Hey Punk!! You used to be Maple.

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Well, Sunday was the day this week, to cover missing last week. I figured with the cooler weather coming I'd need to move up to 3 bucket loads a week. Well, I got 3 loads, but a lot of work for nothing much. First trip into the woods, I broke a chain. Not, threw, a chain. Broke. Looked down, didn't see any gaping holes in my Carhrtts, didn't feel any warm fluid running down my leg. Chaincatcher worked apparently. So with a bunch of 'wrong-sized' stuff, I couln't really get a full bucket. East west is for loading the boiler, not the bucket.


Anyway, on load 3 I had a partial bucket of Oak left over from a prior outing. A Maple had broken off at about 3" in some recent wind. As hard as it fought the tractor, I thought it might still have some solid wood in it. It didn't explode into a million bits when I pulled it sideways against another tree, like Aspen does. Finally got it cut up yesterday, and stacked inside this AM. I won't be burning this until it warms up a bit.

I need to teach him how to skid logs. Just don't look into his eyes!!! We are both lovin the snow :)
 
You must have some fun handling all that wood in the snow!
 
Are those rounds headed for the stove? They look huge! But, hard to judge size in the pic I guess! I'd love to have a tractor by the way. I think when I'm 50, my wife might let me. 13 years to go! Cheers!
 
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Nice pictures plus your dog looks like its having a blast, any idea why the chain broke?


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Looks like some of those rounds will burn like cardboard you get at Aldi's............ :)

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LOL! About the worst waste of time wood getting is getting a bunch of wood you think is gonna be great, then ya find out it's all punky. Maybe I'll stop at Aldi's on the way home :)

Chain broke cause I think someone tried to cut a rock with it :long:
 
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