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Problem cutting a large trunk into logs


Morgan1936
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Hot sure if this post is in the correct section but anyway:

 

While sawing a 3ft diameter trunk into usable chunks with a 20" bar for splitting I find it extremely difficult to match the cuts from each side to give a clean cut, usually I finish up with the cuts not meeting at the bottom sometimes by a large mount necessitating levering the chunk off with a wedge or more usually a crow bar. This even occurs with a brand new chain so I must be doing something wrong. Would a larger bar say 24" make it easier. The saw is a Husky 365 so plenty of power.

 

Any tips much appreciated.

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Either technique or bar needs dressing up or renewed I would say.

Start level, go forward and over as far as you can so saw is vertical and work in and back as far as you can until you have to come back to horizontal and then go down level , this way you have cut 3/4 of the wood.

Do this all the way along the trunk, roll the log forward until you can see the bottom of your top cut, then put the bar in and work forward.

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Cut it from one side only to match the cuts. Gets the job done faster.

 

 

As an aside, this is also one of the reasons they have larger dogs stateside. It makes it much easier to buck wood from one side of it when it's much wider than your bar.

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