Biggest tree I've seen in a long time down...

A neighbor to my brother farms a couple 100+ acres.. last year he asked me if I wanted some red oak? I said yea sure why? well he had a Red Oak that got taken down by a tornado or high winds the previous spring 06 and wanted to know if I and my brother would be interested in it for firewood?

So after finally getting my brother to go with me to check it out... I bout crapped...

this thing is every bit 80+ ft tall... 52" span for about the first 30 ft or so... limbs we cut off were 20-30 ft and at the crotch were 18-20" diamiter...

We cut and loaded two cords+ of wood Monday and didn't even put a dent in this for the firewood...

I'm going to find a chainsaw large enough to handle this and 3 of the 30 ft logs are heading to my sawer for harvest... Beautiful tree... shame the wind got it...

Hog

btw this made this F-250 squat a bit LOL

Then you went to the gym for a workout, right?

Gonna rip some down for the displays?

Hog, Need a splitter? I got one for the back of the tractor. If you move to MO I have all the wood you would need here.

Cooper

Coop.. yes I do need a spliter.. when ya dropping by? LOL

gym? I couldn't hardly get out of bed yesterday.. and the truck is still loaded.. going on 3rd day? I slipped something while playing around on those limbs and trunk etc..

took along time to get moving upright yesterday..

but now I'm ready to tackle some more of this one..

and Yes I am looking at 3- 10' sections for my wood guy to mill and kiln dry off this old oak...

first got to find a chainsaw big enough to make those 10' lengths LOL it's every bit 52" span across..

Hog

next time I'll have my camera with me.. I had no idea this tree was this big.. the farmer played it off like it was a little Red Oak that had gotten knocked down by wind.. WhooA..

Hog

Got lots of black walnut here too!

Can you say gun stock?

Cooper