Trapper_Pete
ArboristSite Operative
had a big maple at the farm that was dying and starting to drop good size limbs 6 inch plus.
I sort of expected it to be root rot as I had cut other root rot maples in the same area and had seen mice going in and out of some holes in the stump down low , but this one was dying top down and outside in
it took me 3 days about 6 hours a day cutting and splitting rounds small enough to load in my truck loading and unload at home , trying to keep pieces about 30-40 pounds each that was about a 12th of a round. before I could even get them to the splitter I had to noodle them into 4ths then split those.
estimate each of the rounds in the trunk was 420-480 pounds.
the thaw didn't help I couldn't back up to the wood and load it I had to move it to the road while only feet that adds up when the stump is 20 feet off the road and you get 25 feet off the stump 45 feet 24 times is a 5th of a mile per round that adds up.
I realized how much extra work such a large tree is. when I can back up the truck to the pile of logs and cut and toss rounds right in the truck.
also how much of a back saver the skid loader and tractor are when they can't be used because of the mud
the top 1/3 of the tree mostly shattered when it hit the ground.
even though it looked to be leaning right , the limbs to the left must had had considerable weight I had to wedge it over I just started stacking wedges when it went over.
the saw in the picture at the bottom of the tree is my Jred 2166 with 28 inch bar for falling , still had to cut from both sides
I sort of expected it to be root rot as I had cut other root rot maples in the same area and had seen mice going in and out of some holes in the stump down low , but this one was dying top down and outside in
it took me 3 days about 6 hours a day cutting and splitting rounds small enough to load in my truck loading and unload at home , trying to keep pieces about 30-40 pounds each that was about a 12th of a round. before I could even get them to the splitter I had to noodle them into 4ths then split those.
estimate each of the rounds in the trunk was 420-480 pounds.
the thaw didn't help I couldn't back up to the wood and load it I had to move it to the road while only feet that adds up when the stump is 20 feet off the road and you get 25 feet off the stump 45 feet 24 times is a 5th of a mile per round that adds up.
I realized how much extra work such a large tree is. when I can back up the truck to the pile of logs and cut and toss rounds right in the truck.
also how much of a back saver the skid loader and tractor are when they can't be used because of the mud
the top 1/3 of the tree mostly shattered when it hit the ground.
even though it looked to be leaning right , the limbs to the left must had had considerable weight I had to wedge it over I just started stacking wedges when it went over.
the saw in the picture at the bottom of the tree is my Jred 2166 with 28 inch bar for falling , still had to cut from both sides