Also found a bat in a log at the same property. I moved it, was just fine. I hate those dang snakes!!! It's been so warm here in Northern California that the rattlers are out.... The property owner where i was cutting at mentioned she killed a rattlesnake next to a log. Needless to say the log got pulled 30' away and then bucked up carefully. She thought it was funny. I thought 30' was a good start, did i mention I hate snakes?
I’ve found a lot of different things. A few years ago I did a big willow removal. The base was about 30” and I found a piece of 1/2” rebar standing up dead center in the base. It was obviously used to support the tree when it was young and stayed in there. Ended up trashing two chains before I figured out what it was. Another removal I did in a horse pasture. A big dying maple, was hollow in the top. I dropped it and was making my cuts for rounds. Got about 15’ above the notch and hit something solid. So moved up and made the next cut. That one ended up being a rock night then a softball and smaller then a soccer ball. Buy it was huge for being in a tree. And the only way that thing could have gotten in there was a hollow spot another 10’ up. Someone must have really tried hard to throw that rock all the way up there. Last one was a big sugar maple that Scotty Overkill dropped for me at my house. It was also hollow and I cut a squirrel in half while cutting rounds. Mid cut my saw dust turned bright red. Scared me and I ended up finding two halves to a squirrel. Ended up doing the same to a snake later in the year.
Just got this Saturday, scrounging a big tree they cut for the power lines. Obviously it was used as a cable anchor for a pole at some point. Glad I missed it with the saw, didn't notice this until I rolled the rounds down to my son.
Insect/animal wise = ground hornets Man made crap = you name it, old fencing, nails, u hooks for old electric lines, cement to fill rotting holes.... If you give me a choice of animal or what a person has put there I'll take animal everytime
I haven't found anything of interest myself, but the Village legend around me is that one of the really old maple trees down the road had a Model T Ford crash into it way back. Supposedly the hand crank from the front end is embedded in the tree. That would be an interesting one to find someday.
Not with the chainsaw!!! I remember watching a "Tree Surgeon" fill a large Sugar Maple with concrete from about 18' up. Made a mental note don't cut that tree when it dies. I hit a clothes line reel once it did not do any justice to my chain ripped some of the teeth off.
My worst so far was an old apple tree someone dropped softball sized rocks into. Rocked two chains till I figured it out
I was cutting up some elm just the other day. Hit nails in it three different times. Wrecked 3 chains in nothing flat. Yard trees.
Always stay away from cutting into the crotch of a tree by at least 8 inches north and south, for some reason that's always where a person has put and rock or other foreign objet that will dull your chain. It was in the crotch right?
Depends on the breed. Our rabbits live outdoors, and they thrive in the winter. It's the summer where they take a beating from the heat up north.
Sorry, Boettg33, I meant the snake he found. Rabbits do ok in the cold unless they are indoor pets, they don't grow the winter coat.
This was a few months ago. I was told it was a light fixture. Can't get much closer! Same log as above, they were on the bottom of the log and I never saw them till I rolled it over.
