Sawing up big white oak

[oldsaw]

Well, we got a break in the weather and finally got to the big oak. Funny how pictures never do anything justice. The original picture looked a bit more manageable.

That's me.

We started at the top. The tree had fallen along a shallow ditch and over the road. The top of the tree had already been cleaned up.

Warm and humid that day. Went through two gallons of water. I've got to get back into shape.

Getting the log off of the root ball.

42" bar, and used all of it.

Split the log to get it down to a manageable size. The small slab was still big enough to take out the winch. Going to have to mill it down on site.

mark

 

[Backwoods]

You got to love those challenges.
Keep the pictures coming.

 

[Nikko]

Awesome tree - sure would like to partake in the dissection of one of those..

Nikko

 

[rbtree]

Beautious!!!

 

[dustytools]

Nice log Mark! Keep the pictures coming.

 

[tomtrees58]

wow looks like the tree got hit by a car in its life some water damage tom trees

 

[Zodiac45]

Mark,

That's gonna be a beauty! Keep em coming.

 

[aggiewoodbutchr]

Awesome!!

 

[woodshop]

Wow... I can tell from the way these rings are growing that you have some beautiful stuff inside that first log. Very nice... even though I am up to my ears in oak at this point, this is premium stuff, and I wouldn't turn it down for nothing. I'd like to see a flatsawn board from the outer 12 inches of that log in the pic above once it's been dried and run through a planer. I'm telling you that if it dries without defects, it will be premium stuff.

Thanks

 

[Dai Sensei]

Nice log Mark! Keep the pictures coming.

+1

 

[oldsaw]

We got it loaded on the trailer today. There is some unbelievable ray patterns in it, it is going to be fun to open it up.

Mark

 

[AndyR]

That looks like some fantastic wood!
A couple of questions for you:
1.Did you freehand rip that first log?
2.How do you like that blue-handled aluminum peavy? I am in need of one and am not sure if I want to forge out a hook and bracket out of some old leaf spring and try to make one, or if it would be better to skip all the effort. That handle looks like it would be much stroger than a wooden one.

Thanks-I kind of like looking at pictures of other people workin' hard...
Andy

 

[deeker]

Great pics, Mark. Lots of work.

Kevin

 

[Zodiac45]

Paging Treeco,

Idiot alert.

 

[oldsaw]

That looks like some fantastic wood!
A couple of questions for you:
1.Did you freehand rip that first log?
2.How do you like that blue-handled aluminum peavy? I am in need of one and am not sure if I want to forge out a hook and bracket out of some old leaf spring and try to make one, or if it would be better to skip all the effort. That handle looks like it would be much stroger than a wooden one.

Thanks-I kind of like looking at pictures of other people workin' hard...
Andy

Yeah, my first attempt at a freehand rip that long. Did okay.

The LogRite, I love it. It bites when my regular one won't. I abuse it when I can, don't worry about the handle. It's a 60".

Mark

 

[Mike Van]

Nice work Mark - I'm always amazed how one of these trees can stand so long, live through so many storms, then the wind hits it just right & that's all she wrote -

 

[oldsaw]

Nice work Mark - I'm always amazed how one of these trees can stand so long, live through so many storms, then the wind hits it just right & that's all she wrote -

Trees that big in open turf are okay. This one was on the edge of a steep slope into a shallow ditch...full of water. The situation wasn't the best. However, a log that big makes you think a lot before you do anything in "not flat" terrain.

Mark

 

[Burlhunter13]

Wow... I can tell from the way these rings are growing that you have some beautiful stuff inside that first log. Very nice... even though I am up to my ears in oak at this point, this is premium stuff, and I wouldn't turn it down for nothing. I'd like to see a flatsawn board from the outer 12 inches of that log in the pic above once it's been dried and run through a planer. I'm telling you that if it dries without defects, it will be premium stuff.

Thanks

Amen to that woodshop......that oak looks like it will have some amazing figure......what a beautiful thing! Hopefully I can come across some like that!

 

[slabmaster]

This hot weather makes it rough,but that oak looks well worth the effort.Good luck with it.