Small oak take down

A coworker asked me of we could drop an oak for him. He is fixing to build an auto shop and said it had been dropping some limbs. We stopped by late Sunday afternoon from looking at another job anout taking down 2 pecan trees.
This is what we walked up too...
Just happened to have a couple with us...
Going down...
Landed safely
Nice that the trunk stayed off the ground...
MS461 w/28" bar did the trick. I had the 32" bar with us, but didn't feel like changing the sprocket to 7 pin.
It's a dandy, for sure.
Not the biggest we have cut, but the biggest I think I have dropped
It's post oak, he thinks it's between 125-135 yrs old.
We will tackle taking it apart this morning...
More pics to come

 

Big heap BTUs there!

 

Biggun for sure. That was the fun part, dismantling that canopy is gonna take some planning.

 

hey nice fell!
I always enjoyed bucking, good workout, trying to out work the saw . . .
have a blast doing it!

 

Shewwwww that's a biggun! Nice work

 

I hope you like limbing. It could’ve shed a few more before you got there.
Nice score, nice old tree.

 

Nice job getting it on the ground! With a big tree such as that, I always like to see how many cord it equates to once it’s all processed. You’ll have to keep us posted on your post oak

 

Nice fall Jeff. That's a nice one!! Lotta limb wood in that beast. Lotta saw time too.

 

Nice job !!!

 

Like other's have said, a lot of BTU's in that tree, but a lot of work ahead of you to get them. Hope you don't find any metal and get it processed safely.
Maybe you'll get a tune-up out of the deal.

 

Holy cow! Nice that you had a clear spot to drop it. Ton of work getting that cut up!
Work safe folks.

 

Clear skies, level ground, lots of space, quality wood, and a personal record for size…what a dream!

 

A lot of wood and a whole lot of saw time ahead.

 

Holy acorns! With all the limbs, I think I would have charged a nominal fee to drop it and let him clean up and keep the wood.

 

i was thinking the same. Ill bet there is three cords of wood there, but a boatload of saw work.

 

id guess 5+ cord depending on how small jeff cuts, and yes, a ton of saw work!

 

It had some lean that way, after I made the face cut, I decided to bore cut the center from the face cut side, lessen barber chair possibility. Then did my back cut, leaving it very thick on left hand side, hoping to swing it a li6 more. Post oak is brittle, doesn't pull fibers like white oak does. But glad it went down safe.