It’s worth it

[dahmer]

Got a bunch of big oaks, 36”-41” dia, given to me last year. I was wondering if all that work manhandling those monsters was worth it. Had to noodle them into quarters to get the weight to around 200 pounds per quarter for this old guy to handle. Started splitting them today. I got 26 pieces of splits for 2 quarters. Works out to 52 splits per round and I didn’t get to the really big ones yet. Lots of great firewood in a couple years.

 

[onlybrowning]

I’m dealing with this too. I got a gift of yard trees that are giant and awful. I’m seriously debating renting a bulldozer to push them in the bushes. It feels like I’m a sally but I just can’t do it.


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[dahmer]

I’m dealing with this too. I got a gift of yard trees that are giant and awful. I’m seriously debating renting a bulldozer to push them in the bushes. It feels like I’m a sally but I just can’t do it.
I have a winch that goes in the truck receiver and pulls the big rounds onto the trailer. I pull them off at home with the quad. Noodle them to make them lighter, if 200 pounds is light. Lots of good wood.


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[dahmer]

I’m dealing with this too. I got a gift of yard trees that are giant and awful. I’m seriously debating renting a bulldozer to push them in the bushes. It feels like I’m a sally but I just can’t do it.


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I have a winch that goes in the truck receiver and pulls the big rounds onto the trailer. I pull them off at home with the quad. Noodle them to make them lighter, if 200 pounds is light. Lots of good wood.

Try this again. Having trouble copy/paste tonight. I have a winch mounted that goes into the receiver of the truck to pull the big rounds onto the trailer. I pull them off at home with the quad. Then noodle them into quarters to make handling easier, the quarters still weighed 200 pounds. Lots of great wood.

 

[Wolverine]

Absolutely worth it. Those biggins produce many splits per round and are usually too big for the average joe. I scoop em up as quick as I can.

 

[dahmer]

Absolutely worth it. Those biggins produce many splits per round and are usually too big for the average joe. I scoop em up as quick as I can.

With new 9010 I didn’t even think twice.

 

[dahmer]

Did the math, 15 rounds x 52 splits per round = 780 splits of oak. Not counting all the wood from limbs as big as many trees I cut up.

 

[CrystalRiver1]

Got a bunch of big oaks, 36”-41” dia, given to me last year. I was wondering if all that work manhandling those monsters was worth it. Had to noodle them into quarters to get the weight to around 200 pounds per quarter for this old guy to handle. Started splitting them today. I got 26 pieces of splits for 2 quarters. Works out to 52 splits per round and I didn’t get to the really big ones yet. Lots of great firewood in a couple years.
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Great work...I like the way you think, work, and add!
Quality firewood!

 

[dahmer]

Great work...I like the way you think, work, and add!
Quality firewood!

I guess was trying to convince myself all the work was worth it. Seeing the numbers convinced me. Adding the log arch will give me access to more wood I couldn’t get before.

 

[CrystalRiver1]

I guess was trying to convince myself all the work was worth it. Seeing the numbers convinced me. Adding the log arch will give me access to more wood I couldn’t get before.

I've got some similar logs available and I keep putting off the inevitable.
Heavy stuff, yet if I'm like you and devise a plan, it's not too bad, especially if you have @ least 1 "young back" to help you out! lol

 

[dahmer]

I've got some similar logs available and I keep putting off the inevitable.
Heavy stuff, yet if I'm like you and devise a plan, it's not too bad, especially if you @ least 1 "young back" to help you out! lol

You know what’s bad? Wayne my cutting partner is 84, I’m the “young buck” at 64.

 

[CrystalRiver1]

You know what’s bad? Wayne my cutting partner is 84, I’m the “young buck” at 64.

You inspire me!!!
I'm 58!

 

[dahmer]

You inspire me!!!
I'm 58!

Getting old ain’t for sissies.

 

[Lightning Performance]

Mill that big stuff in place and sell or use some of it. Plenty still there for firewood.

I'm available.

 

[dahmer]

Mill that big stuff in place and sell or use some of it. Plenty still there for firewood.

I'm available.

Tough to mill in place when these were yard trees that went down and they wanted them out of the yard fast. Limb, buck, load and get out. I admit there would have been lots of great lumber.

 

[Lightning Performance]

Tough to mill in place when these were yard trees that went down and they wanted them out of the yard fast. Limb, buck, load and get out. I admit there would have been lots of great lumber.

Aren't those the real heart beakers... did many.
They want it gone yesterday.

A guy near me n PA says I can come over next week and get some slabs off 150 year old red oak he says. Pics for firewood were posted from one tree. They left the trunk in a 22ft section knocked over. Upper half is all crotches. He said they still have another stick standing. No problem milling on site. Rare considering how most things go. I can drop and mill. Never minded that one bit. Actually prefer it. Set the cribs... drop the stick and "git to it"! He sat the last one up pretty high on limb wood.

Bet their eyes fell out when you cranked up Papa Smurf lol

 

[dahmer]

My first dolmar/ makita. New piston and cylinder got it going. This saw screams

Aren't those the real heart beakers... did many.
They want it gone yesterday.

A guy near me n PA says I can come over next week and get some slabs off 150 year old red oak he says. Pics for firewood were posted from one tree. They left the trunk in a 22ft section knocked over. Upper half is all crotches. He said they still have another stick standing. No problem milling on site. Rare considering how most things go. I can drop and mill. Never minded that one bit. Actually prefer it. Set the cribs... drop the stick and "git to it"! He sat the last one up pretty high on limb wood.

Bet their eyes fell out when you cranked up Papa Smurf lol

It gets attention when the chips fly.

 

[PA Plumber]

I prefer the big wood.
Have the equipment to handle it and am still in my 50's.

 

[RI Chevy]

You guys have some big Oak timber in PA.

 

[PA Plumber]

Yes we do. Especially old yard trees and old property line trees. They can get massive.