Hung Up Leaner Down

[thewoodlands]

I decided to make a small trail in from the top so I could get this Sugar Maple. I thought that after one or two cuts it would roll out of the tree it was leaning on, after four cuts it finally came down.

Bucked up the Sugar Maple then rolled it down the hill to the trail, I took 27 rounds of Sugar Maple home which will be split and stacked this weekend.

 

[smokinj]

Awesome pic's Zap! Its still warm here, way better than last year at this time.

 

[Thistle]

Lookin' good Zap.Most days have been lo mid 50's past week or two,set a record of 67 here yesterday,lo 50's again today.Lo 40's with cold rain/snow mix expected tommorow,not to be over 47 for the high all next week.Its gonna be here pretty soon now,so far has been milder than last year.I covered my 2nd small crop of lettuce with a blanket a few nights last week & this week,its still growing. ;-) 21 last Friday morning,ground temps are still in upper 40's. Never had any plants survive outside this late,everything else is either picked,moved indoors or dead lol.

 

[Adkjake]

Good job, I have a couple of maple leaners of similar size i need to take down. They're leaning on two smaller white pines, 4 inch dia mayb, with a larger pine in the drop zone, but not touching. I'm thinking my approach may be to notch the pines to weaken them, hook the winch cable from the ATV to the maple, pull tight and then cut the maple.

 

[thewoodlands]

Good job, I have a couple of maple leaners of similar size i need to take down. They're leaning on two smaller white pines, 4 inch dia mayb, with a larger pine in the drop zone, but not touching. I'm thinking my approach may be to notch the pines to weaken them, hook the winch cable from the ATV to the maple, pull tight and then cut the maple.

Lots of pressure coming back at you when cutting these, the 25 inch bar gave me a few extra steps away from the tree. Be careful on yours.



Thanks
Zap

 

[Gark]

Nice going on that leaner, zap! Sugar maple is like candy for woodburners, eh? I'm always wary of leaners, 'cept for the small ones.

 

[thewoodlands]

Nice going on that leaner, zap! Sugar maple is like candy for woodburners, eh? I'm always wary of leaners, 'cept for the small ones.

We love the sugar maple, if it's down or a leaner like this we will take it.


Thanks
Zap

 

[bogydave]

Looks good, I see that the snow melted already.
Nice pics

 

[Adkjake]

Yeah, was 50* here in the Adirondacks yesterday. Forecast is for same temps for the next few days, with some showers on Sun and Mon. Goodbye snow. Good news for me, as I can get back to hauling that big score of mine!

 

[FireAnt]

Good stuff zap. Splitting day here today. Temps will probably be high 60's even 70...

 

[woodchip]

Sure looks neater down and bucked ;-)

 

[thewoodlands]

Looks like another great day today, just having some coffee then I'm heading back in for some cherry. FireAnt,lets get some pictures of the splitting up tonight, if I recall you have plenty of wood to split.

AdkJake, be careful on that pile of logs, great score.

woodchip, sure does look better, I did notice some sugar maples in that area that lost their tops, future btu's.


Bogydave, keep that snow & cold for another month or so.


zap

 

[Backwoods Savage]

Those can be the fun ones to cut so long as you know what you are doing.

 

[Diabel]

Talk about leaners.... Would this classify as a leaner or hanger?
Last pic I decided to take a break from looking at that leaner/hanger........

 

[thewoodlands]

Talk about leaners.... Would this classify as a leaner or hanger?
Last pic I decided to take a break from looking at that leaner/hanger........

I would say it's both.


zap

 

[bogydave]

Talk about leaners.... Would this classify as a leaner or hanger?
Last pic I decided to take a break from looking at that leaner/hanger........

Looks like a "dead fall" trap to me.
Stay away from the trigger.

 

[Diabel]

Talk about leaners.... Would this classify as a leaner or hanger?
Last pic I decided to take a break from looking at that leaner/hanger........

I would say it's both.


zap

gravity will take care of this one!

 

[Diabel]

Talk about leaners.... Would this classify as a leaner or hanger?
Last pic I decided to take a break from looking at that leaner/hanger........

Looks like a "dead fall" trap to me.
Stay away from the trigger.

pics were taken couple of weeks ago (hunting season), trigger was quite silent!
Mr buck once again outsmarted me....