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Started by Dangerous_Dan, October 16, 2006, 10:07:00 PM

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Dangerous_Dan

This big ash was removed with a crane. 13,000 pounds on the scale in the crane.



My buddie took this down today and just dropped it off tonight after 9:00 pm.
He's going back now-tonight for another load from this tree and to unblock the crane so it can go to another job.
The guy they took it down for heard they were dropping it at a mill and asked for some free boards in exchange for the log. My buddie said if you want free wood I'll dump the log on your lawn. :D
We will see if the homemade swing mill can swing it when I have some time.
If it's too big for the mill I'm going to try to split it with a jack.  ::)
If that don't work I might try to blow it up! YaHOO!  8)
When all of the above fails my buddie said he would help cut it up for the Retromiser.
It's almost 3 cords!
Anyone with a lucas or Peterson is welcome to come by, get milling on it and load up some boards on your truck.  Don't forget the beer.  :)
DD
First you make it work, then you trick it out!

sprucebunny

That's HUGE  8) 8) 8)

Maybe if you roll it into a hole, you can get your swingmill into it ???
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Dan_Shade

logs that big are a lot of work, but a lot of fun.

figuring it out is half the challenge!  good luck with it.  how much does it flare down?
Woodmizer LT40HDG25 / Stihl 066 alaskan
lots of dull bands and chains

There's a fine line between turning firewood into beautiful things and beautiful things into firewood.

Dangerous_Dan

Butt end is 7 feet across.
Small end is 55 inches one way and 75 the other.
12 feet long.
I'm going to have to split it. I currently don't have a machine that can lift 13,000 pounds and move it onto the mill.
The biggest thing I have is a 120 size excavator and I don't think it can lift this log.
First you make it work, then you trick it out!

metalspinner

That's awsome!  I hope you have a new 5 gallon bucket of Anchorseal. :D
I do what the little voices in my wife's head tell me to do.

sawguy21

13000 lbs :o Sheesh, we never had a chopper that would lift that. That is huge.
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Ianab

yup.. thats a pretty good sized log  ;D

It would need some serious trimming or splitting even with a normal swingblade.

Should be some nice wood in there though, well worth the effort.

Cheers

Ian
Weekend warrior, Peterson JP test pilot, Dolmar 7900 and Stihl MS310 saws and  the usual collection of power tools :)

Captain

For one that big, I'm scheming a super size frame to drop my Peterson center unit in.  I can't stand to walk a way from anything.  Great pic Dan, wish you were closer.

Captain

Burlkraft

Why not just 1 pain free day?

Fla._Deadheader


Big Ojoche I have waiting for me is that big or bigger. I have the standard width frame Peterson.  ::) ::) ::)  No idea, YET, how i'm gonna saw it  ::) ::)  Been thinking about extending the frame, same as Captain.  8)

  Niiiice log, DD.  ;D
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   First, it is ridiculed;
   Second, it is violently opposed; and
   Third, it is accepted as self-evident.

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Dan_Shade

I'd hack it down with a chainsaw jig of sorts, then saw it up.

we had to block up Ga_boy's peterson to saw up some 62" oaks.

it's a big job to tackle a tree that big.
Woodmizer LT40HDG25 / Stihl 066 alaskan
lots of dull bands and chains

There's a fine line between turning firewood into beautiful things and beautiful things into firewood.

Norwiscutter

Cut it into a table top across the center.  I bet you could get a ton for it. maybe use a long chainsaw bar with a rip chain from both sides. Yup, rip it in half and sell it as a conference table to a big company. By my estimate a 72" x6"x 12' long table top should get you some serious cash... probably well over $1500.00 to the right person.
Si vis pacem, para bellum.

Dangerous_Dan

I cut into the butt end and set up a 20 ton jack but only got 1 good pop.
Took a chainsaw and started cutting down the log on both sides following some natural cracks 24 inches in and about 3 feet toward the small end. The gap is opening up but not enough to break loose into 2 pieces. I'll get someone with a huge saw to help out when the rain stops. The jack is still in there applying pressure and tomorrow is another day.
I would like to make 2 full width slabs. The rest of the log ?? ???
First you make it work, then you trick it out!

thecfarm

That is a big log.Looking forward to some more pictures.I want to see that cut up into something that is flat.
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jpad_mi

That log is incredible! Can't wait to see more pictures.

There are a lot of bat blanks in there.
Jeff P. in Michigan

Dan_Shade

haul that thing down this way, and i'll give you a hand :)

Woodmizer LT40HDG25 / Stihl 066 alaskan
lots of dull bands and chains

There's a fine line between turning firewood into beautiful things and beautiful things into firewood.

Part_Timer

Deadheader

Don't you have an ATS.  IF so you don't need to stretch the frame.  Make a frame shaped like a "U" to fit cross members in.  set it up cut as far right as you can then move the head back to the left and slide the mill in the "u" and cut again.

You just have to make the frame tall enough to get over the log.

I bet that was clear as mud.

Tom
Peterson 8" ATS.
The only place success comes before work is in the dictionary.

Fla._Deadheader

All truth passes through three stages:
   First, it is ridiculed;
   Second, it is violently opposed; and
   Third, it is accepted as self-evident.

-- Arthur Schopenhauer (1788-1860)

red

try a stump grinder

hold it down with the loader or excavator  and whittle away
Honor the Fallen Thank the Living

Burlkraft

I think ya 'otta call StumpJumper...he'll have that thing in 2 pieces before ya know it... ;D ;D
Why not just 1 pain free day?

BigTrev

With an ATS you could bolt a 6x4 'shelf' onto each end and sit the mill on that, no need to mod the mill or the log then.
If at first you dont succeed, try a bigger hammer

Dangerous_Dan



I made some cuts to put a 20 ton bottle jack in the butt end.



Cut the length of the log on one side.



Then the other side.




Pumped the jack a while. Made a couple good pops so we knew something was happening.



Opening up nicely.



A little help from the machine.




Now I can lift the pieces and move them onto the mill.
My mill can move side to side 48 inches + 7 inches depth of cut for the blade, so I can mill flat 55 inches wide. The log is wider so I may be trimming it up with a chainsaw once on the mill.
Don't worry I'll get you guys some pics when milling it up in the next few days.
DD out  ;D

First you make it work, then you trick it out!

Burlkraft

I can't wait ta see what's in there...... ;D ;D ;D
Why not just 1 pain free day?

Stump Jumper

Jeff
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lmbeachy




Hey Dangerous Dan, your location is given as Northeast, would that by any chance be Northeast MD. If so you are not to far from me. Lester
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