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Not quite as big, but still live and too close to the house, it and the maple above it in the second picture.

Wife was sure I was going to put them on the house, arborist wanted $3K to drop them, nah...

It's a bytch and time consuming sawing up something big with a saw with a blade not long enough for the job.
But sometimes ya just gotta get schitt done with what you have on hand.

Interesting butt.
You fell a lot of trees?

You must live in a city

Sorry Sir... but all the firewood has been claimed already...

But if you would like... please stop by and you can pick out another tree if you need firewood or lumber. Free, no charge.

Not hardly!

Assuming at those fees.

We don't even know what an arborist is around here.

Schtick could have come down and helped you out with that....

Big schtick.....is that you?

This was supposed to be about my stupidity jacking around with a 20" bar.

WorriedMan... I think they are saying you might want to watch a youtube on a hinge cut... Regardless, nice fell... tree is down and safe... Congrats!

What a silly question... do you see any purple and yellow electrical tape anywhere?

Recreational logging.

This be my climbin' saw. Makes tree look small . 4'+ at butt.

That was to drop them, haul them off and clean up. The local Asphalt Company bought out all the tree service guys in Madison County so you have one insured group to go to. I rented a chipper and set it on a ditch I own, dropped the trees and hauled the limbs to it. I had a bud that wanted the wood for his shop stove so I cut it in 6' lengths and loaded it on his trailer with my tractor. and saved a lot of money. I did it right before my second knee surgery n July and was elk hunting in November. I am a cheap skate...

Dude, I’m from Oregon.

We’re not all ássholes.




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re-look at the second photo, Oak was leanded the wrong way so I made the bite long in with 80% of the diameter, then the first back cut was to get wedges set then I plunge cut it back into the bole, used wedges to throw it where it needed to go.

Grand Pa was a logger, I am scared to death of trees, especially with those limbs low to make it kick back. I spent a week looking before I stuck a saw in it and had a rope on it at 30' up with a winch to boot. Notice where it landed. Hinge was 2.5 inches to start with the plunge cut, then as I got pressure on the wedges, I angled it to make it go away from the two biggest lower limbs on the final cut, the thick side of the hinges was still 2.5".

‘Rounds’ 5” thin will spilt very easily with a maul



They might even break apart with a sledge hammer. Red oak splits good. (Cept for wyes, notches and crotches)

At least you got it cut into disks. I always seem to cut big trees into candy canes!!!!

I bet that Oak is worth a good $$$$...

Actually I do, and have. Sold firewood to put myself through school. Started a s a kid limbing and leading teams to the wagon.