Thread: cutting steel with a chain saw?

Originally Posted by DavidG

4. Never drop a standing tree.
For some reason the rotary cloths line will get in the way.

And your point is? says the missus... who wants to buy a new house anyway so whats a rotary cloths line in the scheme of things

Why not drop a standing tree?... I mean Ive got a few here I DEFINANTLY intend to drop before we put the place on the market and have milled before we leave... I refuse to leave behind the bloody great Camphor Laurel nor the Elm out the front or the holeyshytethatstall some thing or other tree down near the creek or even the three pauliwanna trees out the side of the driveway maybe not the straightest trees on the block but the wood is good for makin stuff... they are coming!!

But why not drop a standing tree?

Dropping a standing tree can be made safer with planning and a pulling line.

To estimate the landing point of the top, tape a hand level to the bottom of a whatitsname (45-deg triangle for crosscutting with a circular saw) and sight the top along the hypotenuse; extend the sight line to the ground.

Use a stout rope, or better yet a chain, for a pulling line. Attach as high as you can get on the trunk. I once dropped a 50-ft pine northward when it was leaning about 15 deg south (hanging over neighbour's power line). Used a chain and two come-alongs by leap-frogging along the chain. Left a generous hinge for softer bending of the trunk, and pulled a bit, cut a bit, pulled a bit, cut a bit, etc. And stand off to the side after the last pull. Was a few feet off target and landed on a shrub, but didn't hurt it much.

Extra chains, yes. Extra chain saw(s) even better.

Joe

Originally Posted by Wild Dingo

But why not drop a standing tree?

Because my luck means it will land on something it should not.

No ref to your trees or trees with sufficient free space.

No some photos from the adventure.
the stump in standing situation.
the stump was about 1800mm (6 foot) tall and about 1200mm (4 foot wide)... the depth is a matter for dispute

cheers

what the stump was holding up acouple of weeks before.

Neil made contat with the owner of an EX mango tree & called me in because he need help to chew on it.

Of course there is always more there than you think.

add to these two loads the girly load that neil took
In fairness neil wisely didnt want to push his trailer too hard (it isn't happy)

you can see some obvious big bits......There are bigger ones on the bottom

cheers

now back to the slabs
we got 6 decent slabs all up and the scrag end after the first cut.
I took these two and the scrag end.
I've already cut up the scrage end into 30mm square stock & packed it away to dry.

Do not adjust your monitor.... and no I havn't fiddled with the colour.

the reason the slabs are bright yellow, Is that I sprayed them with borax to deter borer and to inhibit the dreaded blue mould.
I hope it will all come off when I thickness.

cheers

Originally Posted by martrix

Here's a pic of the nails & bolt. I thought Soundman had the nails, but found them in the car today

The mango does have some lovely fiddleback figure below the branch joins . Just have to wait for the colour to come out with time as it dries.

I reckon your chain could easily cut through that stuff.

I was removing an old stump a few months back and managed to cut through an old plane blade that it had grown around. Needless to say the chain was stuffed but it did manage to get through it.

further pics of the final slice & dice of what was left over.

Soundman.... thtas me
slicing & diceing.

and the end result.
note the warn out engineer recovering in the shade.

Note to those prospecting for back yard mango.

green mango is quite heavy

cheers