Just wondering if people other than me lose their mind when given the opportunity to get a large diameter tree for firewood. As the saying goes”pics or it never happened” This is my biggest tree processed into firewood, 41” dia white oak. The “rounds” were cut 23” long and according to the Sherril green round chart weighed approximately 800 pounds each. Pulled them on the trailer with a winch set up that fits in the truck’s receiver.
I had some ted oak rounds about the same size a few years back. The pictures were posted here once. That's before I had a splitter, I processed them all by hand. I'm not sure I'd take rounds like that again. I guess I must be getting old.
Sugar Maple and White Oak rounds that dia. and larger. A bunch of years ago. Small stuff was 36" big ones were at 5 ft. Mr Dolmar was employed to reduce to human movable sizes. Wheelbarrow work. Some of that was posted here years ago.
I love the big stuff, never had any that big, about “37 is my biggest. Really like the straight grained bid stuff, splits just as easy as smaller rounds as long as you split outside in. Just can’t beat the number of splits you get out of those bid rounds! dahmer you hand splitting those big rounds or using hydros?
The biggest I've processed into firewood were in the 48-52" range. This Red Oak in the picture is more like 42" range. I don't have pictures of my biggest stuff unfortunately.
I won't turn my nose up at the big ones, but if I was in it for just the $$$$, trying to turn a profit selling firewood, I'd probably give them a pass. I think the largest oak I've cut up was about 32 inches. With a small saw it took me a while. It was a fun project though, in terms of proving what a small saw can do. Partly why I have bought a bigger saw. LOL.
My biggest I can think of was some beech about 10 or 12 years ago. About 44" across, got it sliced up with a 20" bar, then had to bust it up with my monster maul and haul it about 100 yards to the truck with the wheelbarrow. No hydraulics at that time either. Earlier this year I had some 40" sycamore that I posted on here.
Felled a 37" (at stump) dead white oak a couple years ago. It was processed on the spot and the splits removed with my PU. Tree was at a friends and we each took half. Stump pic from following Spring. Had the chance to buck a 44" red oak log but had no way to move it to buck it. (half black end log)
Hydro. No time for hand splitting, bad back and goofy twisted grain in lots of the oak around here, even the trunks.
The bigger the better, IMO. I like big rounds because they give off all kinds of nice, squared-off splits....lol Some pics of the biggest locust tree I've ever pieced out, it was over 80' tall and around 10' circumference......solid wood too.
Just today someone told me they had a lot of free red maple if I was interested. As soon as I pulled in the drive I said nope. Those things were almost as round as I am tall
Nope. No thanks. Takes to long to process. I also think the log calculator is off. I had a 42” oak cut to 16” in length that was 740 pounds. Also had a 27” oak cut to 16” in length that came in at 389 pounds
I've posted these before also, but yes, I love to get a big tree. I don't remember the dia of these rounds, but they are 20" long and avg 950-975# each. 8 rounds on the trailer, almost 8K. Cut them with 029 Super/25" bar Got 7 of these from a church, tree service took it down 46" white oak blow down, cut with 362/25" bar I'm ready for the next big'un. 461 with32" bar
Those calculators give a ball park range but can still be off by quite a bit. According to that, my 27” diameter 16” long log should have weighed 332 pounds when real weight was 389
