A couple of weeks ago NCWW member Steve Sanders contacted me about one of his neighbors that had recently lost a large white oak tree in a windstorm.
One thing led to another, and today I made a trip over to Mt. Ulla (just outside of Mooresville and Statesville) to cut up the tree and pick up the logs.
Several firsts were involved. Several months back a small screw vibrated out of my Stihl 066 saw when we were trimming up a large oak log, and the resulting air leak caused the mixture to lean out and burn up the cylinder. Today was the first time that I used the saw after getting it out of the shop with a new big-bore cylinder kit installed, and it really cut fast.
Also, an "old-timers" technique for loading logs onto a trailer is called "par-buckling", and involves using a winch or come-a-long to pull the logs up over the side of the trailer. Last week we built a set of 7' ramps from a 10" I-beam, and today we put them to use for the first time. I already had a Pierce winch mounted on the trailer, so it was just a matter of figuring out how to rig the chains and go to work.
At the end of the day I returned to the farm with some nice, 56" diameter white oak logs. Unfortunately a couple of 36 inchers were left behind due to some internal rot and a really bad crack that occurred when the tree hit the ground.
Another great aspect to the day was that Steve Sanders stopped by and spent the afternoon with us, and brought fellow NCWW member Bill Watson (BWAT) along with him. Steve's wife Penny also dropped by later in the afternoon, and we had a great time solving the problems of the world (well, not the world but we did solve a lot of problems associated with par-buckling large white oak logs!).
Steve thanks much for pulling this together, and also for bringing Bill out today. It was great to see you again as well as to spend some time with Bill.
All in all a great day!
I know, no pix, didn't happen, so here is proof.
From left to right: NCWW member Steve Sanders, Carlyle Sherril, Esq (log owner), NCWW member Scott Smith, NCWW member Bill Watson (Bwat).
Parbuckling a 36" oak log up the ramps onto the trailer
One thing led to another, and today I made a trip over to Mt. Ulla (just outside of Mooresville and Statesville) to cut up the tree and pick up the logs.
Several firsts were involved. Several months back a small screw vibrated out of my Stihl 066 saw when we were trimming up a large oak log, and the resulting air leak caused the mixture to lean out and burn up the cylinder. Today was the first time that I used the saw after getting it out of the shop with a new big-bore cylinder kit installed, and it really cut fast.
Also, an "old-timers" technique for loading logs onto a trailer is called "par-buckling", and involves using a winch or come-a-long to pull the logs up over the side of the trailer. Last week we built a set of 7' ramps from a 10" I-beam, and today we put them to use for the first time. I already had a Pierce winch mounted on the trailer, so it was just a matter of figuring out how to rig the chains and go to work.
At the end of the day I returned to the farm with some nice, 56" diameter white oak logs. Unfortunately a couple of 36 inchers were left behind due to some internal rot and a really bad crack that occurred when the tree hit the ground.
Another great aspect to the day was that Steve Sanders stopped by and spent the afternoon with us, and brought fellow NCWW member Bill Watson (BWAT) along with him. Steve's wife Penny also dropped by later in the afternoon, and we had a great time solving the problems of the world (well, not the world but we did solve a lot of problems associated with par-buckling large white oak logs!).
Steve thanks much for pulling this together, and also for bringing Bill out today. It was great to see you again as well as to spend some time with Bill.
All in all a great day!
I know, no pix, didn't happen, so here is proof.
From left to right: NCWW member Steve Sanders, Carlyle Sherril, Esq (log owner), NCWW member Scott Smith, NCWW member Bill Watson (Bwat).
Parbuckling a 36" oak log up the ramps onto the trailer