A couple of trees I cut in Macon. (with pics)

[customsawyer]

I had a customer call and say he had two trees get blown over and would like to get them milled. You might say I got a little happy when I saw the trees.

This is the little one. Part of it was hanging over a pond so had to work at getting it out to the mill. I cut 4 logs 12' long out of this tree and the butt cut had to be ripped in half.




This is the big one, she was 58" in dia. at the stump and at 36' up she was still 41" in dia.








This is the mill and half of the logs that had to be ripped.



I might have overloaded her a tad.



For you new guys if you have a customer that is interested don't be afraid to stop and take the time to teach.




This is the ripping in action.

[Bill Gaiche]

You must have been grinning ear to ear from the sight of these beautiful trees. Lots of lumber in those babies. If that J/D had just a little more green paint on the rear it would have kept all four on the ground!

[paul case]

kewl,awesome neat. i like it when a plan comes together eeven if it is for someone else!

customsawyer,
how do you rip those logs so strait?  looks real purty.   pc   

[SAWMILL BUDDY]

Nice logs  ;D Great job on the ripping part too. So what did you end up making? Boards or beams?

[customsawyer]

Paul you might say lots of practice. I have done it so many times that I kind of have a feel for it.

I cut it up in to 4/4 by random width up to about 17" wide.

I got a little more than 3000 bf out of the two logs with about 75% being quarter sawed.

[riverswamp sawyer]

Holly Heck..... those are some nice logs!!

I live right down the road from you  (Eastman) Do you mind if I stop by some time and watch a pro in action?

[customsawyer]

Don't mind if you come watch at all just not to sure about the pro part of your statement.
There is some more pics in my gallery of these logs if some of you want to go take a look.

[T Red]

Do you use a regular chain on your chainsaw to rip?  How long does it take to rip a log like the one your ripping in your picture?

Thanks for the pictures.

Tim

[Magicman]

Those old trees are what money is made out of.   ;)  Congratulations on a fine catch.   

[Chuck White]

Nice whack o' logs!  8)

Real beauties!

[customsawyer]

T red I just use regular chain. I have tried the ripping chain and found that it does leave a smother cut it cuts a little bit slower. The hardest part about that job was leaning over that chain saw when it is on the verge of 100 degrees.

[terrifictimbersllc]

Custom S, very inspiring & thanks for posting this. Sinking feeling that I'm not 40 anymore.    Are you snapping a line to saw  by?  On both sides?  do you have to correct drift at the end of the bar on the far side, is this easy?

How do you stand up a half log for sawing, use your tractor? What kind of tree was this? thanks dennis

[pigman]

It was a shame those trees got blown over before they reached full size. :D
customsawyer, you need to put a little more air in the front tires if you keep lifting those size logs. Don't worry about the back tires, they are not touching the ground  anyway.

[gator gar]

Man, I sure see alot of railroad ties in those trees. I've been hanging around Boman1 too long. Every hardwood I come across, I'm counting  potential ties.

[carykong]

what species tree?

[customsawyer]

The trees were both red oak.
Terrifictimbersllc  I don't snap any kind of a line on the logs I turn the logs to where the chainsaw is cutting on the crack in the pith of the tree I then get the saw started and use my knee to push the saw through the log and the point that the saw hits my leg I try to keep the same unless the ground level changes. When it comes to the far side you have to pick up on the saw a little bit to off set for the weight of the saw head and then about every foot or so step around the log and look to make sure you are keeping it strait.

[terrifictimbersllc]

Thanks, I've been doing that vertically freehand but have to jack up the log and also climb on top.  Horizontal have been using chainsaw mill modified to drop bar enough for big logs.  Never tried what you've done, looks like it is faster.

[WDH]

My hat is off to you for being able to actually take logs like that and turn them into lumber with a portable sawmill.  You are the Big Log Whisperer.  That is a fact.

[paul case]

how can the log hear him with that big chainsaw cuttn everything in half?   pc

[WDH]

It is a private, spiritual, conversation that none of the other of us can hear  ;D.

[pigman]

how can the log hear him with that big chainsaw cuttn everything in half?   pc

Red oaks usually have big ears.  ;) I cut them off to get the big logs through the mill.

[WDH]

Looks like those two red oaks had especially big ears  .

[customsawyer]

You have to look them in the eyes and let them know who the ALPHA male is. ;D

[fishpharmer]

Jake, you da man! 8)

[customsawyer]

T Timbers if everything works out just right I will put the open face of the log where the chain saw cut at a 45 degree angle take some boards and then turn 90 degrees this will give you the most quarter sawn lumber. In the first pic here I have already turned 90 degrees.


In this pic you can see the wedges that I use to keep from pinching the chain saw.