Work Done in 2021

[SpaceBus]

I've been cutting a trail through the woods for my tractor and larger livestock paddock. Mostly 10" and less stuff.

 

[JimBear]

too bad someone got greedy and made a mess of things. is it first come first serve?

Yes, first come first serve but there is plenty for everyone one, trees were down in several areas so multiple folks could cut @ the same time until someone got greedy & made a mess of things.

 

[Grizzerbear]

Me and the old man did some buckin last weekend. These were two uprooted hickories from straight line winds two years ago.


This pic above was the big one. I'm not sure that the weight of it didn't knock the other one under it down in the next two pics below.




We didn't quite get done buckin last saturday. I had to quit early for a daughter's basketball game. So the next pic is how the smaller hickory sets as of now. I took this pic last Sunday because I forgot saturday if your wondering why it's so gloomy.


The pic here below is about 90% of the bigger tree. Some of the limb wood I threw in the pile from the other tree since it was on the other side of the root wad. Just easier lol.


The next two pics are what I did today with a little free time this afternoon.....some splitting. This is the big hickory. The base round was 24".



This last pic is the end result today.


I still have the smaller hickory to finish bucking up and splitting so I'll post that when I get a chance to finish it up. There was also a small red oak underneath the smaller hickory that I wasn't aware of until I started cutting into it. Bonus.

 

[MissMac]

Hauled two more loads of ash home today. First load was the heaviest load I brought home yet, and I actually had the operator take a big hog off the top.

Then the second load - wowza - by far the biggest, and actually too big. I won't be hauling that much at one time again I don't think. She was riding pretty low. Feels good to be bringing it home though - that's 7 truck loads since last Monday

There's a bit of an optical allusion as I'm parked on a bit of an incline, but also, she was sitting reeeal low. Hard to say no when they want to give you more wood for the same price. But I suppose if I break my truck for a few grand of repairs, then I'm really not coming out ahead, am I? Although I would still feel like winning - I just love doing wood.

 

[fvhowler]

Working on some Chestnut Oak, storm damage from last summer. Despite some wavy/twisted grain, its splits rather easy. Two large trees fell so this will keep me busy for awhile. Should be burned in 2023.

 

[MissMac]

Here's yesterday's load of ash from a few angles. Another monster truck load. The older fellow who owns the logging company has been the one giving me these big loads - I think he's getting a kick out of all the wood I'm hauling and likes watching me scamper all up on the truck like a squirrel doing up the ratchet straps. I have to take a stool with me to get up and reach anything which also makes him giggle. He did tell me yesterday that I do the best job of anyone he's seen securing the loads, so I'll take that. He told me some guys leave the yard with no tie-downs or anything! I couldn't imagine doing that - my worst nightmare would be for a log to roll off while I'm driving through town.

Anyway, this load makes it 8 truck loads, having paid for a total of 2.66 cords. Here's what it looks like:

3 hogs

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I just gave him a call and was about to go for load 9, but everyone from the shop had to run out to one of the cuts to fix a machine. Tomorrow is another day.

What do you fellas think? Am I coming out ahead here (I think I am)?

 

[NickW]

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Here's yesterday's load of ash from a few angles. Another monster truck load. The older fellow who owns the logging company has been the one giving me these big loads - I think he's getting a kick out of all the wood I'm hauling and likes watching me scamper all up on the truck like a squirrel doing up the ratchet straps. I have to take a stool with me to get up and reach anything which also makes him giggle. He did tell me yesterday that I do the best job of anyone he's seen securing the loads, so I'll take that. He told me some guys leave the yard with no tie-downs or anything! I couldn't imagine doing that - my worst nightmare would be for a log to roll off while I'm driving through town.

Anyway, this load makes it 8 truck loads, having paid for a total of 2.66 cords. Here's what it looks like:

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I just gave him a call and was about to go for load 9, but everyone from the shop had to run out to one of the cuts to fix a machine. Tomorrow is another day.

What do you fellas think? Am I coming out ahead here (I think I am)?

Absolutely! $60/truckload and loaded for you is a good price for hardwood logs. There's probably between 1/2 & 3/4 cord per load once you process it.

Measure your piles af logs, then process without adding any more to the pile to see what your conversion from log stacks to css is. I generally figure 5 cord of logs will make 4 cord of firewood.

 

[MissMac]

Absolutely! $60/truckload and loaded for you is a good price for hardwood logs. There's probably between 1/2 & 3/4 cord per load once you process it.

Measure your piles af logs, then process without adding any more to the pile to see what your conversion from log stacks to css is. I generally figure 5 cord of logs will make 4 cord of firewood.

Ya it's so tough to gage what is there just by measuring the dimensions of the pile, due to the variability of how much air ends up in the pile from wonky logs. I wish I had taken scaling when I was at forestry school

 

[JimBear]

I took down a couple of Ash trees that were going to end up falling in the creek so I helped them out getting there. I knew the old 300 wasn’t going to be able to horse them up out of there so I wrangled some extra grunt to get them out.

 

[Caw]

We finished putting our evaporator together today so now we're on to splitting some maple rounds. Kids are having fun gathering the sap and I'm grinding away at my pile of rounds. I have about 4-5x what you see under that blue tarp to split of maple/red oak. Maple syrup and maple rounds....bad day to be a maple tree!

 

[Smokepole]

I was working up a red oak today and realized, I'll be burning this when I'm 71.
Right away I started doing smaller splits. Got to think ahead.

 

[clancey]

That's what I had to do was get prepared for a older age and your property is beautiful and the wood splits look so nice and clean as well. Good for you...Lots of work to be done...keep plugging...lol lol clancey

 

[Caw]

I was working up a red oak today and realized, I'll be burning this when I'm 71.
Right away I started doing smaller splits. Got to think ahead.

I see you're a man of culture as well and enjoy square/rectangle splits. They're the best!

 

[heavy hammer]

Five truck loads a locust from work.

 

[kennyp2339]

Five truck loads a locust from work.

And not an ounce of guilt either right lol, nice haul.

 

[SpaceBus]

I'm jealous of all the hardwoods. I'm excited to process a bunch of tamarack trees!

 

[MissMac]

I'm jealous of all the hardwoods. I'm excited to process a bunch of tamarack trees!

ooo, tamarack throws some nice heat!

 

[MissMac]

Loads 9 & 10 today. All ash. Over half way there now to my goal, slowly growing the pile.

 

[Gearhead660]

I took down a couple of Ash trees that were going to end up falling in the creek so I helped them out getting there. I knew the old 300 wasn’t going to be able to horse them up out of there so I wrangled some extra grunt to get them out.

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That looks like an expensive wood harvesting tool...

 

[SpaceBus]

ooo, tamarack throws some nice heat!

I found a few 12" tamaracks that were dying in the shade in the middle of the woods. Quite tall, but thin, but plenty of fence post material as well. Tamarack is my number two BTU wood behind the very few sugar maples on the property, but I don't cut them unless I have to.

 

[JimBear]

That looks like an expensive wood harvesting tool...

It’s my fathers it’s just waiting on planting season so I borrowed it. 200 hp @ the engine, 180hp @ the PTO. It had about 4000 hours on it when Dad bought it we’ve put about 6000 hours on it since. It used to have a loader on it.

Here’s a similar one for sale in Wisconsin

https://www.tractorhouse.com/listings/farm-equipment/for-sale/201869411/1994-ford-8870

 

[MissMac]

That looks like an expensive wood harvesting tool...

but so much fun i bet!

 

[NaturalCauses]

More of a 'work to do' than a 'work done'. The county has been cutting trees for an upcoming road-widening project this summer. They were nice enough to leave the wood for me! There's a little bit of everything. Hedge, Black Locust, dead (formerly) standing Ash, Box Elder, Elm, Pin Cherry, Walnut, and Cottonwood are what I've identified so far.

 

[Gearhead660]

It’s my fathers it’s just waiting on planting season so I borrowed it. 200 hp @ the engine, 180hp @ the PTO. It had about 4000 hours on it when Dad bought it we’ve put about 6000 hours on it since. It used to have a loader on it.

Here’s a similar one for sale in Wisconsin

https://www.tractorhouse.com/listings/farm-equipment/for-sale/201869411/1994-ford-8870

Might be a tad big for my needs....can you get a mid mount mower for it?

 

[JimBear]

Might be a tad big for my needs....can you get a mid mount mower for it?

Lol. Well, you might be able to rig something up. I usually pull a 15’ batwing with it.