This is the biggest I have ever cut.

[Bspring]

The tractor we were using will pick up over 2000 lbs and it would not budge this section so I had to cut in in half and it still would not pick it up but we were able to skid it out once we cut it in half. I don't know how big the log is but for reference I am 6'4". BTW, I am wearing hearing and eye protection. Also, the saw I was using is giving me some trouble so I posted a thread in the equipment section.

 

[heavy hammer]

Awesome score how did the saw do you said you had some trouble with it. What kind of tree is it. Looks like you had a good day. Did you fell the tree or was it Already down?

 

[jatoxico]

Nice! That's a serious bit of wood there.

 

[D8Chumley]

Wow that's a big 'un

 

[Easy Livin’ 3000]

Wow indeed! Good thing your wife likes to split wood, you might need the help. I am curious what kind of tree it is, too. Any idea how tall it was?

 

[D8Chumley]

I'd like to know how old it was. Looks to be what, 3+ feet through? Probably more like 4' if you're cutting with the 044

 

[Longstreet]

Looks like it may have fallen from all the rain we've had in the Southeast this fall/winter. Soil is so saturated, root balls are tearing out of the ground.

That's not firewood - have it milled. You don't get very many chances in life to have boards with that kind of size. You can ALWAYS buy more firewood for dirt cheap in the South, but rarely will you have boards of that significance 'fall' in your lap.

 

[Toomb]

I agree.......a shame to turn that into firewood. What is it?

 

[Bspring]

It is Red Maple and it did fall over. Several others close to the same size were damaged. It will be going to the mill. I was using a 28" full chisel skip chain. The saw is fine now. I had a problem with it after that tree.

 

[Jags]

Thats getting into the big stuff. By the overlap cut of the butt end, I would take a SWAG at 48 to 50" territory. Maybe even a bit bigger. Those things are fun to play with, but come with dangers that normal firewood doesn't. Massive weight. I have worked up white oak that a single 20" thick cut was enough weight to throw me around like I was the smallest dude at a midget toss. Be careful out there.

 

[Oldman47]

I have never touched anything that big but if I had the chance my Husky 555 would get a new 28 inch bar and I would go for it. It looks like a fun challenge for a youngster like me at only 68.

 

[Ashful]

I get into a lot of stuff that size, and love the cutting, but hate the splitting! In my case, it's on another's old farm (1750's), so it's not up to me to have it milled. Getting it out of the woods in any sort of length can be fun, as our skidding vehicle is a Ford 3000. A 50" diameter oak will weigh 860 lb. per foot!

I run a 28" bar for most of the bucking, but will switch to a longer bar for felling, if it means I can work easier from one side. Like yours, most of what I'm cutting is up-rooted from storms, in our case mostly hurricane Sandy.

 

[MaintenanceMan]

It is Red Maple... It will be going to the mill.

Awesome! Post picks of the lumber if you can. Should be gorgeous.

 

[blades]

I get into that size once or twice a year- 084 /42" bar gets it down to size. One needs to be paying very close attention to those sticks.

 

[maple1]

I don't think there are any mills left around here that could handle something that big.

 

[CentralVAWoodHeat]

I'm proud of ya man! That size timber brings a whole list of different challenges to the table.

 

[heavy hammer]

It's awesome to run into something that size. It doesn't happen often but when I get to cut something that size getting the 880 with 36 inch bar is fun to play with.

 

[Ashful]

I get into that size once or twice a year- 084 /42" bar gets it down to size. One needs to be paying very close attention to those sticks.

Brought one of those home from the saw shop, a few years ago. Tons and tons of grunt, but a whole different animal than any 660 or smaller saw, regarding chain speed. It doesn't turn fast, but it just keeps churning and churning that big .404" chain, no matter what you stick it in.

 

[neverbilly]

...Those things are fun to play with, but come with dangers that normal firewood doesn't. Massive weight. I have worked up white oak that a single 20" thick cut was enough weight to throw me around like I was the smallest dude at a midget toss. Be careful out there.

Can you explain what you mean by that? What would you be doing in that scenario and what could happen?

 

[edge-of-the-woods]

Damn! I would drill a hole in it and put some TNT inside, then light it and run

 

[Jags]

Can you explain what you mean by that? What would you be doing in that scenario and what could happen?

When dicing up a 50" log - a single 20" thick cut of wet (read: green) white oak is approaching the 800 pound range. Dropping, rolling or moving it in any manor is not only difficult, but potentially dangerous. It is literally enough weight to push you around if it starts an unanticipated move.

 

[Hasufel]

When dicing up a 50" log - a single 20" thick cut of wet (read: green) white oak is approaching the 800 pound range. Dropping, rolling or moving it in any manor is not only difficult, but potentially dangerous. It is literally enough weight to push you around if it starts an unanticipated move.

This is how I picture dicing up a 50" log...

 

[Ashful]

When dicing up a 50" log - a single 20" thick cut of wet (read: green) white oak is approaching the 800 pound range.

Even worse than that, I think. The last oak I brought home that size resulted in 1400 lb. rounds, at 20" lengths.

 

[Jags]

Even worse than that, I think. The last oak I brought home that size resulted in 1400 lb. rounds, at 20" lengths.

My scale doesn't go that high.

 

[edge-of-the-woods]

Even worse than that, I think. The last oak I brought home that size resulted in 1400 lb. rounds, at 20" lengths.

What do you DO with rounds that big? There's a house here in Bethany, CT on a main road that we drive by often. They have TONS of wood in TONS of stacks, but also these immense rounds in their yard, that have to be 8' around. No clue what they are going to do with them. Recreate Mount Rushmore on a slightly smaller scale? Start the world's biggest termite farm?