Time to get the rounds in.

[Fred Wright]

The weekend has been lovely. Just right for loading and hauling some rounds. Ground is dry, no fighting with mud. It's all red maple, mainly tops that were blown out last summer. I dropped a couple of main stems that were too badly damaged to leave stand.

There's more to get in; this is less than half of it. And I've got a 24" stem near the garage to drop as well. The top was pretty much wiped out. Am guessing roughly three cord in all.

I had predicted that last year would be my last year cutting in the woodlot. Ma Nature proved me wrong.

 

[CenterTree]

Those sure are purdy.

 

[Hickorynut]

Don't do like I did Fred. Had a couple red maples in the rounds for a year or so. Reason being it was hard to split green with a maul and I thought once it started cracking it would be easier to split. It was but quite a few of the rounds had started to rot

 

[Applesister]

What kind of lawn mower is that?
Its got wheel weights. They look like tractor tires. Did it come like that?

 

[Applesister]

Those are some nice sized Reds.

 

[Fred Wright]

What kind of lawn mower is that?
Its got wheel weights. They look like tractor tires. Did it come like that?

It's an old Murray garden tractor my brother gave me. Came with stock turf tires. It had never seen a grease gun, all the bushings were shot so I replaced those. Scrapped the mower deck and fitted it with Ag tires and weights. Tires are probably worth more than the tractor.

Does a right smart job of hauling, I can't complain.