A score i procured last April. Neighbor in back has given me wood over the past few years. Guy heard saw and hired me to do a small job at the time. September 2020 he had several trees taken down and logs were left on the edge of his woods. Of course i asked and he said be my guest. You dont have to twist my arm. Problem was the yard is muddy/squishy as the water table is high. Plus he has buried the first pile with grass clippings and mulched leaves. Spent some time bucking and freeing up the buried logs. Red maple and black birch. For 16 months the wood was in a lot better condition than i expected. No rot or punk and bark firm! Woohoo. Ill back in the yard tomorrow and load what i cut. Id like to make two loads as its getting into the teens tonight. Before During and after. Another couple piles on the other corner of the property Guessing at least two cord for the score. Ill update as i work it. Hope for frozen ground!
Very nice! For being covered with grass and leafs it looks really good still. Will make you a few good truck loads!
I gave the 460 some play time and the 500i the day off. Ran the 25" bar but PITA with logs stacked that way and frozen together. 261 followed up on the smaller logs. Ill run the 22" bar tomorrow.
It's surprising how long logs can last, even in full ground contact. I like the flag in the background. Great score.
Most of the ones i freed up were on a "cushion" of twigs, undergrowth, etc. and little actual dirt. Couple smaller ones had some fungi. The birch was what really got me though. One still buried with slimier than banana peels wet grass clippings. There is one birch log in the side yard laying on the ground ill check out tomorrow. I may free those up and let the storm late Sunday wash them off a some.
Last year, I scrounged some long dead barkless red oak, didn't have a clue what it was till I cut out a round. I ended up splitting off the ground contact edge, let it air out a year, and it's burning great this season.
Red and white oak heartwood is very rot resistant. It can last for years dead standing or on the ground.
Get that birch bucked, split, and stacked. It'll go punky pretty quick. It would be my priority. Nice cutting, as usual!
Brad can you get under those logs, make about 4-5 wraps around them, put the other end to your pickup and wind them right out of that hole?
The logs were moving easily with the cant once i excavated the leaves. Its 7* here now so im wondering how frozen they will be later when retrieve the rounds. Stay tuned.
Im thinking of keeping a couple of the smaller logs in length for buzz-saw's mill. I know its great for turning, but how is red maple for boards Tim?
cuz were guys and we think different! Unless you've been hanging around with Eric VW One of my favorite lines to Ms. buZZsaw is "if you were a guy you'd understand"
Hmmm... Well Mike; I am trying to figure out how you are even reading the post? Don't you know you can go blind from that ? Maybe it's your Coke Bottle Glasses ??? Just sayin""
Ground froze up solid with single digit temps last night and highs in the teens today. Backed right in and loaded. Had enough bucked that i didnt have to start the saw. Frozen red maple doesnt split as easily a red oak! Few rounds with frozen ants. I think enough to buck for a full load tomorrow. May save a log or two for the mill.
