a cautionary tale

[REM505]

I missed this 1" angle iron only because I checked around to see how the tip side cut was going. I love the trees there but they weren't supposed to have anything in them.

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[Wood Duck]

In a few more years that iron would have been completely hidden inside the wood.

 

[thewoodlands]

That is a nice miss.

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[pen]

Just ruined a literally brand new chain (was on the first tank of gas it had seen) when my buddy forgot that the tree we were cutting had a gate in it that was taken off sometime in the late 60's. Guess who found the spikes / hinge :-/

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[billb3]

I found a bicycle chain and a lock disappearing into a white oak last weekend.
I'm guessing someone had a dog tied up there at one time.

 

[bogydave]

Property line trees are notorious for barbed wire, nails & staples to be hidden inside.
I imagine with all the trees cut up after the 2 storms on the east coast, lots of dull or ruined chains from them.
Was a time when many trees in the PNW were spiked by protesters, ruined several large saw mill blades. Now they run them thru metal detectors.
I hit my own nails when cutting up one old tree in my yard %-P . One side of the chains teeth were rounded & shiny on the cutting tip.
Don't know the solution, carry a couple extra chains with you I guess.

 

[Backwoods Savage]

Jack, in this case missing it was great!

 

[RHH1974]

I split a chunk of wood and found some metal in both halves. I burned both pieces to see what it was and found an old clothes line pulley nicely split in half. I was lucky to miss it with the chainsaw. This pulley must have been well over fifty years old as it was totally inside the tree.

 

[homebrewz]

I split a chunk of wood and found some metal in both halves. I burned both pieces to see what it was and found an old clothes line pulley nicely split in half. I was lucky to miss it with the chainsaw. This pulley must have been well over fifty years old as it was totally inside the tree.

Oh, that reminds me.. I should leave a note.

 

[Grisu]

Eviction notice? :lol:

 

[thewoodlands]

Property line trees are notorious for barbed wire, nails & staples to be hidden inside.
I imagine with all the trees cut up after the 2 storms on the east coast, lots of dull or ruined chains from them.
Was a time when many trees in the PNW were spiked by protesters, ruined several large saw mill blades. Now they run them thru metal detectors.
I hit my own nails when cutting up one old tree in my yard %-P . One side of the chains teeth were rounded & shiny on the cutting tip.
Don't know the solution, carry a couple extra chains with you I guess.

bogydave, when we bought our property the guy that sold us the land showed me some areas the old barb wire was still in the trees.


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[lukem]

I've been pretty lucky as far as this goes. I only hit metal once...some nails for an old deer stand. Pole barn nails are extremely hard and will trash a chain instantly....I hit for a second, saw a few sparks...pulled it out and my cutters were FUBAR.

 

[bogydave]

Property line trees are notorious for barbed wire, nails & staples to be hidden inside.
I imagine with all the trees cut up after the 2 storms on the east coast, lots of dull or ruined chains from them.
Was a time when many trees in the PNW were spiked by protesters, ruined several large saw mill blades. Now they run them thru metal detectors.
I hit my own nails when cutting up one old tree in my yard %-P . One side of the chains teeth were rounded & shiny on the cutting tip.
Don't know the solution, carry a couple extra chains with you I guess.

bogydave, when we bought our property the guy that sold us the land showed me some areas the old barb wire was still in the trees.


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Some states have laws that you can't cut "line" trees unless both parties agree. Tree is 1/2 yours & 1/2 theirs.