Sawyer Rob
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Now that fall is nearing, i'm getting back at sawing out white pine logs, to be milled to a materials list for a customer friend. He is still needing lumber for the big porch he is putting on his cabin...
Once in the woodlot, i spent quite a bit of time looking for a tree that would give me a 20' log, as i need a couple for 20' beams!
now, this one looks like it will do "nicely"!
so, i got everything ready and sawed out the knotch..
Once the knotch was sawn out, i was amazed to see all this sap pouring out! I could have easily filled a cup with that sap!
Anyway, the tree was a bit of a "leaner" and for once leaning in the "right" direction, so i didn't bother with the tree jack.... BIG mistake!! The tree fell just a little off from where i wanted it, and of course it fell into another tree!!! The wind affected it just enough to make the difference!!
so, i took a break and waited for the wind to finish dropping it! And i waited and waited and waited!!! It never happened!! After spending some time looking everything over so as to NOT compound my mistakes, i decided to saw down the second tree too!
As you can see, i used the tree jack on this one!
and FINALLY the whole thing went over, relieveing a load of stress for me!!!
So, now it's time to saw those logs out!!! I got my 20 footer, and also a decent 16 footer out of the second tree...
That was enough "fun" ? for me for one day... so in a day or two i'll go back out there and skid those logs in. I need to get to milling them into beams and lumber as my friend is yelling at me to get more sawn!!
Hope you liked the picts...
Rob
Once in the woodlot, i spent quite a bit of time looking for a tree that would give me a 20' log, as i need a couple for 20' beams!
now, this one looks like it will do "nicely"!
so, i got everything ready and sawed out the knotch..
Once the knotch was sawn out, i was amazed to see all this sap pouring out! I could have easily filled a cup with that sap!
Anyway, the tree was a bit of a "leaner" and for once leaning in the "right" direction, so i didn't bother with the tree jack.... BIG mistake!! The tree fell just a little off from where i wanted it, and of course it fell into another tree!!! The wind affected it just enough to make the difference!!
so, i took a break and waited for the wind to finish dropping it! And i waited and waited and waited!!! It never happened!! After spending some time looking everything over so as to NOT compound my mistakes, i decided to saw down the second tree too!
As you can see, i used the tree jack on this one!
and FINALLY the whole thing went over, relieveing a load of stress for me!!!
So, now it's time to saw those logs out!!! I got my 20 footer, and also a decent 16 footer out of the second tree...
That was enough "fun" ? for me for one day... so in a day or two i'll go back out there and skid those logs in. I need to get to milling them into beams and lumber as my friend is yelling at me to get more sawn!!
Hope you liked the picts...
Rob