i had to do it.

rustred · Jan 30, 2022

cut this spruce tree down yesterday . i have watched it grow for over 40 years in the ditch here. county was going to chip it up. i managed to get it for firewood, was 18 inch near bottom. i used to cut the grass around it before when it was like 4 inches. the limbs on it were like trees, being out in the open like that. got a few others for firewood also. got it bucked up and did some splitting. the splitter works good.

Janicholson · Jan 30, 2022

Looks like a task that would keep a person warm. Nice Saw. Jim

DWF · Jan 30, 2022

Could have made some lumber. The trouble is, unless you have a mill close, it's more work than it's worth.
DWF

JayinNY · Jan 30, 2022

firewood keeps you warm more ways than one !! yes nice little saw.

sms · Jan 30, 2022

About 10 years ago a spruce came down by my mom's place. I sawed 2x10s out of the butt log. It was one of a couple thousand we planted about 4-6 inches tall when in 4H as youngsters

Russ from MN · Jan 30, 2022

Good time of year to cut wood, you don't sweat so bad! Nice to have a hydraulic splitter for spruce, it's really hard to split, especially when it's that knotty. It would of made some knotty pine paneling, but too many knots for dimension lumber.

Geo-TH,In · Jan 31, 2022

I would put the branches in my burn pit and piled brush on top of them. They make a great fire starter.

Had you cut the tree before Christmas, you could have sold them as a Christmas tree, some assembly required.

showcrop · Jan 31, 2022

(quoted from post at 18:31:53 01/30/22) Could have made some lumber. The trouble is, unless you have a mill close, it's more work than it's worth.
DWF

Fence row trees have too many too big knots for lumber.

Dave BN · Jan 31, 2022

Those blocks look kinda short but that makes them easier to handle. Sorry to see such a beautiful tree go away.
Dave

Ken Macfarlane · Jan 31, 2022

Pasture spruce like that make poor lumber due to big lower limbs. Grown in the woods the lower limbs self prune from shading and limit the size of knots.

rustred · Jan 31, 2022

i purposely have them cut less than a foot long to fit in my small heater. and easier to split also with those big knots. next years wood.

John Deere D · Feb 1, 2022

Lots of potential BTU's ......

Bob..

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