Some logs a friend had dropped on the family property last year, now he’s ill and we don’t know when or if he’ll ever get them processed. I wanted to at least get it sectioned stacked and covered but they are massive and the going is slow. I was already doubtful about the work to benefit ratio and then I roached a fairly new c83 chain on some imbedded steel courtesy of some long dead homeowner. I think this is a walk away for me, and if I can’t hack it I’m pretty sure he can’t either. They’ll probably get posted on CL free stuff. How big is too big for you?
The big boy rounds are a lot of work, but boy do they make a lot of bark less splits. Biggest I’ve done was around 54” diameter. My limit would be how big the 32” bar will handle from both sides. So maybe 60” or so.
It would depend on the species. I can winch, truck and put any size round on the splitter with the grapple, ie. no noodling. I'll take any size of oak ect. I'm to sore and beat up now to handle large rounds by hand. If I could go back in time I wouldn't take a lot of what I did.
I love the Full Metal Jacket reference 3 feet is my limit, and it better be straight grained oak on level ground where I can drive right up, quarter and load. Definitely not playing ball with anything half punky either.
Too big? Never heard of her. 42" bar on that saw. Another massive oak score Massive 118yr old + Oak base I tend to seek the big stuff out. The yield per score is where it's at. The tree in that first pic was 5 cords s/s, in just that one tree. Glutton for punishment
Cant blame you there. BIG wood is hard enough without equipment let alone working in difficult conditions. Ive cut nearly 40" wood and 36" is probably my limit provided its in ideal cutting conditions ie no tangles, rocks/roots, hills etc. AND hopefully i can roll it to finish the cut. I wont touch big gnarly trunks either. Havent run the 36" bar in quite some time.
After cutting into manageable pieces. it split fine. It was pretty rotten in the center. Those had a lot of ground moisture in them, so after cutting I left them lay for about a week.
In campinspecter's playground, this is so much fun. 41' 6" long at 60" across. He thinks it yielded about 7 cords. 36" bar on the Husky 395XP
Biggest one I've fooled with is a log that I helped my brother bring home...was 5' dia. and 11' ish long...forklift rated for 5k lbs wouldn't pick it...had to tip it over into the raised dump trailer bed then lower the bed down and scooch the log the rest of the way in with the forklift then. The funny part was that we were so concentrating on getting this loaded up safely that we didn't even notice until after that a crowd had gathered to watch (it was sitting in the parking lot of a local store...they were going to have it made into a giant chainsaw carving, but when they started carving on it they found some punky spots or something)
