Work Done 2025

[djlew]

I'm jealous.
My forecast gives me 7% chance of precip between 7 am and noon tomorrow. 2% or lower outside of that window.

Wow! Must just be missing you! I heard us in central/south NJ and some folks in PA are potentially getting clobbered. Work/schools/etc. already closed here. Usually par for the course first decent chance of snow around here. Later on in the season we learn to deal with it better.

 

[thewoodlands]

Always a win there! Wife loves when I do a stew or any kind of soup really especially on the woodstove cooktop. Looking like they are calling for about 6-10" here. Nothing too crazy except the fact we haven't gotten snow in a while in our neck of the woods... lots of panic buying. I do get a kick out of it.

That's enough snow but for us, not enough for panic buying. We did go through the Ice Storm of 98, a chit load of panic buying then.

We lived in a town with municipal power so they always are putting a certain amount money each year back in the system so we only lost power for 9 hours. The area we live in today, some were without power for a month. A bunch of the poles in our area we live today had never been replaced since they were put in, things are better today but if we ever get hit with a ice storm like 98, all bets are off.

 

[thewoodlands]

We did add some cheese.

 

[mpaul]

I'm jealous.
My forecast gives me 7% chance of precip between 7 am and noon tomorrow. 2% or lower outside of that window.

Just be patient. I heard there’s a chance for a massive storm hitting our area on Saturday. Still a ways out so the forecast will change at least 200 more times but one forecast called for 14-20” for the New York area.

 

[stoveliker]

Indeed, snow in the forecast.


Although I'm supposed to get a truck load of the pine we cut lately that day...

 

[Wood1Dennis]

It's early in the year, so how about a pick of one of the last loads of 2024, and the first load of 2025. ;-)

The first pic is from right after Christmas, before the warm spell that melted all of the snow.
The second one is from yesterday. No more snow, but back to cold and frozen ground! Yay!

I always start my season with doing the limbwork. I cut the tops up in the woods, split as needed with the X27, bring the wood out with the Ranger and stack it right away. I like to get the logs cleaned up and ready to drag out to the woodpiles to be CSS in spring. The weather is forecast to be cold for a while, so I will probably start dragging logs out next weekend. I've got about 10 pieces ready to go. So far it is ash killed off by the borer, yellow birch and oak ready to drag out!

 

[Wood1Dennis]

Just be patient. I heard there’s a chance for a massive storm hitting our area on Saturday. Still a ways out so the forecast will change at least 200 more times but one forecast called for 14-20” for the New York area.

The snow is completely missing us in Wisconsin. We get to cold, just the way I like it!

 

[Gearhead660]

Was another good afternoon in the woods Saturday. Dead standing elm. Got it all split and stacked in the shed today.

 

[MRD1985]

Refilled the porch rack and burning some of the junk wood I have.

 

[thewoodlands]

After plugging in the block heater on the tractor for 3 plus hours, I started up the tractor so I could plow today. We might get another 3 to 8 inches of snow starting later tonight with wind gust up to 35 mph. It was cold this morning when I went out ( - 6.5 ) but I would rather plow in that temp with no wind.

 

[all night moe]

Half day of tree work today. Removed 2 red oak leaders. With as big in diam the cuts that were made, I consider the tree to now be a slow removal. IDK the details but, the neighbor wanted them down from overhanging their driveway. I didn't take any wood home. I wanted to but, my driveway is still choked off on the left side of horseshoe, and I didn't really want to deal with unloading big wood in this cold. Still doing it by hand......

I did park my truck in front of the splits. Ready to load another into the basement. Maybe 2 or, a second load tomorrow.

 

[thewoodlands]

It was sugar snow so it was easy plowing but by the time it ended, we received 8 inches, just my guess. Here are some pictures of the plowing and the deer, some were still eating off the hill in the back but the little one was eating something (maybe leaves) just off the trail.

In the last picture, I need a tree ID for the tree on the ground up the hill.

 

[stoveliker]

I know that tree in the last pic; it's in the family of forest trees, and the specific type is "horizontal".

 

[thewoodlands]

I know that tree in the last pic; it's in the family of forest trees, and the specific type is "horizontal".

My luck, it's probably a Basswood. I'll need a trail down from the top, hopefully it's in an area that has a good size flat area or it might stay.

 

[thewoodlands]

Just before I was done with the snowblower, the wind picked up, that felt good on the face. After I was done with the snowblower, I pushed back the banks along the driveway, that's nice and wide again.

I didn't get everything done I had planned but my feet were getting cold so I called it a day.

 

[all night moe]

Been blustery cold here. It's actually pushing the drafts throughout the house. Last night they had stopped and it was bearable outside so, I unloaded the splits into the basement from my pickup. Today I've been stacking it at the opposite end of the basement. i have some more indoor projects to do. Don't know what I'll get accomplished though. Not feeling ''it'' today.

 

[fvhowler]

Scored some blackjack oak...not the best oak, but its oak. Will keep me warm in 2028.

 

[burning VC]

In the last picture, I need a tree ID for the tree on the ground up the hill.

Without a doubt, that tree is Firewood, it's pretty common to find growing where there is a tree, or a forest of trees.
I actually see Firewood everywhere around here, it seems every tree has one nearby that's a Firewood variety, if it's not one itself.


I saw today the Hickory that stood dead for years(Lightning) was now laying downhill, snapped off about three feet above ground.

It's substantially deteriorated, but dry and seasoned beyond proper age and still has a tough core...I tested it with my 230lbs and it's gonna burn HOT....though not entirely long in duration...

It's around 3 feet diameter and probably 25 feet of trunk and core ....with five to seven foot tops about 8 inches thick each.........

All that matters is filling the full size, long bed with this tree....getting the truck to the backyard, and covering the wood in the bed by dark .....

N.W.S. Alert Winter Storm 7A EST Friday - 12p EST Saturday.

 

[all night moe]

Well I got a little done today. Ended up stacking almost all of that cord and a half. Made dinner and did dishes. Let the dogs out more than usual today. They go out seperately so they will do their thing without getting pummeled for playtime by the others. They are Husky, Akita, and Huskitas. I'll let you all figure out what happened there ....LOL. They normally like the cold. That's why they went out more than normal. I guess they kept forgetting how cold out it was and kept wanting to spend time outside.
I didn't do a thing outside and nothing else accomplished inside. Yup....wasn't feelin it today at all.

 

[ctreitzell]

This just landed on my plate. The missus and I were just discussing whether I go up a ladder and top it…we decided to wait to get the tree service in…looks like it will be me now. This is the next French White Oak along from the one that fell last year…and another fell behind this new fall in 2019. It is just too wet; the Earth is soft and the limbs too heavy…plus we have severe mole infestation from too many years of wet. My entire orchard is under threat…all the trees on the property borders are under threat…we really need to top them all and hope the weather dies up first a year or two.

 

[thewoodlands]

Just another day plowing, I would say we received another 4 to 6 of sugar snow. I did two driveways along with a bunch of trails, I have more pictures of deer than the plowing.

 

[all night moe]

I go up a ladder and top it

Ladders and tree work don't mix.
Please don't consider for other tree work.

 

[MRD1985]

Refilled the porch wood rack. I’ve only been using the one on the left as you can probably tell. The wood I’ve been bringing in is split larger so it lasts longer. I’ll use the other stuff at some point, probably later in February. Wood I brought in is hickory, oak, cherry, red maple, and a little bit of ash.

 

[ctreitzell]

Ladders and tree work don't mix.
Please don't consider for other tree work.

Ok, thanks, I won’t

I have a bit to do…I’ll get the climbers in

 

[all night moe]

I’ll get the climbers in

If you don't need the wood, and they're not threatening anything, put that money aside.
Save it towards a new stove and accessories.