Just spoke with my neighbor that owns the property behind me. I am on 5 acres and he has about 600. Just over the line there is a chit load of dead ash(beetle damage) some dead oak, cherry and elm. He is not a burner and for him to get at it would be a monster undertaking with serious heavy equipment through a huge swamp and over two creeks. I ask if he would mind that I took out the dead for my wood burrner. I got the green light and will be set for a long time regarding CSS work. There are some monsters in there and easily 2 or more years of work for me tinkering on weekends and what not while weather permits because it gets real swampy in the spring/summer so it is all winter work. I will target the easier stuff to begin in the 10-15" range and skid it out to my work deck with my 1 log skidder I built for my quad. This way I can toy with it all summer when the mood strikes me. The funny thing is that I am so darn obsessed with this whole gathering, CSSing thing that I am bummed I leave for a week in Cabo tomorrow. I would rather be cutting wood. Best part is that I will have little clean up - just cut it into managable logs that the quad can handle and drag it out. I will be getting pics up here when I get back from vaca but for now here is the skidder I fabbed up for the task.