Felling a Huge Maple Tree with an Axe, Milling Lumber with Granberg Alaskan Chainsaw Mill, Husqvarna

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Felling a huge, dying sugar maple tree on the path to the off grid log cabin, I use an axe to cut it down and a Granberg Alaskan chainsaw mill and Husqvarna chainsaw to mill lumber out of the tree.

This huge maple tree hangs over the pathway and I have been walking under daily since buying the land in April 2017 and I have planned on cutting it down before it falls on it's own. It's almost completely rotten on the south side, which is the direction it leans, and the tree is being completely supported by a thin layer of live wood on the north side of the trunk. The tree is over 20" in diameter but because it is barely alive, I am able to cut it down with just a few swings with my Swedish felling axe. Once the tree hits the ground, I use an axe to limb the tree and my new Husqvarna chainsaw to cut it into 36" logs. I use a new Granberg Alaskan chainsaw mill to cut slabs off the live side of the log. Since most of the wood is dead and decomposing, I have to scoop out the rotten wood to use just the thin strip of live wood to make furniture. The first thing I'm making is a small corner desk for the log cabin, something I can sit at to edit videos, carve wood, sharpen tools, etc in front of the small window facing south over the front porch of the tiny house.
Self reliance is becoming better defined for me as I continue to build the off grid wilderness homestead. I am discovering my limitations this year, one of which is the near impossibility to fabricate my own lumber using handsaws. I just don't have the strength and stamina to make lumber from timber on the property in the quantity that I'm using. I didn't mind splitting some logs and cutting short lengths of wood into small, usable boards from the timber or to rip short boards using hand tools into dimensions suitable for small projects, like the floor boards, but I have reached my limit. The Gransberg Alaskan chainsaw mill will be used along with my Husqvarna chainsaw to cut all lumber from now on, and I'll continue to use hand tools to process the lumber into furniture, building materials for the outdoor kitchen, sauna, workshop, woodshed and more.
Instead of using handtools for everything as I have in the past and since I'm continuing to work alone as a one man construction crew, I will use power tools where necessary to do the bigger jobs safely and quicker, but I'll make sure I continue to develop my skill with hand tools so that I can work and live without electricity and fossil fuels most of the time and when I run out of money or resources to use outside fuel sources. Once the wilderness homestead main infrastructure is built (mainly the buildings) I can slow my pace back down and I won't need power. That will always be my goal.

Links to products I use at the cabin;

Agawa Canyon Boreal 21 Saw
http://amzn.to/2BPV6OF

Mora Knife
http://amzn.to/2BOiv35

Lamp OiI
http://amzn.to/2qz0nZ1

Moka Pot
http://amzn.to/2DEomvO Canada
http://amzn.to/2ndmtw6 USA

Canon 6D
http://amzn.to/2EdaZjs

DJI Mavic Pro
http://amzn.to/2DHuJib

Bragg's Sprinkle
http://amzn.to/2EdouzK

Axe
http://www.torontoblacksmith.com/

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