There is a fairly large oak on the way to our church. It's not as big on the stump as I thought using some of the measurement apps. I know the road is 22' shoulder to shoulder so that's what I used for scaling. Also, no, this tree is not something I could tackle, this is just something I am wondering about. Here's what I came up with as far as scaling and pics. What's your best guess? Canopy, about 100+ feet in diameter: Width of trunk, 5ish feet: Height of main trunk, 19 ish feet: Over all height, 61-62': I honestly have no idea, what's the best guess of those who've tackled something like this?
2-3 cords? "Branchy" trees like this one that have lots of large branches really add onto your firewood hoard when you start CSS'ing!
I would think at least 4 cords. There has to be at least 20 beams coming off the main trunk that are small to medium trees themselves. Also, a 5' diameter trunk that length would easily be at least a full cord once cut and split. I know one thing, I sure as heck wouldn't want to deal with all the brush!
What is smallest diameter round your keeping? Down to 3" would be a cord more than down to 6" is my WAG.. A lot of limb wood there.
I cut some down to 3" as long as it's elevated. The small stuff on the ground gets piled up with the forks on the FEL. To be clear, this tree, as far as I know, is not coming down. It's just one of the largest we have along a roadway. I think my white oak, line tree is as big, just in the woods so it doesn't stand out like this one does.
That would be bad. This thing would close the road down til they got Brobst Tree Service out to clean it up. The volunteer fire dept doesn't have big enough saws for this thing.
I got almost 3.5 cords from a red oak that was 32" dbh, no stump rot up the trunk yet, tops chipped in the front yard. Towered over the (street) power lines but wasn't a yard specimen tree with a lot of width. Grew up more than out. I had one of those 32" rounds roll and pin me on the ground . For almost a minute I thought I was going to be there until someone came home but I was able to reach a log for a lever to get it off my legs. One of those ( luckily few) I-can't-believe-I've-done-this-to-me moments. Be careful.
