Kubotas at play. Er, I mean work!

Looks like you've got the same thing killing your chestnut oaks that we have here.(?)

 

mike bayerl

Do you know what is happening to yours? We do have some that die, but most are "natural causes" I think. I could be wrong though. (guaranteed since I'm married)

Most of these were storm damage trees that had been down in one area of the property.

2 of them were dead and hung up (off the ground) for 4+ years. Some toppled root ball and all from high winds and saturated ground.

 

Do you mind me asking what you paid for carport?

 

A little less than $3K including installation, if I recall correctly. 20x21 with full 8' sides, thicker steel and "hurricane" rated construction. That's taller than standard for just parking cars/pickup trucks. We also put in a regular carport in our driveway for parking cars year ago. We frequently say it was the best money we ever spent.

 

No I don't, but it is very obvious that something went through and very specifically killed a lot of the chestnut oaks around here several years ago. and I think it's all up and down the mid-Atlantic. I had the local extension forester out here a couple of years ago and he pointed it out to me. Now I see them all over. He wasn't sure what was going on back then, but suggested gypsy moths or an infection. I wonder if it's become any more clear now days. On a positive note, I've gotten an essentially limitless supply of high-quality firewood and some really spectacular lumber. A couple of years ago, I took several of them down and was very selective about only milling the very best logs, mostly quartersawn, and this is what I got:

 

My wood shed is a 54X54 Quonset hut. It’s AWESOME. But, I’m giving it up for my little boys. 1.5 and almost 5. Going to pour concrete in it and make a basketball court/place to play. Thinking about a carport for new under roof storage.

 

That’s some good looking wood.

 

I was finishing up the river bottom ash score and was getting ready to take winch off of tractor when I remembered this cherry tree snag. So I grabbed a ladder and some rigging. Set up the snatch block so that I was in the clear. Started pulling and down it came. I was shocked that there was some good wood in the top. Fun stuff!!!!

 

Nice hitch of wood Slocum

 

I was feeling pretty macho today loading up some 20+" white oak logs to take to my sawyer. The new trailer (rated 10K#) worked great with my little 1/2 ton Ram.

 

But then I got to the sawyer place and he had dozens of huge logs laying around waiting to get milled. If you look closely at the two logs between the ramps on my trailer that's like a 36+" white oak and 48+" maple. Then he got out his M62 TLB with grapple and just pluck my logs right up off my trailer. He's totally set up for the current "Zombie apolcalypse" as he calls it. He and his wife have months of logs mill. Not a bad way to "shelter in place."

 

The 'bota was a big help today as we are doing spring cleaning and getting ready for lambing. Today I cleaned out the old bedding and moved 4-5 scoops of asphalt millings to regrade this little feeding station.

 

I got 8" of snow last night 2 days after finally getting started on firewood after a long spell , called. winter. It's melting real fast though. Looks good mike.

 

Same here I started cutting some wood Social Distancing
Then 6" of snow things were just starting to dry out now back to Mud

 

As usual, the foreman showed up tonight to make sure we were behaving ourselves.

 

Yeah, got my tractor (loader) back after being "dressed" for snowplow duty all winter.

 

I like those front tires!

 

So do I, especially in the snow. The tractor (in my soils) seem to be equal to the ag's but ride like a dream on the road and should last a lot longer.
They are very "proud" of them price wise, but I'm thinking about them for the rears when that time comes.

 

I've seen those style tires used by snow removal crews, where the tractor lives on asphalt and the operator appreciates the smoother ride and better traction. Good to know they work off it, too. You must be on a lot of glacial outwash (sandy) in your neck of the woods. I've driven behind farm tractors overseas going down the road at over 30mph, and couldn't imagine doing that on an R1.

 

Used the bota to put some tension on the maple