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I know it's late but wanted to share. It was 21 feet in circumference, 7 feet across

Finally finished up the tree today. It yielded just at 15 full cords. On to the next, it will be even larger!

About have it cut to manageable pieces. This is the 9th pickup load so far. There has been 6 cords out in addition to this. Looks like 6 more loads like this to go, including the stump.

Yeah, it was comprised in a careless fire 4 years ago

We burn 10 to 12 cords a year. Really not that hard to split after dry. Lots of ash, but it's what we have. It is possible to go 20 miles and not see a tree, s o we will take what we can get and be thankful

We have well over 6 cords out already. This is what is left of the tree. For reference, the large round in the center of the picture is 37 inches in diameter.

3 and a half years ago. Started by a careless person, it burned 2 or 3 miles of river bottom .

Here is another picture of THE cottonwood from a couple weeks ago. The man in picture is 6 foot plus. In the background is what's left of the left branch.

That's right. I am guessing 12 plus, probably more. Stay tuned, I will post totals as it progresses

Another picture . If you look close you can see the left side of the tree in the picture. The main part is just the right side

Well, I guess I live in hell.

We have it down to a science, big saws, sharp chains, 2520 john deere and beer afterwards!

This one had one side that was punky for 4 foot or so

It really isn't that bad to split. I will noodle it down to chunks I can lift onto the splitter and have at it. There is a bit of logic when splitting cottonwood, follow the growth rings, avoid splitting it into pie shapes.

I'm not sure yet, I have 5 cords home of just the little stuff. Maybe 12 or more

Here is last weekends project the picture with the man by it is the right side 1/2 of the tree

Thank you. The man who actually fell it, beat me to the tree by the way is 73 years old and can out work just about anyone! We had 4 of us on t he saws, and 1 on the tractor/cleanup and loading, who by the way is also 73.

As of Sunday afternoon, all of the limbs are cut to 16 inches, all of the brush is in 2 piles and the field is clean and ready to go. All that is left to do is noodle the huge pieces down to a reasonable size to put on the splitter and whittle up the trunk. I will have a weekend finishing that...

We got the entire tree cut to 16 inch length and all the brush cleaned up. 5 cords already home. I am guessing 6 to 8 left there.