Work Done in 2019

[thewoodlands]

One 15" ash down got a half cord maybe. Tree decided it wanted to go opposite way and bar got pinched. Took an hour to get it free. Result new bar and new chain. Also was a few degrees shy of 90.

I'm glad you're ok, a bar or chain you can replace.

 

[thewoodlands]

I saw thunderstorms forecast locally. So far this will be the first here in Maine for me, if any storms come. East of the Appalachian mountains in NC thunderstorms roll though every other day. I almost miss the thunder.

We never received any thunder or rain which is ok with me, the old frame is liking the day off.

 

[heavy hammer]

Not a lot but enough to make it muddy again. The temps. dropped by over 20 degrees. It was 85 and sunny today with a nice breeze, but I knew the rain was coming. My excavator buddy has a job coming up where I'll be getting a dump load of ash maybe even two loads. I'm just stacking the logs up for now since I have so much wood cut and stacked it's easier thewoodlands to move it in log form right now. I have to restock my main burn pile that is close to the house so that should open up some room.

 

[heavy hammer]

Kevin other than a bar and chain everything good? Everyone one of us has been there and done that, as long as no one was hurt it's all good

 

[Kevin Weis]

Yep all good otherwise, thanks!

 

[SpaceBus]

Yep all good otherwise, thanks!

Good to hear. I've pinched my bar several times, but putting a 90 in it is impressive!

 

[Kevin Weis]

Sorry, the bar not bent 90 degrees it was close to 90 degrees feel like air temp yesterday which was to be reckoned with as well. the bar actually didn't appear bent but the chain groove was closed up some and I didn't feel like taking the time to straiten that out but I'll do that when I got time for future use since it wasn't that worn. New bar and chain from Lowes fixed that. Wifey wasn't happy with the bill though.

 

[thewoodlands]

We still had some good wind gust today so I decided to get a haircut and buy some pellets for the next couple of years. Tomorrow looks like a good day so we'll get the ash out of the gully and hopefully drop the cherry.

Tonight we'll drop to around 42 so I'll burn the last of the pine we have indoors.

 

[EODMSgt]

Took advantage of a great weather day and finished splitting the bulk of the rounds I had leftover from last fall. Splitting wood with no bugs, a few rain drops and temps in the low 50's with a strong wind made it feel more like October than late May. I'm ready for autumn.

 

[thewoodlands]

Took advantage of a great weather day and finished splitting the bulk of the rounds I had leftover from last fall. Splitting wood with no bugs, a few rain drops and temps In the low 50's with a strong wind made it feel more like October than late May. I'm ready for autumn.


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Looks great @EODMSgt , nice work. The bugs are out up here, the skeeters are hungry.

 

[Kevin Weis]

Same here but you can include Deer Flies and Ticks.

 

[EODMSgt]

Looks great @EODMSgt , nice work. The bugs are out up here, the skeeters are hungry.

Thanks. The bugs have been out in force the last few days however with the strong wind today, I didn't see a single one. They had hurricane force winds on top of Mount Washington so being only about 14 miles away as the crow flies, the wind came howling down the valley and blew all those buggers away for at least one day.

Looking at the pics I posted reminds me the work is never done. Since the stacks of rounds were in three different spots, I ended up with one more pile of splits to be stacked, three piles of debris to clean up, three piles of shorts/uglies to find a place for, a pile of punky wood to be disposed of and a pile of oak and maple splits to be stacked for 20/21. I still have three cord of green splits to stack and then it's time to start scrounging for the 20/21 season.

 

[SpaceBus]

Thanks. The bugs have been out in force the last few days however with the strong wind today, I didn't see a single one. They had hurricane force winds on top of Mount Washington so being only about 14 miles away as the crow flies, the wind came howling down the valley and blew all those buggers away for at least one day.

Looking at the pics I posted reminds me the work is never done. Since the stacks of rounds were in three different spots, I ended up with one more pile of splits to be stacked, three piles of debris to clean up, three piles of shorts/uglies to find a place for, a pile of punky wood to be disposed of and a pile of oak and maple splits to be stacked for 20/21. I still have three cord of green splits to stack and then it's time to start scrounging for the 20/21 season.

I didn't want to leave the area you live in when we visited last summer.

I've got plenty to buck and split, plus a stack of rounds that's in an area to soft to reach with the tractor currently.

 

[thewoodlands]

I cut the ash that was across the gully in half and then pulled the logs out. Pic 9132 is the top half, 9133,34 and 35 is the last log and the rest is everything bucked up (42 rounds) with plans on splitting it tomorrow depending on the weather.

 

[EODMSgt]

I cut the ash that was across the gully in half and then pulled the logs out. Pic 9132 is the top half, 9133,34 and 35 is the last log and the rest is everything bucked up (42 rounds) with plans on splitting it tomorrow depending on the weather.

Nice! That's some great looking ash there. Scrounged up a bit here today, about 32 rounds plus a few long pieces I have to cut down.

 

[thewoodlands]

Nice! That's some great looking ash there. Scrounged up a bit here today, about 32 rounds plus a few long pieces I have to cut down.


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The skeeters are out in force here, how about your area?

Nice work.

 

[EODMSgt]

The skeeters are out in force here, how about your area?

Nice work.

No bugs this morning and the mosquitos aren't out yet however the black flies were thick as heck by the afternoon.

 

[thewoodlands]

No bugs this morning and the mosquitos aren't out yet however the black flies were thick as heck by the afternoon.

They treat some of the swamps,streams and brooks in our area for black flies.

It looks like we could get some high winds tomorrow, so far this year it has missed us with the storms going north or south of us.

Strong to locally severe thunderstorms are possible during the mid to
late afternoon hours Thursday, and into Thursday evening, across
northern New York and into western Vermont. Stronger storms have the
potential for strong wind gusts up to 60 mph and small hail. Dangerous
cloud-to-ground lightning and brief heavy rainfall can also be
expected. If you have outdoor plans for Thursday afternoon into
Thursday evening, stay tuned to the latest forecasts.

 

[heavy hammer]

They are calling for rain pretty much all weekend around here. I'm hoping to get some mulch done and some grass cut, but I might be working all weekend if it storms bad. Mice looking stacks EODMSgt..

 

[SpaceBus]

Today ended up being pretty decent. I had to do some stuff earlier in the day, but I still managed to run a tank of fuel through the 460. I managed to split one round before the splitter ran out of gas. I would upload a photo, but apparently the files are too big when the camera is set to 24mp... anyone know how to get around this?

 

[EODMSgt]

Today ended up being pretty decent. I had to do some stuff earlier in the day, but I still managed to run a tank of fuel through the 460. I managed to split one round before the splitter ran out of gas. I would upload a photo, but apparently the files are too big when the camera is set to 24mp... anyone know how to get around this?

 

[SpaceBus]

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Oh trust me, I had my bug net on the whole time I was splitting.

 

[thewoodlands]

This was the ash I pulled out of the gully yesterday, it's all split. I was planning on splitting some ash in the gully but I moved a few pieces of equipment inside in case we get a bad storm.

Before I start splitting in the gully, I'll buck up the ash in pic 9074.

 

[thewoodlands]

Today ended up being pretty decent. I had to do some stuff earlier in the day, but I still managed to run a tank of fuel through the 460. I managed to split one round before the splitter ran out of gas. I would upload a photo, but apparently the files are too big when the camera is set to 24mp... anyone know how to get around this?

So far any severe warnings are well south of us, south of Watertown NY to Syracuse NY but the rumbling has started here.

 

[SpaceBus]

I tried out the land plane today, and it worked really well. Unfortunately, there just wasn't much gravel left. The before photos are kind of deceiving due to the surface being so dry, now it's much darker. I don't know if the photos will really show how much smoother it is, but it's a big difference. After making several passes in either direction, I drove up and down repeatedly with all of the giant stones that came up as I went.