Great big oak tree

[cachunko]

I have kind of a neat story I thought I'd share. I had an oak tree that was nearly dead that I've been figuring out how to cut down for a couple of years now. To the south is a power line, and to the north is the road. I couldn't get the county to drop it, or consumers, so me and some of the family and guys from the neighborhood tag teamed the beast. We dropped it across the road and my grandpa was confident that we could drag it out of the road with the big 4 wheel drive tractor. And just in case the tractor couldn't do it, he had his buddy come over with his four wheel drive tractor. Well, even with two four wheel drive tractors, we couldn't budge the tree. I ended up limbing it and pulling it out of the road in sections.

My primary saw is a 562xp that I put a 28 inch bar on for the job. Man. I've always loved this saw, but I was completely impressed after this job. It cut through the tree like butter. It wasn't even difficult. At one point I got the saw pinched and I had to use my grandpas 455 rancher. What a joke. If that was my saw, I'd throw it away lol. It didn't even compare. It was like a little toy saw in comparison.

Here are some pictures my wife got. It was really impressive. By far the biggest tree I've ever worked with and especially nerve racking because of the close proximity of the power line (which powers my house and all my neighbors haha).

 

[cachunko]

I'm not exactly sure why the thread was moved from gear to wood shed. It was intended as more of a review of the saw. I'm suspecting someone just read the title and not the thread.

 

[Woody Stover]

That's a MONSTAH! Smart girl; She's wearing highly visible work gear.

 

[cachunko]

You have to start them young They love helping me throw wood in the basement and pick wood up for hauling. For this job, I didn't let them come close. Too much big equipment. But once I get it all cut and split, they will want to help me haul and stack I suspect this wont be the case once they are teenagers.

 

[woodhog73]

My primary saw is a 562xp that I put a 28 inch bar on for the job. Man. I've always loved this saw, but I was completely impressed after this job. It cut through the tree like butter. It wasn't even difficult. At one point I got the saw pinched and I had to use my grandpas 455 rancher. What a joke. If that was my saw, I'd throw it away lol. It didn't even compare.

That's a good size tree. Big oak for sure.

Im a big fan of the Husky 562xp / Jonsered 2260 saw. However the 455 is decent for a firewood saw. Just fine for a person looking to process a couple cords of fire wood a year and handle storm clean up around the property. Just to clear this up for anyone reading and looking for saw advice.

Will it match a 562xp ? No. It will not.

But then again on a tree that size, I'd run my Stihl 661 or Jonsered 2172 and if I had to run a 562xp after running those others I just might think it was a joke and probably throw the 562xp away....lol... Joking sorta

Just saying..... Ok not trying to start crap.....but people do read reviews for advice and a 455 has it's place. Just like a Stihl 290 has it's place, etc.

You should get a great amount of firewood from that oak. Nice !

 

[cachunko]

I don't take it as you starting crap the 562 is the biggest saw I've ever used. The only other saw is a 290 farm boss / 455 rancher. I know there are bigger badder saws. Maybe one day I could afford one I guess you need to find a good balance for weight too? Once you start getting into bigger saws the weight obviously goes up too. What I liked about the 562 is that it was the same weight as my 290 was, but cut through the same log twice as fast.

 

[cre73]

I am very surprised those tractors couldn't move that tree. Was one of those monster limbs buried? I had a BIG top come out of a huge black oak and drug it off the road with my truck. Tires were smoking and had to get a run at it but still moved it.

 

[StihlKicking]

I am very surprised those tractors couldn't move that tree. Was one of those monster limbs buried? I had a BIG top come out of a huge black oak and drug it off the road with my truck. Tires were smoking and had to get a run at it but still moved it.

I was thinking the same thing. I've moved some pretty large trees with much less. Great post though, thanks for sharing.


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[cachunko]

We had some railroad chains that had the first tractor hooked up to the tree. And then we had a couple more railroad chains for the second tractor, but not enough to hook it up. So then we had to use a smaller chain to reach. The smaller chains kept breaking for the lead tractor, so we were never really able to pull with both tractors, it was basically just the one. All the tires would do was spin. Literally, the tree didn't budge, not 1/4". It was crazy. I was totally surprised too. Even after cutting half of the limbs off, I thought "Man, it will surely pull it now." Nope. Still wouldn't It budged it that time, but not enough to pull it out of the road.

To answer your question, there was not a limb jambed into the ground. I was just as surprised as you guys.