Cuttin a Big Ol white oak

[SmokinPiney]

This afternoon me, my dad and his buddy started cuttin down a huge white oak on the corner of our friends sod farm. Only got 6 limbs off and bucked up before dark but even the limbs are like small trees. Sorry the pics are from my cell but the second give's you a perspective of how big the tree really is.

 

[Shipper50]

Looks like a 2 cord tree, is that you in the tree? Not in my life time. :roll:

Shipper

 

[thewoodlands]

It's a big tree, is it dead and that is why you are cutting it down.



zap

 

[ikessky]

Man I wish I could find some virgin trees like that. We have some good sized trees, but nothing that size.

 

[chinkapin_oak]

Why didn't you cut it down first? That would be much much safer.

 

[golfandwoodnut]

Yea, I would definetly put it on the ground first. The experts get above the branches, and are roped. That looks real dangerous. Also watch out for those widow makers, dead branches can fall from above.

 

[SmokinPiney]

Zap, yea it's been standing dead for a few yrs now.

And that's my dads buddy in the tree, He's roped off and cutting branches BELOW him. I cut the first lower branches then he geared up and started workin on the rest. We've all been doing tree work for many yrs combined so we take the necessary precautions.

We can't just drop the tree because it on the edge of a sod field. It would cause too much damage to the grass so we're just takin it limb by limb.

 

[golfandwoodnut]

I gotcha. Better you guys than me. I love cutting them up, but I do not like a saw when I am up on a ladder, etc.

 

[Backwoods Savage]

That's the big difference in trees that grow out in the open vs trees in a woodlot. Notice all those limbs! Of course, notice all that great firewood too!

Let us know how much wood you get out of that thing.

 

[Pagey]

Nice work. I have a ton of respect for people that can work up a tree like that. It's a skill that most don't possess. I'm also fond of a load of white oak in the stove.

 

[firefighterjake]

That's the big difference in trees that grow out in the open vs trees in a woodlot. Notice all those limbs! Of course, notice all that great firewood too!

Let us know how much wood you get out of that thing.

. . . and trees that grow on the side of fields . . . always lots and lots of branches . . . the nice thing is you rarely get one hung up . . . the flip side is having to haul all the branches back into the woods and out of the field.

 

[RoseRedHoofbeats]

I love white oaks. =) I had a big treehouse in the one in our yard when I was a kid.

Looks like a good haul of wood there, too!

~Rose

 

[CJW88]

Man, you could get some nice 1/4 sawn boards out of that sucker.

 

[Flatbedford]

That's gonna be a ton of wood! Well actually more like 10 tons! Looks like there are gonna be some nearly unsplittable monster size rounds where the main trunk starts to branch out. Post more pics as the work continues.