Hardest Timber you cut with your saw?

[truckieL29]

Just wondering peoples exp. here from around the country and the hardest trees they've encountered and how their saws came out.

I myself recently cut a large 4-5' mulberry tree and it was as hard as nails. Hands down the hardest woood i cut. My 2100XP did the job without question but i could feel she was working when i had that bar fully buried in that wood. The other guys with their little saws werent even touching it! haha

 

[caleath]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maclura_pomifera


This stuff right here....hard on chains for sure. Makes good fence post though. And my 105 year old house sits on these stumps.

 

[funky sawman]

the hardest wood I tried cutten around here was a frozen paper bark birch knot, the saw was a bouncing I tell ya

 

[sachsmo]

Old dead Pin Oak,

That stuff will throw sparks at times!

 

[funky sawman]

Old dead Pin Oak,

That stuff will throw sparks at times!

the sparks wouldn't be from the wood, the only thing that can make sparks is metallic or a form of rock.

 

[komatsuvarna]

shag hickory

 

[tlandrum]

black locust is pretty rough on a chain

 

[sachsmo]

the sparks wouldn't be from the wood, the only thing that can make sparks is metallic or a form of rock.

Guess you've never cut Shagbark Hickory either, Have you?

 

[oscar4883]

Standing dead oak, shagbark hickory, beech.

 

[forestryworks]

Guess you've never cut Shagbark Hickory either, Have you?

Lol, I've cut hickory before and wood and metal don't make sparks.

Metal on metal or metal and rock make sparks.

What you're seeing is the hard wood making that chain grab, lose its bite, and snap back into the rails, creating a spark.

 

[RandyMac]

decade old, dead and dry Pepperwood, it's like glass.

 

[sachsmo]

Lol, I've cut hickory before and wood and metal don't make sparks.

Metal on metal or metal and rock make sparks.

What you're seeing is the hard wood making that chain grab, lose its bite, and snap back into the rails, creating a spark.

Have you ever cut 20 year dead Pin Oak?

My chain's don't "skip and grab" perhaps it is mineral deposits, but I am sure some of those knots will throw sparks.

 

[Jonny Quest]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maclura_pomifera


This stuff right here....hard on chains for sure. Makes good fence post though. And my 105 year old house sits on these stumps.

Yup...Osage-Orange. Great wood. Burns HOT. Tough on chains and other wood working implements.

JQ

 

[Guido Salvage]

Rail road ties.

 

[smokechase II]

Mah

Mountain Mahogany.

Dried dead it is something else.

I've cut on fires in 18 states/over 50 National Forests/+ 3 Nat Parks/several BLM Districts/State Lands etc and some in Alberta to boot.

Does make a great barbeeeeque.

 

[DarkTimber]

A standing dead locust that had been dead for 2 years according to the landowner the tree was 22'' in diamater and really gave my 372 a workout.

 

[forestryworks]

Have you ever cut 20 year dead Pin Oak?

My chain's don't "skip and grab" perhaps it is mineral deposits, but I am sure some of those knots will throw sparks.

Then explain the lack of sparks when chopping dead wood with an ax.

 

[timbrjackrussel]

None around here but an interesting read
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lignum_vitae

 

[Gypo Logger]

If anyone has cut at dusk, sparks can be seen regardless of the wood being cut. It's simply the moving parts of the bar, tip and chain,
John

 

[GoRving]

Somehow, grits will get into a tree and produce sparks when cutting, and it's not always near the stump. I guess when the tree was growing, it took some grits up with it. I've seen it alot over the years.