Farmall Guy
ArboristSite Operative
I had a guy stop in and look at this oak I've been working on, his advice was to cut the big log off the stump and see how it looked... well it looks pretty good so tomorrow I'm going to take a few pics down to the local mill and see just how long they want these logs bucked to. The trunk is straight as an arrow for 18' so definatly could get 2 8's out of it but I'd rather see what they want before I do much more.
I was afraid this was going to be rotten all the way to the stump, to my supprise it's solid. when it rolled off the stump I spotted a bad spot about 10' up the trunk, I think thats where the rot I ran into started. If thats the case I should definatly get 1 8 footer thats clear, solid and 30" on the small end. Now I just have to figure out how to get this out.
I put the 41" bar on the 880 and let'er rip. I bored in leaving about 10" on the top then cut clear out the bottom. After that I worked my way up into that top strap until it was all cut up. I had to use a wedge to get it to roll off the stump once it was all cut up, nothing got broke, no one got hurt and the log looks good so I'm quite happy
Once I saw this stump was clean I decided to take advantage of the oppertunity and knock off a cookie for future use as a table top. Its got a crack in it already so I'm going to let it dry, then I'm going to cut a 90* wedge out of it and turn it into a corner table. I might also knock off a few more cookies and build a 2 or 3 shelf corner display case out of them. Time will tell I guess.
The 880 pulled the 41" bar with full comp RSC with no problems at all. Now I really see what the guys that own these big saws were talking about. With the bar burried it just kept on cutting, what a fealing :chainsawguy:
For the record this was cut today, my camera's battery needs a charge so I had to barrow moms and I don't know how to turn the date thing off
I was afraid this was going to be rotten all the way to the stump, to my supprise it's solid. when it rolled off the stump I spotted a bad spot about 10' up the trunk, I think thats where the rot I ran into started. If thats the case I should definatly get 1 8 footer thats clear, solid and 30" on the small end. Now I just have to figure out how to get this out.
I put the 41" bar on the 880 and let'er rip. I bored in leaving about 10" on the top then cut clear out the bottom. After that I worked my way up into that top strap until it was all cut up. I had to use a wedge to get it to roll off the stump once it was all cut up, nothing got broke, no one got hurt and the log looks good so I'm quite happy
Once I saw this stump was clean I decided to take advantage of the oppertunity and knock off a cookie for future use as a table top. Its got a crack in it already so I'm going to let it dry, then I'm going to cut a 90* wedge out of it and turn it into a corner table. I might also knock off a few more cookies and build a 2 or 3 shelf corner display case out of them. Time will tell I guess.
The 880 pulled the 41" bar with full comp RSC with no problems at all. Now I really see what the guys that own these big saws were talking about. With the bar burried it just kept on cutting, what a fealing :chainsawguy:
For the record this was cut today, my camera's battery needs a charge so I had to barrow moms and I don't know how to turn the date thing off