Well, Sunday was the day this week, to cover missing last week. I figured with the cooler weather coming I'd need to move up to 3 bucket loads a week. Well, I got 3 loads, but a lot of work for nothing much. First trip into the woods, I broke a chain. Not, threw, a chain. Broke. Looked down, didn't see any gaping holes in my Carhrtts, didn't feel any warm fluid running down my leg. Chaincatcher worked apparently. So with a bunch of 'wrong-sized' stuff, I couln't really get a full bucket. East west is for loading the boiler, not the bucket.
Anyway, on load 3 I had a partial bucket of Oak left over from a prior outing. A Maple had broken off at about 3" in some recent wind. As hard as it fought the tractor, I thought it might still have some solid wood in it. It didn't explode into a million bits when I pulled it sideways against another tree, like Aspen does. Finally got it cut up yesterday, and stacked inside this AM. I won't be burning this until it warms up a bit.
I need to teach him how to skid logs. Just don't look into his eyes
We are both lovin the snow 
Anyway, on load 3 I had a partial bucket of Oak left over from a prior outing. A Maple had broken off at about 3" in some recent wind. As hard as it fought the tractor, I thought it might still have some solid wood in it. It didn't explode into a million bits when I pulled it sideways against another tree, like Aspen does. Finally got it cut up yesterday, and stacked inside this AM. I won't be burning this until it warms up a bit.
I need to teach him how to skid logs. Just don't look into his eyes
We are both lovin the snow 
