HUGE load of oak!

[unclemoustache]

Big score this week- tree service asked if I wanted oak. Said he wanted some money for it. Of course I said 'yes.'

Two large trees being removed across town. Here are most of the first batch (3 dump trucks and a big trailer load):



I also dropped a partial load to a neighbor.
That pile is about 7' tall. I still have yet to get the main trunks and upper branches of part of the second tree. All this for $200.

 

[pweber]

Nice! Have fun cutting.

 

[WoodTick007]

What do you do to kill ants when processing your wood around your home? My guess is you will come across an or two in that pile of wood. I try to be prepared so when a round busts open and they start to scatter I kill them quickly. I had a team of Ant Eaters but one of my neighbors called the humane society and I had to sell them Craigslist to a family of gypsies. Yup!

 

[Philbert]

Post this in the 'Scrounging Firewood' thread - get them back on track from shooting woodchucks!

You must have tolerant neighbors to put up with that pile, and the noise of cutting it - where I live, that would spark several pages of new ordinances.

Philbert

 

[unclemoustache]

Pretty tolerant neighbors, but my goal is to clean that up as quick as I can anyway. Directly across the street is a vacant lot and a vacant house. Nothing else on the block on that side of the street. Next door is a rental with some Mexicans who work for a lawn care business. Hardly see them. They don't care.

If I do get a notice, I'll just tell them I'm working as fast as I can. The city is pretty good about things like this. They often ignore a lot of complaints. They'll drive by and take a peek at every complaint, but if it's no big deal, they won't even bother to notify the owner. This is a great town.

 

[robespierre]

Looks like the tree cutter used a bobcat to rip down those trees.that is a good load of ugly oak.

 

[ChoppyChoppy]

The Chev must been on the bumpstops if that's just 3 trips!

I hauled about 2.5 cords of 16ft logs in mine once, I'll never do that again. (12ft bed, we are allowed 4ft of stickout) The front tires were coming off the ground on the bumps!

 

[92utownxh]

You always get the great wood scores. Nice loads!

 

[brenndatomu]

Let me get this straight...you MR 'stachio, who runs a tree trimming service, and gets paid to take trees down and haul them away, PAID a fellow tree service dood to dispose of his wood for him? Don't get me wrong, that's a nice pile for $200 but still, you PAID for wood...you are supposed to get paid to take it away!

 

[unclemoustache]

Brenndatomu, yes, I feel rather guilty about it. I've been watching that tree die for a few years now and really wanted it. $200 is a great price for that amount of wood. Here are some pics of the next 2 loads.





Before dumping




After dumping. Hey, where's my side rails???




There they are! No damage to my FIL's fence or asparagus.

 

[Mike Mulback]

Good sized! Like to see the splitting process

 

[ChoppyChoppy]

It doesn't stick with the diamond plate?

 

[muddstopper]

I thought I was the only one crazy enough to Make firewood out of wood that size. How to you plan on making those big sticks into little ones.

 

[brenndatomu]

I thought I was the only one crazy enough to Make firewood out of wood that size. How to you plan on making those big sticks into little ones.

Just throw 'em up on the SS and let it pound away at 'em dontcha know... (might be easier to hang the SS upside down over top of those rounds though )

 

[Philbert]

Those last rounds make a BIG difference in the $200 price! I would not want to split that without C4!

Philbert

 

[muddstopper]

Pretty sure my splitter mounted crane couldnt pick those rounds up and even if it did they most likely wouldnt fit between the lift and hbeam. Might could put them on the splitter with a fel. Anyway you look at it, still a lot of work

 

[Dirtboy]

Uncle that is a great score for $200. However just looking at the size of those pieces is making my arthritic joints cringe.

 

[sam-tip]

Nice score. Worth the money. I love splitting big pieces like that. Got my class A cdl so I could get big wood like those.

 

[WoodTick007]

Looks like your Super splitter is got it's work cutout for the next couple days. . . I have a free 60ft 0ak trunk that I am gonna start working on. . .the top of the trees canopy was blown off by a massive lightening strike. I say free but it will cost me atleast $100 in fuel to transport it to my place. . .

 

[Full Chisel]

Um...you're gonna need a bigger saw!

I've got a ported 90cc and I'm in the vacinity...just saying! Noodle party!