I've had a rough start to the wood gathering season. Usually I start gathering at the end of upland bird season in late Jan. My employer reassigned me, and sent me to a school for all of January, February and the first half of March. That put me behind a little bit. If that wasn’t enough, the preferred means of scrounging/ gathering/hauling wood( 1996 F350 Powerstroke) is not available. It’s difficult gather meaning qualities in a ZX2 Escort.
A farmer friend near me had a couple trees he removed that were too near the house, and he was kind enough to drive over to my place for me. He chained them to the bail spear on the loader of his tractor, and set them next to the garage for me. That was a good start at the wood resupply.
After getting them into rounds, I had to move them back to the woodlot. Without the F350, I had to resort to the backup equipment. I think this was close to the maximum capacity???
So at least we are making progress. Then I was thinking that with wood hard to come by this year, I should consider a means of protecting what I had stockpiled. I have considered converting my bird dog to a “wood guard dog” but I am not sure how she’s gonna’ work out. I’ll have to work with her some more on this.
I guess I was wondering how many other guys/girls out there have resorted to unconventional means to get their inventories up this year???
A farmer friend near me had a couple trees he removed that were too near the house, and he was kind enough to drive over to my place for me. He chained them to the bail spear on the loader of his tractor, and set them next to the garage for me. That was a good start at the wood resupply.
After getting them into rounds, I had to move them back to the woodlot. Without the F350, I had to resort to the backup equipment. I think this was close to the maximum capacity???
So at least we are making progress. Then I was thinking that with wood hard to come by this year, I should consider a means of protecting what I had stockpiled. I have considered converting my bird dog to a “wood guard dog” but I am not sure how she’s gonna’ work out. I’ll have to work with her some more on this.
I guess I was wondering how many other guys/girls out there have resorted to unconventional means to get their inventories up this year???