Firewood surprise again. (Pics)

[Old560]

Glad I found it before a $40 chain did. 1” auger bit.

 

[Janicholson]

Nasty. My neighbor's tree has 20 inches of 1/2 inch cable imbedded in it in 3 pieces. Plus a 3/4 inch ready rod and nuts through the whole tree, 38 inches! it is a trash Russian Elm with a value of the cost to have it taken down. 90 ft tall. Woof Jim

 

[Dave in NY]

Yep! Been there. Found a 1/2" lag bolt about 10" long in a maple trunk with a brand-new chain that had about 5 minutes time on it. And yes, I did utter a couple of naughty words.

 

[SweetFeet]

Glad I found it before a $40 chain did. 1” auger bit.

Oh, wow! Never even thought about a big hunk of metal like that being inside a log when cutting firewood. Sheesh!!

 

[Paul swpa]

Metal in a log is on thing, but how about ceramic fence insulators? Had a new chain taking down walnut trees and didn't seem to matter whether I went high or low off the normal fence highth, would hit one somewhere in the cut.

 

[Frank(Mi.)]

I've hit concrete in a big oak with a brand new saw...no visual hint that it was in there...

 

[Mike(NEOhio)]

My neighbor showed me a piece of log he hit with a bit of steel, 30 feet up the trunk. He thought it was a bullet but the chain would have gone through lead.

 

[560Dennis]

Yikes

 

[DaveBN]

I too hit I hidden piece of of concrete in the trunk of an Oak tree. I believe old timers put cement in hollow spots in trees to seal them up.
Dave

 

[petertay]

I was asked to cut a square hole into a newish log house so they could install a window. There was rebar laid between the logs! !

 

[504]

I had a friend who told the story about savings an old oak. Cross drilled and bolted it back together and filled the whole thing with concrete. He said the lady was happy, but someone was not going to be one day in the future!

 

[Russ from MN]

At the paper mill I retired from there was a metal detector on the conveyor ahead of the chipper, it would stop the conveyor and the operator had a hoist to lift the log out and cull it.

 

[38 Sears Roebuck]

Yep, that'll ruin your day. BTDT with a brand new chain also.

 

[Brian G. NY]

Metal in a log is on thing, but how about ceramic fence insulators? Had a new chain taking down walnut trees and didn't seem to matter whether I went high or low off the normal fence highth, would hit one somewhere in the cut.

Boy......they sure do take the edge off a chain in a hurry don't they! Even faster than a piece of steel!
Big old roadside trees are often hiding unwanted surprises like this.

 

[Loosehandle]

Yep! Been there. Found a 1/2" lag bolt about 10" long in a maple trunk with a brand-new chain that had about 5 minutes time on it. And yes, I did utter a couple of naughty words.

Here in Wisconsin there is a lot of screw in deer stand pegs grown way into the tree left by irresponsible hunters.

 

[Old560]

Yep, that'll ruin your day. BTDT with a brand new chain also.

Brand new chains always seem to find it

 

[Oregon Tractor Jack]

Found a horse shoe in a tree I cut up once, yup a chain was destroyed. Things you never expect to find.

OTJ

 

[stevieb49829]

Sandstone in between 3 roots. I WAS cutting it up for fatwood kindling.

 

[stevieb49829]

My neighbor showed me a piece of log he hit with a bit of steel, 30 feet up the trunk. He thought it was a bullet but the chain would have gone through lead.

I've sawed through dozens of copper jacketed bullets with my bandsaw mill. One catface on a walnut butt log was used as a target when the tree was alive. 12 - 15 bullets at various depths. I bought a metal detector, which finds MOST of the 16d nails. steve

 

[Tim in New York]

X2 on the bowhunters leaving the screw in pegs. I cut down some ash trees for firewood for my neighbor a few years ago and one had a couple I could not remove. I told him about them, but he still managed to hit one.