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Felling a Huge Maple Tree with an Axe, Milling Lumber with Granberg Alaskan Chainsaw Mill, Husqvarna

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woods Felling a huge, dying sugar maple tree on the path to the off grid log cabin, I use an axe to cut it down and a Granberg Alaskan chainsaw mill and Husqvarna chainsaw to mill lumber out of the tree. This huge maple tree hangs over the pathway and I have been walking under daily since buying the land in April 2017 and I have planned on cutting it down before it falls on it's own. It's almost completely rotten on the south side, which is the direction it leans, and the tree is being completely supported by a thin layer of live wood on the north side of the trunk. The tree is over 20 in diameter but because it is barely alive, I am able to cut it down with just a few swings with my Swedish felling axe. Once the tree hits the ground, I use an axe to limb the tree and my new Husqvarna chainsaw to cut it into 36 logs. I use a new Granberg Alaskan chainsaw mill to cut slabs off the live side of the log. Since most of the wood is dead and decomposing, I have to scoop out the rotten wood to use just the thin strip of live wood to make furniture. The first thing I'm making is a small corner desk for the log cabin, something I can sit at to edit videos, carve wood, sharpen tools, etc in front of the small window facing south over the front porch of the tiny house. Self reliance is becoming better defined for me as I continue to build the off grid wilderness homestead. I am discovering my limitations this year, one of which is the near impossibility to fabricate my own lumber using handsaws. I just don't have the strength and stamina to make lumber from timber on the property in the quantity that I'm using. I didn't mind splitting some logs and cutting short lengths of wood into small, usable boards from the timber or to rip short boards using hand tools into dimensions suitable for small projects, like the floor boards, but I have reached my limit. The Gransberg Alaskan chainsaw mill will be used along with my Husqvarna chainsaw to cut all lumber from now on, and I'll continue to use hand tools to process the lumber into furniture, building materials for the outdoor kitchen, sauna, workshop, woodshed and more. Instead of using handtools for everything as I have in the past and since I'm continuing to work alone as a one man construction crew, I will use power tools where necessary to do the bigger jobs safely and quicker, but I'll make sure I continue to develop my skill with hand tools so that I can work and live without electricity and fossil fuels most of the time and when I run out of money or resources to use outside fuel sources. Once the wilderness homestead main infrastructure is built (mainly the buildings) I can slow my pace back down and I won't need power. That will always be my goal. Links to products I use at the cabin; Agawa Canyon Boreal 21 Saw Mora Knife Lamp OiI Moka Pot Canada USA Canon 6D DJI Mavic Pro Bragg's Sprinkle Axe
Date: 2020-11-30

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Comments and reviews: 7

My
Thanks for watching! I'm taking advantage of a couple of days of bad weather to edit a few videos, including my usual Friday video as well as two for next week. My wife spent a few days with me interior decorating over the past several days as we waited for the maple sap to start flowing so we could boil it into syrup, but we didn't get the warm weather we needed. Looks like this weekend is warmer - fingers crossed.
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Willem
Two questions. If there is an old logging road going to your camp, why don't you open it back up so you can park your truck where you're at? The second question is Who is controlling the drone you use? Often it shows you trudging along while the drone is traversing terrain. Yet you're not holding the controller.
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Norm
Would have liked to see you using that bucksaw!
I live in the bush also, bw Gatineau hills and lower laurentians. am on the grid now. thinking about working more with bucksaw and getting away from the noisy husky!
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sir
It's interesting that when I watch people cut trees with an axe on here, they dont barber chair like so called experts suggest. It looks to me like it is safer to cut slow than to go fast and suddenly stop?
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flemingway
Think of when there was only axe. What an effort to build. I wonder if slaves did that in Europe. American pioneers had to build house for wife and children by felling trees.
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Pat
I gotta tell ya, be careful with trees that have been dead a while, a lot of people die from dead limbs falling on them while cutting them down
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Robert
Punky wood does have a use - smoking hides when tanning. The dry, airy punk creates the perfect smoke for finishing up hides.
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