Cut this up today at stepdaughters. Her BF took it down earlier this year to get utility wires/pole in for their place. Dont think ive ever bucked a tree with this much hollow. Main trunk, twin forks and even into a smaller limb it was hollow. Stump has a new purpose! Used the truck to move the wood. Stored on their property. It'll get split and stacked with the birch i cut there in the Summer.
They were a lot lighter and easier to pick up. The bigger ones had loose bark so itll get SS and sold 23-24. Recognize one of the saws and the stack covering?
Didnt pay attention, but either pignut of bitternut. EDIT: after studying the bark closer i believe it to be a bitternut. Scarcest hickory in these parts IME. Pignut & shagbark the other two. Mockernut may be around but cant confirm if ive seen one in person.
I have not. Still sitting in the PU. Havent used the tongs either. Old habits die hard here. Pick em up and carry. I will sharpen (eventually) I seem to use them when i have a good distance to carry rounds to the PU and that mostly happens with BL. One of the few woods ill go the extra mile (or two) for
I halfed a few to laod and they did split easy. All the nuggets/shorts came back here and were run through the hydro at storage this morning. Working on a cord of high btu, extended drying shorties and these got added to it. Just need a bin for them. Mostly white oak and honey locust plus hickory.
