I'm having major seperation anxiety here.......

[ScotO]

Just got done doing a big job for a family......(6) 55' to 70' tall locusts, (2) 45' red maples, and the tops off of two tall dead elms......

Well, turns out the homeowners wanted to keep the wood!! Now all my buds on here KNOW how I am with that locust, man this is just killin' me!!

I had to climb and top 'em first, it was a close scenario to the house, service wires, and other trees that were being kept.....so I didn't get all the pics that I wanted to get. I'm going to have to get a helmet cam so I can film some of these falls.....it's fun!



Those were the bigger locusts, the biggest one was around 16" diameter at the base, and almost 70' long! Hardly a branch on them, either. Nice, perfect-for-splitting rounds!!

Here's the pile we had to RELUCTANTLY leave behind, I'd say around 1-1 1/2 cord, mostly locust with a little dead and dry elm and some red maple....DAMMIT....walkin' away from that locust...... that was one of the hardest things I ever did!!

 

[Paulywalnut]

Is there a firewood shrink? Maybe an hour in a hammock with him might be just the thing.

 

[MrWhoopee]

I hope the price reflected your loss.

 

[firecracker_77]

Well...I can't blame them for wanting that! Looks like a nice pile.

 

[fishingpol]

Admitting you have a problem is the first step...

Nice pile there.

 

[blujacket]

I feel for you Scott

 

[WellSeasoned]

Scott, nice work there. Sorry you couldn't keep that fibery gold. I enjoy watching guys vids with their gopro's up high in a tree, really cool to see!

 

[TimJ]

Scotty, if you would have been wearing your FHC tee shirt it could have been a different story

 

[schlot]

(hands Scotty a tissue) Better luck next time big fella.

 

[Backwoods Savage]

Sometimes you just have to suck it up Scott. Have patience, you will soon forget it as you move on to bigger and better things. Still, 16" and 70' without branches......has to be a bit tough.

 

[PA. Woodsman]

We talked to the clinic...you're gonna be okay! That must've damn-near killed ya to not get your paws on that

 

[CMAG]

Bummer, And you cut it all to length

 

[schlot]

Scotty, with that kind of sacrifice, surely there is a special place in heaven for you.....next to the splitter of course.

 

[CenterTree]

Interestingly, (and sadly) I now look at a pile of firewood with more intrigue than I used to look at a pretty girl.




Sucks to get old!

 

[BillLion]

Yeah, that's tough. A friend of mine had his black locust & apple tree cut down and gave me that wood in March. Apple was hard to split, locust pretty easy. I loved the flesh split smell of both.

I'm sure more will come your way!

 

[BrotherBart]

Sucks to get old!

Getting old was a lot of fun. Being old is what sucks.

 

[Locust Post]

I would be willing to package a couple small black locust splits and ship them your way if it would help....gottta watch out for a brother you know.

 

[clemsonfor]

You didn't even cut it all random, that doaent look like a pro tree guy. They have a bunch of 3 ft and 10" stuff??

What is it about people who give you wood that they cut up. They always cut it to 12"s. Where does anyone cut 12" firewood let alone use it?? I mean even the store bundles are like 13-16" pieces?

 

[teutonicking]

Admitting you have a problem is the first step...

Nice pile there.

I don't see the problem here. It really is "SAD."

 

[schlot]

You didn't even cut it all random, that doaent look like a pro tree guy. They have a bunch of 3 ft and 10" stuff??

What is it about people who give you wood that they cut up. They always cut it to 12"s. Where does anyone cut 12" firewood let alone use it?? I mean even the store bundles are like 13-16" pieces?

I had someone buck up and give me some maple for me once. It was nice of the guy but they ranged from10" to 14".....well at least his heart was right place, but boy that was fun trying to stack it.

 

[Paulywalnut]

I had someone bucked up and gave some maple for me once. It was nice of the guy but he did they ranged from10" to 14".....well at least his heart was right place, but boy that was fun trying to stack it.

Four eight foot stacks per cord. It looks like more.

 

[Gark]

We feel your loss, Scott. I know this doesn't help much right NOW, but as they say "Time Is the great healer". The pain will go away, especially as you bring home other high-density wood fuel. Vaya con lena (firewood).

 

[PapaDave]

Kinda like losing your first girlfriend.
Ok, maybe not, but you get the idea.
If it doesn't kill ya', isn't it supposed to make ya' stronger?
Go get another load of something else. You'll feel better.
Also kinda' like the girlfriend thing, ......but not.

 

[Backwoods Savage]

Interestingly, (and sadly) I now look at a pile of firewood with more intrigue than I used to look at a pretty girl.

Sucks to get old!

You, my friend, need help badly!

 

[basod]

So if I hire you to take down a huge oak in my front yard the pricing structure is the same if you take the wood or buck and leave it for me?
I've got a job for you bud