My avatar shows off a slice low on the buttress of an ash tree. The diagonal in the lower right corner of the picture above seems to be shag bark hickory , and the log bark I wood see as Oak.I'm sure you know what your talking about, but the last picture sure looks like Ash.
Why leave such a tall stump? We'd get run off a job doing that. Normally cut close to flush.
Funny you mention this......it drives me nuts......we have a camp in PA, when I drive in, all I see are 2' stumps in peoples yards and camps everywhere.......drives me insane!
How many times can I like this????The big difference is I have a dang near picture perfect notch with no over or under cut, even hinge all the way across, put one log between a brick walk and a tractor ramp with about 12" clearance on each side, put the other log between keeper trees with out a scratch, had posted pics of the stump cut ground level, within about 1 1/2 inch, BEFORE you started whining about the height. You've posted before you have to cut your stumps 8" or less. We don't leave 8" stumps in peoples yards. We try to get them so a mower will clear them. You've asked before why I leave the stumps at 2', and I've answered before that I leave the stumps until all other cutting is done so I don't dull up chains and have guys standing around getting paid to watch some one change a chain or sharpen it. I've been around here long enough to know you are going to ask about a tall stump. You've been around here long enough I would think you would remember that I've answered your same question, with the same answer, several times. So, if I ever post a pic of a stump that hasn't been flushed off yet, and you want to know why it's so high, the answer is still, I save all stump cuts for the end of the job. We do residential work so the stumps have to be real low, and often pick up dirt and pebbles. Seems to me that sometimes you would think,"I wonder if I ever asked this question before?", and then think, "I wonder what the answer was?", and then this little light bulb would flash on and you would say,"Oh, that's Joe, he always saves his stump cuts for last so he doesn't dull up his chain". DANG Valley, do you ever pay attention to the answers people give you to the questions you ask? High stump, residential yard, cut last, High stump, residential yard, cut last, High stump, residential yard, cut last. Now I should be good to post 3 more pics of high stumps before you ask, "why leave such a tall stump?" Next time I'm up your way I'm gonna look you up and buy you a couple of good beers and wash them down with some Sailor Jerry's, with a plate of home made venison bologna and sharp cheddar cheese. After each round I'll shake your hand and introduce myself as Joe. Then, MAYBE, the next time you see a high stump cut you will wonder if it was Joe? Then you, MIGHT, look at the signature and say yep, that's Joe, he cuts his stumps last, he told me that, yep he did. So, I don't have to ask the same question again. If I do ask the same question again, Joe will probably go into another half hour rant how he cuts his stumps last, Joe.
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