cutting up a dirty tree/log

[Donald]

I am preparing to re-do my dirt drive with a couple of loads of item 4. I saw what I thought was a 3' log buried in the drive but starting to show. I dug a little on one end and tried to wedge it out with the shovel. No go. Came back with my Bobcat and lifted it but it was a 20' log. So now I have this 20' log next to my drive and its in he way and may prevent water running off the driveway which is key to not getting potholes. Do I just brush it off with a broom and assume I will dull my chain saw blade?

 

[abycat]

pressure wash it. Should be able to blast it clean. or just eat the small cost of the chain. sure cheaper than getting a disposal company to remove it.

 

[leeharvey418]

Find any convenient garden tool and strip the bark off the places where you want to cut. In all the time I ever spent in the woods with my dad as a kid, I'd say 75% of the use that his axe saw was in my hands cleaning dirty bark off of logs.

 

[Barkleymut]

pressure washing seems like a decent idea, except that you would be cutting wet wood. How decomposed is the log? You may be able to just hit it with a maul and break it up.

 

[Donald]

The log is very hard, not decomposed at all. The pressure washer might be a good idea but its down my long drive, too far away from a hose.

 

[IndyIan]

Just brush it off and cut it. I like to use the top of the bar for dirty cuts to sling off dirt away from the saw, but it probably doesn't matter much. I use my khrappy saw for jobs like this and a few minutes with the file has the chain back to where it was.

 

[123Saab]

Some options, I have cut a lot of dirty stuff on the ground from Hurricane Sandy. 1. Buy a Stihl Carbide chain, Expensive but will last a long, long time. 2. If your saw can fit one, The Powersharp system from Oregon is really great for this kind of work. I have one on a Stihl 020 AV Super and love it. http://powersharp.com/default_flash.asp http://www.bobistheoilguy.com/forums/ubbthreads.php/topics/3353153/Oregon_Powersharp_System 3. Use whatever old chain you have and sharpen it a lot.

 

[bubbatime]

Can you drag it back into the woods? Trees fall and die all the time in the wood and no one cuts them up with a chainsaw for disposal.