biggest tree on the farm

[jake wells]

lots of wood in this sugar maple but to big for me to mess with.

 

[HuskyHill]

That would make for some nasty splitting.....

 

[Marshy]

Could be hollow.

 

[B&BLogging]

A lot of wood and a lot of mess!! All those limbs I don't think it would even hit the ground!

 

[super3]

6' White Oak I took down several yrs ago. Butt was sticking 15' in the air after I tipped it over. Fun getting it all on the ground without rolling and mashin me.

 

[woodsnwoods]

I would wreck that maple before mother nature does!!

 

[Hinerman]

I would wreck that maple before mother nature does!!

I agree, lot of good wood in that one.

 

[olyman]

lots of wood in this sugar maple but to big for me to mess with.
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just like how to eat a elephant.. one bite at a time.........lower branches first,, and just keep going up, till want to quit, then topple it over..had a 40 inch dbh hackberry I took down.. the thing had sooo many large branches above,, that when it went over,, it stopped at 45 degrees!! much fun cutting off of the loaded branches!!!

 

[Al Smith]

I lost the biggest on the place a few years back from the straight line wind associated with a level 2 tornado .117 feet ,4 feet at stump level .Most of them in my little woods are right at 100 feet ,including the shag bark hickories .Some of the oaks ,red and white are 3-31/2 feet at stump . I think one big old burr oak is right at 4 feet .

I for one will not drop one just to prove I can do it .If it's not dead or a hazard it stays as it is .Those big oaks were 12 inches in diameter during the American revolution .I'd just as soon they stay after I'm gone .My great grand children might enjoy them .