This is from the east side. This from the west side Drug 5 ash logs out with the T190 and then the inspectors showed up Time to start cuttin
4 logs cut started splitting sun going down Premium time didn't make a dent in the logjam Had to save some for tomorrow
Clearing the woods, good exercise, and firewood at the end of it. Always a good day. in a few years, we will be posting that we found a good fallen ash- that hasn’t rotted too much. It’s a bit of a race against time for what is there. I have found it can get punky fairly quickly once it’s on the ground. Sometimes because it has died on the stump and decay has been going on before it falls.
Yeah, the sap wood on some this is punky even down at the stump. Power company finally sent a crew in last summer to take these down. They had grown out over the power line and the barn and then the EAB got em. Lost all of the tops that had been dead too long.
Some nice wood to come out of those logs. Looks like a PITA to get em out. Those inspectors werent horsing around now were they?
PITA Yeah, it's been too warm and wet to do it so far this year. Don't wanna tear up the pasture. Bob couldn't get traction on the hill. Had to use chain and straps to get up on the flat. Got hung up a few times, but was able to roll the log and hook it so it turned. Back at it tomorrow.
That slope reminds me of many a score i couldnt take. Id have to buck and carry and too much work for my liking. If its black locust different story!
That's a perfect set up for my little skidder, wish I was closer. A good day's work would haul most of that up on the flat. Great firewood & worth the effort.
That's the Premium time, as in Yuengling Premium Beer And when on a Premium break, a wren was coming and grabbbing the EAB's I had exposed. Singing happily until a hawk landed in the tree above us. The wren hid in the brush and scolded the hawk until he flew away.
These guys were trained as Hunter/Jumpers. And 2 of them are here on a long term hospice program. The thoroughbred is too spooky and not built for draft work. A rich lady pays well for my wife to board them.
Mini cable skidder. Strong winch & lots of rope & cable. Stab the log tongs into the log & yard it up to flat ground. Longest pull I made was 275' out of a swamp for a buddy that really wanted a big Maple log for his mill & couldn't get near it. Hydraulic motor hooked to a 3 speed Jeep tranny run off the big pump driven by an old 258 ci Jeep engine. I've skidded a lot of wood with that machine. Here's a pic pulling some little Elm poles on a job.
I had a wren making a racket on my mound of black locust while i was splitting a couple weeks ago. Probably finding frozen ants. Noisy little things for sure.
