The last month I have been working on 3 red oak trees. Got another truck load today. Haven't got much wood this year up until October. I think I'm pert near 4 cord of red oak. All the other pics are in loaded truck pics thread. The trees are up an embankment, working with gravity is good. Tree #3, truck down below. Blown over Sticking wood underneath the tree so that there is less tension/compression. Keeping my chain out of the dirt. I had to chock the rounds so that 200lbs of hardwood doesn't roll down and hit my truck. I need to buy a fiskars maul the x27 sometimes take 7 or 8 whacks to split. I had ro noodle some of these. After they are quartered I pitch them down the hill. Can't see it but I also put a 8" lot in front of the truck to stop the first round of quarters. Fully loaded. Back at the house. I got some splitting and stacking to do. I would like to split off the truck for efficiency but the wood might walk away if I worked it like that. I need to bring this wood by the house to make room for the oak. Lots of tulip poplar from 2018. Pallets are getting hard to come by in these parts. I think there is still another truck worth, will return later this week.
OH YEAH! I like roadside wood when gravity is on your side. Sometimes its too much on your side but ill still take it over going uphill. Nice grab there Ohio
You’ve definitely earned your keep on that one. I also really like the look of your great wall of firewood running parallel with your driveway up to your house
Thanks! There is a shortage of flat ground in Appalachia. The great wall of wood was birthed out of sheer necessity. I've had wood fall but it has never blocked the drive.
Stacking on hills not fun but we find a way to get it done. Hey that rhymes! How much is you current S/S inventory?
I think I'm pushing 24ish cord. I have 20 css and all this oak and some other waiting for a spot to be stacked. Ill go through 3 this winter and sombody will probably want to buy some.
I hear ya on the wood might walk away. Most real good stuff gets taken pretty fast in my area, especially the past 2 years. I went to a clearing job 2 years ago, and there was 5 trucks lined up and loading. A year ago my buddy cut up 2 nice hickory's about 30 yards off the road, came back 2 hours later for the second load and it was gone. I only cut what I can haul in one trip. Yesterday I was nervous because I had red oak cut and quartered that I didn't want to overload my truck with. I need better weight rated tires. I was sort of close. but I moved my arse to unload and get back.
Got some splitting done today. Got another half cord to pull out of the woods. This is going to be some serious btus. This dog refuses to sit for a picture. From the pond down below. Can't let rounds get away from you around here.
That's a cottonwood tree that fell in, I yanked on it before with the tractor before with no avail. I think the roots are still attached just below the bank. The snapping turtles sun bathe on it in the summer. The pond needs to be drained and scraped at some point, until then it sits. I actually cut the top off while in a canoe. Ever run a chainsaw while in a canoe?
oh if it’s a cottonwood leave it for the snappers. I’m dangerous enough with a chainsaw on terra firma. No need to add watercraft to the equation.
That's the last of it from the three red oak trees. There's more down the road but I have other things I need to get done. Stacking the 5 cords for one. Had to call it quits on the tree there was a few more rounds but I'm not cutting through all that dirt and rock. I plunge cut into log the to get as far as i did. Cleaned up the good limb wood. Lots of dead and down trees in the gulley to never become firewood. Time to split the rest and stack 5 cord of wood. Need to put some meat in the freezer. Daylight is at such a premium.
Nice! Looks like some rough terrain to be hoarding from. Know all about that all too well. PITA cutting dirty wood. Not a big fan of doing so, but whatever it takes. Some primo stuff though and worth the effort.
I'd use an older chain for the last dirty rounds, over hauling stuff up outta the gully. I took out my trailer lights rolling rounds down a hill.... Nice work though. I too like the driveway access to stacks. It takes more time for me/us, but splitting on site with the isocore makes a lot less work. But getting rounds off the road before someone else scarfs them up is critical too. Nicely done with 8 years in "the bank", we're right behind you with 5 years after this season is over.
I was going to scrounge down this road today, looked good on the map... Went around the other way and the road was mud, not getting stuck today. Decided to go back to this road I've had great luck on last year. Doggo in tow, road is wet, muddy and potholes the size of Kansas. Smaller red oak, not too big not too small. Getting to work. Rolled em downhill back to the truck. Gotta check back every now and then, there are oaks that are close to blowing over. Rolled a couple rounds into this lake in the road. Had a statie behind me for a couple of miles, he passed me. He pulled a U turn and found his victim, somebody had lost a couch in the right lane on the highway. Not even a bunjie strap on the load. Ran a half gallon through the splitter. Ram leak getting worse, still working fine. Done for the afternoon!
A very productive day with a little adventure too. Looks like a nice spot youve got for scrounging, 'cept for the mud and potholes. The Kansas sized ones dont bother me to much, but when i hit a Texas sized one, my bones rattle! I chuckled at your down hill roll. Reminded me of a similar situation cutting in my woods years back. Rolled them down a steep hill to the trail, but a few kept going down the other side and a splash down into the river. Not fun retrieving those.
