Posted by Billy NY on September 09, 2015 at 08:03:46 from (104.228.35.235):
My day took a turn yesterday, tree job suddenly comes up nearby so I ask if the wood is spoken for. It was big hard maple tree. Owner figured he wanted it down, paid to have it all removed, though he's well versed in the work, he just did a bunch on his own, after a professional limbed and fell some from the old hedge row in this once farm field. The tree was healthy, but I see this more than not. I think I would have left it, but you can't deny wondering like with all the larger or mature ones, no buildings in its path at least.
I said I'll take all the logs, but the chipper operator did not want to top em and let me take the 8" diameter logs, boy that thing could eat some wood and I'll bet a cord went through it of good tops..... hate that, but nothing I could do, unless I had known, I can get help one or 2 days a week, we definitely would have made good on the tops and not been in their way.
Got down the butt and bottom sections of trunk, the one you see on the forks weighed 3,400lbs per the read on the crane. I had thought the new holland 4630's lift was rated for 3600 lbs., actually 3,080 lbs ! I should have looked on my phone. I lifted it just enough to clear and moved it a short distance to my landing, the butt makes it look bigger, with the base of the roots splayed if you will. Hope like heck this was not to the detriment of this really nice tractor I was able to upgrade to. The section above this block, that had the crotches, weighed in at 5,800 lbs.!, so I had the arborist cut it in half seeing he had a 48" bar. 3 pt forks are rated for 2000 lbs, not bad for what they are made of, hollow steel agri-supply. They handled all the other logs just fine.
I suspect either the last log tested the steel. When I tried one of the halves of that trunk and it either caught or just started to fail so I stopped and took them off. Not bad, just the tine, so I should be able to repair it to be as it was before, just make a new one at worst and I'll certainly build my own heavier 3 pt set with forklift tines. It was a bit of work to complete the task as agreed, I got the 850 with the loader and rolled the giant blocks off the lawn to the lane and skidded them where my path was, then rolled them down in off the lane. I did some sweeping and raking, replaced a bit of sod that was displaced in spots, that heat was awful yesterday, sure earned this stack of wood ! I see a few live edge table tops out of this, at least 2 one for me and a friend ! Finally have an excuse to use my new 25" bar to block these up.
Aborist company, did a similar job that morning, got to this job at 11:30 am, was set up at 12 noon and pulled out at precisely 3:30 pm, amazing what can be done with only 3 people, a huge chipper, 2 chip body trucks, they even had a stump grinder with them. They had nice equipment, lead aborist was a very nice person to work with. I'm thankful as this will be next seasons wood, I've got this years all bucked/blocked/dried.
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