A new BBQ guy wanted some post oak. He came last Friday and helped break it down to handling size. He got a nice load... What we have left of the big rounds... He texted me later that afternoon, he got this rack full split Said he had this much left to do
I most definitely can not do what T.Jeff Veal is doing there! If I did that, the folks on the west coast very well might hear me scream in pain.
Over the winter, we finally pulled enough wood from the biggest shed so we were able to finish the partition wall. Monday, we got Blue Samson set up there and started processing the hickory we have to go into the right side...these are the 2 biggest... 1st time Samson has tasted hickory, these logs are knotty, but not stringy. Samson did fine, grunted a bit on the lift... We got the big log on the left split and stacked, almost 4' high...
I didn't get the video. Was using phone to play my headphones...it handled the big hickory, even with the 4-way on it. I went single wedge when got to the crotches and really big knots...as for black gum, gas is still too high for that...
We got the restaurant load ready, used some from another customer's rack, said he wouldn't need any more this year...... Then we started back processing hickory. Got the other big log split and stacked, about 8' high now. Then got the rest of the hickory from that score bucked.
A friend called a few months ago about a nice white/post oak down on his hunting property. Got a chance yesterday to get it. Just a few miles from home. Had a 5 minute tractor ride from the tree to the trailer though, it was worth it. The smaller limbs had been mulched already. Main trunk was 46' long I cut the root ball almost off, cut a few logs off the top. Root ball set back in hole and it lifted the trunk out of the mud...... Got pretty close to the ground, 26" DBH 4' up. 'Bota with a 6' log. Road was kinda narrow, had to wiggle the 9' between the trees. With the main trunk and big limbs, made a nice load...
Thanks, brother. Didn't think we could make it up that hill with a loaded trailer and had some tight turns. Had thought about skidding a long section out, but that can cause more erosion and dirt/rocks in the log to deal with.
About 4 minutes, I was in a lower gear too. At least it wasn't far in the truck. We don't get white/post oak often.
Went to the woodyard last night after work. Got the rest of the hickory split into the shed... Big pile of uglies we're giving to a friend, their hunting cabin has a huge fireplace, don't feel like noodling them to size... Chud I found the Delilah to Blue Samson last night...big hickory crotch round... Hit 3000psi on gauge, single wedge...that's some tough stuff. So I repositioned it, and took slabs off the sides... That broke it on down... Only got the 2 stump cut offs left to do from this hickory score, then we will start on some older hickory logs we got from the Plantation job.
