Needed to help my family clean up a mess the power company left by their business. Most of the good stuff was gone by the time I got there. Got a couple big rounds and some branch wood. They still have the main trunk standing by the road. The rounds in the picture are from about 20' up. I figure it's about 3-4' DBH. I'm probably going to wait a while before I take it down. I'm not real crazy about these big trees... they are a lot of work!
A little Oak Score! (pics)
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Agree with you on these big rounds. Its great to get 15+ splits out of a round, but getting it split is such a pain in the @$$. Nice pickup though all in all. And pretty cool sawbuck.
I decided to give it a go with the Fiskars and... The wood was almost no match (a big crotch piece won a small battle) the 36" long 20"+ rounds got cut into 4 18" long pieces and it all got split except for part of one of the rounds. I'll post a pic of the pile that it made as soon as my camera battery is charged.
raybonz
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golfandwoodnut
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I like splitting the big oak rounds. You can get so many pieces out of a round and oak splits pretty easy. I would think it would be more difficult in a splitter because just moving them around is a pain. But I could be wrong. I cut a bunch in the woods this summer and could not even think about bringing them up to split, so I just split them where they lay. I think on the rest of the tree you may want to split it where they lay and not mess with loading the big pieces.
Backwoods Savage
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Those can be fun to split, either by hand or with a splitter. Moving them in a splitter really is not all that bad either.
I still have to take down the main trunk, but I am in no hurry to do so. It's about 20' tall and 3'+ DBH. I'll probably wait till I can get a machine over there to load it into the dump trailer. I like getting a chance to put on the 24" bar and chain, but I don't like moving those big rounds by hand!
CJRages
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Bubbavh said:
Perhaps some additional leverage would help? Pry-bar or similar - roll them up a ramp and into a trailer?
Or - you sounds pretty Fiskars savvy - might as well split em on sight/site to lighten the load! :coolgrin:
golfandwoodnut
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Dune
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SmokinPiney
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The state and the power companies sure have their work cut out for em. They've been toppin all the standin dead oaks around here for weeks and haven't even made a dent.
Flatbedford
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Nice score! I prefer working with big rounds. I quarter them where they lie so that I can load them on the truck then split them as I unload at home.
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