Work Done In 2020

[MissMac]

Just some pictures of the Yellow Birch (3 separate trees) that I felled today, there is still more bucking left but once I ran out of water, I called it a day. One part of this Yellow Birch was very small like a branch and the first part I felled, I forgot to take a picture.

hope you took another round out of that stump! good looking wood right there

 

[mrd1995]

Got another few rows stacked under the car port. By my calculations I am sitting on 6.5+ cords of CSS. Most of it is under the roof! 3/4 Ash think mostly White Ash and the remainder Red Oak, Black Cherry, Black Willow, Sassafras, and Silver Maple. Still Sitting on another 1.5 cords of Spruce, Red Pine, and Silver Maple Rounds. Should have the old Black Hawk 16 Ton splitter back in operation this week. Everything CSS has been done with the Fiskars X27, just got the splitter from my dad needed a little TLC.

 

[thewoodlands]

hope you took another round out of that stump! good looking wood right there

Not yet but that should happen at the end of the last week of August, I'm shutdown until then.

 

[heavy hammer]

Last week Me and my brother cut one night for about 3-4 house to get all this ash from a friends of his. It was over a few days after work we hauled it home I ended up with the big stuff. It saved his friend about 2k with the tree guys leaving it so everyone was happy about the ordeal. I spent about 4 hours yesterday moving it all to the woods to be stacked some of the rounds have to be over 3+ foot diameter.

 

[mrd1995]

More wood split and ready to stack, Norway Spruce, Red Pine, Tulip Poplar, White Ash, and Silver Maple. All Free! Got a splitter and the wife working with me now!

 

[thewoodlands]

I finally started stacking pine after getting the ok from P.T., I did one small load today and three small loads on Monday.

 

[thewoodlands]

I started making a trail wider and higher so the RTV won't get a light taken out by some branches. I took a total of three American Hophornbeam from up top and one more that fell across a trail we use for walking.

 

[thewoodlands]

A few more pictures, the Brook is pretty low which is normal for the end of August.

 

[Riff]

Load from today off of Facebook Marketplace. My best guess is catalpa, so planning on it as shoulder season wood, which we actually needed to start putting aside.

 

[thewoodlands]

I started some cleanup of a pine mother nature brought down months ago, the chitty rounds were split and taken to the outside fireplace and the better rounds will get split and stacked for shoulder season wood.

I have a chit load of branches which might get hauled to the wood dump. The area in picture 0736, I would like that all cleaned up before the end of September, a possible new trail could go in there and it would allow me more room for snow storage in the winter if needed.

 

[JimBear]

I got a little over a cord cut up over the weekend, just some fence line stuff, some Cherry, Mulberry, Ash & American Elm.

 

[thewoodlands]

I started cleaning up this area today for another area to push or keep snow if needed and with the goal of putting in another trail.

Picture 0747 is what some of the area looked like before the start of the cleanup, 0750 is what will be hauled away, 0751 is some dead pine,0752 is part of a pine mother nature put down that I limbed up, 0753 is more junk pine, 0755 is where part of the trail might go through and 0756 has two more dead pine that will come down,

 

[shortys7777]

Can't turn down free wood 7 minutes from my house. Going to try and take all of it if I can roll those big boys up my trailer. All maple I think. Some seem much harder than the others. 2 different type of bark.

 

[heavy hammer]

I ended up splitting one of the new stacks of ash I had yesterday. Not much going on so between the dogs swimming and splitting I spent a few hours in the woods.

 

[JimBear]

Cherry in the the trailer was taken down last year, I forgot about it. Cut it up a couple days ago, some Elm on the back.

Cherry in pickup was taken down today it came from the same tree as the logs on the ground, I am planning on milling some boards from them.

Log on left is 8’ long & 18” x 15” oblong at base
2 center logs 7-1/2’ & 9’ long & 11” dia
Log on right is 8’ long & 15” dia.

 

[thewoodlands]

I started off with a little stacking of some pine for a total of just under two face cord, only needed 1.5 loads to finish it today.

I was running low on kindling for the outside fireplace so I split a trailer load out of some dead pine and brought it over to the fireplace and covered it.

Picture 0777 is the area I took three utility loads of branches to the wood dump on Saturday, today I brought more branches and junk wood to the fireplace along with splitting some junk rounds. Hopefully by the end of this week, the area in picture 0777 is pretty much all cleaned up. That includes c/s/s the pine that is down.

 

[mrd1995]

This started out as free wood on the way home from work, even though it was tulip poplar. Figured what the heck free is free, trailer gate dropped on the stump free wood! Come to find out the family that lives there had multiple people attempt to cut these up and failed...one guy she kicked off due to safety issues. So decided to do the right thing cut up everything and left it open to anyone to come get some, figured during the tough times someone may real enjoy prebucked logs that are easy access. Largest piece measure just shy of 35" at the widest point. And yes they did try burning them... this is the back half of their lot.

 

[thewoodlands]

We had a nice drizzle going on today so it was a perfect time for reducing the dead pine branches on the property. I did five loads after coming back from an appointment.

 

[thewoodlands]

I spent a few hours getting some dead pine off the floor of the woods which will open up a few more trails into that area, all the pine is over by the fireplace waiting for our next rain which I think is Sunday. The tree in picture 0792 will come down tomorrow since it is dead which will make that turn off the main trail much easier, especially in the winter.

 

[kennyp2339]

We had a nice drizzle going on today so it was a perfect time for reducing the dead pine branches on the property.

I will be doing the same thing today, time to get my perimeter cleaned up before the leaves fall.

 

[thewoodlands]

I will be doing the same thing today, time to get my perimeter cleaned up before the leaves fall.

We have a plenty of White Pine on the house lot so I have a ton of work but once you get a few trails opened up in the area you are working in, it's well worth the effort.

 

[thewoodlands]

I took care of a dead standing pine near the entrance to a new trail (pic 0799) and then went just above the gully to start clearing a new walking trail for the wife (pics 0800,0801 & 0802) pics 0803 & 0804 are some dead pine rounds from above the gully and the dead pine I felled. All the pine branches and the rounds are over near the fireplace waiting for the rain coming in tomorrow.

Pic 0798 is the first of two loads of pine we put in for shoulder season wood, we had 37 this morning. Everything thing was cleaned this morning so we'll have our first fire tonight after some pork chops and pasta.

 

[SpaceBus]

More wood split and ready to stack, Norway Spruce, Red Pine, Tulip Poplar, White Ash, and Silver Maple. All Free! Got a splitter and the wife working with me now!

My wife has taken over splitting and stacking. She doesn't like the way I stack anyway!

 

[JimBear]

Found a Slippery Elm today

 

[thewoodlands]

The last load of the day, I made the sauce yesterday after supper and grilled the chops tonight with some pasta.