Mac88
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Dayum, Hedge...and I buck hedge with my 025 (and RSC). ;o)
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Dayum, Hedge...and I buck hedge with my 025 (and RSC). ;o)
Hedgerow
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You got more patience than me... But back when I was a wee lad, my only saws were an 018, a 210, and an 028 wood boss... I got by...
But then I got a 372xp....
Then the sun broke through the clouds, and shone down about me.
Mine eyes were opened...
Then I heard about the saw called by name Dolmar... "what is this name?" DOLMAR...
So I then located this illusive machine and beheld it...
Oh, 'twas an angry machine to behold indeed!!!
And mine eyes were opened again...
And the lord said "Behold Boy... Your saw"... "Go forth and tame the fencerows, and reclaim the fields for the cattle to feed in.."
And there you have it...
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Mac88
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No argument. I haven't found a Dolmar in my price range, but if I can convince the Mrs, there "might" be a DCS 6421 in my future. Meanwhile, I've still got some hedge sittin' out back that still needs bucked and split. I guess my little old homeowner saw will "git 'r done".
Hedgerow
HACK
It'll manage just fine... I still ain't found anything worth milling here... When I get into a decent sized one, it's full of internal splits and cracks...
But......
There will come a day, when I lay mine eyes upon the great 36", straight growing, Hedgeous Erectus!!!! That I will go forth and lay waste to, and bringeth it asunder... For the mill should partake of such a golden gem...
That, or I'll admire it, and move on to something less desirable..
Who knows...??
Seems like anymore, I can't bring myself to cut anything that ain't got somethin' wrong with it.
Except hackberry trees... We cut over 250 of those weeds out of 1 fencerow.
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Mac88
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That's most of what we find around here, short, full of limbs, full of cracks and crooked as a dog's shmoz. Makes good firewood, makes lousy boards. I'm right into cutting junk timber for firewood. I wonder how hackberry mills out?
Hedgerow
HACK
I'll bet it's similar to Elm...
Mac88
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Never milled Elm either. We do mostly oak, cherry, walnut, cedar and hedge. I thought about silver maple, but I took down the last one on the property this past spring.
ks_osage_orange
ArboristSite Operative
To the OP, to me it looks ready to burn NOW!
I have a pasture that is full of hedge rows so that is all I burn in my Garn.
dq72
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Very nice load indeed. It's quite plentyfull around here. I cut alot of it myself. I helped some friends clear out a short run of them earlier in the year (about 400yds long). We had the dozer and track hoe to push em over. I cut the rootball off one and it measured 5 ft across. The first limb up measured just under 30''. Needless to say we dulled a few chains and went through several tanks of gas in the saws and 2 splitters that day. Had a gr8 time. David.......
VTWoodchuck
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What's up with warmer climates having better firewood?:msp_angry:
I'd hate to try splitting that stuff!
I'd hate to try splitting that stuff!
Hedgerow
HACK
It is still quite abundant in my area of Illinois, however most of the weekend warriors wont touch it as it was used in the fence rows and grows rather gnarly. I have burned alot of it over the years, but It is alot of work since they don't grow very straight. Nice score! Good for you for attacking it!
Mac88
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The crooked stuff seems to burn just as well as the straight. :msp_wink:
Hedgerow
HACK
Yeah... That would be a safe bet...
Ayatollah
ArboristSite Operative
We have some here in California, but I've only noticed many smaller trees growing mostly alongside the road at fences. Nothing at all the size as was shown here earlier, but I'll bet some exist. The road crews here are the ones most likely to have it, as they would be the ones' cutting it when it gets in the way of traffic. I see those "oranges" scattered close by too. I've never burned a bit of it myself, but it seems legendary enough to search for.
