You're gonna need a bigger boat.....saw

[W321shark]

I just purchased a 036 from @cuinrearview and it has been running like a dream (after a little screwup on my end that a machine shop repaired for $20) a neighbor reached out about a white oak that they hired a fly by night tree company to remove. Well they felled the tree, limbed it and left it. So he is now asking for some help with it. I (without anymore knowledge of the tree) said sure no problem, lemme come take a look at it.

It is 50" at the base (actually measured) and tapers down from there. question is, can I accomplish this with the 036? I have a 25" bar for it that I've been running a full comp on with no problems in some pines etc. so maybe the 25 with a full skip and some time would do it. without buying a bigger saw, which I dont plan to do until I save up for a nice new Makita 7900, do you guys think this is possible, without wrecking chains and taking ages. I'm thinking it should be fine but figured id through it out there in case I am totally missing something and in over my head.

 

[holeycow]

Of course it’s possible. It will take a while. Bring lots of gas.

A big saw will do it faster.

 

[Colt Marlington]

I got one of these you can borrow

 

[Deleted member 149229]

Don’t forget wedges.

 

[holeycow]

Bring a buddy

 

[W321shark]

I literally already debating bringing my antique 2 man saw and a can of wd-40 and telling my neighbor to suit up @Colt Marlington

 

[W321shark]

@holeycow theres a guy up the street who is always asking for firewood. Good guy never is annoying about it and is usually thrilled to just get punk wood and scraps. I was thinking about swinging by and telling him he can take it all if he just helps. He’d be all over it.

 

[Colt Marlington]

I literally already debating bringing my antique 2 man saw and a can of wd-40 and telling my neighbor to suit up @Colt Marlington

Oh great. You already got one. Mine would've taken a lot of sharpening to get all the rust off.

 

[W321shark]

@Colt Marlington yeah but I’m pretty sure mine is only rust at this point. It’s likely to snap in half taking it off the wall ha!

 

[W321shark]

so the take away is totally possible with wedges, some time, and some help. 25" with a full skip or go smaller to keep the speed up and make more cuts? I guess I'm asking the best technique for this guy.

 

[cuinrearview]

If it were me, I would use a full comp chain and just keep it sharp. That saw should pull it fine, it will be good practice for how to let the chain do the work and keep the saw running in it's happy zone. I've noodled with a stock 036 red oak and a 20" bar, it handled it respectably. That saw of yours has no base gasket and a little timing advance. I wouldn't go searching out wood that big all the time but lots of guys run 24 or 25" bars on a 60cc saw.

 

[Haywire Haywood]

Want to borrow mine? You might scrub part of the village off it.

 

[W321shark]

@cuinrearview for the sake of my back and sanity this won't be a normal thing. So are you saying if it were you, you would run it full comp and a 25" or 20" bar? it tapers down to 30" pretty quick so I really only need to make that 50" cut probably twice.

 

[Haywire Haywood]

I'd noodle it bar deep twice before you cross cut it. ( | | ) unless you intend to roll the big rounds to a trailer or a splitter.

 

[Colt Marlington]

You could probably get someone to come out and take it away for free.

There's got to be somebody around that would like to come out and mill that up into slabs or timbers.

I know I would if I could ever find that rare big old good running saw for two or three hundred that I've been looking for.

 

[W321shark]

@Haywire Haywood yeah thats a good call. those chunks are going to weigh a ton

@Colt Marlington thats what I thought too and asked him about that. apparently it has been up on craigslist for months and months with no takers

 

[dmb2613]

you can cut it with a 036 no problem, just let the saw do the work don't push it, keep the chain sharp, I have a 034 super with a 20 in bar that I can bury in oak it just keeps cutting They are powerful saws for the size

 

[Colt Marlington]

You could always cut the big part off in wedges.

 

[W321shark]

@Colt Marlington im thinking im going to cut the first big section by cutting a decent size wedge then noodling the log up to give me a reference point and to keep the nose out of the wood until I get a better feel for it and some more c0nfidence. Ive never cut anything this big so itll be a learning experience. walking away with all limbs and digits is the goal.

 

[holeycow]

Just make sure your bar stays oiled and your chain stays sharp