much Stuff in there, a car would never fit

But, I Bet that Someone, Somewhere has tried that


Doug

 

Here’s what I see, esp in the last 2 pics-it appears there is room, perfectly-I would tow strap/chain the branch butt that is up in the near of the photo, remove the branch butt in the far of the photo nearest the house the main log is resting upon- It appears to me that when pulled with truck or winch, that log is going to roll one time and end up on the ground perfectly and still propped slightly to begin cutting from the near end down-once the prop end is removed, the log cant should be enough to buck the tree towards the house...Remove all doubt and get the log safely on the ground-No pinch concerns, wedges handy and buck to length-My 2 cents but exactly what I would do as a 1 man op-those 2 branch butts near in the pic are going to stop the roll, bringing it to rest in the perfect position

 

I have used a pole saw to finish cutting in the middle of an elevated horizontal span so I can be safely out of the way. Cut a narrow V from the top as far as you can without danger of the wood breaking. then finish up from the bottom with a pole saw. A pole saw is way cheaper than an ER visit.

 

If you can, take your time, stay on the up hill side, of any log, don't get in a situation where you aren't sure what could happen, think it all out first thing. You have a power saw, not a ''misery whip''. I cut a similar log this past summer up for my daughter, it was ALL on the ground, and lots of metal. I just worked it up one problem at a time. It's in my wood pile right now. She went on a vacation, i told her i'd have it cleaned up before she got home. She was gone a week. Think it out, be safe, it'll all work out. Don't make it a job, make it an experience, make it enjoyable, and fun, oh, and, be safe. There's a lot of really nice wood there, i'd love to be there helping you.

 

Thanks to many of you for warning me about metal... I think I can already see that it has some.. noticed a stain on the stump end in my pics.... what do you all think? Metal? Mark from chainsaw bar?

 

What does the actual stump look like? If the stain matches, might be a little metal in it.

 

Looks just like the stain that my daughters oaks had in them, METAl! What ever it was, its been there a long , long time. Know anyone with a metal detector? Might not be a bad idea to check it.

 

It is always hard for me to tell from pictures exactly what the critical details are. It looks like you could get a round or two off the stump easily enough which would improve access to the main log. Make a bucking cut in the main log, as close to the ground as possible and drive in wedges until the log lifts off the ground. Finish the cut. And so on. If that doesn't do the trick, make bucking cuts as far as possible then wedge/sledge from the side or noodle to free up as much as possible and proceed from there. Of course it is Always easy when you aren't the one actually doing it.

 

the blue stain in the middle is metal in the tree , hope you find it splitting and not cutting
looks like your chain has stained a bit too, happens with green red oak sometimes

 

Definitely metal in there somewhere! Be careful, take extra chains. Being it's in the center of the log, it'll be hard to tell where it actually is. Pic showing how metal leaves the exact coloration you are seeing.

 

Hopefully you can cut a round above the metal then split the round.

 

finally had a few hours to play today and as luck would have it the big wood was still there! What a beautiful day to break in the new 462... was sunny in the mid 40’s after a week of straight rain. The saw with the 28in light bar was amazing and near perfectly balanced. After giving that big trunk another look I decided to tow strap it and pulled it down almost to the ground. From there I was able to place other rounds to support the log as I cut. I planned out each cut carefully and took my time. All went very well as it was incident free. Another fellow hoarder was there taking smaller stuff and offered to help me tackle the bigger wood. I was very glad for the help and I cut a few extra rounds for him and we helped each other load. In all I took home about 8 rounds ... 6 in the trailer and 2 noodled and put in the truck. Rounds were about 32in diameter. What a day... First wood haul in the new truck and first couple tanks through the new saw. Thanks to everyone here for all the great advice. I was sure to tell guy helping me to to look up FHC and sign up. I could tell he was as happy to talk all things firewood as I was.

 

Sweet!

 

The wood is now unloaded.... time to kick back and relax

 

AWESOME!!!!
Those rounds are bee-a-you-tee-full! Great job man.

 

I'm Stihl mourning the lost opportunity to mill some of that Beautiful wood

Sure it will make GREAT Firewood, but it didn't ALL have to be Firewood
I guess Realtors are Right, it is all about Location, Location, Location


Doug

 

New guy here but I’m on both of the other sites. I had a 41” white oak that was close to your dilemma. I took it to the ground to buck and put wedges in as I cut to prevent pinch.

 

Here’s a quick vid of how I get those big rounds on the trailer with hurting my back any more than it is.
First time so we went slow to make sure there were no hang ups. Sorry, can’t get video to load.