Peacock
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So yesterday we went after the big ash(?) at our property. It was just off the road and not 20 feet from our to be driveway, so it had to come down. Most of the limbs were either rotted out or just punky. So only a 1-2 cord of useful wood came out of this thing.
I used the 441 and 28" with a RSLF full skip chain. MAN does that thing cut!! Held an edge for 3 tanks on this dry old hard as a rock tree. I was very impressed with that chain.
We used a strap in an attempt to keep the tree from splitting in two as I cut it. There was a large crack down the center of the trunk that we were worried a bit about. You can see from the pics that the tree pretty much exploded apart as it rocked off the stump, but the strap held while I cut it and drove the wedges.
I spent today cutting and seperating the junk from the good wood. That lasted about 2 hours until the tractor had an encounter with something harder than rubber.
I used the 441 and 28" with a RSLF full skip chain. MAN does that thing cut!! Held an edge for 3 tanks on this dry old hard as a rock tree. I was very impressed with that chain.
We used a strap in an attempt to keep the tree from splitting in two as I cut it. There was a large crack down the center of the trunk that we were worried a bit about. You can see from the pics that the tree pretty much exploded apart as it rocked off the stump, but the strap held while I cut it and drove the wedges.
I spent today cutting and seperating the junk from the good wood. That lasted about 2 hours until the tractor had an encounter with something harder than rubber.
Splitting it took almost as long, what a bear of a job, the stuff shattered apart. Its one of those woods that needs to be bucked and split green for happiness.
