Dropped this 100 year old red oak today.
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Anyone know how to download a video to this site?The video is really awesome of us dropping this monster.
TreePointer
Minister of Fire
Videos have much larger file sizes than pictures, so you might be running into a file size limit (set by Hearth.com and/or its forum hosting company) when attempting to upload the video to this site. To get around this limit, larger files are ofen uploaded to a file hosting site, and then you paste a link to the video from that file hosting site into any one of your forum postings. I'd upload the video to my YouTube account and in the Privacy Setting make it "unlisted." "Unlisted" means that it won't show up in general YouTube video searches, but it will be available to everyone to whom you provide the link.
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Cluttermagnet
Minister of Fire
I'd love to see a video. You Tube...
My wood burning career started with Red Oak from a big tree, topped out
at 100ft plus, that died. Counting the rings I made it out to be about 90 plus
years old. It was a fence line tree along a farm lane, got a lot of sun. I burned
splits from that tree for at least two years... Not quite as big as yours, probably
around 38-40inches DBH.
My wood burning career started with Red Oak from a big tree, topped out
at 100ft plus, that died. Counting the rings I made it out to be about 90 plus
years old. It was a fence line tree along a farm lane, got a lot of sun. I burned
splits from that tree for at least two years... Not quite as big as yours, probably
around 38-40inches DBH.
Highbeam
Minister of Fire
Wow, bucked the 5 footer on the ground without rolling rounds out! Had to be a straight stem and flat ground. How did you avoid cutting the dirt or pinching the bar? Were you using wedges for the bucking? How long a bar?
NateH
Member
Adabiviak
Feeling the Heat
lost in the woods
Burning Hunk
Stihl ms 362 25 inch bar ,the ground was very level,one new chain cut the entire tree,never once hit the ground due to how level the cutting area was.Can't say it wasn't a job,cuz it was.The hard work has yet to begin. I will probably noodle the rounds so they can be handled more easily.
Sawmills around here play you for an uneducated fool,I called one for shids and giggles told them what I had,reply red oak is not in demand the market is flooded. No I'll burn it.
