Big Tree!

[Whiskers]

A tree service has been widling on this tree for the past week by my brothers house. It's a Silver Maple, I stand 6 ft tall so I'm guessing the tree is 9 ft or so at the widest point. Just figured I'd share.

 

[jake wells]

be hell splitting it no telling how much metal might be in that tree.

 

[Idahonative]

A tree service has been widling on this tree for the past week by my brothers house. It's a Silver Maple, I stand 6 ft tall so I'm guessing the tree is 9 ft or so at the widest point. Just figured I'd share.

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Holy chit!!! Thanks for posting...that's fun to look at. I'd like to see some pics as you finish it up. Maybe get a measurement of the diameter after it's cut down.

 

[drf256]

Wow!

Great pic. You can make tables from the cookies.

 

[psuiewalsh]

Make a good tree house base

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[Simondo]

They must have built the house with the roots of that tree very close !

 

[Whiskers]

Holy chit!!! Thanks for posting...that's fun to look at. I'd like to see some pics as you finish it up. Maybe get a measurement of the diameter after it's cut down.

To be clear, I'm not doing any of the work on that thing. Considering the massive amount of metal that is probably hiding in it I'm not sure I'd want to mess with it. Although, it would be fun to bury the 084 into!

 

[RI Chevy]

Maybe try some dynamite? Wow. Big tree.

 

[Definitive Dave]

That's a big saw playground right there
you could easily justify getting the big bars out to make cookies out of that monster

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too bad that big old stump isn't laying down in my backyard

 

[TimRD]

It would make some treemendous slabs too. Maybe try a duro chain first to see how much metal lurks inside.

 

[Definitive Dave]

Are metal detectors sensitive enough to check a big tree like this for bits n pieces of homeowner supplied danger in a yard tree?
I have a big maple coming down as soon as the ground freezes this winter and we are going to try to keep the bottom of the trunk in one big piece for slabbing.
Dave

 

[TimRD]

That's a great question! I was looking online and it seems like depth detection is around one foot or a little bit more. This baby appears to be a little over 2' in diameter so that may be an issue haha.

I don't know if bouncing the signal through wood would have more or less effect on that depth though. I would think starting at the top and working your way down and doing successive scans would be the best way to go.

 

[Guido Salvage]

I would have a carver create a work of art.

 

[67L36Driver]

I would have a carver create a work of art.

Big enuff to do Mt. Rushmore.

 

[Whiskers]

Does it count as a treehouse if you just hollow it out and throw in some windows and slap a door on it?

 

[TALLGUY]

I smell cookies baking with little elves

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[sawfun]

I'd sure like to sink my ported 137cc 090g with 96" bar into that big boy. Mountains of chips I should think.

 

[Whiskers]

I'd sure like to sink my ported 137cc 090g with 96" bar into that big boy. Mountains of chips I should think.

Not sure I could even pick a rig like that up, 3ft of the tip would be dull before I got done dragging it to the tree!

 

[RI Chevy]

Lol. True on that. The day would be over by the time you got done sharpening the chain.

 

[Four Paws]

Make a good tree house base

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Could double as the guest house...or in-law suite.