I was working on some of the dead standing Ash my neighbor gave me, about 12:30 this AM. It's harder to work at night, but I'd like to stay ahead of the splitting crew at SIL's tomorrow. I probably could have hoisted these rounds into the quad trailer (White Ash, 19" DBH, not too heavy as rounds go) but the girls don't like rasslin' the big rascals. I've got probably 1/2 cord plus over there already, and this pile is now ready to go as soon as I finish my first gallon of coffee. There's another Ash that I've already dropped, about 16", behind the one in the pics, but I think this one will be enough to keep them busy tomorrow.
It was about 72* with humidity in the 80+ percent range, calm wind. I had to roll these rounds up out of the top edge of a ravine. I lost a lot of fluids wielding the Fiskars, so I'm now trying to replace them by enjoying a frosty, frothy beverage. I went commando, no bug spray, so the gnats nailed me pretty good. I picked off one deer tick, but that bugger might have gotten on me earlier in the day when I was setting up the pallets near the splitting site.
http://i1108.photobucket.com/albums/h407/2bnator/Hearth/003-1.jpg
Here are eight trunk rounds, and several more, some of which are visible in the next pic. I'll put some wedge-sized grooves in the tops of these to split them.
http://i1108.photobucket.com/albums/h407/2bnator/Hearth/005.jpg
http://i1108.photobucket.com/albums/h407/2bnator/Hearth/006.jpg
This is the Big Kahuna, yet to be dropped. Looks to be 32-34". There's another one that's probably close to 30". These two are in heavy traffic, so I'll try to hide from the widowmakers when the trees start to fall. I'll have a spotter also.
http://i1108.photobucket.com/albums/h407/2bnator/Hearth/007.jpg
It was about 72* with humidity in the 80+ percent range, calm wind. I had to roll these rounds up out of the top edge of a ravine. I lost a lot of fluids wielding the Fiskars, so I'm now trying to replace them by enjoying a frosty, frothy beverage. I went commando, no bug spray, so the gnats nailed me pretty good. I picked off one deer tick, but that bugger might have gotten on me earlier in the day when I was setting up the pallets near the splitting site.
http://i1108.photobucket.com/albums/h407/2bnator/Hearth/003-1.jpg
Here are eight trunk rounds, and several more, some of which are visible in the next pic. I'll put some wedge-sized grooves in the tops of these to split them.
http://i1108.photobucket.com/albums/h407/2bnator/Hearth/005.jpg
http://i1108.photobucket.com/albums/h407/2bnator/Hearth/006.jpg
This is the Big Kahuna, yet to be dropped. Looks to be 32-34". There's another one that's probably close to 30". These two are in heavy traffic, so I'll try to hide from the widowmakers when the trees start to fall. I'll have a spotter also.
http://i1108.photobucket.com/albums/h407/2bnator/Hearth/007.jpg