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Man I’m stumped. Same with my grandfather. We had a young what we think is hickory fall partially over in the last ice storm. About 8-10 inch diameter at the trunk. Blocking the one farm lane, tried to cut it the rest of the way down today and it just scortches chains like I’ve never seen before. Just gets a half inch into it, starts a smoking. Even tried the big 9 hp, 38 inch bar saw, it’s like it’s hitting iron and just smokes the chain too. Never had one do that before
Ddaddy
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Sound like an iron wood (Japanese mulberry). I have seen them eat chainsaw blades.
Off to google I go. Bark look like hickory?
Nope, not it. Bark on the Japanese mulberry is smooth looking.
Ddaddy
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Look up the Indiana iron wood tree.
Ddaddy
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Not the ones around here. The bark is very rough with deep grooves.
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Indiana Ironwood images look a lot like it. Man that could easily pass for hickory.
Ddaddy
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It has a high silica content so it eats saw blades easily. Wood workers say it’s like trying to work with stone.
Ddaddy
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A shot at me?? Hmmm...
Axe? You know the wedge thingie with a hammer on the other side. May want to sharpen it though.
Or pile a few tires around the trunk and light er up...
Tried the axe. No joy. I’m thinking 20 pounds of tannerite and a rifle
Makes sense.
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If it killed an axe and 2 chain saws I guess the wood auger drill bit and pool acid trick is out
I take it the silica is drawn out of the soil?
I recall cutting ash,sparks coming off. A little hard on chains, but split like cedar when its -20.
I recall cutting ash,sparks coming off. A little hard on chains, but split like cedar when its -20.
Ddaddy
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It’s a highly valued wood, worth a bunch to woodworkers. Don’t trash it, it has serious monetary value.
Ddaddy
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Yep, silica is drawn up from the soil and deposited in the wood fibers as it grows.
Two?!? It killed chains on 2, 24 inch, 5 hp saws & 2 chains on the 9 hp saw!
Was gonna cut it for fire wood lol
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May want to look into sharpening
Method for the chain.
Also,brand of chain matters.
I found the stihl chain is about the best. But you need stihl files to sharpen it.
Then there is carbide chain.
Better yet, if that timber has some value, maybe someone will take it down for free.
Method for the chain.
Also,brand of chain matters.
I found the stihl chain is about the best. But you need stihl files to sharpen it.
Then there is carbide chain.
Better yet, if that timber has some value, maybe someone will take it down for free.
Unconventional
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Ddaddy
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Wood can have serious value. I have a few friends that invested in a 20 acre plot of worthless land and planted black walnut trees on it 30 years ago. Last year, they harvested the trees and reaped a $2.3 million payoff for the lumber...and they still own the land.
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