We did T.Jeff Veal , about the only boats on the water were fishing so it was nice and quiet, here are the last of the pictures.
You hoarding sunken logs now? Trolling for them? Nice lake and a perfect day for it. Looks like a fun time was had.
Today I cleaned the wood stove chimney with the SootEater, I had cleaned it about a month before we stopped burning so it was pretty clean. I also did the pipe on the inside, I had cleaned that just like the above so not much came out. About the only things left that I'll do is put the fan on the back (it had a new rheostat installed by the dealer) replace a roll bin on one of the secondary air tubes that came out near the end of the year and maybe replace the door gasket. I do have to remove the firebricks up top on the inside of the wood stove and clean the ashes out, I'll also check the welds. I also cleaned out one of the gutters on the newer garage, I'll be doing the other side soon. After cleaning up and a small lunch, I see the wife getting ready to clean some screens and windows outside, the sneakers went on and we did the job together.
It's time I start going on this downed maple again, I started working on it and then the hot weather hit us first and then the rains came, seems like I've been doing smaller jobs since. I'll be cleaning out the back of the rhino tomorrow and have everything set for Sunday. I think that I've only brought home two loads of some smaller stuff since I started cutting on this. Most if not all that has been limbed up and then I started cutting from the top back.
Dropped a couple more ash trees this past week. Split and stacked and looking forward to next years btu offering for the house. These are trees that have died off at the tops a bit.
Today I put the new Battery Tender Ring Terminal Cable on the tractor and charged it up with the new 3 amp Battery Tender ( the older battery tender from Advance Auto got smoked when lightning hit close to the garage this summer) I also changed the outer air filter since I had the front off. My second job was cleaning out the back of the Rhino and make sure some saws are ready for tomorrow, that's all done. Every time I looked out of the garage and saw that it was sunny, I said boy it sure would be nice if I was cutting up in the woods.........and then the dark clouds moved in and it rained hard for five minutes and then stopped, that happened four times today. A bunch of old gloves were tossed along with some old rags and then I took a small whisk broom to the bed of the rhino. My third job was to start cleaning off the garage work bench (junk holder) I cleaned up the right side of it and a bunch of stuff from the floor. I looked at the three point sander and had that full of stuff, one brand new cover, one older cover and some other stuff that got tossed so that's ready except for a greasing and checking the gates, they might need some adjusting. My next job on a rainy day will be cleaning off three storage shelves in the garage, I did start cleaning the top one today, the stuff I never use got tossed. We'll need more room this winter for the trail mower and a few other things on the back wall so part if not all of the workbench will go or be used inside for storage the wife wants for food in the basement.
The Birch that came down was hung up on a Pine, that came down yesterday when I was working in the garage. When we received 3.25 inches of rain, it brought it down on the pine. Today I bucked up this downed Maple mother nature took care of (I think it was last December) I'm pretty sure there are 20 or 21 new rounds from todays work. buZZsaw BRAD , I was fingered by a Maple round, picture 3926.
These are smaller ash trees and not pic worthy. Maybe 10" at the largest. Besides that, I don't take my phone with me much.
Thats hysterical!!! I see new avatar material there. Be sure to post that elsewhere here. That will go in the FHC hall of fame.
Today I split all the rounds I bucked up yesterday. Picture 3935 are the rounds I rolled up when I started, 3936 might be what was left from the first batch, 3937 is the second batch of rounds I rolled up and 3938 is the last of the rounds I split, 3940 and 3941 is the pile of Maple splits from the work done today and the last is from where all the rounds were.
I took a 2 hour ride into the woods and set the minnow trap. Also found a spot where some trees were harvested and noticed some tops that were left for the gabbing. Does that count for anything? Back at home, still burning up scraps from the ash trees and the smaller basswoods that I never mentioned.
I cleared that downed Birch from across a trail today and then stacked just over a face cord of the Maple I split. When I was stacking, the smell of stuffed peppers made its way out back, add some spaghetti sauce with pasta and the boss had a great meal ready. The first picture is the trail finally opened back up, the next two are some Birch rounds, 3948 is the split Maple left, 3949 is the last load today, 3950 is the Maple I stacked and the last picture is the stuffed peppers.
