the dead thread

[Boikat]

Speaking of "dead", here my dead giant oak tree...



The blue-gray thing at the right is a piece of tin that I thought had been blown into the tree by a storm years ago. It's actually nailed in, so what it was for is anybody's guess. Maybe a makeshift deer stand?



The base is nearly four feet across



That's about half way up, and the handle to the 8 lb hammer is about a yard long.

And I have an 16 inch electric chain saw.

But, then again, I could always rent a chain saw with a longer bar, but I also need to get a metal detector to see if I can find the embedded nails (I already found a few with the chain saw. Not good for the chain.)

[Qray]

Considering how the rotted heart of the tree is hollow, my 20" bar Stihl would work. What's rental costs there? Would checking out Ebay for used Stihls be more cost effective? I bought mine for less than $200.

[Asp Zelazny]

Gotta say, Boikat, that the pics add a great deal of reasonableness to your expressions of dismay/despair/determination on the other threads. At least it didn't land on the house (did it?). I vote for the Algerian C4. Pack some right into that gaping core ... but be sure to show us the YouTube video!

[Boikat]

Considering how the rotted heart of the tree is hollow, my 20" bar Stihl would work. What's rental costs there? Would checking out Ebay for used Stihls be more cost effective? I bought mine for less than $200.

Unfortunatley, the rot doesn't go up too far in the trunk. The top part is solid, through and through. If it weren't for the nails, I'd try to sell it to a lumber company. As far as renting, I'm looking into that, as I can get a saw with a 36 inch bar, but it's those nails that I'm worried about. Like I said, I need to get a metal detector and use that to map out the nails.

[who me]

i say try to sell it in e bay. if nothing else it would be funny

or

do noting if you procrastinate long enuff the problem will solve itself.

or

grow mushrooms on the stump, you can sell the mushrooms and the tree will go away at the same time.

[Boikat]

Gotta say, Boikat, that the pics add a great deal of reasonableness to your expressions of dismay/despair/determination on the other threads. At least it didn't land on the house (did it?). I vote for the Algerian C4. Pack some right into that gaping core ... but be sure to show us the YouTube video!

When it fell, it missed everything excep a green garden cart, and at that, it only winged it. It also trapped my 100 foot extention cord under the main trunk (I have another, but a friend was using it and my electric hedge trimmer, and guess what happened? )

C-4 would be fun, and really spectacular if done at night, but as an alternative to the chain saw and explosives, I might be able to do a "slow burn" from the bottom end. But that would mean 100% monitoring, and hosing it down every afternoon so I can sleep and then go to work, like I have to do now.

[Qray]

Unfortunatley, the rot doesn't go up too far in the trunk. The top part is solid, through and through. If it weren't for the nails, I'd try to sell it to a lumber company. As far as renting, I'm looking into that, as I can get a saw with a 36 inch bar, but it's those nails that I'm worried about. Like I said, I need to get a metal detector and use that to map out the nails.

At over $70.00 for a 36" blade, that makes a lot of sense. Actually, not being rotted that far will keep your blade sharper longer, as you probably know, cutting rotted wood is about the same for the blade as sticking it in the dirt.

Shame though. I once had a similar problem and instead of bucking up the tree, I made two cuts lengthwise. Essentially splitting the tree in half before bucking. That made it a lot easier, but the heartwood was rotted out the entire length.

[who me]

how about napalm and playing the doors the end?

[BBvideo 425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V0kbC0hQHRg&feature=related[/BBvideo]

you really could grew profitable mushrooms on the tree for years. no not thouse musrooms the kind you eat.

[Boikat]

I never knew the lyrics to "The End" went like, "This vidio contains content from Liongate, who has blocked it in your country on copyright grounds".

But you may be onto something with the Napalm....

[who me]

this entire blocking thing is a real pain and needs to be done away with.

well the doors and napalm are not real hard to find so there you go a diffrent video

[Boikat]

Like I said, you may be on to something with the napalm....

[Ariel]

Rest in peace big old tree.