Post by: Kirk Allen on March 06, 2008, 11:51:25 AM
This is what I saw when I pulled up to the corner where the tree fell into the road.
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This is the root ball in the ditch. Best we can figure its over 6 foot diameter.
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This is one step up from the root ball.
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The saw that is stuck in the cut is the road commisioners and the 30" bar is barried and still did not cut through the other side before it pinched his saw.
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What do you we do for pinched saws in monsters like this? ;D
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Post by: Steve G. on March 06, 2008, 01:33:56 PM
Post by: John Bartley on March 06, 2008, 06:46:41 PM
What do you we do for pinched saws in monsters like this?
We used to tell customers to carry a spare bar and chain. When the saw pinches and can't be taken out, you just unbolt the power head and put on the spare bar and chain to cut out the first one.
cheers eh?
Post by: Frank Pender - AKA "Tail Gunner" on March 06, 2008, 09:44:40 PM
Post by: Kirk Allen on March 06, 2008, 09:49:10 PM
When I dont have the pleasure of this type of equipment I do as you suggested John. I have two bars for my H385XP (28") and two 20" bars from my H372XP.
Post by: Frank Pender - AKA "Tail Gunner" on March 07, 2008, 06:18:14 AM
Post by: Kirk Allen on March 07, 2008, 09:12:40 AM
Post by: Kirk Allen on June 21, 2008, 08:38:13 AM
Power company to the east called and they said there are about 100 poles to pick up from the storms. All rural poles and most are Southern Yellow Pine.
Power company to the west also called and they have 40-50 Western Red Cedar poles for me.
Local farmer has 6 large oaks and maples that uprooted from the winds and he said I could have them and he would even load them up. He already cut them into 10 foot logs for me!
Three different locals need lumber cut from trees down on their property during the storm.
Looks like another busy summer!
Post by: joasis on June 21, 2008, 09:55:11 AM
Post by: Kirk Allen on August 08, 2008, 08:49:45 AM
I have a boat load of pics to get loaded of several Gold Strikes recently. One is of a 16 foot Pin Oak that is 46" on the small end :o
Post by: Frank Pender - AKA "Tail Gunner" on August 08, 2008, 08:59:28 AM
Post by: Kirk Allen on August 08, 2008, 10:26:41 PM
Post by: Kirk Allen on August 25, 2008, 10:11:49 PM
Landed over 10,000BF of Osage Orange, 3000 BF of Honey Locust, 2500 BF of Hackberry and one 300 BF log of Shingle Oak.
Sure glad the loggers dont see any value in the Osage :-X
Post by: Frank Pender - AKA "Tail Gunner" on August 26, 2008, 10:09:51 PM
Post by: Kirk Allen on August 26, 2008, 10:25:16 PM
Post by: Kirk Allen on September 08, 2008, 10:24:18 AM
The SYP poles are not treated and are 30 footers! Looks like more great lumber for my shop!
Post by: Kirk Allen on September 12, 2008, 08:31:44 AM
Once we got that log loaded we picked up a white pine from the Cemetary that is 24" diameter and 26 feet long and a Eastern Red Cedar that was 12" diameter.
Brought those back to the house and unloaded them and no sooner than I was done the Road Commissioner called and said he had a monster Ash for me just south of my place.
Took off south and sure enough he had a great log for me. One tree, 30" diameter - 26 feet long before the first branch. I knocked it down to three 8'+ logs as I need lots of 8' studs for my shop. Got that loaded and he hollars at me to not forget the top he cut off. Two #2 saw logs with the big one in the 16" diameter range and the top of that one was 12", both 10 feet long.
I have rapidly come to the conclusion I am out of space for logs. I HAVE to get cutting, especially since I have another 50 logs on the ground at a clearing south of me to pick up.
Post by: mike p on September 12, 2008, 06:36:55 PM
THATS GREAT
hay hows old jim & his bride
Post by: Frank Pender - AKA "Tail Gunner" on September 13, 2008, 09:21:09 PM
Post by: Kirk Allen on October 13, 2008, 10:07:18 PM
I helped one of our locals drop a huge hard maple and ended up with this load last week.
Note that the stakes on the trailer are 4 feet tall ;D
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I managed to fell it right where we wanted. Laying on the ground it didnt seem that big but the but log diameter at the base was 42"
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The top log had a nice crotch in it and it was 28" diameter. Should make for some nice gun stocks!
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Post by: Frank Pender - AKA "Tail Gunner" on October 13, 2008, 11:24:54 PM
Post by: Kirk Allen on October 14, 2008, 06:28:38 AM
Post by: Frank Pender - AKA "Tail Gunner" on October 27, 2008, 08:32:14 AM
Post by: Kirk Allen on October 27, 2008, 04:35:34 PM
Post by: Steve G. on October 27, 2008, 05:22:44 PM
Had a ford I "Found on the Road Dead" and for the life of me couldn't revive it ;D
I take it you like chevy's and frank likes fords? I like fords and stihls ;D
How much did it weigh? Did you have any hills?
Post by: Kirk Allen on October 27, 2008, 06:32:06 PM
Post by: Kirk Allen on February 16, 2009, 05:41:27 PM
This is the top of the tree. Where they cut the top log was 16" diameter on the big end and 17 feet up it was 8".
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They cut the butt log at 16 1/2' feet for me. The butt measured 28" diameter. :o
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The nice part.................They did all the cutting and loading! ;D
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Post by: Stevem on February 17, 2009, 10:50:03 AM
Post by: Kirk Allen on February 17, 2009, 04:21:37 PM
Post by: Stevem on February 17, 2009, 05:39:47 PM
Post by: Kirk Allen on February 17, 2009, 07:06:36 PM
Post by: Frank Pender - AKA "Tail Gunner" on March 17, 2009, 11:22:08 PM
Post by: Kirk Allen on April 26, 2009, 08:51:20 PM
He has a Tulip Poplar log for me tomarrow. All I had to do was take the trailer to town and he loaded them!
Post by: Kirk Allen on May 02, 2009, 10:25:31 PM
The local tree service guy called today and said he had a poplar for me if I wanted it. He bucked it to 17' and when I pulled up I was shocked. The small end measures 24" and the but is 32" :o
As if that was not enough of a sweet deal for the day, the power company guy who I cut for regulary asked if we could cut the WRC he dropped off last week. I told him sure, come on out.
He brought 5 of his 7 kids and we had a ball. I couldnt cut fast enough to keep those kids busy :D
Got done with his Cedar and I asked him if were going to cut the rest of his poles and he turned and said, "those are your poles". :o
There in that pile was five 35 foot long Southern Yellow Pine and only the first 8 feet of them are treated. They measured 10" on the small end!
Dont know if any of you have cut into some SYP T-poles or not but I am hear to tell you they make some beutiful lumber! I clearly now have enough construction lumber to complete my 40x80 shop/office/apartment! ;D
Post by: Kirk Allen on June 09, 2009, 06:56:51 PM
Pulled the trailer that could ;D and he loaded them for me in about 5 minutes.
1 26 foot Bir Oak, 3 nice ambrosia maples, and a hackberry
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It sure is nice to have the logs not only for free, but bucked and loaded as well!
Get a Horshoe! ;D ;)
Post by: Stephen Wiley on June 10, 2009, 04:53:50 AM
Post by: Kirk Allen on June 10, 2009, 06:56:09 AM
Post by: Carl Middleton on June 10, 2009, 03:43:17 PM
Post by: Kirk Allen on June 10, 2009, 09:32:48 PM
The other local use is heavy blocking for the heavy equipment operators. They have me cut 12x12x36" blocking for their lowboy trailer. They use it help offload equipment.
Post by: Kirk Allen on July 30, 2009, 09:22:39 PM
To my surprise, these were the butts from 6 - 100' transmission poles. The measured no less than 28" and one of them is 35" :o
We are going to cut them for siding for his barn. He has three more loads to bring and I am going to do it on shares. This was some of the nicest Western Red Cedar I have ever seen. Pics to come!
Post by: Carl Middleton on July 31, 2009, 02:22:59 PM
Post by: Kirk Allen on July 31, 2009, 03:33:21 PM
Post by: Carl Middleton on July 31, 2009, 06:40:06 PM
Post by: Kirk Allen on July 31, 2009, 10:10:31 PM
If your interested in making a wood run let me know. I will have more details in the morning when the guy shows up with two more trailer loads.
Better make it quick though as I know the second Buzz hears the news his circle saw will be spinning ;D :D
Post by: Carl Middleton on August 01, 2009, 05:43:51 AM
Post by: Kirk Allen on August 01, 2009, 12:01:55 PM
They are DRY!
Post by: Carl Middleton on August 02, 2009, 07:35:34 AM
Post by: Kirk Allen on August 02, 2009, 08:24:16 AM
I dont know when I will grab any if I do at all. I may have fallen into a unlimeted supply of WRC poles just south of me but wont know until this week. If that is the case I wouldnt need to go to St. Louis.
Carl, on another note, I was at Woodmizer Friday and they will soon have a 42HP gas Kohler for the LT40HDG mils :o I will make that upgrade as soon as they come in. Looks like about $3300 or close to that.
Post by: Carl Middleton on August 02, 2009, 02:18:27 PM
Post by: Kirk Allen on August 02, 2009, 05:20:56 PM
Post by: Kirk Allen on November 25, 2009, 02:49:13 PM
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Both Western Red Cedar and Southern yellow pine, and band new at that! Got about 200' of 4" gas line as well.
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And if the poles and gas line was not enough, I also got the Rail Road rails and the pillars they were up on.
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Making progress on the cleanup.
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The famous trailer that some said couldnt work, worked real well! ;D
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We got the rest of this on another trip.
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Post by: Kirk Allen on November 25, 2009, 02:56:25 PM
Osage Orange! The Good Stuff!
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It was close enough to home that I could drive the forklift there to load them all up!
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A mix of Oak and Maple from another site........................that was free as well!
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This was the last load of free oak logs.
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Post by: Kirk Allen on November 25, 2009, 03:19:13 PM
Any idea what they could be used for?
They also have three more pole yards they are shutting down and I get all the rail road rails and pillars from them as well! ;D
Post by: Frank Pender - AKA "Tail Gunner" on November 25, 2009, 04:05:20 PM
Post by: Kirk Allen on November 25, 2009, 04:29:03 PM
Post by: Carl Middleton on November 25, 2009, 05:48:07 PM
Post by: Kirk Allen on November 25, 2009, 05:50:43 PM
Post by: Carl Middleton on November 25, 2009, 05:54:54 PM
Post by: mike p on November 25, 2009, 08:11:58 PM
i learned this the hard way
Post by: Kirk Allen on November 26, 2009, 07:23:26 AM
Post by: Kirk Allen on December 11, 2009, 10:39:38 PM
They hired me to clean up 4 pole yard sites and they said I can have ANYTHING that is on the site, AND, they are paying me to take the stuff away! ;D
Post by: mike p on December 13, 2009, 06:30:08 AM
Post by: HaroldCR - AKA Fla.-Deadheader on December 13, 2009, 06:43:52 AM
Whatcha gonna do with all the snow ??? ;D
Post by: Kirk Allen on December 13, 2009, 08:25:50 AM
Post by: joasis on December 13, 2009, 09:13:05 AM
Post by: Mr Mom on December 13, 2009, 04:57:18 PM
Good score.
Thanks Alot Mr Mom
Post by: Kirk Allen on December 22, 2009, 02:37:17 PM
They showed me all they wanted done "first" and I told them I could take care of it all for $600 (thousands of $$$ worth of stuff for free) but there was going to be a problem that was going to be theirs not mine. I let them know I do not have Liability Insurance to be doing any type of contract work on "their" site. (inside scoop paid off!)
Their jaw hit the table becuase they thought they were going to make out like a bandit and now they are back to square one. Then, as if the idea popped out of the clouds, the manager said he doesnt have to come on site! "We have a 52' flatbed that we can use to haul all the stuff to his place and that way we dont have to jump through the insurance problem."
They asked If I was still interested and I said sure, for $600!
They agreed! :o
Can it get any better than that?
They pay me to have them deliver all this stuff to my place! :D :D
Post by: HaroldCR - AKA Fla.-Deadheader on December 22, 2009, 03:08:53 PM
Do you wear a mask when you deal with people ??? ::) ::) :D
Post by: Kirk Allen on December 22, 2009, 04:12:26 PM
THe other site they are going to truck over to my place is 140 miles away and I get ALL the poles, about 200 yards of rail road rails, cement pillars, and a 40 foot long 8x20 laminated beam. They will truck that stuff over in January :o
Post by: HaroldCR - AKA Fla.-Deadheader on December 22, 2009, 05:34:04 PM
If you hold your mouth "just right", the next Ice storm will break off lots of poles, then, you can sell them back ???
Post by: Carl Middleton on December 22, 2009, 06:51:00 PM
Post by: Kirk Allen on December 23, 2009, 09:51:58 PM
Post by: Buzz Sawyer on January 11, 2010, 03:37:30 PM
Post by: Kirk Allen on February 04, 2010, 03:35:31 PM
It blows me away to know I am making money doing nothing and recieving items I can use or sell. You have to love Capitalism!
Post by: Frank Pender - AKA "Tail Gunner" on October 23, 2010, 11:56:37 PM
Post by: Kirk Allen on October 24, 2010, 09:30:05 AM
I am going to take advantage while I can because it wont be long and it will all crumble.
I am seeing a huge spike in business lately and most every customer states they just cant afford lumber at the box stores any more.
???? Not sure how they could EVER afford it!