The working man, and chainsaw thread!!!!!!!!!

[cheeves]

Hello gents. Been getting saws ready to go for some big tree work in the morning, bout 4' diameter poplars. Wife's uncle is letting me keep all the logs for my mill. Going to be building a new shop so the wood will be welcome. Poplar is not ideal for building but it is what i have for free and it is fairly strong if quarter sawn. Those are some good looking old saws up above.

Purple poplar in Ohio when it really dried out would get hard as a rock. They use it for house siding out there. I had a cherry '65 Ford truck I used for firewood that had a poplar bed. Rolled down the hill in my back yard with a big load of ash on it. Smashed to hell. Yelled like a banshee. My poplar story.

 

[NORMZILLA44]

Bob that's a sad story man, bummer. Jim let us know how it went, and when you get home safe.

 

[bergman 501]

this isn't being cut down, but just like the pic-------View attachment 206831

 

[NORMZILLA44]

Very nice Kimble! Awesome tree.View attachment 206887View attachment 206888 I went through my shed today, cleaned it up and fire all my saw's up. Didn't realize I had 11 now.

 

[jimdad07]

Here's what I did today. Took the smaller one down all the way to the ground, it was 4' diameter and solid all the way to the ground. Quarter sawed the trunk on this one so I can get it on the mill. There's a bunch of pics in this one.

 

[jimdad07]

 

[jimdad07]

Here's some of the limb logs that I took home on a hay wagon and a pic of my wife's uncle and I on the stump of the smaller tree.

 

[NORMZILLA44]

Bravo Very nice Jim glad youre back safe brother, awesome picture's. I love the one with you guy's standing on the stump, you should frame that, great picture. Who was that with you?

 

[jimdad07]

Bravo Very nice Jim glad youre back safe brother, awesome picture's. I love the one with you guy's standing on the stump, you should frame that, great picture. Who was that with you?

That's my wife's uncle. Pretty good guy. He is letting me take all of the logs for my mill so I can build my new shop. There is enough wood between those two trees to do it too. I am very happy about it. Those are the biggest trees I have ever taken down.

 

[NORMZILLA44]

Awesome, good size I love tree job's, and takedowns especially big one's. Love the look of that 9010 too!

 

[cowroy]

Not doin this for money just for the firewood but here is a little tree I'm workin on right now.

 

[paccity]

Not doin this for money just for the firewood but here is a little tree I'm workin on right now.

like that toy. miss my 83 . i see you have a 84 up bed on it.

 

[cowroy]

like that toy. miss my 83 .

Good eye on the year. It is a great runner, and has a lot of torque for a 4cyl. It will still run 70+ miles an hour with this kinda load on it. I'm never in that big of hurry so it doesn't see much over 55mph anytime. I had to sacrifice some wood room for the little toolbox but it was worth it to have a place to lock up my saws.

 

[eat a peach]

last job

small job at a lake lot 3 trees inside concrete drive. 2 sweet gum one elmView attachment 207231

 

[eat a peach]

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[eat a peach]

View attachment 207241View attachment 207242View attachment 207243View attachment 207244View attachment 207245 a little windy that day ,kinda tough.By tough I mean 70 degrees and all I could see was 20,00acres of water and I had to work. The best fishing down here is in the winter ,about 55-60 average temp.

 

[jimdad07]

View attachment 207241View attachment 207242View attachment 207243View attachment 207244View attachment 207245 a little windy that day ,kinda tough.By tough I mean 70 degrees and all I could see was 20,00acres of water and I had to work. The best fishing down here is in the winter ,about 55-60 average temp.

Nice work, hat's off to you climbers.

 

[RVALUE]

A place where we can all share real job's, stories, pic's. Working saw, and cutting tales. The woods or suburbs. Tree jobs logging, working men, and saws!

Nice photos.



I have a question: Why do they top those tall trees in the woods, when they are logging?

To lower the chance of splintering the top log?

 

[eat a peach]

Nice work, hat's off to you climbers.

Got a little mexican buddy ,he's real good at dropping smaller limbs where you want them. Sure saves on time and money when you don't have to rope all of it.:msp_thumbup:

 

[NORMZILLA44]

Cowroy, nice toyata, miss mine to Pac. I like youre fiskar splitting mall I have the fiskars axe. Love it! Jim climbing is an art for sure, my buddy John impresses me on every job. Eat a peach good stuff dude! Nice pics, and a beautifull house. Rvalue in our case we top em if we dont have ebough layout, in the woods or on a lot. Even in tight quarters at a tree job, we can get the tops out, and chunk it out, or fall the stems, or whats left. Never seen any really topped for logging, just on tv really. Unless maybe it will snag in another tree.