Cutting up a big red oak.

[stihl sawing]

Had to hire a guy to take this one down cause lightening hit it and it was too close to anything to drop it. Just cutting the small stuff for a couple days.Then i'll have to break out the big stuff. Didn't get as much done cause my ford fuel pump went on the second trip to cut more.

 

[stihl sawing]

taking a break.

 

[stihl sawing]

back home dressing a bar and sharpening.

 

[stihl sawing]

Broke the plastic cover on the 250.

 

[stihl sawing]

What I ended up with, Going back in the morning.

 

[Motorsen]

Could do something nice from that trunk besides just firewood. Allthough it's nice with firewood a'pleanty, you could try to split the trunk in four with wedges and store it and see how it behaves. I have for instance made some realy nice HD tables out of an pin oak trunk my self. But try to think out of the firewood box before you chop it up to so called usefull pieces. This tree looks to be a really big grandpa to me.
There will be more than enough firewood from the attempts to make lumber anyway. And if it fails flat out, there will be even more than enough wood to be turned into allmost as nice firewood.
That's just me! But do consider.

Motorsen

 

[zogger]

Nice one! Great pics!

I'm still mowing, four more pastures. then I am caught up, then just regular weekly mowing. Might be able to start cutting again then, just in time for FULL summer heat and humility! heheheh

 

[unclemoustache]

Nice! Who's the lady with the long hair? Your sister?

 

[stihl sawing]

Nice! Who's the lady with the long hair? Your sister?

That's a wet towel, I'm bald.

 

[treeslayer2003]

who dat ol white head dude?

 

[stihl sawing]

who dat ol white head dude?

Some guy I hired that needed a drink.

 

[treeslayer2003]

lol

 

[hanniedog]

How do you like that combo file?

 

[stihl sawing]

How do you like that combo file?

I like it, I don't use it every sharpening cause it will take the raker down to far. I use it about every third or fourth sharpening. I hate filing rakers and it gets then while doing the tooth.

 

[howard270]

That is quite a score!

We are about 2/3 done with wheat harvest here. Finally had enough rain that we get to mow a bit around the house. Plus my uncle just bought a house and it had about 2 cord of mixed firewood stacked out back and he borrowed and loaded my trailers and his and delivered it to my house. Just have to unload it into stacks.

 

[hanniedog]

What has the wheat harvest been like?

 

[Philbert]

Nice tree.

Broke the plastic cover on the 250.

We used to replace the clutch covers when that happened ($20+?). Then we found these replacememt chain catchers for just a few $ each:



Philbert

 

[stihl sawing]

Nice tree.


We used to replace the clutch covers when that happened ($20+?). Then we found these replacememt chain catchers for just a few $ each:

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Philbert

Those are neat, where do you get them? I will get a few.

 

[Philbert]

Those are neat, where do you get them?

STIHL dealer.

Philbert

 

[TeeMan]

That will be some nice firewood for sure. Red Oak is at my top of the list to burn.