Certainly you can cut along the grain with a chainsaw. They do it with special mills for slabbing off really large logs before presenting them to a saw mil. You can do it horizontally if you are strong enough to hold the saw.
----- Original Message ----- From: Rob Monitor To: [email protected] Sent: Tuesday, August 18, 2009 4:41 PM Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] chainsaws.. HI, Well I have no way of using a engine hoist or any thing like that.. The logs are stacked on top of each other I had a logger bring a 10 cord load in 8 foot Lank's... So I think the bottom logs will be ground cover.. But there is a lot of logs on top of the bottom ones that I can still use if I can cut them and move them... So do you think that a guy could cut the logs the long way OK?? ROB FROM MINNESOTA ----- Original Message ----- From: [email protected] To: [email protected] Sent: Tuesday, August 18, 2009 3:11 PM Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] chainsaws.. Rob: I haven't thought this all the way through, but is there a way you can hang a chain hoist near where you're working, then lift your log and move the splitter under it? Or, do you have access to something like a knockdown engine hoist? Also, how are you able to cut these without your saw hitting the ground? Bill Stephan Kansas Citty MO Email: [email protected] Phone: (816)803-2469 ----- Original Message ----- From: Rob Monitor <[email protected]> Date: Tuesday, August 18, 2009 2:29 pm Subject: [BlindHandyMan] chainsaws.. > HI, What I'm wondering is can a guy cut a log the long way with a > chainsaws with out hurting the saw or himself?? Why I'm asking > this is I have a lot of oak logs that are about 24 inches around > and up from there... So when I cut a 16 to 18 inch off the log I > can't move it myself to put in the wood splitter... So I was > thinking that if I cut down the long way on the log then cut the > 16 to 18 inch piece it would be in two pieces then maybe I could > move it... > THANKS ROB FROM MINNESOTA > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
