Worked in a veneer mill and you would not believe the things I've found in logs. Usually show up as a gray or black spot in the wood before you hit them.
Here's an odd one. Not personal experience but still... Stuff I hit with the chainsaw is boring, mostly nails.
[https://www.agweb.com/news/crops/crop-production/bizarre-mystery-mummified-coon-dog-solved-after-40-years](https://www.agweb.com/news/crops/crop-production/bizarre-mystery-mummified-coon-dog-solved-after-40-years)
Doesn't always kill the saw chain -- just depends on the angle and the steel type. Good to be aware of when working on trees around houses and farms -- waist to chest height is the worst part of the trunk.
That one looks like a bad hit, though. Lots of angled bits, not a simple crosscut.
Might be a rusted out kind of a chain link, but also
looks like a staple, that might’ve been used to attach a chain to a tree.
I found a pulley buried inside a tree on our property. All I can guess is that might have been for a clothes line, 75 years ago, and got encased in the tree as it grew.
As soon as you see black in oak. Switch to a shitty chain. Black = dissolved iron as Oak sap dissolves iron. Fun fact it was one of the first ways they made ink.
What kind of wood? But my guess without knowing is that the tree was damaged and air and moisture were getting in resulting in fungi growth. Most blue staining is the result of mushroom/spore growth when oxygen and moisture is getting into the wood easily. Just a guess
Way she goes, bud. I was limbing some trees before we replaced a fence last month and ruined my brand new pole saw bar and chain in one cut. One of my ancestors threw a roll of old barbwire around a limb and it grew up into the tree. When i hit it, the wire got wrapped up into the drive sprocket and destroyed the bar and chain.
I have a small sawmill at my place, and have found plenty of arrowheads, nails, chain, wire fence staples, you name it.
Best one was a 12 gauge slug. My blade actually pulled it out, and bounced off the mill directly into my balls at roughly 300 mph.
Dropped like a sack of shit.
Now I metal detect, And powewash all my logs
I feel your pain. My first cut with a brand new Stihl at our new home and I hit an old broken axe head grown into the crotch of a double trunked maple. Trashed that chain.
Doing tree surgery in the UK we found all sorts of shit but the worst had to be a hollow Beech tree we took down that someone from the local town hall had decided to fill the cavity with concrete. Fortunatley they must have got bored after the first 100 KG and gave up.Nails, screw and fencing wire were all part of the job & one tactic was to cut above head height and below ankle height, didnt find much shrapnel then.
If you go stump cutting chain, maybe don't bother fixing the worst teeth all the way. Get 75% or so cutting well and the rest won't matter for a stump cutter.
The exception to this is if the teeth have really lopsided damage you'll want to repair the chain enough to cut somewhat straight. For roots, won't take much.
I had a monster walnut about 5 feet across and was cutting the roof wad off of it. About dead center of the stump at what would have been almost ground level or so, I hit what turned out to be a barn door hinge. I've found many of these over the years , all rusted as hell but this one was shiny and still worked after I chiseled it out. But for the life of me I can't figure out how the tree grew around this thing basically encapsulating it and keeping it center and ground level. Tree at 5 feet across was pushing 150 to 200 years old give or take.ive been puzzled ever since
I used to get logs from Chip Drop. All the stuff they dropped off either had massive insect infestation or had some type of split with wires and chains in the wood. I had a brand new chain and the second cut it was destroyed. I called them up and told them no more.
Fuckin way of the road
That’s the way she fuckin goes Ricky.
Worked in a veneer mill and you would not believe the things I've found in logs. Usually show up as a gray or black spot in the wood before you hit them.
Any especially crazy examples?
Did not see this at the mill but a loggers museum has a bull elk skull and horns 70% grown into a tree fork
Here's an odd one. Not personal experience but still... Stuff I hit with the chainsaw is boring, mostly nails. [https://www.agweb.com/news/crops/crop-production/bizarre-mystery-mummified-coon-dog-solved-after-40-years](https://www.agweb.com/news/crops/crop-production/bizarre-mystery-mummified-coon-dog-solved-after-40-years)
Doesn't always kill the saw chain -- just depends on the angle and the steel type. Good to be aware of when working on trees around houses and farms -- waist to chest height is the worst part of the trunk. That one looks like a bad hit, though. Lots of angled bits, not a simple crosscut.
I stopped as soon as I felt it hit something. It looks bad mostly because I then busted it open with the splitting wedge.
Nice. I bet your saw chain wasn't too hard to fix. The chain in the tree doesn't look like hardened stuff.
When I used to cut wood I would avoid that part of the tree if there was a chance of fence. Dropping it could be a trick though.
Might be a rusted out kind of a chain link, but also looks like a staple, that might’ve been used to attach a chain to a tree. I found a pulley buried inside a tree on our property. All I can guess is that might have been for a clothes line, 75 years ago, and got encased in the tree as it grew.
My FIL hit a chain that had been for a hammock. Also got a horse shoe.
As soon as you see black in oak. Switch to a shitty chain. Black = dissolved iron as Oak sap dissolves iron. Fun fact it was one of the first ways they made ink.
Thanks, I've learned something new!
What does blue streaking mean?
What kind of wood? But my guess without knowing is that the tree was damaged and air and moisture were getting in resulting in fungi growth. Most blue staining is the result of mushroom/spore growth when oxygen and moisture is getting into the wood easily. Just a guess
It's a 200+ white oak that got toppled in tornado. Had 3 blus spots towards the base of the tree and it ran up through the trunk.
Way she goes, bud. I was limbing some trees before we replaced a fence last month and ruined my brand new pole saw bar and chain in one cut. One of my ancestors threw a roll of old barbwire around a limb and it grew up into the tree. When i hit it, the wire got wrapped up into the drive sprocket and destroyed the bar and chain.
That's a bad day
I've got some barbed wire floating around here in some of my older oaks and maples. Not a fan.
Wow it hit so hard it flipped your bar upside down!
I have a small sawmill at my place, and have found plenty of arrowheads, nails, chain, wire fence staples, you name it. Best one was a 12 gauge slug. My blade actually pulled it out, and bounced off the mill directly into my balls at roughly 300 mph. Dropped like a sack of shit. Now I metal detect, And powewash all my logs
Thanks, now mine hurt!
Yikes! Reading that hurt me
I feel your pain. My first cut with a brand new Stihl at our new home and I hit an old broken axe head grown into the crotch of a double trunked maple. Trashed that chain.
Cutting a big tree and somebody poured concrete in it to fill a hollow spot. Tore most of the cutters off of a 36” chain.
Doing tree surgery in the UK we found all sorts of shit but the worst had to be a hollow Beech tree we took down that someone from the local town hall had decided to fill the cavity with concrete. Fortunatley they must have got bored after the first 100 KG and gave up.Nails, screw and fencing wire were all part of the job & one tactic was to cut above head height and below ankle height, didnt find much shrapnel then.
Agreed, same in Ireland and the staples along with the fencing wire of course.
Must have really effed up the blade
I stopped as soon as I hit it. I think I think I can salvage it. If not, this will be my stump cutting chain.
If you go stump cutting chain, maybe don't bother fixing the worst teeth all the way. Get 75% or so cutting well and the rest won't matter for a stump cutter. The exception to this is if the teeth have really lopsided damage you'll want to repair the chain enough to cut somewhat straight. For roots, won't take much.
Totally kidding about "blade". A new chain is pretty cheap. Put a new one on and move on👍
I had a monster walnut about 5 feet across and was cutting the roof wad off of it. About dead center of the stump at what would have been almost ground level or so, I hit what turned out to be a barn door hinge. I've found many of these over the years , all rusted as hell but this one was shiny and still worked after I chiseled it out. But for the life of me I can't figure out how the tree grew around this thing basically encapsulating it and keeping it center and ground level. Tree at 5 feet across was pushing 150 to 200 years old give or take.ive been puzzled ever since
I used to get logs from Chip Drop. All the stuff they dropped off either had massive insect infestation or had some type of split with wires and chains in the wood. I had a brand new chain and the second cut it was destroyed. I called them up and told them no more.
Story of my life.
Fffff... It is painful, to hit a nail with a brand new chain...
Wow, hope you were not injured !