Oak taken down
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JSeery
Feeling the Heat
Thanks. I had to pay him a boat load of cash to take the tree down, but it I can now stack for the 2018 season.
Hickorynut
Feeling the Heat
Soundchasm
Minister of Fire
You're getting a rebate off the cost of taking it down! ...a pretty warm one at that.
Are the big rounds sliced kind of thin? I've never understood that. If you were going to pick up whole rounds, sure, make them thin, but if they're going to be left in place on my lot, cut everything 16" and I'll figure it out!
Are the big rounds sliced kind of thin? I've never understood that. If you were going to pick up whole rounds, sure, make them thin, but if they're going to be left in place on my lot, cut everything 16" and I'll figure it out!
Lake Girl
Moderator
Easier to roll out of the way while cutting down the stump?You're getting a rebate off the cost of taking it down! ...a pretty warm one at that.
Are the big rounds sliced kind of thin? I've never understood that. If you were going to pick up whole rounds, sure, make them thin, but if they're going to be left in place on my lot, cut everything 16" and I'll figure it out!
Tree service cost - Deduct the cost of what you would pay for that amount of firewood, deduct the deductible on your home owners if you had a damage claim to your property or your neighbours. Close to equal the cost paid to the tree service?
Soundchasm
Minister of Fire
That's fantastic! Was the tree standing dead? The pics show what might be a ring of punk on the outer diameter. Anyway, that thing is where it should be, which is safely on the ground. That's priceless. My humble experience with rounds like that is to quarter them (at least) and entirely dismiss the option of muscling them whole into a vertically positioned splitter.
I cut 1" deep starting grooves for the wedges and use three wedges to start breaking them up.
It was not dead yet, but in the center of the trunk just above the ground was a rotting spot. As the bark was already peeling off and the tree was almost completely covered with vine I did not want to take any risk. It was too close to the house and leaning somewhat the wrong direction. Glad I had it taken down. I will use my saw to quarter the rounds and then my splitter, Fiskars and wedges to do the rest.
Soundchasm
Minister of Fire
Save your back at all costs!!
I tell myself if it's hard work then I'm doing it wrong... Hey, I see we have the same splitter. I just got done with a bunch of oak a few weeks back. I was going to post a short review on the splitter. One of the points was the the splitter seems to like its electricity dairy farm fresh. I used a 14 ga. extension cord and I felt like I got a performance boost over 16 ga. So when you get to the gnarly stuff keep the run short and heavy if possible.
Save your back at all costs!!
I like my 7 ton splitter. And yes I keep my cable as short as possible and as thick as possible.
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