A buddy dropped a 40" silver maple a couple years ago and it had a 10" red cedar inside the trunk. That was a PITA to split with all the cedar branches holding everything together. We ended up noodling most of it.
Good thing about that: gives you a pretty clear idea where the steel is, so you can cut around it.That'll do a number on a chain! I always get nervous when cutting oak and I get into a blue streak.
I doubt if I have any pics, but I'll look when I get home. I know he thought about slicing it into cookies for table tops, but had no idea where he would find a buyer for them.I'd really like to see a pic or three of that!
I would rather not cut yard trees for that reason...makes for an expensive day when you start finding nails, wire, fence, bolts, etc...I even found a horseshoe once.
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I was out on a scrounge a couple of years ago off of CL and was working on my 4th truck load of some decent maple when I saw the sparks flying on a rather deep cut. I stopped and said a few choice words which brought the homeowner over to see what was the matter. I explained it to him and he became very apologetic and upset at having caused any harm and asked if he could replace my chain. I told him not to bother as I'd enjoyed meeting him and his wife and had gotten some good wood out of it and also it was an old chain and I'd barely caught whatever it was, so the damage wasn't extensive.
I touched up the chain and moved on to take another slow cut and never did find another piece of metal that day. The homeowner disappeared for awhile so I took another load home. When I returned, there were three brand new chains in their boxes on top of the main log. I thanked the homeowner, but didn't bother to tell him that while he'd gotten the right length, they wouldn't fit my saw. I exchanged them for something else...
Every now and then you run into good people!
BTW, upon splitting I did find a number of eye bolts that had been screwed into the tree over the years. Just a matter of luck whether you hit 'em or not I suppose...
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