This Water Oak log had a nasty surprise for my Timberking sawmill 

Thanks I appreciate it, 1600 is a good mill and the diesel will last forever. It's the 3cyl kabota, a bit higher RPM but plenty of power. If you check out my timberking 1400 diesel videos it's the same engine. I gave that mill to my dad and he loves it. He has been cutting around 600 board ft a week for the past month, just cutting in the afternoons.

I'll have to dig it out

Yeah, sorry about that. I actually burned the sections and found 2 metal stakes. I don't know why I didn't ever reveal that until now.

You probably could, but that would be a lot of work. The chainsaw option was quick and easy.

That's what I do... when I can find my wedges 😆.

I plan to dig it out this week, I'll post it in an upcoming video.

It was so close I didn't want to take it all the way back. It was just easier to hand cut the last inch or so.

My dad just recently hit a porcelain insulator in a log, it trashed a blade that only had 2 cuts on it.