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Sometimes you need to walk away

Discussion in 'The Wood Pile' started by Greg, Dec 21, 2023.

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  1. Greg

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    I got a trailer load, and it has half of one piece of trunk but I don’t know from how far up. Chainsaw starting now!
     
    Greg, Dec 22, 2023
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    Would love to see pics of those slabs! Bet they will be awesome. :dex:
     
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  3. Greg

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    Cut up and ready for splitter
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    Greg, Dec 22, 2023
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    Sometimes and especially with red oak, at least the red oak I've worked, the heartwood can get quite soft especially closer to the stump. I call it stump rot. It's not surprising the carpenter ants get into it.
     
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    I meant slabs of the chunk that was taken on the flatbed.
    And I was thinking more on the thread title, I simply don't know how to walk away from a monster. :loco: :crazy: The bigger the better :):cool::smoke:.
     
    The Wood Wolverine, Dec 22, 2023
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    It was a darn good battle IMG_0104.jpeg IMG_0105.jpeg
     
    Greg, Dec 22, 2023
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    Metal there’s bullets from the civil war!!
     
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    Mine would have breathed a sigh of relief! I find big stuff usually requires the saw more than the splitter.
     
    Haftacut, Dec 23, 2023
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    Half the battle with that one is done. Its in the truck
     
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    Musketballs are soft lead. I’d be more worried about Stegosaurus toenails :)
     
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    Well I built a box wedge on a 19 ton. I knew its limitations when I did it and that chunk o trunk are well beyond that LOL
     
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    Well beyond mine as well!
     
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