Rakers don't like nails much. Nor do the cutters. I knew that an old tree stand once stood in the tree, so I was actively looking for nails. I avoided all that were on the surface, but found some that must have been nailed in to the tree 20 years ago. They were 6 inches into the tree and made a mess of the blade. That was the last section of the tree I was cutting. It was at the base, and the center was rotted to some extent, so I left it there. There were likely 40 good splits that could have been harvested from the outer rings, but I called it once the nails were hidden like that.
The season of giving
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Got a good look at tree number 2 today. It is huge. Don't know if it is Red Oak, more inclined to say White by the growth. We will see soon enough. It appears that a Walnut was squashed when the Oak came down, so I can have that too! I have a couple others spotted that I can take as well. I plan to take pics of the big Oak, and will post them soon. Thinking that new saw I have been contemplating is a good step at this time too. Enough wood there to justify it, imo.
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