Some Pics From Today

[Firefighter938]

I got out today and did some cutting, cleaning up fence rows while I can still get to them. I mostly cut stuff that had blown down last summer in a large storm, focusing on on wood laying on the ground. I figured the stuff hung up or standing dead could wait until next fall/winter.


I moved several truck loads like this to my splitting area.


I even lucked into a little red oak. I don't get very much oak, but found a large limb that came out of a very large tree so I had to buck it up. It's what's on the tail gate. I put it there so I can seperated it and stack it with some mulberry I cut earlier this winter. The oak and mulberry will make up my "heavy hitter" stack for '17-'18.



I then moved on to two massive hackberry trees. Hard to see it well because the sun was in my face. These are big, roughly 40" diameter. I had planned on working these tomorrow as well, but have to help a friend with another fence row job.

I will try to get some pictures tomorrow. Not really sure what we will get into.

 

[FTG-05]

I wouldn't count on the oak until at least 2018-2019, FWIW.

The Hackberry? It will be ready (depending on how you stack it) by 2017. Gotta bunch of it, give it at least a year and a half. should be GTG by then.

Like your Dodge Ram, reminds me of my '98 1500.

 

[English BoB]

Nice pics, thanks for sharing.

bob

 

[TheBigIron]

@Firefighter938 is that the fence row you have been working on earlier in the year? Looking good.. How much wood you think you will pull out of there? I fell into a fence row that has a decent selection of species to choose from. Like black locust and mulberry. I didn't know how good a wood mulberry is until you mentioned it. I have an abundant supply of mulberry in the fence rows and timber where I cut. I'll send photos.. Good luck and happy cutting.. Weather here is crazy like 60 degrees almost and muddy.

 

[Firefighter938]

@Firefighter938 is that the fence row you have been working on earlier in the year? Looking good.. How much wood you think you will pull out of there? I fell into a fence row that has a decent selection of species to choose from. Like black locust and mulberry. I didn't know how good a wood mulberry is until you mentioned it. I have an abundant supply of mulberry in the fence rows and timber where I cut. I'll send photos.. Good luck and happy cutting.. Weather here is crazy like 60 degrees almost and muddy.

Yes that's the same fence row I took pictures of earlier. The photo of the hackberry is actually one field over, but the farmer approached me when he heard me cutting and asked if I would like to cut it. So far I have c/s/s about 3 cord of this fence line. Mostly ash, hackberry, and mulberry but also one large black walnut and a little oak. The mulberry is awesome wood. It grows fast, seasons relatively quickly for a high btu wood, and is highly rot resistant. I cut a lot because it grows in almost every fence row in the county.

It's hard to say how much wood I will get from this field. There's probably another 15 cord left that needs cut. I hope to pull one or two more out of it before it gets too muddy or they start working the field. The rest will have to wait.

 

[Firefighter938]

I wouldn't count on the oak until at least 2018-2019, FWIW.

The Hackberry? It will be ready (depending on how you stack it) by 2017. Gotta bunch of it, give it at least a year and a half. should be GTG by then.

Like your Dodge Ram, reminds me of my '98 1500.

Thanks. It's a 97 with a 318 in it. It's been a work horse and rides like one too. I've had it since 05. She's not pretty but gets the job done and can haul a lot of wood for a 1/2 ton.

 

[baseroom]

318 Great underrated engine!

 

[weatherguy]

Being a limb from the oak and if your drying area is anything like the pictures, wide open and sunny, it'll probably be fine in two years.

 

[BigFir]

Wow you can see for a llllooonnnggg ways where you live! And that is a massive root ball on the Hackberry! Good stuff!

 

[EPS]

Wicked