One branch bigger than any tree I've felled

[bfitz3]

So this happened last week...

Look close, and you'll see my chainsaw on one of the logs, 20" bar, but at an angle. Each 'rack' to the left is a full cord.

A solid north wind knocked out a huge branch from a sugar maple along the road. At the base, 30" across. There were four 12" branches that came off of this each of which was like most of the trees I get. The bulk of the logs in the photo are 10-12 feet long, but the big three are just 6-8. Why risk the tractor? Not in the picture, 1/2 a face cord of smalls destined for my mother's wood stack for next year.

In the background of the photo, you can see the parent maple with the red leaves to the right of the bee hives. It lost the southeast portion of its foliage. Maybe 20% of the tree fell.

Hoping for a full cord from this to almost round out my '18-'19 supply.

 

[baseroom]

Wow! That s some branch!

 

[begreen]

I'll say! Looks like beautiful country there too.

 

[bfitz3]

I'll say! Looks like beautiful country there too.

It really is. I feel blessed to live where others want to vacation.

 

[bfitz3]

That full cord I was hoping for is going to get blown out of the water! Cut, stacked, and split about 1/3 of the smaller stuff, maybe a bit more, giving around 1/2 a cord. I could do the math on the huge pieces, but I figure I'll keep some suspense and hopefully be blown away by how much wood is in them.

 

[HisTreeNut]

Pretty sweet. Nice score.

 

[Ashful]

Screw the branch... I want your yard, and that view!

 

[bfitz3]

Screw the branch... I want your yard, and that view!

If you want to move out of Phili, there are rumors that the farm across the way will be up for sale soon. 120 acres. Probably 90 tillable, 30 wooded. Ancient barn in nice shape. Me as a neighbor.

Some pics to tempt...

 

[bfitz3]

The camera seemed to have a hard time with color balance today. The dog... Always happy, even when we're about to be slammed in snow...15 feet that year.

 

[Ashful]

Me as a neighbor.

You had me, up to there.

Beautiful country, but the wife is going to think otherwise.