We got up to our camp in VT this past weekend. W were surprised to find 100% snow coverage. Did some wood cutting among other things. Cut, split and stacked some decrepit beach that should be decent stove wood in ‘25. Garcia was supervising the split and stack part of the job. The pulp hooks worked real nice. I didn’t touch a round with my hangs till I stood them up on the block for splitting.
I had an German shepherd/husky many years ago that was an outside dog. He much preferred laying out on top of the snow than in his box. Thanks for the memories.
Nice work! Don’t see much smooth bark Beech in VT these days unfortunately. Something gets into the bark and makes it rough.
That’s the Beech Bark Disease. It makes them look bad but it doesn’t kill them. Unfortunately there’s now the Beech Leaf Diseas and according to the VNR website they found it in Vernon this fall. So unfortunately our places will probably lose all their beech within the next 5-7 years.
Had Bunny's puppy "Joy" supervising Sunday. Pain in the ash she is. Didn't get a picture of "Annie". Old and she stays out of the way when I'm trying to work. I'm more of a cat person anyway.
I believe there’s a large Beech on our road up there that has the leaf issue. Tree was brown in the middle of our very wet summer.
Paul bunion I have hay hooks from when used to make hay….wondering if I sharpened the spike a bit if it would work as a “pulp hook”? The geometry or length of shank to handle may be too short though. What do y’all think?
Having never held a hay hook I can’t say for sure. I do know that my father has a different pulp hook that swings and feels different. The weight of the shank and a handle that allows you to flick the pulp hook into a piece of wood is key. I have a feeling that a hay hook might be on the light side and lack some of the hitting power to penetrate and stitck.
