A few years back, our neighbors in VT had their property logged. (Current Use for the VT Crew). My neighbor pulled a bunch of left behind logs out with his tractor for us; a huge gesture. There’s a thread kicking around here somewhere on that. The stacks were getting a bit low, so I texted my neighbor asking if I could go back with my quad and trailer and cut stuff that was still on the ground. Request approved! There’s A LOT of wood back there. I’ve gone on a few hikes to look things over and everywhere you looks, there are small piles, tree tops and other leftovers. The loggers took all the big straight rounds and left the rest. Here we go! And after:
Big log: Finished the big log, looked up and saw more wood to cut! There’s a lot of wood up there! I spent about an hour and a half cutting and there’s plenty more. Unfortunately, it’s going to rain tomorrow; but that’ll give me a chance to get the sleds ready for winter. Hoping Sunday I can get back and haul out all that I cut today. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
Good deal for both of you. Looks like a fun job. At least there’s room to drive. Years ago a neighbor had their property logged and I couldn’t drive a farm tractor through it. They left a real mess.
Looks like you'll be busy for a while. Lots of great firewood in there. Get a jet sled or similar for when there's snow. Pack the trail down and you'll be able to take the ATV all winter, unless you get blasted with snow. Then take the sled
Hey now, thats awesome!! Off the road, for you to pick away at as you wish. NICE!! Will you take smaller rounds and leave them unsplit? I did that this summer on a residential score, took everything I could, will not be used till 4 years out. But there were a LOT of small rounds, too much to be left behind. Sca
Big log: Funny you should mention that! I’m considering doing that with that pile of red oak. There’s lots of small stuff in there that over time, would make decent wood or even kindling. Seems a shame to just let it all rot. Dennis, I’m calling this a triple win: Firewood for us, cleaner property for our neighbor and since we have a small snowmobile loop on their land, cleaner trails!
So true Brad! A lot of it is very manageable to cut, haul and split. And the quad is a must back there. Where I took that pic is about a 1/4 mile or more from our property line. It’s got a few hills and a small stream to cross. I could not use a wheelbarrow. Lol.
I had a friend a few years back that had his mothers property logged. He was older and i helped him get some firewood. It was an hour ride for me. No way to get a PU in there and i ended up carrying wood out as a wheelbarrow was out of the question. I did get a PU full for myself, but it was the hardest ive ever worked for one.
I can only imagine! Our neighbors’ land is really hilly. I can see how a skidder and forwarder were necessary for the loggers.
We heated our house for 2 years off of leftover tops and other logs that the logger didn't want, we had our property logged in winter of 2010 or 2011. Excellent that you can get all of that.
Started pulling the rounds out today. I still have more to retrieve! You guys remember “Highlights” magazine that seemed to be in every Doctor’s office? Highlights for Hoarders! Circle the hardwood! Put a check mark next to softwood, put and x on all punky logs…. Told my wife: “I’ll grab one more load, be back shortly!” Then did this: Story time! Our neighbors bought their land and built their house at some point during n the 90’s. According to my neighbor, it was logged before purchase and a ton of Oak was taken out. Most furniture grade. The loggers were sloppy and left a lot behind. I’m guessing this was the old logging deck. Could those leftovers really be from 30 years ago? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
oak Could be. Oak heartwood is very rot resistant. Prop a couple up off the ground to dry and buck at a future date to see if the meat is still good.
That's a beautiful spot to work! Quad and trailer are surely a great time saver. I'd be tempted to check those bigger Oak logs too, I've seen them 30+ years old full of good solid heartwood. Split and stacked it will often burn the next season.
I found a log not far from that old deck that looks promising. I’ll cut it up and report back. It would be pretty cool to salvage something that old.
