So I'm out in my yard raking leaves and cleaning up a tree, when a neighbor stops by and asks if I want any wood. I tell her 'maybe.' A relative is taking down a tree and putting all the wood in a trailer and taking it to our yard waste drop off. Pretty soon a couple guys stop by with the trailer and I off-load a couple rounds. It's all silver maple, but I use that in my bundles.
The guy shows me a pic of the tree and asks how much to get the rest. All the branches are done, and it's just 15 feet of trunk. I tell him $100.
Well, the pic made it look much smaller - it's nearly 4 feet across, and both of my big saws are down and out, but I have my CS620 with a 24" bar. So I drop it and start chunking it. I throw all the knots and crotches into one pile by the road, and all the good stuff into a pile for me. I only have a couple hours, and near the end of it I hit a screw. Dang it! Notice a bunch of screws in the tree then, so the owner gets his drill and I go home.
Next day I still don't have time to finish, but I avoid the screw area like the plague. Day after that I lose TWO chains. I was really trying to be careful, but that just didn't work. Anyway, I got probably 2 face cords or more, and told the guy about the chains. He paid me $150 and borrowed a buddys Kuboda to pick up some big chunks and the junk wood, so I didn't have to do so much work after all. I was able to sharpen 2 of the chains back to working condition, but I have a pile of metal filings and my arm hurts!
The guy shows me a pic of the tree and asks how much to get the rest. All the branches are done, and it's just 15 feet of trunk. I tell him $100.
Well, the pic made it look much smaller - it's nearly 4 feet across, and both of my big saws are down and out, but I have my CS620 with a 24" bar. So I drop it and start chunking it. I throw all the knots and crotches into one pile by the road, and all the good stuff into a pile for me. I only have a couple hours, and near the end of it I hit a screw. Dang it! Notice a bunch of screws in the tree then, so the owner gets his drill and I go home.
Next day I still don't have time to finish, but I avoid the screw area like the plague. Day after that I lose TWO chains. I was really trying to be careful, but that just didn't work. Anyway, I got probably 2 face cords or more, and told the guy about the chains. He paid me $150 and borrowed a buddys Kuboda to pick up some big chunks and the junk wood, so I didn't have to do so much work after all. I was able to sharpen 2 of the chains back to working condition, but I have a pile of metal filings and my arm hurts!
Al
