Marc's Sunday or: cutting trees without landing them on the parents' sunroom

[billski]

I thought a real Vermonter just used small hand saws that can be easily hidden in a back pack for tree cutting Except of course if you're cutting on Big Jay

That's sissy. Use your teeth man! :razz:
Now, where's the snow???

 

[drjeff]

That's sissy. Use your teeth man! :razz:
Now, where's the snow???

I LOVE when folks cut wood with their teeth. Gives me something to fix all work day long

 

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

serious tree stoke!!! I don't even own a chainsaw but there is an ax at work if I ever have the urge to cut down a tree..

 

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

I LOVE when folks cut wood with their teeth. Gives me something to fix all work day long

I really hope you're joking although I know a bartender who chipped one of his back teeth opening a bottle with his teeth..a bottlecap opener seems much better..

 

[Marc]

serious tree stoke!!! I don't even own a chainsaw but there is an ax at work if I ever have the urge to cut down a tree..

I have a feeling that would result in an ambulance ride...

 

[andyzee]

You had to know it was coming:

 

[from_the_NEK]

Nice work on the tree cutting Marc. On Sunday I cut down a large Yellow Birch that had broken off 25 feet up. Went down pretty nicely (didn't need wedges). I cut off the stump after falling the tree. When I got the stump to the house I tried to split it and my maul just bounces off. I'm going to try wedges next.

 

[Marc]

Nice work on the tree cutting Marc. On Sunday I cut down a large Yellow Birch that had broken off 25 feet up. Went down pretty nicely (didn't need wedges). I cut off the stump after falling the tree. When I got the stump to the house I tried to split it and my maul just bounces off. I'm going to try wedges next.

I have had some yellow birch be absolutely horrible and some really good to split. A lot depends on the wood.

Wait until we've had a few consecutive very cold days. Wood that's frozen through is much easier to split.

 

[from_the_NEK]

I have had some yellow birch be absolutely horrible and some really good to split. A lot depends on the wood.

Wait until we've had a few consecutive very cold days. Wood that's frozen through is much easier to split.

The tree was completely frozen on the stump (I cut it down in single digit temps). Many times the butt piece is the hardest to split no matter what kind of wood it is since the grain is twisting into the root system. I split a couple pieces from the other end of the tree and they cracked pretty easily.

 

[Marc]

The tree was completely frozen on the stump (I cut it down in single digit temps). Many times the butt piece is the hardest to split no matter what kind of wood it is since the grain is twisting into the root system. I split a couple pieces from the other end of the tree and they cracked pretty easily.

Yup, that's true indeed. Sink a wedge into the trunk side if the grain is garbled on the stump side. I love the feeling a getting a tough piece to cower under my might and mechanical advantage.

 

[Terry]

My grandfather always told me that you split the top end of a tree and the bottom end of a woman. It has been good advice so far!

 

[Trekchick]

Nice work Marc.
I have some tree work to do at myhouse, c'mon over.

 

[Marc]

My grandfather always told me that you split the top end of a tree and the bottom end of a woman. It has been good advice so far!

Hahahaha.... that's priceless.

 

[campgottagopee]

my grandfather always told me that you split the top end of a tree and the bottom end of a woman. It has been good advice so far!

lmfao

 

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

This thread gave me wood...

 

[wa-loaf]

I took this photo on my honeymoon in Bavaria years ago, but I think Marc would appreciate it:

 

[from_the_NEK]

I took this photo on my honeymoon in Bavaria years ago, but I think Marc would appreciate it:

I need to build a woodshed like that one!
Currently, I have a makeshift plastic covered lean-to framed with small cedar and fir poles. It only holds 3 cords so I had to stack 1/2 cord under my deck. I'd like to build something more permanent that holds at least four cord.

 

[ctenidae]

The added bonus is, it's good insulation. A little drafty, perhaps, but pretty good.

 

[Grassi21]

I took this photo on my honeymoon in Bavaria years ago, but I think Marc would appreciate it:

i'm with nek, gotta build a shed in the spring. that is impressive.

 

[wa-loaf]

I need to build a woodshed like that one!
Currently, I have a makeshift plastic covered lean-to framed with small cedar and fir poles. It only holds 3 cords so I had to stack 1/2 cord under my deck. I'd like to build something more permanent that holds at least four cord.

It's actually the side of a barn.