The tree saga of 2024 part 3: Cutting the railroad free!

Today, we're cutting up the tree fall that fell across the tracks at Woodchuck Run Siding.
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[@slider0915]

man, I am impressed by that Ryobi saw... that thing is a beast!

[@MillBrookRailroad]

You're actually seeing two Ryobi saws in this video. Both were 14 inch when new, but I installed a 16 inch bar on one after a tree fell on it and bent the original bar.

[@petercruikshank2618]

Nothing like some 'ole time log rolling!! Knock wood you all stay safe.

[@kirkrende3935]

I like how you don't edit out some of your difficulties and frustrations...it makes me relate to the "unplanned consequences".

[@zaklex3165]

The overhanging branch should have been cut BEFORE you removed any of the pieces that were already covering the track as the pre-existing branches laying on the track would have protected the track from the falling branch when you cut it down.

[@MillBrookRailroad]

I need a ladder to get to that overhanging branch. I'll block up the track with pieces of the other tree when I finally get to it.

[@solarusthelonghaulerrailfa3226]

Well apparently someone said timber 😁🌲🌴👍

[@MillBrookRailroad]

I think someone did. Was that you? :-)

[@artillerest43rdva7]

So it is finally pieced up, ready to train it out of there! that tree was a real “son of a beach tree” it is bad when they interlocked together, preventing gravity from doing it’s job! until a storm runs by. good luck straightening the rails! be safe with the last bit to be removed! great job Eric & Aaron

[@MillBrookRailroad]

A week later, we're still cutting it up.

[@alandent7231]

Greetings from OREGON

[@MillBrookRailroad]

Hi!

[@RasmusLarsenRAL0503]

Nice video🤭

[@railroad9000]

Sorry to see that this happened!

[@lordsherifftakari4127]

time to pull all the flats and gons out for log removal. major log trains incoming! by chance does someone you know have a heavier loco for pulling really heavy trains?

[@MillBrookRailroad]

I have other cars, but the two engines together struggle with these three cars fully loaded.

[@malcolmone1]

cutting trees ,you never know how they will go when cut

[@jacehackworth6413]

If you’re not doing it right.

[@danielfantino1714]

Safety gears legs, torso, arms, eyes. Lucky that they just pinched instead of...

[@MillBrookRailroad]

Knowing when to stop the saw has a lot to do with only pinching.

[@MemorialRifleRange]

I dunno, I have had a stihl .029 since 1993 used and abused so many many times and It would blow the electrics away right now after 31 years. Electrics are great for some tools but not chain saws IMO.

[@MillBrookRailroad]

It's hard to beat a good old Stihl. I only had a crappy little Poulin. My cheap crappy Ryobis are better than the crappy Poulin. Your classic Stihl would run circles around any of the saws I've owned.

[@gregm1457]

I'm a big fan of the electrics for smaller stuff, and pole saws- so much lighter quieter and safer than gas. Kind of impressed by the ryobi's in this vid.. I'd have been all over those trees with my gas saw but the electrics did well.

[@rogerhuber3133]

I know you use a pellet stove for heat but there's a lot of good potential firewood there for someone. Might be a chance to make a little money off your disaster.

[@MillBrookRailroad]

Some of this will have to dry for a year or more and some of it will just need to be split. Either way, there is a lot of firewood here. Perfect for a maple sugar evaporator.

[@timothyjohnston4083]

Why did the trees fall ? High winds ? Lightening ?

[@MillBrookRailroad]

I tried to cut a dead tree down, and it got hung up in the one next to it.

[@duanedale2505]

That’s a bit of a mess

[@MillBrookRailroad]

Indeed, it is.

[@tryingagain14]

one thing about a gas saw. you never run out of chain oil. they run out of gas and you automatically top up oil. electrics are more expensive around here At least for a decent one. And I do like [am used to] my gas saw. I know you want to burn it as firewood, but I'd be tempted to dump it all over the bank.

[@MillBrookRailroad]

My electric saws aren't high end. They're sub-$200 saws. They were cheaper than fixing the carburetor problems in the gas saws i used to have, so I'll take that as a win.

[@tryingagain14]

@@MillBrookRailroad makes perfect sense. In my case I've got mine in the side by side. Too far from home for a dying battery halfway through something

[@MillBrookRailroad]

@tryingagain14 I have enough batteries for two changes on both saws during a work session. If I place the first one on the charger immediately, it'll be charged up by the time I go through the third one, but I've usually run out of daylight by then.