A different kind of wood cutting this morning.

The shores in our neighborhood in Old Saybrook are a mess due to the flooding up north. Allot of debris is entering Long Island Sound from the Connecticut River. I cut up 3 tanks of fuels worth off logs this morning. Needless to say all of it went into a dumpster. I was able to identify some, including ash, black and white birch, and pine. It all was water logged and very heavy. It all was coated with sand, and some was hollow and had sand inside. I Dulled two chains. When I was done I pulled all the covers off the saw and gave it a good wash and lube.

 

Ive been seeing it on channel 8 news all week about the flooding. Interesting to see what washed up on shore. Is it your responsibility to clean up the beach?

How close is that to the mouth of the river?

 

Not my responsibility, a bunch of us chipped in. It got hot. I’m exhausted. We filled a 40 yard dumpster with debris. Worst part is I’m staying out of the water. I gotta think it’s loaded with bacteria. It’s probably 3 miles from the mouth. We are on the Westbrook line.

 

Bet that sand blunted the chain pretty quick?

 

That’s rough Thom. Hang in there. The CT River is still pretty muddy in Southern VT and moving fairly quickly. I have to image there will be more logs floating down that way unfortunately.

 

That stinks about not being able to go in the water but id have to agree with you on the bacteria. Does the local town do any testing? Is there a local beach for residents?

Last Sunday we went swimming in the Salmon river a few miles before it hits the Connecticut river in East Haddam. Nice calm shallow area near where her daughter and SIL live. Dont know if id go in today though.

 

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The sand was rough on chains. I wonder what it did to my bar. We can see crap floating a hundred yards or so offshore. Here is a pic of the dumpster we filled.

 

WOW! That’s a good amount of wood!

Raining up north now…yet again!

 

The Hudson River and every other river flowing out of New England was muddy as of yesterday

 

That’s some hard work!

Silly question, maybe… Can you not dry that wood and CSS it for winter? The solid stuff, anyway?

 

Glad y'all decided to work together and clean up what you could. That is a pile of wood. Need a semi chisel or carbide chain for that wood.
Good job, sir.

 

That's a lot of firewood!

 

Not good to burn driftwood in a stove. Gives off toxic chemicals from the sodium and IINM corrodes the stove.

 

Once it flows down thru brackish and salty water any salt(s) can be rough on your stove and flue pipe. Really not worth the risk. Some people have bonfires with it on the beach. Where they are still allowed to ....

 

Sad that it has to go to waste.

 

This pic was taken today Monday and texted to me. More cutting….

 

I was gonna ask if you thought it would need clearing again. Question answered.

Looks like cottonwood. If a black locust log (or ten) washes up let me know!

 

Do any more clean up Thom?

 

Better get a hardnose bar