More work pics

[stihl 440]

I got called to go with the trackhoe today to cut what they said was a big tree by a road and powerline. I figured id just bring in my personal 660 just so i was prepared...i didnt think it was this big they said it was over 6ft and i didnt believe them..i thaught maybe 5ft. But sure enough it is 7ft..we measured it...its not oblong either skinnier on one side than the other..its a true 7X7...just a little heartless on this one. It only has 20" shell holding it the whole way around. I could have easily cut it with the 372xp that im running of theirs...but i was prepared anyway. The tree didnt look too bad until i took the face out..even then i thaught there would be more holding it than what there actually was the whole way around. Its actually scary that thats all there was and it was growing on a 10ft highwall above a township road with a powerline also running along it..and numerous people travel that road everyday. The only place to put this tree was up the hill into the already cut and cleared right of way. So i told the hoe operator to dig a pad in below the tree and spin himself in so when he pushed it didnt push him off the hill and us loose the tree and the hoe..so he did just that and when he was ready and had his grapple against it and i layed into it. Roughly a minute and a half later i motioned for him to push and it hit the ground..all went well..nobody got hurt and the hazard is on the ground and bucked up into log form..i cut 10-12 foot logs out of it and on the first cut up from the butt it cleaned right up..solid as can be surprisingly. Tight grain in it too..like old growth..hairline growth rings..i didnt count them..i didnt have time to count them, we had more trees to cut there..but i would bet its over 300 years old if not alot more. As far as hollow big ones go this one racks right up there with number one the worst...if not close to it. Its a White Oak and 7X7 feet across the stump...and the saw is my modded Stihl 660 mag and 2' bar. ATTACH=CONFIG]231166[/ATTACH]View attachment 231167View attachment 231168View attachment 231169

 

[Erock]

glad all went well. I like to bore in trees that are questionable to see how sound it is inside. Its hard to tell sometimes what to bore and what you don't need to. That going to firewood or what? So I take it you used the 660?

 

[lfnh]

Bet the puckr factor was right up there when the "face" dropped out.
Good outcome and call for the hoe.

 

[D&B Mack]

Your pics posted

Nice work!!!

 

[stihl 440]

glad all went well. I like to bore in trees that are questionable to see how sound it is inside. Its hard to tell sometimes what to bore and what you don't need to. That going to firewood or what? So I take it you used the 660?

Yup i used the 66...and the tree is going to whatever the landowner wants to do with it...some guys cut them up for firewood, some guys have the logs logged out after the pipeline is in and finished..some just lay there forever to rot...its a shame but true.

 

[Bill G]

Great job on that big ole hollow tree. They can be scary ones. I had one a few years ago that was on totally flat ground that was a son of gun to judge. This coming weekend I have one on the side a very steep slope that has to go 90 degrees from it's heavy lean. I am still scratching my head on that one.

Bill

 

[stihl 440]

Bet the puckr factor was right up there when the "face" dropped out.
Good outcome and call for the hoe.

Most of the limb weight was up the hill and the trackhoe had plenty of leverage on it..i didnt get excited but i would have liked it to be solid. Usually if we cant cut them when i go through with the saw crew first then a hoe is a neccesity for them...like powerlines, roads, creeks, and etc stuff we cant hit.

 

[lfnh]

Always interesting to try reading outside of stumps for what maybe inside like ant holes and chewings, old wounds, cankers and stuff. Watching chips for color and size changes helps. Anyway, appreciate the effort for the pictures.

 

[StihlyinEly]

Good job on a challenging tree. The carpenter and quartersawn white oak lover in me mourns the cutting up of what would have been some gorgeous lumber, but a feller's gotta do what he's gotta do.

 

[stihl 440]

Always interesting to try reading outside of stumps for what maybe inside like ant holes and chewings, old wounds, cankers and stuff. Watching chips for color and size changes helps. Anyway, appreciate the effort for the pictures.

Once i bored in it to swing around it there was no question it was hollow and real bad..i was just waiting to see red flying if perhaps a coon would have been in it and the 66 would have gave him a bad time. I left way over a foot of hold on both sides and it still broke cleanly.

 

[stihl 440]

Good job on a challenging tree. The carpenter and quartersawn white oak lover in me mourns the cutting up of what would have been some gorgeous lumber, but a feller's gotta do what he's gotta do.

This probably would be the rarer quater sawn lumber since the rings are super tight..i would bet thats its an old growth or just grew really slow. White oak takes alot of time to get this big.