firewood is a family afair

[blacktail]

I've cut wood with my dad since I was a little kid. I'm not sure when I started cutting with him, maybe 6 or 8 years old. I still remember that I'd take the hatchet my grandpa gave me and whack on some logs while my dad ran a saw. And back then a wood cutting trip often included a break for learning to shoot a .22.
Now that I'm in my mid 30's with my own house to heat, we still cut together. Two houses to heat, three wood stoves, four saws, two trucks. My sister, almost 30 years old, had never experienced the fun of wood cutting until yesterday. My dad had an opportunity to cut some logging leftovers, my sister had the day off, and she wanted to see what it was all about. She posed for pics with his Husky and helped load his GMC. I hear she even split some rounds!
I went back with dad this morning and filled his GMC again, plus my Toyota for my girlfriend's parents. My GF's dad was telling me last week that alder is his favorite firewood, and there happened to be a good pile of alder available. He's been nothing but great to me, but he thinks fir gunks his chimney, has a slammer instal, and is chronically behind on wood
Anyway, pics attached of my sister yesterday posing with dad's Husky, their load yesterday, me today, and our hauls from today. All in the pissing rain too.
Sister wants to actually learn to run a saw so we're trying to coordinate our schedules to get her out running my 290.

 

[HybridFyre]

That's awesome. Hoping to start a family tradition with my family too! My daughter is almost 2 so she can't help much yet. But when I stack wood she likes to take a little piece at a time and bring it over for me.

 

[Ashful]

Awesome! Just trying to get my 4 yo son into it now. This is him "helping" two weeks ago.

 

[Jags]

Good on ya for still working with the old man and getting your sis in the work.

Yep - I used to get the young ones to help (grandkids)

 

[red oak]

Awesome! Just trying to get my 4 yo son into it now. This is him "helping" two weeks ago.

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That's the kind of help I like to provide!

 

[Camben]

View attachment 131933 This is the best I can do. They put a few pieces in a 5 gallon bucket and use the power wheel to drag it it the wood pile. LolView attachment 131933

 

[Camben]

Can anyone tell me how to rotate pics??

 

[D8Chumley]

Can anyone tell me how to rotate pics??

I read if you take them with the camera/phone sideways instead of upright they will be "correct" when you post them. Blacktail, nobody in my house seems to have any interest in anything firewood related, except the wife once in a while will help stack or bring it in the house. But they all love to be warm in the winter haha! Good for you, maybe someday my 16 yr old son will help me, but not holding my breath

 

[webfish]

Can anyone tell me how to rotate pics??

I fixed.

 

[Grateful11]

That's great getting the family involved. Our son just turned 25 and has never ran a chainsaw, he wants to learn. He can drive any of the tractors on the farm and do about anything in the fields but never got around to using a saw. I guess we're a bit reluctant put him on a saw as we've already lost one son, not to a saw accident but a medical condition.

It looks like it's as rainy there as it is on the East Coast this year.

Thanks for sharing.

 

[Camben]

I fixed.

Thank you!!