Work Done 2025

[clancey]

Nick and js ---That wood with the bag on top looks like a fat rabbit is there---lol. Now that's your wife being overworked here---lol . Good for her and I would just be too afraid of that type of work but that overworked woman I bet is quite a helper and partner for you--bless you both...clancey

 

[heavy hammer]

Cleaned out both stoves and the chimneys today. I'm hoping warm weather is here I had a fire this past Tuesday 40's and rain. The basement was cold so I had a small fire to get the chill out of the house. I'm rerady to start processing wood. It has been a cold rainy May here. Hope everyone enjoyed their Memorial day.

 

[Slimdusty]

I managed to get 4 pickup loads of locust this weekend. Should be just shy of 2 cords. Some friends across town are clearing out some ground, quite a few locust trees and they don’t burn wood. I have probably 2 more loads to get the rest. Hardwood of any variety is not that common around here so I’m feeling pretty fortunate to get this. A real delicacy for my Lopi next year!

 

[thewoodlands]

I had a stack of Beech leaning back pretty good so I moved it to a different area which is easier to get wood from in the winter when we have deep snow. I did put what I call new runners underneath the face cord, the bottom row is cherry.

 

[NickW]

The boss and I cleared some of the tornado tangle from last year, took down some tree's and cleared some brush for the pole shed building site. Long way to go...

 

[thewoodlands]

I had planned on some firewood related work today but with more rain in the forecast, I got behind the push mower for about three hours.

 

[clancey]

Gosh a lot of rain for you people---build a small swimming pool to hold all the water in and enjoy in the summer heat--that should take care of the extra lbs of weight...I get such bright ideas--lol.. Just think you can exercise your arms and legs in the pool and not have to do so much work--yes...clancey

 

[MRD1985]

About a half cord of free white oak. Had to buck the tree up and split it. I don’t have any white oak so this will be nice. I’ll be going back for more next week. Probably close to 2 cords of white oak at this persons property, plus at least another 2–3 of red oak. I’ll probably skip the red and take as much of the white ask I can .

 

[thewoodlands]

Today I stacked a face cord of firewood leftover from two years ago. We burned a bunch of pellets that year which saved us some firewood. Most of the face cord is ash with some maple and birch.

Picture 4952 is the area I'm moving the wood from.

 

[djlew]

It's been raining here nonstop but managed to get some processing and moving done. Bottom is firewood from a seller over this past winter that was split for about a year prior. Splitting it to fit the tiny Jotul for this upcoming winter. Moved most of the rounds into the shed that the tree company cut down for a solar project (that didn't come to fruition but that's a whole different story, shame). I have a few more pine rounds to move out of the elements and then I spend the rest of the summer splitting.

 

[MRD1985]

Made another trip for white oak. Got .83 cords out of it so far. Could have squeezed a bit more in there but I was drenched in sweat on this warm day and called it quits after 2 hours of bucking and splitting.

Might make 1 more run. This week. Still tons of wood there . No one but me and 1 other guy has been interested in the “big” stuff (not big to me).

 

[Turbo89]

Well done! I’ve been keeping my eyes open, but haven’t seen any good “free wood” pop up in a month or so since my last big ash score! I’d love to stack a few cords of oak, I’m sitting mostly on ash/maple.. I have about a face cord of nice dry oak which I’m saving for those long cold nights.

 

[MRD1985]

Well done! I’ve been keeping my eyes open, but haven’t seen any good “free wood” pop up in a month or so since my last big ash score! I’d love to stack a few cords of oak, I’m sitting mostly on ash/maple.. I have about a face cord of nice dry oak which I’m saving for those long cold nights.

Most of my stock is red oak and ash. Probably a cord+ of cherry, maybe 3/4 cord of hickory, with a little beech, sugar maple and mulberry. The white oak will be a nice addition.

 

[MRD1985]

Well done! I’ve been keeping my eyes open, but haven’t seen any good “free wood” pop up in a month or so since my last big ash score! I’d love to stack a few cords of oak, I’m sitting mostly on ash/maple.. I have about a face cord of nice dry oak which I’m saving for those long cold nights.

Also if you want to make a trip down here this guy has TONS of red oak he’s looking to red rid of, with more trees he’s going to drop on top of it

 

[Turbo89]

Also if you want to make a trip down here this guy has TONS of red oak he’s looking to red rid of, with more trees he’s going to drop on top of it.

Pm sent

 

[MRD1985]

Went back and cleaned out the rest of the white oak, even the uglies. Had just some red left, had 12 people come yesterday he said. Ended up with 1.07 cords of free white oak, about 10 minutes from my house, for some bar oil and a little fuel.

 

[NickW]

Went back and cleaned out the rest of the white oak, even the uglies. Had just some red left, had 12 people come yesterday he said. Ended up with 1.07 cords of free white oak, about 10 minutes from my house, for some bar oil and a little fuel.

So jealous...

 

[MRD1985]

So jealous...

Now I just have to look at for 2-3 years lol

The free wood comes in waves. But this wood, Close to home, is definitely a good score. Don’t see white oak very often that people give away. I would have taken some red oak but I have so much of it already

 

[thewoodlands]

With hot weather coming in and then rain on the weekend, today I mowed the lawn with a push mower. I did leave a good patch off wild violets in the back and some forget - me - nots in the front.

Hopefully tomorrow will include some firewood work.

 

[NickW]

I don't have much really good wood available here in the Northwoods like I did in SE WI, but I haven't made any connections yet either. Black ash, birch and red maple I have; but they don't coal like oak, sugar maple, locust, beech, ironwood or even white ash. I have enough of those to supplement for one maybe two seasons that I've brought along.

We'll see if I have any storage space after cleaning up the tornado damage from last year and clearing for the pole shed so I can start scrounging some quality stuff... Wife is anti scrounging right now because we have so much down and damaged. I'll be giving away pine and aspen if I can or it's going to rot.

 

[NickW]

Last Thursday my wife and I started helping the neighbor across the road start ripping off his roof and fascia to replace them. We've been really busting our butts with him every day. Today is an off day for weather that didn't get here as soon as forecast but I'm OK with a rest & recovery day.

He says he's done 14 roofs before and I believe him; but he's doing this one wrong and absolutely ripped me a new backside for making unsolicited suggestions, then ripped into me again when I tried to walk away instead of blowing up back at him. Right or wrong I've let him do what he wants and told him I would tear off, install fascia & underlayment, lug bundles of shingles, cut starters, make dump runs, put down tarps before rain, etc; but I won't install any shingles... We are using my scaffolding, my skidloader for lifting shingles part of the way up, my chop saw for cutting the 2x6 fascia, etc. He's 69 and has been showing signs of early onset "things" for a couple of years already. The roof we just took off was installed pretty well by him 27 years ago; but he's not offsetting the shingles correctly, not using enough nails, and putting the nails in improper locations. I expect the first big wind we get is going to rip them off and insurance won't cover it because it's installed wrong. It's very sad. He's one of the nicest guys I've ever met; but has developed very illogical, explosive, and unreasonable reactions to go along with the memory loss. I'm hoping our friendship will be able to survive if he has leaks or a rejected insurance claim.

 

[MRD1985]

Last Thursday my wife and I started helping the neighbor across the road start ripping off his roof and fascia to replace them. We've been really busting our butts with him every day. Today is an off day for weather that didn't get here as soon as forecast but I'm OK with a rest & recovery day.

He says he's done 14 roofs before and I believe him; but he's doing this one wrong and absolutely ripped me a new backside for making unsolicited suggestions, then ripped into me again when I tried to walk away instead of blowing up back at him. Right or wrong I've let him do what he wants and told him I would tear off, install fascia & underlayment, lug bundles of shingles, cut starters, make dump runs, put down tarps before rain, etc; but I won't install any shingles... We are using my scaffolding, my skidloader for lifting shingles part of the way up, my chop saw for cutting the 2x6 fascia, etc. He's 69 and has been showing signs of early onset "things" for a couple of years already. The roof we just took off was installed pretty well by him 27 years ago; but he's not offsetting the shingles correctly, not using enough nails, and putting the nails in improper locations. I expect the first big wind we get is going to rip them off and insurance won't cover it because it's installed wrong. It's very sad. He's one of the nicest guys I've ever met; but has developed very illogical, explosive, and unreasonable reactions to go along with the memory loss. I'm hoping our friendship will be able to survive if he has leaks or a rejected insurance claim.

Man that’s a tough one. If he wasn’t your best friend I’d flip him the bird and be done. I hope he comes around and realizes you are just trying to help.

 

[Whitenuckler]

Man that’s a tough one. If he wasn’t your best friend I’d flip him the bird and be done. I hope he comes around and realizes you are just trying to help.

I've got to respect the fact that he can still do it, but he should only be doing it if he can do a good job. Reminds me of myself losing memory ect but when you can't make the right decisions on important things it's time to step back.

 

[NickW]

I've got to respect the fact that he can still do it, but he should only be doing it if he can do a good job. Reminds me of myself losing memory ect but when you can't make the right decisions on important things it's time to step back.

He thinks he's doing a good job... He says it's exactly the same as last time but it's not. It's very difficult for me with how helpful and friendly he's been over the years. We bought this property in '09 and he is the only person we know up here fairly well. I didn't even meet the husband of the couple next door we share a driveway with for 10 years.

He has helped me several times with things over the years and we teamed up last year after the tornado to clear tree's from the driveway for access and I helped him get some leaners down and cut up in his yard. He's in fairly good condition (not overweight or out of shape), but had some heart issues back 7-8 years ago that is pretty well controlled now that flared up yesterday morning for awhile. He took a nitroglycerin tablet and settled it down and rested a bit. He's a veteran and has been divorced for like 30 years and had been alone until 5 or 6 years ago when he started dating a lady. She moved in for a couple of years but confided in me Sunday after I told her what had been going on that when she moved out 2 years ago under the guise of needing to help with her grandkids it was as much about his blowups. They are still an item, but she limits their time together so he doesn't get too comfortable. Based on the other explosive reactions I'm positive that if I tried to talk to him about it the reception would be very bad.

Please don't think I'm bashing him. I love the guy. This isn't normal aging slips of the mind and irritability. This is the same conversation 6 times a day, saying the same three things 8 times each conversation; or asking a question, getting my response, and 10 seconds later asking the exact same question, same response, no glimmer of recognition that it was the same. It's seeming like what our family went through with my Mom back starting in about 2010 until she passed. He's mostly functional yet, but when he's standing at the end of his driveway a year and a half ago in his underwear and T-shirt on a main highway having a 15 minute conversation with me and my wife as a couple hundred cars go by you get a little concerned...

I just hope he doesn't push me real hard about why I won't shingle and that he doesn't try to blame me if he has roof issues. The people he told me a few months ago who were going to help him (after talking to me and planning it with me for 2 1/2 years, then telling me he didn't need or want my help) suddenly ghosted him, so I suspect he got inappropriate in texts and phone conversations with them.

We're done ripping off old, new fascia is on (2x6 nailed on with 20d nails by hand), and have edging & underlayment down. He's shingling (nailing by hand, from above not below 🙄). I've told him I will continue to help with moving tarps & bundles, cutting starters & finishers (that he keeps mixing up and throwing everywhere so they stick together after baking in the sun, then ripping apart and messing up and still using...), etc. He can definitely finish now by himself, but I am going to try to continue to help so he's not going up and down the ladder with 3 shingles at a time when he runs out of the bundles I have up now.

 

[clancey]

It's frustrating N. As people get older they are "set in their ways" and any kind of change upsets them. Its hard for your neighbor too because he is realizing how weak he is getting and still wants to be in control. I would back away and share with him that if he needs any help in other aspects of life---you are there...Just back off for awhile and "do by no doing" and see what happens--leave it up to life at this time.and have a good cup of coffee put your feet up and just relax and do what you need to do in your own home. Heck bring a bowl of chili over or something--he will like that and not feel so so alone....I am on your side because I understand "both sides" being "old myself", and waiting for my life to change and what a drag it is to think about it...As one gets older one loses their close friends as they age and this is depressing to say the least especially when you start to review your past and know what a wonderful part of your life they were and just hang back and do what you need to do with your own affairs and do by no doing and see what happens...clancey