Cherry Above the Swamp Done!
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yooperdave
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nice job zap...how long would that bit of wood last in the dead of winter? whenever i make a load of wood, i catch myself thinking "well, that will last a week to 10 days pre-season, or 4-5 days mid-season." i do a truckload at a time...
yooperdave said:
That is a good question yooperdave, if I remember I'll count the splits we get out of the 32 rounds. Then this winter we will track how many splits in the shoulder and in the dead of winter.
Zap
Here in Illinois Cherry is a fruit tree. It doesn't look at all like the tree you are calling Cherry. Can you give us more info?
Tom
Tom
maxed_out
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maxed_out said:
Not any walleye fishing yet, most days on the weekends have been a east wind. That old saying holds true, winds from the east they bite the least and from the west they bite the best.
We hope (depending on the weather) we get the boat in this weekend.
Zap
Often called (erroniously) choke cherry here or wild cherry, black cherry has a nice red heartwood. I think it smells nice - others don't. Birds like the berries. My car's windshield and paint doesn't. (at least not after the birds have eaten them)
The tent caterpillars tend to prefer the black cherry, too. Although we haven't had any noticable populations of them for the last few years. They also supposedly harbor a black knot fungus that my plum trees get, so I cut cherries down any chance I get.
The tent caterpillars tend to prefer the black cherry, too. Although we haven't had any noticable populations of them for the last few years. They also supposedly harbor a black knot fungus that my plum trees get, so I cut cherries down any chance I get.
firefighterjake
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Not to derail this thread Zap, but do you ever have problems with that trailer accidentally dumping itself. Last weekend I borrowed my buddy's ATV and trailer (similar to your own trailer) and a few times it would dump on me . . . specifically if I did not load more of the weight towards the front of the trailer and was going over rough terrain.
firefighterjake said:
Not yet Jake, I did notice in the winter if you get some ice buildup in that area it will unlatch. I keep the ice scrapper with me in the winter and never had a problem yet. I will throw a picture up tonight of how it latches.
Zap
Backwoods Savage
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billb3 said:
Excellent description of the cherry. We've always liked cherry to burn too and usually have some every year. Also, lots of wildlife feed off the cherry trees. It is not at all uncommon to find coons in the cherry trees even in the daylight hours. Deer also love the fruit. The fruit does not last long around here even though we have a goodly amount of cherry.
Zap, that is some fine looking wood.
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