Another load of dry dead ash.

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Bwhunter85

Feeling the Heat
Aug 21, 2010
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Sunfield, MI
Perfect Michigan morning to cut. A little muddy, but this new ranger makes it so much easier!

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It was a beautiful day in Wisconsin for some work in the woods too. My favorite toy got a little workout pulling out some standing dead oak logs.
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Gotta love dry dead ash. That's all I've scrounged this winter which is fine with me. Most will be ready to burn next year, but I won't actually get to it for probably 2 or 3 years.
 
Gotta love dry dead ash.
I couldn’t agree more. Most of the ash trees I run into (not very many, it’s pretty much oak/maple here) are still alive, for now. Dead standing elm is the ill-prepared man’s firewood of choice around here but I love finding some nice air-dried ash when I’m in the woods.
 
Don’t mean to be. But I will say that the backhoe attachment I got with adjustable thumb has to be the best $2k I’ve ever spent on equipment. I got it to dig the underground lines for my OWB because renting a mini excavator was over half of that for 1 weekend. Now I can’t seem to stop finding new ways to use it. I can grip a 36” x 8’ log and put it anywhere I want it. Digs about a 6’ deep trench. I actually find this a lot more useful in firewood gathering than a grapple because I can sneak in between trees to pick logs out of the woods with a lot more finesse.
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Ok, show off over.
 
Don’t mean to be. But I will say that the backhoe attachment I got with adjustable thumb has to be the best $2k I’ve ever spent on equipment. I got it to dig the underground lines for my OWB because renting a mini excavator was over half of that for 1 weekend. Now I can’t seem to stop finding new ways to use it. I can grip a 36” x 8’ log and put it anywhere I want it. Digs about a 6’ deep trench. I actually find this a lot more useful in firewood gathering than a grapple because I can sneak in between trees to pick logs out of the woods with a lot more finesse.
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Ok, show off over.
That's awesome! I would show off too. Work hard, play hard!

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