Video & Pics: 084 in 6' Oak w/50" Bar

[Signoflife]

Wow indeed, that tree looks like a pretty good match for your saw.

IMO that saw sounds pretty good to me and the chips looked like they were flowing pretty good as well, so with the setup you have on it, considering only 3 tanks through it and you think you have it set a little rich, I am thinking the setup might be spot on once dialed and broken in, nice job. The high position of the tree / cut couldn't have been easy to maintain the proper pressure in the cut as well...

So keep us updated on how it goes as I am interested to know what you think once you get more time on the saw and get the carb setup just right .

 

[husky455rancher]

wow i never seen a tree that big. any idea on how old somethign of that size is? i love cuttin trees but its a shame when the big boys like that go down

 

[blsnelling]

wow i never seen a tree that big. any idea on how old somethign of that size is? i love cuttin trees but its a shame when the big boys like that go down

I intend to try counting the rings. I but it's well over 200 years old. That's an uneducated guess though.

 

[tree_beard]

I intend to try counting the rings. I but it's well over 200 years old. That's an uneducated guess though.

dont know how fast oaks grow in your area, but here an oak like that might be pushing 500...

gotta be a pre-american tree

 

[B_Turner]

I'm jealous, that is the size of wood I like. Crying shame to make firewood of out all of it, though.

If the saw were mine I would put a 7 pin on it, like someone posted.

Good job and thanks for the vid.

Funny how around here some big trees are not very old. My last big tree (68 inches) was only around 80 years old. Douglas fir.

 

[Stihltp]

Brad,
The 084 is not missing a beat in that video. Nice job. Your going to need the MS 180 to finish that job

 

[stihl 440]

lol

LOL nice vid brad! Nice saw too! See...yinz..prolly thaught I was F$%kin goofy when I said there was a 11ft across white oak up in these mountains....there's your proof right in brad's video..... And the guy's that cut it used a 088 with a 5ft bar......lol.....supposedly the sawlog is still in the mountain.....the franklin 170 they where using wouldn't budge it......so they left it..... :greenchainsaw:

 

[rmihalek]

Maybe switching to a 7 tooth sprocket and running full comp chain would be quicker than full skip with a 9 tooth?

 

[blsnelling]

Brad,
The 084 is not missing a beat in that video. Nice job. Your going to need the MS 180 to finish that job

I didn't have the 180 with me. I guess the Dolmar 401 will have to do

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[Tree Sling'r]

Looking good Brad. Don't know what you situation is with you 084, but if it is ported it is built to run a 9 tooth.
These guy's with their smaller sprocket suggestions don't realize that these big saws turn up like small saws when properly modified.
My ported saws will pull big sprockets much faster in big cuts than smaller sprockets.
The 880 included.
Once again, nice job.

 

[forestryworks]

nice job brad

 

[Trigger-Time]

I intend to try counting the rings. I but it's well over 200 years old. That's an uneducated guess though.

I cut an 36" dia Bur, it was 160 years old + or - a year or two.

 

[blsnelling]

Looking good Brad. Don't know what you situation is with you 084, but if it is ported it is built to run a 9 tooth.
These guy's with their smaller sprocket suggestions don't realize that these big saws turn up like small saws when properly modified.
My ported saws will pull big sprockets much faster in big cuts than smaller sprockets.
The 880 included.
Once again, nice job.

.041" popup on piston, ports widened to skirt limit, transfers tapered to base of jug, modded muffler. It turns somewhere around 14K WOT. I'll have to put a tach on it again to see where it has ended up. It makes not sense to me to put a smaller rim on it if it has the guts to pull it, and it does.

 

[wkpoor]

Holy crap thats big. Brad, you need a gradall for that job. Where I got that maple log the guy had one he said would lift 14K and 3K full extended to 28ft. Unless you can get it clear to the ground that would be dangerous work. What are you going to do with all that wood? At least I'm glad it won't be left to rot like so many that size do. Can you say super size it!

 

[blsnelling]

Fortunately, it's not my responsibility to figure out how this tree will come apart. My friends in Findlay that will be getting this tree work at a tractor sales and repair shop, so will have access to equipment, not to mention the Bobcat and other tractors they own themselves. If I'm lucky, they'll have the limbs off of it when I go back. It's certainly not a tree to just start hacking on. It would kill or mame you in a heartbeat. To see these trees in person is incredible. It's like going sight seeing. These pictures do not do them justice. Just walking up to one of these things and thinking of working on them will make you a little nervous. They definately deserve all the respect you can give them.

BTW, how would you pros go about dismantling a tree of this size?

 

[Tree Sling'r]

.041" popup on piston, ports widened to skirt limit, transfers tapered to base of jug, modded muffler. It turns somewhere around 14K WOT. I'll have to put a tach on it again to see where it has ended up. It makes not sense to me to put a smaller rim on it if it has the guts to pull it, and it does.

Yep, Yep.

 

[MR4WD]

BTW, how would you pros go about dismantling a tree of this size?

One cut at a time!

What did you use for chain?

I know you can build a motor for RPM sweet spots, I'm on dial up so I didn't bother with your vid; Would it make any sense to drop the rakers a bunch and switch to a 7 pin? Or, is light speed where this saw makes it's power? I know my 372 cuts faster with an 8 or 9 pin that in does with a short rakers. My 385, which should be a similarly classed saw cuts with short rakers and a 7 pin way better than it's smaller brother.

 

[Tree Sling'r]

One cut at a time!

What did you use for chain?

I know you can build a motor for RPM sweet spots, I'm on dial up so I didn't bother with your vid; Would it make any sense to drop the rakers a bunch and switch to a 7 pin? Or, is light speed where this saw makes it's power? I know my 372 cuts faster with an 8 or 9 pin that in does with a short rakers. My 385, which should be a similarly classed saw cuts with short rakers and a 7 pin way better than it's smaller brother.

Are you saying that the 385 is a similarly classed saw as the 372 or the 084?
All of the porting with the exception of the exhaust work Brad mentioned is for torque.

 

[Burvol]

I stand corrected. But it seems like hardwood would benefit from cutting with more torque vs. speed? Or am I way off?

 

[Tree Sling'r]

I stand corrected. But it seems like hardwood would benefit from cutting with more torque vs. speed? Or am I way off?

I will use my work as an example. Brad does similar work. I port for torque, but with my exhaust porting and work I get both. A "Happy Medium."
I get a saw (372-MS460) that smokes and 8 tooth on the stump, and smokes it even better when limbing.
Don't know if this makes sense.