Before the Beech

[thewoodlands]

Before I start splitting and stacking the beech I'll run back in and haul out this Sugar Maple blow down I cut and split on 5-7-2011.




GIBIR

 

[Cowboy Billy]

Cool Zap

Billy

 

[smokinj]

Cool Zap

Billy

+1

 

[SolarAndWood]

Those guys at American make nice stuff.

 

[Backwoods Savage]

You are a busy man Zap. Good for you.

 

[thewoodlands]

You are a busy man Zap. Good for you.

Looks like I'll stay that way, just sold about 4 cord of seasoned wood to our neighbor.



Zap

 

[Woody Stover]

Those guys at American make nice stuff.

That thing looks like it would split a piece of Granite.

 

[thewoodlands]

Those guys at American make nice stuff.

That thing looks like it would split a piece of Granite.

Just finished splitting some nice beech and it sure was popping. When we first bought it I split some nice gnarly sugar maple which made the American CLS groan but popped every big arse round.





Zap

 

[thewoodlands]

You are a busy man Zap. Good for you.

Hauled another load of that gnarly old sugar maple out today, attached are some pictures of the old tree the branch came from.


In the third picture you can see (arrows) the place the branch broke off.






GIBIR

 

[loon]

its probably right in front of me %-P but whats the tonnage on your splitter??

loon

 

[thewoodlands]

its probably right in front of me %-P but whats the tonnage on your splitter??

loon

24 ton on the American CLS.




Zap

 

[Wood Duck]

Does all of your Sugar Maple have that orangish center and two-toned look, or is that because the branch was dead?

 

[thewoodlands]

Does all of your Sugar Maple have that orangish center and two-toned look, or is that because the branch was dead?

It's more brown on a good healthy sugar maple, some sugar maple will start rotting up the center then I get the orange tint.




Zap