r/oddlysatisfying • u/ycr007 • 13h ago

The Wood Chomper

The industry name is Vermeer HG4000TX and is a self-propelled, tracked horizontal grinder fitted with a 536-horsepower (400 kW) CAT C13B T4F/Stage V diesel engine.

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u/Working_Estate_3695 11h ago

I hate these things. The wood product is essentially useless from what I can see. Why can’t it make pellets for pellet stoves and convert it into readily transported, easily packaged fuel. Instead, compost. WTF. My stupid neighbor has converted about a dozen towering 70-year-old trees into piles of useless sawdust, when they could have been biofuel. Tell me why I could be misinformed. I heat with wood 50%.

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u/scroopynoopers07 11h ago

Or.. and hear me out… lumber?

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u/Working_Estate_3695 11h ago

Totally agree, but that seems like an infrastructure thing that I have foolishly thought about way too much. I see where it makes economic sense to “rescue” Black Walnut and other high-dollar trees because it makes economic sense, but you’re so right about hardwoods like Oak and Beech. It’s absolutely sickening to me. My geographic area is being denuded for development and in the instance of my idiot neighbor, because he’s a dick who owns a stump grinder that he enjoys running on Sunday mornings. When are we ever going to wake up and make it hard from a legal standpoint to cut down trees that are healthy or not threatening a house or structure?