Those two things are needed when dealing with wood under tension and no heavy equipment to work with. This tree came down a month ago and the main trunk landed like an arch. I tried making a few cuts after freeing it from the stump but started getting the bar pinched. I was planning on getting a friend to help me but when I went into the woods to dump some leaves I had raked up, I found the trunk had rolled over making it easier to get cut up. I will do the final cutting tomorrow. Nice red oak and I will be getting over 35 blocks from it. First pic taken shortly after it came down and the second pic is from today.
A pleasant surprise. Makes your job a little easier...and safer. Easier is gooder when hoardin in my book! Keep us updated Erik B
What is not going to be easier is quartering the blocks so I can handle them. It is nice to still be able to swing a maul even if I am over 72YO. I don't have to move them far to my splitting area. I used my 192t to cut a few pieces off the one end and then started a kerf every 16 inches down the trunk. The 029 super will finish the cuts.
I got it all cut up today and I got a few split and a couple noodled before I ran out of steam. This one tried to escape. The other blocks that didn't escape is the second pic. 3rd pic is the first one I noodled. Last pic is what I still have to quarter and move to the splitting area. Little punky around the edges but that is only an inch of punk, the rest is solid. The ones I quartered and noodled where brought to the ready to be split pile, you can barely see it on the right of the first pic.
Had a friend over yesterday and he helped me get the last 8 rounds out of the woods and to the splitting area. I had to quarter 7 of them and noodle one of them . I am guessing it was around 1,000 lbs of wood. Having help made short work of this project. Snowed overnight so I am glad I got that done. It is all stacked on pallets so it should start drying over the winter.
