53 cords cut in 7 hours. I'm kinda tired.

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wendell

Minister of Fire
Jan 29, 2008
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NE Iowa
I got to take part in a cut on Sunday for a charity that provides wood for people who can't afford it but need it to heat their homes. We got through 44 cords before lunch and then finished up another 9 after. Here are some videos.




 
I got to run 10 tanks of fuel through my new 346XP. I really love that saw!

It was really a great event to be part of. They do a cut in both the spring and fall.
 
Thats awesome....what a great program.
 
I bet when the property owners got home they were really pissed. :lol: Great job guy.

But please tell me folks are not going to be burning that stuff next month.
 
The good news is he is a year ahead for the first time since he started the program. The bad news is the demand is so great he said he will probably have to give some of it out this year and it was almost all oak. He feels bad he can't let it season longer but if he doesn't provide it, those families will have no heat.
 
I hear ya. When it is cold ya burn what ya gotta burn.

Keep up the good work.
 
BTW: If anybody down this way is doing this kind of work, I am old and poor and need wood.
 
That is such a great sight to see. What a terrific program. I wish we had something like that in our area.
 
It was really a lot of fun to be part of. I was working between those first two piles on the right. Cut everything you could reach on one pile and then go back over to the other while somebody came in and stacked up all of your rounds. Repeat. When the pile got a little scary, have the skid steer come in and knock it down. Only had to stop cutting to fill up and touch up the chain. I wish my own cutting was that easy!
 
Wendall nice of you to help out, looks like you had some nice weather.

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Great job and worthy cause! I'd be interested in participating in something like that if you want to car pool next year.
It would be nice if they used ash or locust if they can't let it season, but I suppose they use what they have access to.
 
Blessings to you.
Assuredly, I say to you, inasmuch as you did it to one of the least of these My brethren, you did it to Me.
 
Hard work for a good cause...................bet it was a good kind of tired.
 
hopefully the Big Oil Company CEO's were chocking on the sweet smell of chainsaw exhaust and wood chips. Great job and hopefully the people getting the free wood appreciated all the hard work involved in processing it.
 
Wendell, that is great to become a part of that wood cutting bee. I'd like to see several of those in various parts of the country. Probably the hardest part would be weeding out the takers from the group that is really needy.

Should someone try something like that in our area I'd be all for it. Would someone like to get this organized?
 
I think it would be fun to participate in something like this and get to do a good deed while at it. The most difficult par tI envision on getting something set up like this would be getting the wood lot to be harvested. I work hard at scrounging and have never come across anything like this. I drooled all over my key board watching those video's and seeing all those logs!
 
Now who gets to do all the splitting?
 
From what I understand, they have prisoners on work release do it.

I don't if the semi loads are donated or if they purchase them. Everything was in 8 foot sections when we got there.
 
wendell said:
From what I understand, they have prisoners on work release do it.

I don't if the semi loads are donated or if they purchase them. Everything was in 8 foot sections when we got there.

Convict with a government axe... very cool!
 
That's awesome! I've been wondering if I could find a bunch of other wood burners in my area and see if we could just all head up and cut wood down together- get the big burly guys with the equipment to fell the trees and cut them to hauling size to bring them out of the mountains, then we could take what we need and buck and split and divide it up between us. The old saying "Eight families don't need eight dutch ovens" sort of deal.

Good for you!

~Rose
 
Wendell
Did you admit you were having fun to anybody but us yet. Don't ;)
I get the "tired", but similar to a long day of fishing, You get tired but still had fun :)

Awesome project. Just a great thing to see going on.
Thanks for the videos,
REALLY COOL

Did you say 346XP was fun to run??
Didn't you just get that saw? What length bar did you get?
 
The saw was a joy to run. I had a 16" bar and chains already so I bought it PHO. I think I will be getting an 18" for it, too.
 
northwinds said:
Great job and worthy cause! I'd be interested in participating in something like that if you want to car pool next year.
It would be nice if they used ash or locust if they can't let it season, but I suppose they use what they have access to.

I'll let you know. The guys who coordinate it are over on AS so what they have been doing is having a GTG on Saturday and then the charity cut on Sunday.
 
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