Pro Loggers - More advice needed
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CobyRupert
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Respectfully, I say it still is providing support.
That’s why the trunk is up in the air and not on the ground.
Or are you talking about just the splinters on the left of the stump?
I wouldn’t want to cut a splintered trunk with unknown forces and unknown “connected-ness” still in it with that trunk over my head.
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Yes, just the left side, that's what I wrote, that's what I meant. The stuff that is Obviously not connected to the tree overhead.
The stuff that is just F ugly, get it out of there so it's not in the way when you need to make the important cuts that require knowing what you are doing.
It's not hard, but you have to keep your wits about you.
The stuff that is just F ugly, get it out of there so it's not in the way when you need to make the important cuts that require knowing what you are doing.
It's not hard, but you have to keep your wits about you.
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Trees like this, I usually put a notch and back cut on the bottom (where the stump should be) and let the whole thing fall over sideways (or pull it over sideways). Picture it like a triangle standing on an edge and you want to knock it over flat.
Your white oak doesn't look like it has much sawable wood down low there so no telling how cuts will behave. But I'd still go into it from that approach -- it's probably the safest way to get it on the ground.
Your white oak doesn't look like it has much sawable wood down low there so no telling how cuts will behave. But I'd still go into it from that approach -- it's probably the safest way to get it on the ground.
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That stump on the right looks as it has been pushed in. Unnaturally flat at the base, and there is the track that appears to be scraped soil as it was placed.
Could be wrong, it's just a picture....or perhaps I have missed your intention.
CobyRupert
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He’s not saying it’s a stump, he’s saying it’s a chunk that came off the “tree” to the left on the ground. That “tree” is just one branch of that red oak.
