Trees you've cut

[RI Chevy]

Thanks brother how are yinz boys doin? Coming to Duanes in May?

Doing well here. TY I am planning on it. Will be good to see everyone again.

 

[Scotty Overkill]

Doing well here. TY I am planning on it. Will be good to see everyone again.

Absolutely! Great times.

 

[MustangMike]

I just saw that, and I will try to make it. It is a long drive, but sounds like a good time!

 

[MustangMike]

Jeff, if you are going to either event and you want to carpool, let me know, I can take the truck.

Lots of room and gets great mileage.

 

[RI Chevy]

I will let you know Mike. TY

 

[Catman]

Absolutely! Great times.

Nice Job on those Maples! I spent my whole career as a climber(My Business) and Loved it! Climbed my last tree at 64! Now I cut from the ground only!

 

[Scotty Overkill]

Nice Job on those Maples! I spent my whole career as a climber(My Business) and Loved it! Climbed my last tree at 64! Now I cut from the ground only!

Nothing like it as you know, once it's in your blood.....

 

[BlackCoffin]

Guy I know had the back half of his massive oak tree break off in a storm last fall. Told him I’d like the lower limbs and base for milling. Took advantage of the nice day to get it all taken down. Was up in the crotch cutting the limbs and had a chain to the excavator wrapped as high as we could get them to pick them down after they were cut. Finished up with the 880 on the stump. Should make some decent slabs when done. Would have gotten more cutting videos but I’d was a slam it out and I went back to work kind of project.

 

[davidwyby]

Ash ain’t hard IMO, least not with moisture and compared to eucalyptus. https://opeforum.com/threads/dragging-wood-out-of-excavator-trash-pile.26225/#post-1353577

 

[MustangMike]

Dry Ash is hard, but Shag Bark Hickory has it beat!

That said, everything cuts better when it is wet ... lubricates the cutters!

 

[davidwyby]

Seems bout everything get hardened by the climate here once it dies. The ash and euc I just cut were both knocked down at the same time, the euc might have had more moisture, it was heavy! But it’s also very dense and heavy even when dry.

Dry Ash is hard, but Shag Bark Hickory has it beat!

That said, everything cuts better when it is wet ... lubricates the cutters!

 

[davidwyby]

Mesquite is hard, dry or not.

 

[MustangMike]

Hickory is also, it will slow your saw.

 

[Maintenance Chief]

Mesquite is hard, dry or not. View attachment 328954

That arid climate just like a very cold climate would definitely tighten up the growth rings in your trees.
I'm pretty spoiled in South Carolina with its mostly tropical summer and wide variety of trees , cutting can be very diverse from day to day .

 

[huskyboy]

Hickory is also, it will slow your saw.

Especially when it’s frozen here in the wintertime

 

[Timjus]

 

[Scotty Overkill]

Well spent an hour or so the past several evenings and milled that big maple log up, hoping for some curl.....but there really wasn't much in it. Beautiful wood, nonetheless. Tight grained, too. Made for some nice live edge.







That stuff is HARD and sure dulls the chain quick. I was getting 3 passes or so before the chain started getting slow. Hitting an eyebolt and some nails didn't help matters, either....lol

 

[Scotty Overkill]

Pic of one of the 9' slabs leaning against the back of my "EFF TOO FIDDY", they are around 24" wide, 1.25" thich and weigh around 100lbs each, give er take....



Got em all leaning up in the garage, gonna sticker them sometime this weekend.....

 

[MustangMike]

Milling is tough on chains and saws ... all that fine dust.

I usually set up two 660s with 36" full comp square file.

Say I'm milling 22" Red Oak at 7.5' length, I'll fill the tank after two cuts and change saws after 4 cuts (if I don't hit anything).

By then I'm usually spent and take the stuff home and sharpen it.

A lot of work, but I love how the boards come out and what I make with them. I usually keep the half round sides for benches.

This is at my cabin. The bench on the left is Chestnut Oak, the table is Chestnut Oak and Red Oak (the center piece and legs), and the bench on the right is Hickory.

 

[MustangMike]

I usually mill just over 2" thick, it gets heavy fast!