This oak is getting in the way of my scrounges...

[Soundchasm]

I've admired this Bur oak for 13 years. It died a few years ago and actually affected me to a degree. It's nearly 4' DBH. One source pegged it at 175 YO and another at 225 YO. What a venerable monster. Pre-civil war to say the least.

Anyway, it dropped at 30" diameter limb in my yard. Worked on it with my little saw until the saw developed a problem. Then the doctor cured the saw. I had to use some strategy and take the long way around on a heavy length that was sitting on some old wire fence, but it's all bucked.

A little of the small stuff is hollow, and you can see the inch of punk on most of it. Between it and a small cherry that came down, surely it'll stack out to two cords.

I've had a line on some scrounges, but haven't been able to get off the property to go get them. Is this irony?



Left a little something on the way down. Took a few months but it came down.



I'll have to quarter these to move them.

 

[Soundchasm]

I enjoy working slow enough to look around, and I saw stuff working on this tree that I've never seen before. I haven't identified any of this stuff, but the colors were stunning.

 

[heavy hammer]

Awesome colors, nice logs that is some big rounds, looks like you will be busy for awhile enjoy!

 

[HisTreeNut]

I've had a line on some scrounges, but haven't been able to get off the property to go get them. Is this irony?

Sounds like a good problem to have...

 

[AmbDrvr253]

Some here WISH they had problems like that..........Myself included.

 

[Soundchasm]

I don't remember exactly what round this is, but I think rounds 1 and 2 went to the oak, and 3 and 4 went to mechanical problems, but I won this round.

There's at least this much on the other side if not more. This is very nearly a cord, methinks.