I noticed a large lot being cleared just over the hill from us. Couldn't really see too well from the road & I assumed it was a lot of scrubby stuff. So last week I finally stopped by when I saw the guys doing some burning and asked if there would be any firewood available. Sure, whatever I want -- WOW!! When I came back later to see what all was available, there was a monster black locust, about 36" that divided into 2 main trunks ~22" in diameter, just the right size for the 025 to handle 
. It keeps getting better, the one main trunk is completely suspended in the air, so I can cut the entire thing without so much as thinking about the bar pinching - it's completely solid the whole way up so far. It keeps getting better - the guys have actually been pulling out the large stuff from the burn/scrub pile for me and setting it aside with the large grapple-thing. So far I've gotten 2 nice loads of cherry. Over the next few days I'll be spending every spare minute getting the locust along with a nice-sized walnut, some more cherry and a white oak trunk that's got a fair amount of rot, but still plenty of good wood. The only difficulty is I have to park about 100 yards away and wheelbarrow it through some clay-mud, but believe me, I'm not complaining and I'm definitely getting a good workout.
I already removed 2 ~14" cherry trees from this section, still a fair amount there. Everything has been really straight with very little branching - perfect!
From a distance, you can see the large trunks and there's actually a lot of pretty nice wood in the scrub pile too, but I think they'll probably burn that before I get everything else hauled off.
The largest trunks in the distance are ~22" BL. i'm guessing it was 40ft long?
There's going to be a dozen Krispy Kremes on the seat of this thing in a day or two!
. It keeps getting better, the one main trunk is completely suspended in the air, so I can cut the entire thing without so much as thinking about the bar pinching - it's completely solid the whole way up so far. It keeps getting better - the guys have actually been pulling out the large stuff from the burn/scrub pile for me and setting it aside with the large grapple-thing. So far I've gotten 2 nice loads of cherry. Over the next few days I'll be spending every spare minute getting the locust along with a nice-sized walnut, some more cherry and a white oak trunk that's got a fair amount of rot, but still plenty of good wood. The only difficulty is I have to park about 100 yards away and wheelbarrow it through some clay-mud, but believe me, I'm not complaining and I'm definitely getting a good workout. I already removed 2 ~14" cherry trees from this section, still a fair amount there. Everything has been really straight with very little branching - perfect!
From a distance, you can see the large trunks and there's actually a lot of pretty nice wood in the scrub pile too, but I think they'll probably burn that before I get everything else hauled off.
The largest trunks in the distance are ~22" BL. i'm guessing it was 40ft long?
There's going to be a dozen Krispy Kremes on the seat of this thing in a day or two!
The Big Guy in the Sky was looking down on you!
Nice work. All that work pushing that score home will be just a distant, fuzzy memory when you sitting cozy and warm in you house a few winters from now.
