Cut a big maple this afternoon.

[Jack Mincey]

I cut this monster down with 026 with a 18" bar. I used my saw with a 20" bar to cut the lead and some big limbs off and when I went to crank it again gas had leaked all over the place and it would not crank so I was left with the small saw to take this big old tree down. Luckly a friend was able to pull it on over with his Jeep. The small saw lacked about 3" of cutting thru so I would say it was right at 39" in dia. The big saw cranked after we got this one on the ground so I guess it had flooded. I've never had a problem with it, but it is getting kind of old. The reason I left the stump so high is that there is barb wire in the bottom section which has stained it very dark.
Jack
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[charlie knighton]

monster gloat!!!!!!!!

[Donny Lawson]

Hope you have a "BIG" lathe.
Donny

[Steve Schlumpf]

Congrats Jack! That is quite the tree! Should be lots of great turning wood there! Have fun with it - and watch your back!

[Bernie Weishapl]

Wow Jack now that is a gloat. Congrats on some good looking wood.

[Leo Van Der Loo]

A lot of nice wood in there Jack, make sure you seal it and not go all to waste :-)

[brian watts]

WOW that a big maple there

[David E Keller]

Big tree! Lots of fun turning there to be sure.

That sure is a beautiful area that you were photographing... Rolling hills and lots of green.

[Steve Kubien]

You need a bigger lathe. I don't know what lathe you have but you need a bigger one!

[alex carey]

dang, that looks like a ton of fun. nice gloat.

[Jeff Nicol]

Jack, I thought is was supposed to be a big beanstalk that you cut down? No matter there is enough wood there to keep you busy for the rest of your life! Now get it all sawn into blanks and sealed, lookd like work to me!

Nice haul,

Jeff

[Robert McGowen]

There are trees and then there are TREES! Looks like a full day of work. :)

[Pete Jordan]

Wow!!!

That is very impressive and you certainly have your work cut out for you. Can't wait to see what will come from that.

[Jack Mincey]

Thanks everyone, this tree was on someones land about 3 miles from my house. It was hollow down to about 15 feet of the ground and most of the limbs had broken during our heavy snows this winter. I was more than pleased to see the bottom section of the tree was sound when it went down. The limbs were all hollow or rotten in the middle so this tree was at the end of it's long life. My friend and I had figured worst thing that we could end up with was some fire wood if it was hollow down to the ground, but it looks like the large trunk of the tree is sound so there will be a bowl or two from this tree. I was more than a little scared that a broken limb would fall on me as it started over, but all went well even with chainsaw problems. I went thru my big saw today and couldn't find anything wrong so I think sitting in the hot sun must have made it force gas into the thing and flood it out.
Jack