Read this stump....

[Log Splitter]

This is what's left of an old willow oak that was on a new clearcut area on my tree farm. It's about a 40 inch tree that only paid (to me) $7 a ton for pulpwood, but it needed to go to make way for the new pine plantation.

I thought you guys might like to think about the sawyer's techniques. :notrolls2:

Those chips are a good hint.....

 

[Ax-man]

Just a shot in the dark as I don't have equi8pment like this, did he use a harvester of some kind, with a grapple and a circular blade with carbide teeth.

Larry

 

[A100HVA]

curved holding wood hhhhmmmmm....very interesting.
tell us more :hmm3grin2orange:

 

[PA Plumber]

Those are some huge saw chips. I am also wondering about the curved holding wood.

 

[joesawer]

Saw head on a Hydro-ax or something simular. Operator hit it more than once.

 

[Tzed250]

PTO blade on a tractor?

 

[SRT-Tech]

whats with the half circle TRENCH near the top of the stump??

router?

 

[Log Splitter]

You guys are good. I know this is the chainsaw forum of AS, but I thought these pics would be interesting. Here is the harvester, it's a John Deere 843....

That's one incredible machine. It is in its best element when harvesting the loblolly pine. The operator grabs the 14-19 inch trees as the machine cuts the tree off the stump. After cutting the tree, the operator then carries it vertically over to an area where he makes a set for the skidder operator. You've not lived until you have watched saw logs walk through the woods. Only a video could do it justice.

Here are a couple of pics of the business end of the harvester.

This pic of the tooth next to my number 11 will give you a perspective of how big this machine is...

The only time I've seen these guys break out a chainsaw is for topping the larger hardwoods or when they need to clean up the butt end of a pine pole. BTW, they run Husky's when they do. These guys actually made fun of my MS 361 that I was running to buck up the tops.

 

[Log Splitter]

I thought I'd share a couple more pictures with y'all. I spent the weekend bucking up some of the tops they left. I've got to get as many done as I can before the guys come in during the summer to do the site preparation for the new plantation. There are a lot more tops than I'll have time to do, so I'm picking the easiest ones to buck up for stove wood and campfire wood.

Here's one I'm bucking with the new MS 361....

This top is done and ready to load on the trailer. I've got about 12 done and 1200 more to go.