Dave Pee
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Cleaning up my neighbors yard. Ran across this dry pine tree - about 30 ft long. No problem lifting it with grapple and 32 HP.
Trusty JD and a big Log
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I guess we have different standards for a big log.
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Yep, my big log has roots on it: 
It was vertical earlier:
It was vertical earlier:
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My big log weighed 10k with the top of the tree gone. My tractor couldn't hardly lift the top part so it was more than a ton. 
Here's another big one 
Here's another big one
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Egon
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How big is big? It is relative term conventionally.
Six ft. tall may be considered tall in a group that averages five and a half feet. Six ft. Tall in an NBA dressing room might be considered short!
Six ft. tall may be considered tall in a group that averages five and a half feet. Six ft. Tall in an NBA dressing room might be considered short!
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Considering you can't cut the red woods I consider anything I can't cut with a 20" bar "big". 
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Pardon the forks, they're chained to the bucket haha. Forks are off a forklift, still has the huge 1" steel plates on the back of it. Having it this far forward of the pins doesn't help with my lift capacity. I had my brother cut it down, all those vines you see are poison ivy which I get pretty badly and he does not!
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Unless I had my buddy who's not allergic to that crap I'd have left that alone. I'd probably be in the hospital after cutting that log.
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I've had friends who seemed to think I should drop everything I have to do and eradicate poison oak/ivy from my woods. I just don't invite them into the woods.