How'd it go today?
- Thread starter MasterBlaster
- Start date
- Replies 85K
- Views 4M
CurSedVoyce
California Hillbilly
Katy edited it as a black and white
Treeaddict
Treehouser
Had a good day.
Walked next door to Sister's for biscuits & gravy breakfast & gift exchange this am.
A buddy stopped by this afternoon to split a pot of coffee & visit for a while.
Just now back from sister's for dinner. Prime rib, mac & cheese & rolls.
Time for a book & a nap
Walked next door to Sister's for biscuits & gravy breakfast & gift exchange this am.
A buddy stopped by this afternoon to split a pot of coffee & visit for a while.
Just now back from sister's for dinner. Prime rib, mac & cheese & rolls.
Time for a book & a nap
BeerGeek
Tree Numbnutz
Was out late last night, so mostly stayed in bed til almost 11 this morning. Got out, and joined renter out in the wood pile. Spent 2 hrs. and 3+ tanks of fuel breaking in a new MS261. Then hand split some locust, oak and ash as a gift for friends providing Zach & I dinner. Spent the evening munching, imbibing and shooting pool. Can't complain.
Last edited:
Went into work and did some more with the trees. This was the fallen white pine...
About 24"dbh. I forgot to get after pics, but it doesn't really look much different. Got everything smallified, and got started stacking. I bucked the pine to 8' lengths. I might mill some boards out of it. Same with the spruce, but that's one log, and another that's short and kinda skinny. I'll save some rounds for Swedish candles. Smaller stuff I'll stack for the boss' girlfriend's fire pit. Branches? I might leave them for someone else to deal with. Got to use my 362. I love that saw. Really throws chips, even with semichisel chain.
About 24"dbh. I forgot to get after pics, but it doesn't really look much different. Got everything smallified, and got started stacking. I bucked the pine to 8' lengths. I might mill some boards out of it. Same with the spruce, but that's one log, and another that's short and kinda skinny. I'll save some rounds for Swedish candles. Smaller stuff I'll stack for the boss' girlfriend's fire pit. Branches? I might leave them for someone else to deal with. Got to use my 362. I love that saw. Really throws chips, even with semichisel chain.
Treeaddict
Treehouser
Looks like it just missed the house/outbuilding. What cc is the 362?
59cc. It was my first pro saw, or really, my first decent saw of any kind. A lot of it is just the full height ⅜" chain. I use my lopro saws more than anything, so using something bigger is always a treat. I also used my echo 490 a good bit, but it doesn't currently cut well. I had rocked the chain, and when that happens, I just tidy up the teeth a bit and keep using it. That saves filing time and tooth length, but it doesn't cut as well til the defects are fully filed out.
Made a few cuts with the 661 on the main trunk sections. I was hoping the rootplate would flop back in place, but no such luck. There's a couple cedars growing in it, and it would be nice to save them as a replacement for the pine. I might see if I can lever it back in place or something.
Made a few cuts with the 661 on the main trunk sections. I was hoping the rootplate would flop back in place, but no such luck. There's a couple cedars growing in it, and it would be nice to save them as a replacement for the pine. I might see if I can lever it back in place or something.
Burnham
Woods walker
I have flopped a root plate back into place a handful of times by winching it. A come along or plain jane MA with rope and pulleys could also work.
Dave Shepard
Square peg, round world.
Our tree today did not miss the house.
Dave Shepard
Square peg, round world.
Thankfully unoccupied at the time. House is c.1735.
SeanKroll
Treehouser
I
Managed to do my & both my sister's drives as well as the neighbors (they usually just shovel) plus the three mailboxes with the snow thrower.
Didn't have face covered & ended up taking two warming breaks...otherwise it went well.
This "storm" wasn't as bad as the last snow we had. Hardly worth all the hullabaloo.
I'm thinking a lot of people just wanted a longer Xmas weekend
Time for breakfast...
SeanKroll
Treehouser
A bottle jack with a post might, as well. Angles factor a lot with both. If you can hook it to your truck, that would be the easiest to try.
Have you seen someone pull a stump over a truck wheel to change the direction of force from the truck or winch/ horizontal to vertical pulling? A taller prop, maybe 6' or so, made with a log with a rope friendy notch, might allow you to rotate a stump-stub over to vertical, depending on the stump situation, as a way to manipulate your line-angles.
SeanKroll
Treehouser
stikine
Treehouser
Awesome deflect Sean! 🙂
BeerGeek
Tree Numbnutz
Just a day of log splitting with son and groundie today. Got about 4.5 cords stacked on pallets. Then had dinner via the kid, followed by baking and then a game of cribbage. Awaiting baking results b4 passing out.
pigwot
M's, Juniper's, Lowen’s, and Inge’s Grandpa
All fourteen of us home for the holidays. Half the family had not met the youngest two cousins due to distance (Thailand) and Covid. It’s been a ton of fun. In the wood shop with the oldest grandchild. Son wants to make up 20 tick sticks for his employees and volunteers later today. The great room windows are plastered with fingerprints of the little ones. Lots of interest in the birds at the feeders. Lots of great meals, hours of just hanging out by the fireplace. Only one mishap: the 31 yr old tried to sit cross-legged on the couch with a freshly-poured cup of tea, bobbled it, soaking her wool-sock on her right foot. Sustained burns over a 7” x 3” area of that foot. Badly blistered and small areas with eschar forming. Have kept it covered with non-stick dressing and kerlex. I’ll take her to burn center for assessment - they have an opening in a few hours.
Patrick A
Treehouser
Similar threads
