iceman7668
ArboristSite Member
If you had to study them for an hour, hire it out. When I look at a tree, I usually know right away if it is in my skill level. No shame in defering to a pro.
I took a few more pictures of the trees and the snag, it is a hard thing to photograph. Also, I think I was wrong, the top tree is probably an Ash. The canopy crashed down through the oak tree and brought down a bunch of branches. The Oak is the only ony with any foliage left and I thought it was on the Ash tree. View attachment 260760View attachment 260762View attachment 260763
I spoke with the tree company today and they think it will be a couple of months before he can get here to cut them down. They said that after last years Halloween storm it took almost 4 months to catch up. Good news for Tip Top Tree Service (from Montville, NJ; that is for all you homeowners that may be looking for an honest, experienced tree guy; yeah, I am plugging him ), one of my neighbors wants to have 3-4 trees taken down. Good news for me, they give me all the wood for firewood.
Well, just think of it as paying for a little education. You can watch while they do your tree and the neighbors trees and learn a lot.
I am learning more just from this forum here and practicing, although I *wish* I could spend some time with a bonafide pro and have him yell at me a lot and let me watch him do a lot of difficult cuts....
Today I did another leaner, I'll call it a medium leaner, an 18 inch or so sweetgum. It had to fall around 70 degrees from the direction of the lean to not get hung up. So...I just took a swing at it. I did a shallow face cut, sniped the edges, cut a coosbay T cut leaving a little more hinge wood on the steer direction side, then borecut the T and beavered that cut out as fast as possible. As in I didn't dither and was using a fresh sharpened good chip throwin' chain.
Finished the cut. Saw in hand backed off fast.
Watched the tree sit there. Nothing. Crickets. It's sitting there. Not a budge, not a creak, nada, zip, nothing. It's like no cuts were made....
I am like WTF now???
Then about 15 seconds later it leaned over and fell where I wanted it to go. Yippee!
I am sure I still would have gotten yelled at by a pro, though
i managed to get hooked up with some black walnut. although not the best, it is free. by the time i'm done, i should have about 5 full cords for next winter to add to the stacks.
i don't like getting that much of the same wood, but, beggars can't be choosey.
That looks like a nice score. I do not know how much wood I will get from these trees but these are the biggest trees I have dealt with. Last year "Irene" knocked over a nice red oak at my sisters house but it was not as big as these two. Are you thinking of milling any of the walnut?
That looks like a nice score. I do not know how much wood I will get from these trees but these are the biggest trees I have dealt with. Last year "Irene" knocked over a nice red oak at my sisters house but it was not as big as these two. Are you thinking of milling any of the walnut?
dbmatt,
Since you have the root balls out of the ground why not use them also?
After you cut away all the wood you want just drag them to a place for nature to wash away the dirt and cut them up in a month or two when they are clean.
Or even visit them as they are in a month or two and cut away what is clean.
Root wood is easily the highest btu wood on any tree compared to the rest of the tree.
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