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Git'ter done down in Dixie

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    T.Jeff Veal

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    Sometimes we can get the bark off...lol
    The red oak has been cut about a month, it's coming off easy, usually 1 piece. The water oak bark is thinner and still tight. I'm taking it off so it will dry faster and stack neater, sometimes it has a big chunk hanging off the split.
    We are just getting started on the side yard. Got 15 loads from the front yard.
    Want to have a Dixie GTG???
    We have :dennis:...:rofl: :lol:
     
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    I'll tell you what...if you want to host a GTG in January, I'm very interested! We definitely enjoyed our time in Georgia and would be happy to come back. Especially if I could snag some pecan to bring home... :whistle:
     
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    I think we have the pecan covered...
    Maybe April...lol...
    I'll :shiver:in Jan. 0404220919_HDR.jpg
     
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    I could be persuaded to visit in April. It has to be nicer there than in Indiana!
     
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    I would point the fans the other way towards the splitter. I quite splitting my final bucked rounds this morning when it hit 90 and the sun was hitting me. Hope to cut more this weekend with a short reprieve in this nasty heat wave. DE333740 EE76 471F 8AEA DFDB2D6B2389
     
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    One heck of an operation Jeff. Nice job and stay safe.
     
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    Thank you. Always trying to improve.
     
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    Oh, they definitely are on us when working, 1 for Miz Carol stacking and 1 for me. We turn them on the wood stacks when we finish. Helps dry the splits. Air coming thru is much cooler than off the fan.
     
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    WinonaRail this is a good example of what the bark does sometimes 0615221046.jpg
    My hunny had to leave early to keep 2 of the grandsons, so I finished up the rounds on the ramps and got it stacked. Almost finished the 2nd row 0615221155_HDR.jpg
    This is the assorted pile...lol...
    Some pieces with big knots, some chunks, some that is short...where the wedge was cut from the butt section...
    Some almost punky, got to get 2 more totes for campfire wood. 0615221155.jpg
     
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    Thanks Jeff.
    I like early morning. I feel I'm ahead of the game by getting up early.
     
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    I'm on the 7PM-7AM shift...lol...
    I usually wake up about 5:30-6 if I'm off...
     
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    How do you store the "seconds" and do they sell for a discount? Ill integrate them into my stacks and if too gnarly ill noodle to make them "prettier" and stack on top.
     
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    I'm going to store these in IBC totes. Give a little discount for campfire wood. The pieces with the big knots may go to a fellow at work if he cooks a hog again for Labor Day. Burns it in a barrel for coals. I did noodle most of the hickory uglies, had several rows in this stack. 0419221728_HDR.jpg
    We're trying to get as much of this oak done as possible, quick.
     
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    Had a good morning on the woodyard, even with the high temps. This area is shaded until afternoon and we're able to have fans running.
    We got this pile of smaller, crooked and knotty logs bucked 0616220838.jpg
    And staged for processing by 10:30AM 0616221035.jpg Then we fired up the splitter. Made a nice dent in the stack 0616221224.jpg
    Got the 2nd row finished and about 1/2 the last row done 0616221225_HDR.jpg
    Our customer finished getting his cord from the left side rack. That worked out nice, we can start on filling that side again and not have to set up the splitter again...:thumbs:...
     
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    Now I'm tired again just looking at what you accomplished. I'm doing some cutting on a MP score after work and I don't know if I'll have the energy!! :whistle:
     
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    Nice work T.Jeff Veal , are your temps in the 90's?
     
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    Our high today was 102°. Didn't cut wood today, we cut grass, 3 yards by 2:30....
    Thanks for the encouraging words...:handshake:
     
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    That will make you sweat!
     
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    We haven't split any since Thursday morning last week.
    Friday evening we started moving more logs to the processing area from the stack on the right, there is some older logs behind those we need to do also. 0616220759_HDR.jpg
    After a thunderstorm shut us down, got up early Saturday morning and finished filling the cutting platform up. 0618220647.jpg
    Then our son and his FIL, Frank, came over about 8AM. Loaded tractor on dump trailer and we went to the logging site.
    They helped load limb wood/skinnies, we are giving it to Frank's mom. They will cut it to size for her. Our son rolling up the rachet strap
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    2nd load 0618221426.jpg
    Probably 2 more loads to go that we already have cut.