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

[NHlocal]

View attachment 249316Here's the results of the planks I've been cutting. Done for this year, this is just about 240 board feet of cedar, all cut with the Alaskan II mill wearing a 181 Husqvarna. Beautiful stuff ! Most of it averages 10-12" wide. I love the character on these planks !View attachment 249317

Very nice! :msp_thumbup: How much gas did you burn to cut all those boards? Also, how long did it take? :dunno:

 

[parrisw]

View attachment 249316Here's the results of the planks I've been cutting. Done for this year, this is just about 240 board feet of cedar, all cut with the Alaskan II mill wearing a 181 Husqvarna. Beautiful stuff ! Most of it averages 10-12" wide. I love the character on these planks !View attachment 249317

Nice. I love cedar. Been a while since I've milled wood, I've done lots of cedar though. Looking good.

 

[Denis Gionet]

Very nice! :msp_thumbup: How much gas did you burn to cut all those boards? Also, how long did it take? :dunno:

Prolly about 2 gallons of gas, 1 gal of chain oil. Did 3 logs in one day on Saturday, the 3 biggest ones, and the others over the previous 4-5 days in spare time. It was interesting how a sharp chain gives you a plank in about 1 1/2 minutes, and a dull one about 4 minutes. It takes 3-4 minutes to dress it up after 4 or 5 planks, so it's worth the effort. If only my files weren't whipped, it'd have been faster yet. I sure do like an 81cc saw for planks though !!! Too bad I gotta give it back to the owner !

 

[parrisw]

Prolly about 2 gallons of gas, 1 gal of chain oil. Did 3 logs in one day on Saturday, the 3 biggest ones, and the others over the previous 4-5 days in spare time. It was interesting how a sharp chain gives you a plank in about 1 1/2 minutes, and a dull one about 4 minutes. It takes 3-4 minutes to dress it up after 4 or 5 planks, so it's worth the effort. If only my files weren't whipped, it'd have been faster yet. I sure do like an 81cc saw for planks though !!! Too bad I gotta give it back to the owner !

Keep your eye out for something 90cc plus, you'd like it even more.

I've got an alaskan for making a cant, then I have a Ripsaw for taking the boards off the cant, speeds up the process allot, and it makes a nicer finish.

 

[NHlocal]

Prolly about 2 gallons of gas, 1 gal of chain oil. Did 3 logs in one day on Saturday, the 3 biggest ones, and the others over the previous 4-5 days in spare time. It was interesting how a sharp chain gives you a plank in about 1 1/2 minutes, and a dull one about 4 minutes. It takes 3-4 minutes to dress it up after 4 or 5 planks, so it's worth the effort. If only my files weren't whipped, it'd have been faster yet. I sure do like an 81cc saw for planks though !!! Too bad I gotta give it back to the owner !

Sounds like the early stages of CAD are settin' in.....:hmm3grin2orange:

 

[NHlocal]

.....did a little more cutting today, here's a few pics.....

.....setting the block up high.....

.....tying off the first piece of top to be cut.....

tying off the second piece of top to be cut.....

.....ready to cut the last piece.....

.....oh boy, I made a mess.....

As soon as I finish it up I'll get to work on the video.....

Work safe. :msp_thumbsup:

 

[jimdad07]

You guys get to work in here!

Great climbing pics. I hope that Norm and the crew are well in here, been a long time since I stopped in on you guys.

 

[Denis Gionet]

.....did a little more cutting today, here's a few pics.....

.....ready to cut the last piece.....

You look pretty comfy up there

 

[NHlocal]

You guys get to work in here!
Great climbing pics. I hope that Norm and the crew are well in here, been a long time since I stopped in on you guys.

This is the first time I've been able to cut for almost 2 months, been right out straight at my "full time job" with lots of overtime,
and yes, it has been quiet in here. :bringit:

You look pretty comfy up there

I look comfortable 'cause I'm on vacation this week, that has everything to do with it! :hmm3grin2orange:

 

[Brian13]

Great pics Randy!! Looks like it was fun, and everything went smooth. Hope to see the video soon. As for what you said earlier, I hope my kids will learn to enjoy the outdoors in general. They are off to a good start so far. Had them out today teaching them how to use a hand saw. They seem to really want to work with tools and fix stuff, as well as showing a lot of interest in my saws. Hope all is well with everybody. Been doing saw maintenance today to get ready for the storm headed my way. Work safe!!

 

[NHlocal]

Great pics Randy!! Looks like it was fun, and everything went smooth. Hope to see the video soon. As for what you said earlier, I hope my kids will learn to enjoy the outdoors in general. They are off to a good start so far. Had them out today teaching them how to use a hand saw. They seem to really want to work with tools and fix stuff, as well as showing a lot of interest in my saws. Hope all is well with everybody. Been doing saw maintenance today to get ready for the storm headed my way. Work safe!!

Thanks Brian,
I haven't finished it up yet, it's my brother in law and he's in no hurry for me to get it done so I work on it when I've got a few hours here and there, like I said, I'm on vacation this week and I'm trying REAL HARD to do "vacation stuff".....:hmm3grin2orange: That's great having your boys interested in what you're doing, you definitely want to encourage that. I actually "worked" today,(tree work)we've got a lot of trees that need to come down on my Church property and I took down a Poplar, not real big DBH, maybe 18" and about 70ft tall, that was starting to die, had a bit of a lean, and was actually starting to pull out of the ground. After evaluating and taking extra safety precautions I climbed it, cut the top out and chunked it down to the point where I could flop the trunk. It was a beautiful thing to see, I had to get the top to fall over a "smaller" Beech tree and into a small drop zone, really couldn't have gone much better. It was in the middle of other trees we wanted to save so I had to be careful not to damage any of them. Sorry, no video of the top coming off, got a few pics, didn't have anyone that was "real familiar" with the camera or taking pictures until after all the exciting stuff was done. Oh yeah, and when I got home I finished putting the "floor" in my woodshed.

.....I admit it, I was nervous cutting this one, I don't like Poplar.....

.....setting up to cut the top.....

.....about 10ft below my feet is the top of the Beech(maybe 40-45ft tall)I had to clear.....

.....a little hard to see in the pic, the root was starting to pull out of the ground.....

.....did I say the trunk was cracked.....

 

[NHlocal]

.....oh yeah, here's my woodshed, looking sad and empty.....
.....it'll be full soon enough, already have wood "waiting" to get in.....

 

[NHlocal]

.....oh yeah, here's my woodshed, looking sad and empty.....
.....it'll be full soon enough, already have wood "waiting" to get in.....

.....I don't think my pics posted in the previous post.....???

 

[NHlocal]

Went for a "bike ride" yesterday after work, took a couple pics of our State Champion White Oak, I used my bike for some perspective/scale.....:msp_w00t:

.....when you get in under it you can really appreciate how big it really is.....:msp_thumbup:
Hope everyone is having a good week.

Work safe. :msp_thumbsup:

 

[Denis Gionet]

Your pics didn't show up again.... much like every time I try to put some on. Now I just leave the links to the pics, less frustrating.

 

[NHlocal]

Your pics didn't show up again.... much like every time I try to put some on. Now I just leave the links to the pics, less frustrating.

:bang: That's just weird, I can see them here.....:bang:

Went for a "bike ride" yesterday after work, took a couple pics of our State Champion White Oak, I used my bike for some perspective/scale.....:msp_w00t:
.....when you get in under it you can really appreciate how big it really is.....:msp_thumbup:
Hope everyone is having a good week.

Work safe. :msp_thumbsup:

 

[struggle]

Wow that is a monster of a tree. Lot of BTUs to has in that one giving it goes down one day.

IN the next day or two I should have an interesting tree to take down that you guys might get a kick out of. I will have camera on sight. Not a big tree though and interesting one

 

[Denis Gionet]

Holey cow, now that's just HUGE !!! Using a full-sized mountain bike for perspective, one still can't appreciate its size properly.

Struggle, you're surely gonna share some pics, yes ?

 

[NHlocal]

Wow that is a monster of a tree. Lot of BTUs to has in that one giving it goes down one day.

IN the next day or two I should have an interesting tree to take down that you guys might get a kick out of. I will have camera on sight. Not a big tree though and interesting one

Ayuh, it's huge. Can't really appreciate it unless you're actually under it. It's the N.H. Champion White Oak so it probably won't come down for a while.
.....show us the pics when you get 'em.....:msp_w00t:

Holey cow, now that's just HUGE !!! Using a full-sized mountain bike for perspective, one still can't appreciate its size properly.

Struggle, you're surely gonna share some pics, yes ?

It's pretty rare to see a tree that big around here, but we have "a few".....

 

[struggle]

Holey cow, now that's just HUGE !!! Using a full-sized mountain bike for perspective, one still can't appreciate its size properly.

Struggle, you're surely gonna share some pics, yes ?

Yes I will have pictures. It is not really a big deal but more of a WTH kind of thing. Hopefullly I will do it tomorrow.