Scrounging Firewood (and other stuff)

[JustJeff]

Silver maple will grow like that if you don’t trim the suckers. I have a couple silvers, one I let go into a double but I think it will be alright. The others I kept down to a single. This guy is 10 years old, you can see the suckers at the bottom. I weedwhacked a few weeks ago! So you can imagine if I hadn’t weedwhacked in 10 years!

 

[cat10ken]

Are you guys sure these are silver maple, I'm thinking they are red, also known as swamp maple. Silver maple is something entirely different.

 

[svk]

Those are absolutely silvers.

I just had this conversation with a high school classmate as they didn’t understand why their neighbor took down a huge silver that was seemingly healthy.

 

[woodchip rookie]

Absolutely silver. Its everywhere here. Outside dense forest I would guess its the tree we have most here. Grow like friggin weeds. Mulberry grows even faster and grows in the weirdest places.

 

[Picaso]

yep silver leaf is an easy mark and definitive. those can have some nice curl. My friend's dad had one cut recently over 30"dbh that was cut clear to the ground 25 years ago when he was 16. looking at the growth rings, most years it was putting on at least 3/4" of thickness.

 

[svk]

Cleaned up blowdowns on about a quarter mile of trail. Took out several good sized aspen and a balsam and this was waiting for me at the top of the trail.

 

[svk]

And I would have gotten the leaders disconnected but the top one twisted just as it was about to separate.

First time I’ve ever had to leave a bar in the woods. I normally have a second saw with me.

 

[Circle B MN]

And I would have gotten the leaders disconnected but the top one twisted just as it was about to separate.

First time I’ve ever had to leave a bar in the woods. I normally have a second saw with me.

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Doh! I make it a point to always have two saws so if I get one stuck I can sticks the other right beside it.

 

[svk]

Doh! I make it a point to always have two saws so if I get one stuck I can sticks the other right beside it.

Ive almost done that a couple of times in blowdowns lol.

 

[farmer steve]

Here is the silver maple growing next to our house. I measured it at 4 feet high and it is 12 ft 8 inches in circumference. I'm guessing it is 60 feet high.

 

[turnkey4099]

Doh! I make it a point to always have two saws so if I get one stuck I can sticks the other right beside it.

I had to get the farmer to pull a log over to unstick my 32" bar. Stuck it, dropped powerhead and rebarred with a 28" and stuck that one.

 

[svk]

My friend had a hobby farm that was originally a working farm. He had a silver maple snag that was about 7’ diameter. Freakin huge.

Seems they normally get to 40” or so pretty quickly then slow down.

 

[JustJeff]

And I would have gotten the leaders disconnected but the top one twisted just as it was about to separate.

First time I’ve ever had to leave a bar in the woods. I normally have a second saw with me.

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Done exactly that in the same spot.

 

[KiwiBro]

#MeToo

 

[bigfellascott]

Doh! I make it a point to always have two saws so if I get one stuck I can sticks the other right beside it.

Reminds me of a recent trip cutting with a couple of mates, first one got the Husky stuck, the 2nd mate went to help and got his stuck too then I had to come along and rescue em witht the Stihl

 

[dancan]

I've chopped mine out with an ax once or twice maybe ... Lol

 

[dancan]

I've chopped mine out with an ax once or twice maybe ... Lol

Well , truth be told , several times over the years

 

[rwoods]

I think my record is three stuck saws in a single storm downed oak. I say saws because you can’t usually remove the power head on an outside clutch saw.

A good wedge driving axe can be more useful than a second saw. Chop some wood wedges to fit and drive them home works a lot of the time.

Ron

 

[rwoods]

Here is the silver maple growing next to our house. I measured it at 4 feet high and it is 12 ft 8 inches in circumference. I'm guessing it is 60 feet high. View attachment 664575 View attachment 664576

Those yard maples can be a lot of work. Ron

 

[JustJeff]

Sounds like a country song. “The Stihl got stuck then the husky got stuck and dolmar got stuck....”