Work Done In 2020

[JimBear]

Nice work @JimBear , it also looks like you had a great day for it.

Thanks. Around 40* with north wind about 8-10mph, but fortunately I was in a low spot with a nice wind break. 10 day forecast has us in the mid 40’s daytime & no precipitation. It’s abnormally warm & dry here this fall.

 

[thewoodlands]

Thanks. Around 40* with north wind about 8-10mph, but fortunately I was in a low spot with a nice wind break. 10 day forecast has us in the mid 40’s daytime & no precipitation. It’s abnormally warm & dry here this fall.

It has been a wet three weeks here but after a dry spring and summer, we needed it.

 

[thewoodlands]

I did get the Maple rounds that I brought off the hill yesterday split and stacked, I also had some splits from the trail clearing I did from a Red Maple that had seen its best day stacked.

 

[heavy hammer]

I was able to fill the garage and get all the kindling split last night after work. Good thing to it rained all day and they are calling for snow the next few days.

 

[MMH]

Restocked the quick grab pile

 

[MMH]

Took the scraper off the tractor and threw the backhoe back on. Making ham soup from the left overs; temp is in the 30s, good sun out, letting the stove cool off still 71.5 in the house, thinking about giving the pipe the December brush

 

[MMH]

Took the scraper off the tractor and threw the backhoe back on. Making ham soup from the left overs; temp is in the 30s, good sun out, letting the stove cool off still 71.5 in the house, thinking about giving the pipe the December brush

Cleaned and brushed the stove, can’t remember if I did it this summer or not after the burn season, got about a cup and a half, velvet like/fine powder. I’m good with that.



Ready for continuous winter burning. Back in business!

 

[thewoodlands]

We had some heavy rains overnight and more rains today so I stayed off the trails and inside most of the day. I did clean a saw and I also grabbed the 660 out of storage and slapped a 25 inch bar and chain on it. I did some hand filing on the chains on the 311,390 and 660 which also included taking down the rakers some, hopefully tomorrow I can get after that big old Maple branch that came down.

 

[thewoodlands]

The first eight pictures are from the downed Maple branch and the last two are from a different Maple just west of the first area I worked.

 

[JimBear]

Worked up a jag of Cherry today

 

[shortys7777]

Started the 22/23 stacking. Maple and some ash

 

[thewoodlands]

I hauled all the Maple from up top down the hill and stacked it, that finished that stack. Hopefully mother nature allows me to c/s/s another two face before we get hit with a snowstorm.

I usually c/s/s between 10 & 12 face cord in the fall but with all the trail clearing I did around the house property, I've only put up six face cord. With the wood we're burning this year, we're four years ahead so the wood inventory is still good.

 

[Diabel]

Restocked the quick grab pile
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This should last you couple of day.

 

[MMH]

This should last you couple of day.

Yeah this usually will last us a couple weeks, ish; funny you mention it though I’ve never kept track of how long it does last. Obviously depends on temps but we’ve been burning 24/7 this last week (since I stocked it) so I’ll be counting this time.

 

[Diabel]

I was joking when i said that. Yes, two weeks 24/7 with ashford sounds right.

 

[MMH]

I was joking when i said that. Yes, two weeks 24/7 with ashford sounds right.

Lol I figured so; yeah I think 2 weeks is a decent guess, I’ll have to report back what it really is. Have been playing with 12 hr reloads (usually someone is home each day so throwing a few pieces in every few hours isn’t a big deal) and I gotta say the 12 hr cycle is swaying me

 

[kennyp2339]

Had 2 dead ash tree's in the front woods fall over in last weeks windy weather, going to fish them out with a chain and the Kioti, buck them up and drop them off at my 4th year pile that I started a month ago, I want to stage as many logs as possible by this pile so when everything freezes up I have something to do outside.

 

[heavy hammer]

I didn't save them but I had three pine fall into the neighbors property from this weeks snow storm. I cut a little one night but I didn't want to keep running the saw at 11pm. Yesterday was my first early day off work so I cut them and piled them up in the burn pile. I didn't get any pics to dark and tired.

 

[thewoodlands]

I didn't take the camera with me but I spent a good part of the day at the outside fireplace burning down pine and some smaller branches, the back gully and the area out front were the target of the cleanup today.

The part of the gully to the west is a ton better but the east part of the gully at the base of the hill needs a good cleanup, hopefully I can get some of it done before any big snows hit.

 

[RandyBoBandy]

Only spent about two hours at it today but was able to crack and stack a little over a face.

 

[JimBear]

The rest of the old fence line was dozed out so the new fence can be put in. I have all the rootballs cut off & everything is limbed up. Most everything that was saved was Osage. Anything that doesn’t make the grade as a fence post will be firewood. Hopefully I get it done before the end of the year. The last 3 pics are the prepped trees waiting on the saws.

 

[NickW]

I'm up to 2 years ahead (hopefully). 8 cord css besides this years supply... Still more to gather and css yet this year. Supposed to get snow Saturday, but hoping to get a load before it makes working and trailering a load too dangerous.

 

[thewoodlands]

This area is just off the new area I opened up last year (I think) there was a snapped off downed rotten cherry and some dead pine I pulled out of a tree. With this area cleared of the downed trees and branches, it will allow me a chit load more room for storing snow from the driveway in the winter.

I also started clearing a path to the neighbor's after he said it was ok, there's more limbing up of some pine before it's tractor ready.

I took around 10 trailer loads of wood/branches over to the reducer and had a nice fire.

 

[JimBear]

Got a three loads of Osage out today & included a couple pics of some of my saws I used.

 

[thewoodlands]

Got a three loads of Osage out today & included a couple pics of some of my saws I used.

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Nice work @JimBear , the saws aren't bad either!