?? QUESTION IS?? did you rope the tree since it was over 10 feet tall?? !! JK !! nice to see a real tree taken down by a person with real experience! enough wood there to keep you warm a dozen times before it sees the stove....Cut down a 7 foot cottonwood last Saturday. The picture is the right half of it.
I absolutely agree. The fact of the matter is, I run man size Blaze King stoves and get 10 plus hour burn times with this wood. I agree, it is not oak or maple. Out here, trees are scarce and this is our best option. It is interesting, the wood of these big ones is actually quite good, it burns about like elm. This tree will produce about 12 cords .There is no wood that is useless, some are far down on the btu scale for sure, but not worthless. Let that wood dry, theres heat in there.
We used a 660 with a 36 inch bar ad my 090 with a 47 on itWOW! now that IS... a big one! what size saw, bar length? big tree and a mighty big grin to match! way to go!!! I guess you showed that tree a thing or two... LOL!
We used a 660 with a 36 inch bar and my 090 with a 47 on it
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 much and a day or so splitting.Out of curiosity, how long will it take you to cut, split and stack all of that? Thanks
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.Like a Boss.....nice job
That's incredible.Nice one! I am winding up about a total of 12.5 cord from oakzilla here. This is counting the first go around when the tree guys trimmed all the limbs. I'm still not near done, took a hiatus when my 394 needed some repairs then the weather went too wet and nasty for me to bother with it. I'll get back to it soon, saw is fixed now.
I'm not sure yet, I have 5 cords home of just the little stuff. Maybe 12 or moreThat's a big tree for sure, how much wood in there?
That's incredible.
A big aspen up here is a shade over a half cord. There are some dandys up and down the hill from my hunting cabin but I've only had to buck one that fell across the road and it was already punky. I'd say they would push closer to a cord.
Even a big Norway pine up here would only go a cord and a half if you scrounged limbs and all.
Cut down a 7 foot cottonwood last Saturday. The picture is the right half of it.
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