A nice guy at work is clearing a decent sized woodlot on his property for horse pasture. He knows I like cutting wood, so asked if I'd like some of the wood that he's taken down (there was a lot - too much for him to process alone). Of course, I said yes. I called him last Thursday night and asked if I could cut on Friday. Showed up on Friday at 8:30 - chewed the fat for about an hour, and then cut and stacked brush for him until about 2pm. Here's the kicker: all the trees were limbed and lying on the ground - clean. I just had to walk up, block, and haul to a pile for pick up. Managed to block up a couple red oak, one beech, a red maple, and a couple small black birch poles. Took the weekend off and on Monday I spent about 4 hours hauling loads (only about 6 miles away, but being easy on the Tacoma). Split Monday night and Tuesday morning, and stacked Tuesday afternoon and finished this morning - even had enough time to clean up the area before rain hit at about 1pm. Here are some pics: first pic is the whole pile split, second pic is two new pallets of red oak and beech and the start of a third, last pic is one full pallet of red maple (with red maple kindling for a cover!). The two oak pallets are definitely for 2015/2016, but I'll likely use the red maple as shoulder season wood next year or the year after. If the weather holds, I might have few more cord in me this week. Cheers!
Edit - pics are out of order, but you get the idea!
Edit - pics are out of order, but you get the idea!
