I can smell that cedar from here!!! How many more trips do you have planned Woodwidow? Has he let you run the battery saw yet?
I think we are going for 20 loads. This would give my mother another two years of stockpile. I get to use the battery saw whenever I am brush cutting and gardening at Mom's. I will have to try it out next time we go. The ties are full of gravel though and campinspecter doesn't want to file any more than he has to.
Looks like a job for a cordwood AKA buzz saw to me. Although as PA Mountain Man said those are building materials. Could you please elaborate on the "tragic accident" ?
A loaded train of cars broke loose and crashed into a work party on the rail lines. Three people lost their lives.
It burns fairly hot but with lots of ash. It burns much the same as hemlock. If we had hardwoods, you would not bother with it. It's easy picking so I would like to get about 20 loads!
The other factor in shutting down the railroad was cost effectiveness. Back in the heyday of rail logging, there would be three or four trains hauling 1.5million board ft a day. By the time of the accident, there would only be two trains a day. The cost of operating the system stayed the same but production was down. Now all the logs are moved by trucks to the main log sort and dump. Logs are sorted, bundled and dumped in the water. Log booms are used to move the product to market. The trains originally moved the logs from the woods to the log sort at the water.
Went out and got another load of railroad ties. I think this is the last load until we get some rain. Logging operations are coming to a standstill as well. It has been really dry and no end in sight yet. We added another firewood supervisor to the crew. Our daughter's Nova Scotia Duck Toller came along. We have her for a week. Shadow enjoyed having someone to explore with. Staying in the truck wasn't an option with the firewood being thrown in and making loud noises. When it gets hot, a dog must find somewhere to hide and be cool. This will be my Finding Waldo picture. Loaded and ready to go. I saved out a good looking piece to see if I can cut thin slices off of it for dollhouse furniture making. The grain looks pretty tight. Inside a split. End of the split The outside which will need to be washed down before sawing anything off it. I took a video of campinspecter running the electric chainsaw and cutting ties. It works pretty good.
