A couple weeks ago, about a mile from the house, I saw some Black Cherry next to a guy's driveway near the road. I didn't ask him about it until last weekend; He gave me the go-ahead to take it and told me the county had cut it. When I got there to pick it up, I saw the rest of the tree across the road on another guy's property, who I got a few White Oak chunks from a couple years ago (talked myself out of the main score because the trunk was big, but ended up taking those big chunks in the end, when I had second thoughts about passing on the rest. 
Still kicking myself for passing on the mighty White, the King of Firewoods. A good cord there I missed out on, by waffling.) Anyway, I asked him about the Cherry and he said "Have at it," so I went and got the rest of the trunk yesterday. The bottom was snapped about 6' up and the top rested on a steep rip-rap slope, so I had to buck if from the top down, trying to not lose my footing and hoping the cracked wood that was holding the base wouldn't break and drop the log. I was able to stay above the log on the slope, just in case it cut loose, and cut the rounds off, and the broken section stayed intact.
Here's the slope I had to tote the rounds up, trying to keep my balance on the rocks.
I got the rounds that were close to the top, but I forgot the maul to split the bigger rounds at the bottom of the slope and there was no way I was gonna try to pack them up. Didn't want to walk further to take a gentler slope, either. I happened to catch my SIL at home and had her bring my maul. As I waited for her, my car radio started sounding like it was losing the station, and I discovered my battery was low. That shouldn't happen just running the flashers and radio for 2 hrs, should it?? Guess I may need a new batt-tree. 
Sure, it's not a high-output wood, but there's a lot to like about Cherry. It's one of my favorites, along with Red Elm, Dogwood, River Birch, White Oak of course, and....well, I guess I have more favorite woods than I thought.
There was also a bonus dead White Oak down there, about 10" I guess.
Part 1, by the guy's drive, is already stacked. Forgot to take a pic but it was a loose trailer load, several 4-6' sections with a lot of air space between...coupla quad trailer loads, anyway.
Here's the load, with a stick of Red Elm on top for good measure.
Check out the dent where the tree fell on the guard rail. After haulin' this load up the slope, my legs, back and arms are toasted today....roasted I am tellin' ya! 
And some White Oak air freshener in the car.
Sorry about the blurry pic.
Still kicking myself for passing on the mighty White, the King of Firewoods. A good cord there I missed out on, by waffling.) Anyway, I asked him about the Cherry and he said "Have at it," so I went and got the rest of the trunk yesterday. The bottom was snapped about 6' up and the top rested on a steep rip-rap slope, so I had to buck if from the top down, trying to not lose my footing and hoping the cracked wood that was holding the base wouldn't break and drop the log. I was able to stay above the log on the slope, just in case it cut loose, and cut the rounds off, and the broken section stayed intact. Here's the slope I had to tote the rounds up, trying to keep my balance on the rocks.
I got the rounds that were close to the top, but I forgot the maul to split the bigger rounds at the bottom of the slope and there was no way I was gonna try to pack them up. Didn't want to walk further to take a gentler slope, either. I happened to catch my SIL at home and had her bring my maul. As I waited for her, my car radio started sounding like it was losing the station, and I discovered my battery was low. That shouldn't happen just running the flashers and radio for 2 hrs, should it?? Guess I may need a new batt-tree. Sure, it's not a high-output wood, but there's a lot to like about Cherry. It's one of my favorites, along with Red Elm, Dogwood, River Birch, White Oak of course, and....well, I guess I have more favorite woods than I thought.
There was also a bonus dead White Oak down there, about 10" I guess.Part 1, by the guy's drive, is already stacked. Forgot to take a pic but it was a loose trailer load, several 4-6' sections with a lot of air space between...coupla quad trailer loads, anyway.
Here's the load, with a stick of Red Elm on top for good measure.
Check out the dent where the tree fell on the guard rail. After haulin' this load up the slope, my legs, back and arms are toasted today....roasted I am tellin' ya! And some White Oak air freshener in the car.
Sorry about the blurry pic.
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I hope they didn't get me too bad. Shoulda stacked that wood long ago but I found it easy to stall, since it was a scrounge of 3 and 4-footers that all need to be re-cut.
