It was a warm day for the day of Winter Solstice and I decided to drop the dead oak at the property line. I watched this tree die over the last few years; probably a victim of the droughts. I used the Echo 330T from jon1212; a bigger saw would have been better but for now all I have is the Echo. It did not fall where I wanted it to fall. I took the fence down around the back veggie garden because my intent was to drop it on the garden area away from the blueberry bushes. However, there was a limb hanging out that I was 100% sure would catch on a small maple nearby. It did. When it caught the maple, it spun the tree around enough for it to land on the other side of one of the blueberry bushes; a bit of damage but the main part of the bush was spared. Of course I had planned my escape route and was way away by the time any of that happened; I ran as soon as I saw the tree starting to go over. I bucked it up; I created a quick measure stick, and called it a day as the sun was dipping low in the sky. The outer sap wood was pity as to be expected but good solid wood inside. I will get it to the house and split and stack tomorrow.
I have a big one below the house that I will take down once The Beast is back home. Maybe too large for me to handle but there is no we here.
To the left in the photo, you will see part of a dead locust that was leaning against the oak tree; it came down when the oak came down. The bottom part of that locust appears to be across the property line so I will leave it. However, if there is any good in the top part, that is now mine.
You anticipated what it might do, got it on the ground safe, with some good fire to haul out Job well done The outer layer of punk is no problem as long as you keep it covered well, because that punk will soak up water like a sponge.
