davec
ArboristSite Operative
OK, Yes I know there are far bigger oaks out there, but this red oak is by far the biggest tree on the land I have. We finally dropped it this afternoon, and it was a beast. Was a bit touchy for a bit as it didn't want to go over until a few wedges were in and the holding wood was down to almost nothing (see pics). Man did it hit hard. Stump was about 30" dia. That's a 32" bar on the 660 that was used to drop it.
Between felling and blocking it up, we took ~2 hrs and burned 4+ full tanks of gas, with 2 of us working at it, from opposite ends to get it blocked up and the bigger pieces noodled.
This was our "final" day dropping and blocking out there. We've got enough cleared that it is time to pull out all the wood on the ground (once the snow melts so we can actually get it out...). Then I need to do a little preliminary survey work to stake out the house site a bit better. After that we can see what else need to be dropped. Probably next fall for that. Gawd there's gotta be 40-50 cord on the ground already...
Between felling and blocking it up, we took ~2 hrs and burned 4+ full tanks of gas, with 2 of us working at it, from opposite ends to get it blocked up and the bigger pieces noodled.
This was our "final" day dropping and blocking out there. We've got enough cleared that it is time to pull out all the wood on the ground (once the snow melts so we can actually get it out...). Then I need to do a little preliminary survey work to stake out the house site a bit better. After that we can see what else need to be dropped. Probably next fall for that. Gawd there's gotta be 40-50 cord on the ground already...