tibikedad
ArboristSite Member
I just received a tri-ax load of oak wood last week, and was cutting through the base of a 5 foot in diameter log, when suddenly I saw sparks and the saw stopped cutting. I immediately pulled the saw out, and to my horror, realized that I had sheared EVERY tooth but 1 off the entire chain! I couldn't see the object inside, but I knew it had to be hard and large.
Since I was afraid to lose another chain, I used a splitter to hack around the object, and I found a complete horse shoe, and a red brick! The horse shoe had a big cut in it (from my saw), and the brick was shaved off in one place (again from my chain). The horse shoe and brick seemed to be at the crotch of the tree (probably 50 years ago), since the tree had completely grown around the 2 objects. We estimated that the tree was about 70 years old.
Tomorrow, I will post pictures of the chain (what's left of it) and the horse shoe still embedded in the wood. It is too dark to take pictures now.
Since I was afraid to lose another chain, I used a splitter to hack around the object, and I found a complete horse shoe, and a red brick! The horse shoe had a big cut in it (from my saw), and the brick was shaved off in one place (again from my chain). The horse shoe and brick seemed to be at the crotch of the tree (probably 50 years ago), since the tree had completely grown around the 2 objects. We estimated that the tree was about 70 years old.
Tomorrow, I will post pictures of the chain (what's left of it) and the horse shoe still embedded in the wood. It is too dark to take pictures now.