Had some straight line winds come through my place and still in the process of getting all the house/barn/tree damage cleaned up. We've cut a good bit of wood over the years but Oak always seems to elude us. There is a fair amount of it around, just not where we cut.
When I was a kid we had a large Burr oak in a neighbors fencerow he wanted out. It was about a 4 fter and I honestly wasn't too impressed with it burn wise. It laid in a barn, on a concrete floor for 5 years before burning but wasn't nothing to brag about.
I knew by the leaves I had a few oaks along my line fence and I believe the twins the wind uprooted are oak. I didn't get any close ups today but I will tomorrow if needed. sawed great and split like a dream. I was by myself and split everything pictured in about 2 1/2 hours. Both were about 30 inches in diameter at the bottom.
The trees were on my side both they fell to my neighbors side. At first I was going to work it up on his side as he said he didn't care. The more I looked at it I decided to drag it back to my side in the hay field. Had to do it in stages as it was WAY more than the backhoe would pull. About 10 pulls later with chains, it was all on my side again.
Any early guesses?
When I was a kid we had a large Burr oak in a neighbors fencerow he wanted out. It was about a 4 fter and I honestly wasn't too impressed with it burn wise. It laid in a barn, on a concrete floor for 5 years before burning but wasn't nothing to brag about.
I knew by the leaves I had a few oaks along my line fence and I believe the twins the wind uprooted are oak. I didn't get any close ups today but I will tomorrow if needed. sawed great and split like a dream. I was by myself and split everything pictured in about 2 1/2 hours. Both were about 30 inches in diameter at the bottom.
The trees were on my side both they fell to my neighbors side. At first I was going to work it up on his side as he said he didn't care. The more I looked at it I decided to drag it back to my side in the hay field. Had to do it in stages as it was WAY more than the backhoe would pull. About 10 pulls later with chains, it was all on my side again.
Any early guesses?