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Red oak and beech today

Discussion in 'The Wood Pile' started by mike bayerl, Oct 21, 2020.

  1. mike bayerl

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    20201021_214936.jpg 20201021_214841.jpg A couple months ago a decent sized (?18-20" diam) red oak fell over our fence. Luckily, it wedged between a double trunk beech tree so the fencing sustained only minor damage so I didn't have to deal with it right away. Today I finally got started cleaning it up. I put several tanks of fuel through my trusty Jred CS2139T limbing. With a sharp chain and 12" bar this is a very light and very strong unit. I'll be breaking out the bigger saws tomorrow to deal with the main trunks. Should make some high quality BTU's.
     
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    Love red oak. Sounds like fun, enjoy the day. Supposed to be about 80 tomorrow. I took a vaca day for some 2 wheel therapy.
     
  4. mike bayerl

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    I saw that forecast. Not ideal for late October. I took M-Th vacation time this week and have made a good dent in the to-do list.
     
  5. MikeInMa

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    Nice looking saw. Glad to hear the fence isn't ready for the scrap pile.
     
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    Love that little saw, wish I had one of those. Nice red oak too
     
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    Wow... Talk about getting lucky on the fence... Definitely some good BTU's there....
     
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    Cool little top handle. Nice job on the fallen tree
     
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    Great when they land in a good harvesting position. Dontcha wish they all did?
    Nice little saw. Ive been using my Stihl 194T with a 12" bar as well and love the little guy.
    IMG_3326.JPG Some smaller BL i used it on.
     
  10. mike bayerl

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    Started making red oak rounds today. Fence popped right back like nothing happened here. The top of the beech did a little more damage, but should be o.k. Quality, high-tensile, fixed-knot fencing is definitely worthwhile. The Kubota was very helpful ensuring the safety of me and the fence as I extracted the logs and debris.
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