I received an e-mail today from a local homeowner that may have to remove an incredibly large red oak tree.
It is 88" in diameter at 5' above grade, and they sent photos to prove it! At 7-1/2' in diameter, it's the largest red oak that I've seen in these parts (almost 24' in circumference). The major limbs appear to be around 4' in diameter...
To put things into perspective, it's 12' long butt log will weigh around 32,000 lbs, and produce over 5K bd ft of lumber.
My 42" bar chainsaw would not be adequate to cut all of the way through it, even cutting all of the way around... HOLY COW!!!
I sure hope that it's not full of metal or punky... I'm also secretly hoping that they can save it instead of having to take it down; what a loss of a majestic oak.
If I end up milling it, 30" wide quartersawn oak boards would be a distinct possibility... Wow! Just the log quarters would weigh 8,000 lbs each. It may be time to get the slabber running!
It is 88" in diameter at 5' above grade, and they sent photos to prove it! At 7-1/2' in diameter, it's the largest red oak that I've seen in these parts (almost 24' in circumference). The major limbs appear to be around 4' in diameter...
To put things into perspective, it's 12' long butt log will weigh around 32,000 lbs, and produce over 5K bd ft of lumber.
My 42" bar chainsaw would not be adequate to cut all of the way through it, even cutting all of the way around... HOLY COW!!!
I sure hope that it's not full of metal or punky... I'm also secretly hoping that they can save it instead of having to take it down; what a loss of a majestic oak.
If I end up milling it, 30" wide quartersawn oak boards would be a distinct possibility... Wow! Just the log quarters would weigh 8,000 lbs each. It may be time to get the slabber running!