Felling a Large White Oak Tree
It is mature! Better Use It Or Lose It!
Cutting the notch, low as I can go
The tree is larger than the saw's bar, so I cut in from both sides
One whack to knock out the wedge
Bore out the tree and set one plastic wedge in the cut
Cut out the other side of the tree
One "crack" and its time to run
The telltale blue stain shows there is fence wire in this old tree
I'll sawmill right through this 100 year old wire as the boards are more valuable than the band saw blade
Time for a break
Two nine foot logs and one eleven foot log
This log is a heavy as I can lift and move with the prehauler
Cutting up the top is the hard and dangerous part
The three logs make a load. I will quartersaw all these logs for flooring.