Update: Picture of big cottonwood
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thewoodlands
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Backwoods Savage said:Stihltheone had a post on a big cottonwood tree. Here is a picture of that big sucker:
That is one huge tree, thanks for posting Sav.
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Beowulf
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That looks a lot like what we would deal with in our pasture, when I was kid in the mid-west. A great deal of work for not much heat. If it's all you have, you burn it, (it beats cow chips, sort of.)
Many thanks for puttin up my picture!! The pic does not really do justice to the size of this beast, but just look at my crew cab behind it, and my buddy is 6' for referece. I love cutting up these monsters!! Its kinda like eating and elephant... just one bite at a time! I cut it int rounds, then noodle it to stove size right on site, it takes a bit longer to so it this way, but all the mess stays behind and I have to handle it all a lot less. With 2-3 of us working we can process 2 cords an hour easy. This tree was about 75' tall. A good part of the tree off of the right side in the pic has been moved out of the way already. I will keep posting on the cord count, I am thinking 11.5 when all is said and done. What is your guess??
FireAnt
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Nice tree! Cottonwoods grow BIG!
Here is some shots of one I had a tree company cut down in early spring. 140'ish feet tall. The trunk was 75' tall and the branches were another 60-65'
https://www.hearth.com/econtent/index.php/forums/viewthread/57266/
Video of it coming down
http://www.youtube.com/v/uM73eADYYAU&h
Here is some shots of one I had a tree company cut down in early spring. 140'ish feet tall. The trunk was 75' tall and the branches were another 60-65'
https://www.hearth.com/econtent/index.php/forums/viewthread/57266/
Video of it coming down
http://www.youtube.com/v/uM73eADYYAU&h
We got 2 + cords out of the monster yesterday, about 6 to go!!I have to get it off of the stump before much else can happen, that will be kinda interesting, but whoooo hoooo!!
Hey Stihl, that should not be bad getting it off the stump, but you have a lot of work to do on that thing before you are done. Keep hacking away at it! lol
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