I got some of the hung Pignut that, thanks to you guys, I was able to get down several weeks ago.
Pretty good day for woodworking, not beastly hot or humid. Plenty of sweatin' goin' on, nonetheless. Here at the house the Black Flies were out in force, but they don't bite me much, they just buzz around my head. This year there are a lot of them around, for some reason. Same with the little black ants that have invaded our kitchen. About a half-mile from the house, where the Pignut is, just a couple of mosquitos. But we did get into some deer ticks. Luckily we saw them crawling up our arms, picked them off, and did a thorough check when we got done. I think we're clean.
I thought maybe I would get dry wood off some of the upper branches, they felt light, but the MC was still in the low to mid-twenties. Maybe they are a little punked and that's why they felt light, we'll see...
Here's the stack I bucked and brought up today, couple of trailer loads, three rows deep in this stack.
http://i1108.photobucket.com/albums/h407/2bnator/Hearth/003-2.jpg
Here's what is still down there, about 25' of 21" dbh trunk. There are also several 6-8" limbs that I'll get. Please don't make fun of my hack job on the short section. :lol: First cut on the leaner plugged in the ground and the tractor couldn't pull it, so I had to cut it again.
http://i1108.photobucket.com/albums/h407/2bnator/Hearth/001-4.jpg
This is the rotted trunk base. The core is pretty solid. Didn't look today, but if I remember right the trunk looked pretty good toward the bottom. Not sure why the tree rotted at the bottom like that...
http://i1108.photobucket.com/albums/h407/2bnator/Hearth/002-2.jpg
Pretty good day for woodworking, not beastly hot or humid. Plenty of sweatin' goin' on, nonetheless. Here at the house the Black Flies were out in force, but they don't bite me much, they just buzz around my head. This year there are a lot of them around, for some reason. Same with the little black ants that have invaded our kitchen. About a half-mile from the house, where the Pignut is, just a couple of mosquitos. But we did get into some deer ticks. Luckily we saw them crawling up our arms, picked them off, and did a thorough check when we got done. I think we're clean.
I thought maybe I would get dry wood off some of the upper branches, they felt light, but the MC was still in the low to mid-twenties. Maybe they are a little punked and that's why they felt light, we'll see...
Here's the stack I bucked and brought up today, couple of trailer loads, three rows deep in this stack.
http://i1108.photobucket.com/albums/h407/2bnator/Hearth/003-2.jpg
Here's what is still down there, about 25' of 21" dbh trunk. There are also several 6-8" limbs that I'll get. Please don't make fun of my hack job on the short section. :lol: First cut on the leaner plugged in the ground and the tractor couldn't pull it, so I had to cut it again.
http://i1108.photobucket.com/albums/h407/2bnator/Hearth/001-4.jpg
This is the rotted trunk base. The core is pretty solid. Didn't look today, but if I remember right the trunk looked pretty good toward the bottom. Not sure why the tree rotted at the bottom like that...
http://i1108.photobucket.com/albums/h407/2bnator/Hearth/002-2.jpg