Cutting up a giant tree trunk. The chainsaw is just big enough to do it.

Today I am going to cut up the huge tree trunk of the tree we cut down with a man lift. I need to cut it up so we can split it into firewood later. Also I will cut the stump into something the goats can climb on. I am using a Stihl 391 chainsaw with a 25" bar. It is just big enough to do the job.
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[@marshasmith6320]

That was one more tree. I love the spiral steps in the stump. The goats are gonna love it.

[@pampilgrim2274]

That tree was a beast. The spiral staircase is a good idea.

[@rkthing55]

Would love some shots of the boys playing on the stump!

[@markushofmann813]

Interesting video. Thank you for showing me. I would cut off a tree slice at the largest point and, after drying, use it to make a tabletop. greetings from Germany

[@141poolplayer]

Good job. I think the goats will like it.

[@margaretbedwell58]

That was definitely a big tree, a big round from it would have made a great picnic table. It will make lots of fire wood though and the goats are going to love their spiral staircase. Nothing too fancy on the Country View Acres homestead for their goats. Have a Blessed day.

[@mindym.1166]

Why is it so satisfying to watch someone else work hard?!!! You did a great job on that stump!

[@murielmartin6533]

I would leave one other round for the goats to play on.

[@danbierschbach7743]

in my opinion. leave the extras for the goats until they dry out. they they can be moved and split easier.

[@silkedavid8876]

A woodturner making bowls etc would probably like to have some of that. Beautiful markings.

[@TheBereangirl]

Evan, can you imagine cutting those HUGE redwoods down with hand saws? I was exhausted watching you cut that maple down with your chain saw.😩 Great job as usual!

[@pboyd7007]

WOW!! Way to go tackling that beast. Great job. Congratulations! Now we can watch the billy goats play King of the Mountain.

[@Bass2010]

Was hoping to see the goats playing 😢😪👍👍👍

[@calireu]

That’s exactly what I thought

[@CountryViewAcres]

In the next video we should have a short clip of the goats climbing on the stump..

[@Bex-rg8pj]

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[@CountryViewAcres]

Thanks Rebecca, glad you like it.

[@csnanny1882]

The goats will love it. Nice job. My t-shirt is nice, I will be looking for more colors. God bless.

[@CountryViewAcres]

Glad you like the t-shirt. The goats will play on stump it the next video.

[@bobjoncas2814]

...lookin' good, nice job, stay safe..

[@boathead22000]

Evan and Rebacca is always thinking about their animals. the goats will love that stump.

[@deakzoltan5546]

You should take that to the mill to make big round for coffe table tops man.

[@OpunktSchmidt1301]

Great job with that tree. Some people think that the work is over when the tree is down. But to remove the stump is the hardest thing when you don't have a stumpgrinder. With a stumpgrinder the job is done in a short time. But it's pretty expensive... Thanks for the video! 😊👍🏻

[@CannFarms]

That was huge! Good job!!!

[@JamesCouch777]

That section you cut off would make an incredible slab table.

[@RockhillfarmYT]

Great job

[@DanKlein_1]

I have had rounds 3/4 that size that are still too tough to manage even on level ground. So, I took the chainsaw and cut it into halves or quarters until they were in manageable sizes to move under the log splitter. I have done all that and after I am done, wonder how much that half cord of wood just cost me.

[@Sigurther]

One of the most heartbreaking things about cutting wood, all those good chips going to waste. Makes me want to invest in a pellet press! XD

[@HoneyDoHomestead]

I must say, I got a bit of a chuckle when you first tried to push that log over. It was probably over 1k lbs 😂.

[@Tomhohenadel]

Evan by the look of the chips coming off the chain saw you did an excellent job of sharpening. A cookie from the stump would be great for a table top

[@Sigurther]

Need to get me one of those sharpening tools for my little Ryobi! So absurdly useful!

[@garciafamilyfarms]

Best hand sharpener on the market. Hands down!

[@kgal63]

I would love to see the bucks enjoying their new toy to play on. We had goats once upon a time and they love to climb. My husband built several platforms that they could do their jump and running they liked. We called it a goat playground.

[@davidj.mackinney6568]

The goats will love all the wood stumps.

[@user-justbeingme]

Thinking of others, what a great human.

[@sandyleonard1605]

After watching you carve steps in the tree trunk I’m thinking you may have a future on ice sculptures. LOL.

[@sandiebell1676]

Love the goat stairs!

[@marshallsuber3346]

I watched you take the tree down. I didn't realize just how big it was at the base.

[@TheUserid82]

You can still peg the stump with mushroom inoculation pegs to turn it into a mushroom farm also. The goats can play on it for a few years as the fungi break it down and you get some mushrooms if you can get them before the goats do when it is fruiting.

[@farmworkMi]

Very good idea I may do this my self on my farm thanks

[@bnewton5922]

The goats are going to enjoy the stump. Your going to get a lot of good firewood out of those pieces from the stump. I just helped one of my sons do that at his property. We couldn’t believe how much the big stump gave us in wood to burn. Stay safe Bruce from Mason Michigan

[@stanwiggins3423]

A wedge cut on the side you wanted it to fall in would have let it fall by itself, but good job. Like your musical selection as well. I've been working on a 150+ year old water oak that fell with a base greater than 50" wide and branches that are 40" in diameter and 36" in diameter. Got 4 cords out of it so far, and a lot of wood left to cut.

[@brown9714]

That looks like it would be a great saw mill log

[@shaniaa9287]

Beautiful piece of wood Evan ❣️

[@RobGraham048]

omg a cross section would make some great tables coupled with a little resin. Beautiful.

[@Revellersaws]

Swedish homestead has a video showing a technique to cut big stumps like this

[@jansmith8021]

Yes save your back ,let the tractor do the moving of those big ones! 😉

[@RichBurris2]

Now that was funny......that big round was plenty heavy for us ole guys.

[@bendigr]

cut the rounds in half/thirds ? enough to be able to move them with the tractor ?

[@vinnypinatelli221]

Fun video to watch that tree was huge!!! Alot of work man!!!

[@bertrandducouedic8621]

Nice job. The goats will be happy with all these new benches...

[@joannak4640]

That is a HUGE tree stump!! Looking forward to seeing you tackle it with the splitter. As always, thanks for sharing ❤️

[@donniechapman5922]

Ethan they've got another name for moving those big chunks of wood by hand it's called getting a hernia . The goats will love that playground stump.

[@jaxonosborne3315]

Well the tractors made quick work of that tree

[@danradtke1663]

Some of those cuts would make awesome outdoor table tops

[@lewisgardner1660]

That sure was a big old tree, I was sort of hoping the goats were going to get out and it turned into a catch the goat video lol When your cutting with chain saw put a sheet down to collect the chipping it’s great for the compost heap

[@jbraeslamb]

I would have left the stump as a tabletop cause goats can jump up no problem.

[@AfterTheRains]

That wood could make a beautiful natural picnic table and stools.

[@olddawgdreaming5715]

Good job Evan, I bet Rebecca will really like this job for the “kids “ to play on ✅. Really a nice job, thanks for sharing with us. Fred. 👍👍👏🏻👏🏻

[@sherry2836]

After all that and you didn't show the goats playing on all those pieces? I would have left just the one step. The goats could still play and then have two cud chewing/napping platforms. Just my sofa supervisor opinion, lol!

[@Sigurther]

Ha, prolly take a little time for them to get used to them and start playing. I bet they put up a video like that soon enough. :)

[@sherry2836]

@@Sigurther Lol, yes I was just a bit too eager to see them play!

[@CountryViewAcres]

It took about 2 days for the goats to climb all over them. Should be a clip of it in the next video.

[@TomBiggerstaff-gn1ws]

Excellent thanks

[@douglaskerr6813]

Great job you're have your full split up that big beast.

[@RobGraham048]

that tree is a beast and I would love to have had a few cross-sections of that beast.

[@tomscott3939]

looks like good a good playground to me!!

[@tanyajenkins919]

That was a huge stump goat fun now . 😆 Hope u can make fire wood out the rest of the stump shame to let it waste. Lot of hard work for you though. I remember a few big pine we got in Idaho was tough going for a few days n process . Have a great day Hi to all the family.

[@michellepollino4986]

Leave some of the big pieces for the goats to use.

[@EC4400]

Good Morning all.

[@danterry6328]

I wouldn’t have ever thought about doing something for goats so they could have fun.

[@marylott3076]

Wow..... What variety of tree was that Evan? The goats will enjoy that play toy. 🐐🐐

[@CountryViewAcres]

It is a soft maple.

[@rt3box6tx74]

Sure would have been fun to watch the goats discover their new playground feature for the first time... =^(

[@CountryViewAcres]

It took a couple days before they climbed it. It will be in the next video.

[@sharonanspach2734]

WOW!!

[@kevincameron8437]

I did the vertical splitting with my splitter on 36’ rounds. Ended up splitting like pie slices. I kept telling myself....’you eat an elephant one bite at a time.’

[@strandbunnyx]

would make awesome slabs

[@lawsonlawnandfarm8073]

Need a wedge and a maul to bust them things into manageable sizes

[@cadenswain]

You should cut those big rounds in half so you can move them a little bit easier to split.

[@CountryViewAcres]

I may have to, we'll wait see how the log splitting goes. No matter what, it will be a lot of work.

[@sallymcdonald502]

I would have just cut the tree up in smaller bits rather than the huge immovable rounds, then loaded them onto the tractor bucket.

[@bendigr]

those 2in1 sharpeners are the BEST !!!! maintains the proper gullet and depth gauge at the same time. i think it does better than a new chain that you buy from a store. i've been using these for several years now. Fast, easy and consistent from one cutter to the next. Just try to give each cutter the same number of strokes/cuts when filing.

[@jeffreygeinitz9707]

Saw those Into quarters or smaller pieces so you can split them.

[@ninanina-sx3pv]

You have an opportunity to make a fun playground for the goats to use some of their male aggression lol ...use some more of those stumps so they can jump from one to another

[@user-ru7tw3rn3o]

good job and well done~~

[@KCAATV]

That chainsaw cuts great with a high speed camera filming it.

[@chrisrichardson8908]

I just had that problem with 2 large pine trees that refused to come down

[@richardgreen5602]

Next time......double or triple-up your wedges!

[@danielgaskin5342]

You left some sharp edges on the stump

[@hfbroady]

Another way to deal with the LARGE pieces is to cut half way down with the chainsaw. Than use a splitting maul or wedges to split in half or quarters depending on how big they are. We did that ALL the time when I would cut firewood.

[@rosedimasi5202]

That was the hard way but it gets the job done I guess

[@504carl]

Good Job. Thumbs Up

[@antoinevandamme6506]

If you don't need the wood, let them all in the pasture. Connect them with some boards and create their own obstacle coarse. They'll love it.

[@ALL4SCUBA05]

I leave the large rounds on their edge. I set the splitter close to it and then then flip that round over onto that splitter.

[@motosport8851]

I would suggest you look, and see what those big rounds sell for as coffee tables. Where all the limbs come together and you get that random grain. You will be surprised. most I have seen are only 2 to 3 inches thick. you could get 3 or 4 of them.

[@mitch_smith]

I took down an old oak, around 45 inches wide and before that I never thought i'd use my tractor as a wheelbarrow, but after that, we named the tractor Willy the barrow.... paid for itself in 1 tree job. Now lets see you out there swinging a maul splitting those suckers!

[@batpherlangkharkrang7976]

Hi...... Thank you for sharing your video homestead 👋 bye 👋 bye 👋 bye 👋 🎥👍👍👍

[@hankfacer7098]

another job well done

[@dujeamizic3588]

I cut two weeks ago with ms 250 big trunk

[@lsweeten1971]

Lordy! You could make a couple pretty nightstands or a nice round table with those trunk pieces. If ever you have another tree like that, please consider contacting someone like a woodworker to sell it to. Certain woodworkers on KZbin make $10,000 tables using wood that big.

[@jeanniearnold7906]

"That's probably going to stay where it is" so funny.

[@dpgoodall]

Nice job with the slo mo chip spray!

[@bevnelson3678]

Looks good. Goats going to love it.

[@canislupus4905]

You could make a climbing toy for the goats. Love your chanel. Greetings from Ankara

[@farmworkMi]

Once you go to split I would suggest you let it freeze really good the night before and just split the sides off all the way around and then split it into quarters and smaller from there it's super easy I admire all your gear I cut trees professionally for 5 year and never had more then steel toe and ear muffs without somuch as a scratch you got it covered very well glad this problem is now almost at its end very well done on the shirts I hope the best of luck with the website and merchandise

[@CountryViewAcres]

The weather is getting colder. It may be below zero we I split it. That would make it easier.

[@heidielle396]

Hoping to see future videos of the goats playing on it! 😊 I’d love to see more videos of the animals in general too! My favorite bit so far was the most recent little piglets chasing the chickens... hehe!

[@jbraeslamb]

Did you count the growth rings Evan? I like your chainsaw clamp so ordered one. Cheers 👍

[@CountryViewAcres]

No, didn't count the growth rings. There was two sets of rings, like two trees grown together. Probably why it was so wide.

[@jbraeslamb]

It must have been quite an age given its girth.

[@SnoopRockinJayDawg]

Slow motion saw cuts were awesome. Great job. Videos getting better every post.

[@csnanny1882]

Nice

[@notajoke4587]

Nice bit of art for the lucky goats

[@calireu]

I would have carved the tree to make it available for climbing (goats)

[@larrybarber]

I used the bucket of my tractor to hold tension on the tree in the direction I wanted it to fall. Good luck

[@chuckmaddison2924]

Just did same to cut down a Ponytail palm. I got a long strap and got my sister to pull while I cut. Tree was about a foot from the fence.

[@ladyridgerunner7788]

My husband has always been a hard worker, like you. He's about to have his eighth back surgery, and he's only in his 50's. Hoping you will utilize that tractor more to do heavy turning over, lifting, moving, etc. Protect that back! (Was wondering if the sharp edges needed trimming in case the goats might get hurt on it? Just being a mother-hen.) We love your videos!

[@Steve.5]

Whoa! Boy that’s a big tree trunk!! 😄