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  1. madtrapper New Member

    joined: Aug 7, 2012
    28 posts
    Mt. Pleasant Mi
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    Dropping this nice oak today
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    smokinj and milleo like this.
  2. Jags Super Moderator

    joined: Aug 2, 2006
    11,280 posts
    Northern Illinois
    Be safe. Remember that you are dealing with tons of potential energy that is probably not all that happy about being cut down.;)
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  3. madtrapper New Member

    joined: Aug 7, 2012
    28 posts
    Mt. Pleasant Mi
    It's on the ground ImageUploadedByTapatalk1354548535.811830.jpg
  4. BIGDADDY Member

    joined: May 17, 2012
    175 posts
    Your tree looks almost as nice standing as it does laying down.
  5. Blue2ndaries Minister of Fire

    joined: Oct 17, 2011
    603 posts
    Oregon
    Nice work! Lots if warmth laying there.
  6. madtrapper New Member

    joined: Aug 7, 2012
    28 posts
    Mt. Pleasant Mi
    Tops cut and brush cleaned up
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    Now the trunk
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  7. zap Minister of Fire

    joined: Aug 25, 2009
    10,372 posts
    Nice drop madtrapper, what type of Oak was it?
  8. TimJ Minister of Fire

    joined: Apr 10, 2012
    1,028 posts
    Southeast Indiana
    Thanks for those pictures...........felt like I was there doing it with ya
  9. Boog Powell Minister of Fire

    joined: Oct 31, 2012
    561 posts
    NE Ohio
    Looks like a red from here, I though I felt the ground shake this morning!
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  10. golfandwoodnut Minister of Fire

    joined: Sep 25, 2009
    1,392 posts
    Pittsburgh PA
    good job, it is nice when you do not have anything in the way like that
  11. jackofalltrades Member

    joined: Nov 5, 2010
    162 posts
    North MS
    That is no type of red oak I have ever seen for sure. It looks a lot more like white oak than red, but that green back is strange looking to me. We don't ever see that around here.
  12. Shane N Feeling the Heat

    joined: Oct 16, 2012
    296 posts
    West Central MN
    Our red oaks here have the same greenish growth on them.
  13. madtrapper New Member

    joined: Aug 7, 2012
    28 posts
    Mt. Pleasant Mi
    White oak here is the rounds ready for splitting
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    The little stuff
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    Counted 84 rings on the tree it won't be sucking any more moisture out of our fields now. It's amazing how far our from oak that the crops don't grow.
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  14. TimJ Minister of Fire

    joined: Apr 10, 2012
    1,028 posts
    Southeast Indiana
    you didn't play around with it that's for sure
  15. bogydave Minister of Fire

    joined: Dec 4, 2009
    7,758 posts
    So Cent ALASKA
    Great pictures
    As fast as you are at felling , liming, bucking & clearing the brush,
    got it split & stacked yet ? LOL :)

    Good job. Some serious heat in a couple years ;)
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  16. madtrapper New Member

    joined: Aug 7, 2012
    28 posts
    Mt. Pleasant Mi
    No it's a little wet to get splitter back there hopefully it gets cold enough this week to harden the ground up. Plus now that deer season is over the beagles needed some running
  17. Boom Stick Feeling the Heat

    joined: Oct 26, 2011
    270 posts
    Capital Region, NY
    Nice work.....Nice wood
  18. coltfever Member

    joined: Jan 4, 2011
    89 posts
    Middle Tennessee
    That sure looks good the way you have it cut and all cleaned up. Pictures look great. I even like the looks of your worked up field.
  19. Backwoods Savage Minister of Fire

    joined: Feb 14, 2007
    24,148 posts
    Michigan
    Trapper, that looks like a nice tree to make into firewood. For sure you had no problem telling where it would fall because it was on the edge. It will make some really good firewood too.

    As for the ground getting hard, I think that will be into next week rather than this week. It will turn colder starting tomorrow but doesn't sound like it will be cold enough for frost as daytime temperatures still well above freezing. Hope it does freeze up soon though.
  20. madtrapper New Member

    joined: Aug 7, 2012
    28 posts
    Mt. Pleasant Mi
    Time for splitting
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  21. madtrapper New Member

    joined: Aug 7, 2012
    28 posts
    Mt. Pleasant Mi
    Got it all split ImageUploadedByTapatalk1354731534.603335.jpg
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  22. WoodPorn Minister of Fire

    Wow...Waste no time eh?
    Nice score on the White Oak!
  23. onetracker Minister of Fire

    joined: Aug 11, 2011
    593 posts
    rondout valley ny
    fr#%in' love white oak.
    i spend as much time smelling it as splitting it.
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  24. oppirs Member

    joined: Sep 14, 2012
    53 posts
    SE Illinois
    Love it, you did such a nice job so fast. Great score!
  25. madtrapper New Member

    joined: Aug 7, 2012
    28 posts
    Mt. Pleasant Mi
    Finished stacking it today it will sit here in the open for 2 years then moved inside
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