Out of rounds to process have some blow down to buck.

[jatoxico]

So the weather finally cooperated enough this weekend to let me finish splitting the last of the wood I had bucked up. Maybe 1/5 of a cord of white pine, a heavy 1/4 of locust and some dead fall oak. But that's all I had left ready to split.

Have a pretty large locust down that I can buck. It's hung up on another tree and it took a medium oak with it. The oak broke off 5-6' up and is laying under the pile. The locust is almost on the ground but I really need to take a good look and see where the weight is before I start monkeying around with it. A crotch on the locust caught the other tree, holding it off the ground with an intact root ball.

It's complicated, I can get a decent amount of wood off it w/o getting into the stressed parts but the rest makes me a little nervous.

 

[bigbarf48]

Be careful with it, tree aren't forgiving. If you think you can get it bucked safely then defintely go for it. If not, a cord of locust isn't worth your life. Be sure before you try

 

[Backwoods Savage]

For sure be careful. I've cut down hundreds of hangers and can tell you it pays to really look things over good before cutting. Actually, it can be fun most times but there may always be that one....

 

[jatoxico]

For sure be careful. I've cut down hundreds of hangers and can tell you it pays to really look things over good before cutting. Actually, it can be fun most times but there may always be that one....

Yeah, I'm not very experienced so I'm proceeding carefully. Just posted today's work and some pics of the situation looking for feed back before I go for the larger one.