Woody mustash

Long time with no updates.

15/16 was a relatively mild winter for us. With oil cheap, and 2 new puppies in the house, we only burnt about 2 cord in the Englander wood furnace here & there.

Late spring I got a good 1/2 cord from a guy nearby me. He had a nasty hilly back yard and had some white oak dropped the summer of 15. It was a PITA winching it up the hill with the Jeep. I declined to go back there because it was way more work than fun.

About 3 weeks ago we had a quick storm move through my work. A nice pin oak snapped off about 6' above the ground. It had some ant damage in the center where it snapped. I still have to go back and get the 6' stump and about 12-15' of lower the trunk. Today I got a health load (3000 lbs) of the main trunk up to the point where it crowned out.

Now for the eye candy.

Today's load is the fresh stuff on the right. The stuff on the left is the white oak from this spring.



And the oak I got the summer of '15.



And my big cube of 7.5 cord I got in early '14.



And the new (1994) tractor/mower/blower/plow/splitter mover with my helpers, Patton & Kammo



I had the front of the D-max piled up pretty good, LOL.

Yeah, the one mount for the ignition coil was cracked. Beefing it up with JB weld only worked for a tank or 2 of gas. Like a retard, I got another one. 55 cc "Remington Pro / MTD" that came with an 18" and 20" bar/low kickback chain combo. Not too bad for what I paid for it + already having 2 parts saws with a slew of bars & chains.

I need to get the special tuning tool kit from Amazon so I can richen it up a bit. I think it is set too lean because it runs stupid hot on long cuts. It does a good job pulling a fresh homeowner chain. With a new Stihl full chisel chain it will bite good but with any more than just saw weight for pressure it will easily bog down a bit. Despite having a decent clutch guard, noodling with the full chisel chains clogs it up REAL quick, but that happens on a lot of saws doesn't it?

I'm positive that if/when this one gives up the ghost it's replacement will be orange & white.

I bought a Chicago Electric 9" pole saw a few years ago. It works great for trimming low limbs around the yard.

What I really need is a nice lightweight 12-14" trimming saw. My '98 Mac 32cc 14" quit on me long ago.

I have a 2 year lapse in my thread, LOL. It's funny how time flies.

Not sure if I have any pics of the 2 cord of free tulip poplar I scored in May of '17. 28" at the base so definitely the biggest stuff I ever processed myself. Finally got that c/s/s in May '18 and burning it right now.

I have 15 - 18 dead oaks to drop thanks to the stinking caterpillars.

But I couldn't resist the urge to answer a recent CL add. This guy has a 122 acre parcel of neglected land he is starting to clean up that is only 15 miles away from me. He says he may have 10-15 cord to get rid of this winter.

Hopefully this load nets me about 1.5 after it's c/s/s. Ash, cherry & maple loaded up with an excavator for free.