No pic's this time but I swear I win not do another one! My whole body says no fricken way pal.....Anyone else doing the big ones this year?
basswidow said:Yeah - but mine are getting dumped at my house. The big ones will work ya, but the reward is something! Work slow and steady. And 12 hour Alieve is a requirement.
We need pics!
smokinjay said:No pic's this time but I swear I win not do another one! My whole body says no fricken way pal.....Anyone else doing the big ones this year?
lukem said:smokinjay said:No pic's this time but I swear I win not do another one! My whole body says no fricken way pal.....Anyone else doing the big ones this year?
I have a 40-50" black locust on my to-do list. It is leaning hard (away from a house) and it's probably rotten in the middle. Getting it down safely might be a challenge. I'm worried it is going to barber-chair and I don't have a bar long enough to plunge-cut it. I'm going to poke a hole in it with the saw and see if it is truly hollow...then plan accordingly. Should be a hard day's work.
Jambx said:Just yesterday worked a 40 inch maple.
Isnt the term is noodling when one wrestles with big rounds to get it in position for the splitter?... if so then I have slightly perfected that technique with the Kubota – calling it “Tra'noodling". Slap on the bucket forks and just lay'em onto the splitter plate – nice nice.
The trailer has the splits of just three 36 inch rounds - just love those big rounds!
wkpoor said:Took 2 days to finish this one off. Too far away to be worth dragging the tractor there so we had to do it the old fashioned way. With the grapple this guy could have been cut, loaded, and area cleaned up in a couple hrs. As it was 2 days later and there is still work to be done on the site.
smokinjay said:lukem said:smokinjay said:No pic's this time but I swear I win not do another one! My whole body says no fricken way pal.....Anyone else doing the big ones this year?
I have a 40-50" black locust on my to-do list. It is leaning hard (away from a house) and it's probably rotten in the middle. Getting it down safely might be a challenge. I'm worried it is going to barber-chair and I don't have a bar long enough to plunge-cut it. I'm going to poke a hole in it with the saw and see if it is truly hollow...then plan accordingly. Should be a hard day's work.
I would just face cut it as normal and run a long bar. Make sure your stance is set to slide back and out. If it baber its no big deal.
lukem said:smokinjay said:lukem said:smokinjay said:No pic's this time but I swear I win not do another one! My whole body says no fricken way pal.....Anyone else doing the big ones this year?
I have a 40-50" black locust on my to-do list. It is leaning hard (away from a house) and it's probably rotten in the middle. Getting it down safely might be a challenge. I'm worried it is going to barber-chair and I don't have a bar long enough to plunge-cut it. I'm going to poke a hole in it with the saw and see if it is truly hollow...then plan accordingly. Should be a hard day's work.
I would just face cut it as normal and run a long bar. Make sure your stance is set to slide back and out. If it baber its no big deal.
That's probably what I'll do, but even if i know they're going to barber...it still scares the crap out of me when they pop.
Jags said:Yeah Jay, I don't have pics but I was working up some 45 inch white oak rounds this weekend. One round equals a bunch of splits. YEEE HAWWW.
smokinjay said:lukem said:smokinjay said:lukem said:smokinjay said:No pic's this time but I swear I win not do another one! My whole body says no fricken way pal.....Anyone else doing the big ones this year?
I have a 40-50" black locust on my to-do list. It is leaning hard (away from a house) and it's probably rotten in the middle. Getting it down safely might be a challenge. I'm worried it is going to barber-chair and I don't have a bar long enough to plunge-cut it. I'm going to poke a hole in it with the saw and see if it is truly hollow...then plan accordingly. Should be a hard day's work.
I would just face cut it as normal and run a long bar. Make sure your stance is set to slide back and out. If it baber its no big deal.
That's probably what I'll do, but even if i know they're going to barber...it still scares the crap out of me when they pop.
That big I have never had one barber even hollow, but I darn sure would be ready for it though.
smokinjay said:Jags said:Yeah Jay, I don't have pics but I was working up some 45 inch white oak rounds this weekend. One round equals a bunch of splits. YEEE HAWWW.
Yea I get the no pick thing. Sometime I just wished I never found it. This thing been down for years still squeezing juice out of it.
lukem said:smokinjay said:lukem said:smokinjay said:lukem said:smokinjay" date="1323717761 said:No pic's this time but I swear I win not do another one! My whole body says no fricken way pal.....Anyone else doing the big ones this year?
I have a 40-50" black locust on my to-do list. It is leaning hard (away from a house) and it's probably rotten in the middle. Getting it down safely might be a challenge. I'm worried it is going to barber-chair and I don't have a bar long enough to plunge-cut it. I'm going to poke a hole in it with the saw and see if it is truly hollow...then plan accordingly. Should be a hard day's work.
I would just face cut it as normal and run a long bar. Make sure your stance is set to slide back and out. If it baber its no big deal.
That's probably what I'll do, but even if i know they're going to barber...it still scares the crap out of me when they pop.
That big I have never had one barber even hollow, but I darn sure would be ready for it though.
If it isn't hollow it is going on the mill for fence posts.
smokinjay said:lukem said:smokinjay said:lukem said:smokinjay said:lukem" date="1323719778 said:smokinjay" date="1323717761 said:No pic's this time but I swear I win not do another one! My whole body says no fricken way pal.....Anyone else doing the big ones this year?
I have a 40-50" black locust on my to-do list. It is leaning hard (away from a house) and it's probably rotten in the middle. Getting it down safely might be a challenge. I'm worried it is going to barber-chair and I don't have a bar long enough to plunge-cut it. I'm going to poke a hole in it with the saw and see if it is truly hollow...then plan accordingly. Should be a hard day's work.
I would just face cut it as normal and run a long bar. Make sure your stance is set to slide back and out. If it baber its no big deal.
That's probably what I'll do, but even if i know they're going to barber...it still scares the crap out of me when they pop.
That big I have never had one barber even hollow, but I darn sure would be ready for it though.
If it isn't hollow it is going on the mill for fence posts.
50 inch bl is going be a force to deal with!
Bocefus78 said:how many cords have you pulled from this one?
lukem said:smokinjay said:lukem said:smokinjay said:lukem said:smokinjay" date="1323719937 said:lukem" date="1323719778 said:smokinjay" date="1323717761 said:No pic's this time but I swear I win not do another one! My whole body says no fricken way pal.....Anyone else doing the big ones this year?
I have a 40-50" black locust on my to-do list. It is leaning hard (away from a house) and it's probably rotten in the middle. Getting it down safely might be a challenge. I'm worried it is going to barber-chair and I don't have a bar long enough to plunge-cut it. I'm going to poke a hole in it with the saw and see if it is truly hollow...then plan accordingly. Should be a hard day's work.
I would just face cut it as normal and run a long bar. Make sure your stance is set to slide back and out. If it baber its no big deal.
That's probably what I'll do, but even if i know they're going to barber...it still scares the crap out of me when they pop.
That big I have never had one barber even hollow, but I darn sure would be ready for it though.
If it isn't hollow it is going on the mill for fence posts.
50 inch bl is going be a force to deal with!
Going to suck flipping it.
smokinjay said:No pic's this time but I swear I win not do another one! My whole body says no fricken way pal.....Anyone else doing the big ones this year?
zapny said:smokinjay said:No pic's this time but I swear I win not do another one! My whole body says no fricken way pal.....Anyone else doing the big ones this year?
Nice size tree Smokin, are you saving any for milling?
zap
smokinjay said:lukem said:smokinjay said:lukem said:smokinjay said:lukem" date="1323722003 said:smokinjay" date="1323719937 said:lukem" date="1323719778 said:smokinjay" date="1323717761 said:No pic's this time but I swear I win not do another one! My whole body says no fricken way pal.....Anyone else doing the big ones this year?
I have a 40-50" black locust on my to-do list. It is leaning hard (away from a house) and it's probably rotten in the middle. Getting it down safely might be a challenge. I'm worried it is going to barber-chair and I don't have a bar long enough to plunge-cut it. I'm going to poke a hole in it with the saw and see if it is truly hollow...then plan accordingly. Should be a hard day's work.
I would just face cut it as normal and run a long bar. Make sure your stance is set to slide back and out. If it baber its no big deal.
That's probably what I'll do, but even if i know they're going to barber...it still scares the crap out of me when they pop.
That big I have never had one barber even hollow, but I darn sure would be ready for it though.
If it isn't hollow it is going on the mill for fence posts.
50 inch bl is going be a force to deal with!
Going to suck flipping it.
Yea and making your cutting runs that bl dull chains very quick in the milling runs. I have never seen one that big.
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