Thread: big saw, giant log

Originally Posted by Sigidi

7.8m DanG lets get a Lucas over one of them!!!

Err. . . . I think you'd be battling to fit one sideways!

Yeah a standard Lucas would have trouble, but imagine a 'big boy' model

Originally Posted by Sigidi

Yeah a standard Lucas would have trouble, but imagine a 'big boy' model

With an air conditioned cab and joy stick control setup so that you are riding a foot or two above the 8' circ blade...lol

You mean you wouldn't like to give it a go Carl? 3000 year old sequoia, big bar on an 086

he needs a bigger saw. pone of them v8 saws.

Apparently in the past some were felled for slabbing but their great height and weight meant that they shattered badly on hitting the ground.

yer and each peice was only 6' across dang.

so Allan when do we put in the order to Lucas.

i can imagine teh phone call now.
"im chasing a big mobile sawmill"
"no problem how big"
"i has to be able to cut a log 8m wide and 100m long."
"what!!!!!!"

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_Sherman_(tree)

this link gives all the data regarding the general sherman and sorry BobL general grant weighs in second. the sherman is over 11 meters in diameter at the base and more than 1480 cubic metres in trunk mass

Originally Posted by Travis Edwards

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_Sherman_(tree)

this link gives all the data regarding the general sherman and sorry BobL general grant weighs in second. the sherman is over 11 meters in diameter at the base and more than 1480 cubic metres in trunk mass

We're both right but we're not talking the exact same thing.

I'm talking "Technical diameter" and you're talking "Diameter at base".

Diameter is technically defined at a height of 1.4 m from the highest point of the ground around the tree.

Sherman is 11 m at base, and 7.7 m at 1.4 m above the ground.
Grant is 10.4 m at base but 8.8 m at 1.4 m above the ground.
I also gave the Tingle diameter at base - but it's only ~5 m in diameter 1.5 m above the base.

Here's my reference
Tree - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Originally Posted by Sigidi

Yeah a standard Lucas would have trouble, but imagine a 'big boy' model

Allan.
Even Dudley would be scratching his head trying to work out how to bust that one down.
Cheers.
Rob.

I reckon they'd put one together if someone had enough availability of such a resource.

Imagine pulling out 10x2's until ya arms ached..... (Sigidi goes off into a moment, just thinking of the joy, driving a 10-30 over 5m wide logs.....hmmmmm......little bit of drool escapes out the corner of his mouth.....)

The concept of a Lucas would be easy enough to adapt so as to accommodate the size log, what do you reckon? The carriage frame would need to be built so it would span the width without flexing, but I reckon it could be done???

Originally Posted by Sigidi

I reckon they'd put one together if someone had enough availability of such a resource.

Imagine pulling out 10x2's until ya arms ached..... (Sigidi goes off into a moment, just thinking of the joy, driving a 10-30 over 5m wide logs.....hmmmmm......little bit of drool escapes out the corner of his mouth.....)

The concept of a Lucas would be easy enough to adapt so as to accommodate the size log, what do you reckon? The carriage frame would need to be built so it would span the width without flexing, but I reckon it could be done???

Where's Arthur Dyson when you need him - Allan he might beat you to it.

Dont worry about the 10 x 2's what about the flitch fire

Cheers

Originally Posted by Calm

Where's Arthur Dyson when you need him - Allan he might beat you to it.

Cheers

That thought doesn't evoke the same kind of daydream I spoke about earlier... more like a screaming in terror nightmare kinda thing

Allan.
There is a big old Rosewood growing not far from me and he is 9.6 mts around the butt at eye height.
Bugger the redwood, i would be happy if the Lucas boys could knock up something big enough to take him on.
Cheers.
Rob.

PS = you are right though, with the correct engineering it would be possible to build something.

Originally Posted by rosewood

Allan.
There is a big old Rosewood growing not far from me and he is 9.6 mts around the butt at eye height.
Bugger the redwood, i would be happy if the Lucas boys could knock up something big enough to take him on.
Cheers.
Rob.

PS = you are right though, with the correct engineering it would be possible to build something.

A WillMill is one way of tackling those super huge logs some of which cannot even be hauled to a mill.

See http://www.willmalloff.com/page2.html

Bob.
Looks time consuming, but proof in the pictures, appears to do the job alright.

Pretty simple setup when you look at it.
Cheers.
Rob.

Originally Posted by BobL

A WillMill is one way of tackling those super huge logs some of which cannot even be hauled to a mill.

See http://www.willmalloff.com/page2.html

you just like that teh little guy in teh drawing has saftey glasses on.

stuff the 10-30 we need a 30-100 with air con cab and auto tailor.