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Git'ter done down in Dixie

Discussion in 'The Wood Pile' started by T.Jeff Veal, Dec 29, 2018.

  1. Skier76

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    Always enjoy following your adventures T. Jeff. Thanks for sharing.
     
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    Misty in the clouds...
     
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    :handshake: thanks, my friend
     
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    Got a friend that lives next door to where we did the big Plantation job. He is thinning the woods on his 5 acre property around his house.
    He called, said he had a few trees down, could we bring the tractor by and sort logs, make room.
    Went by yesterday afternoon. Got the sweet gum in a couple piles for pulpwood. Moved 3 pine logs to his mill and loaded the red oak for the trip home. 20240313_185727.jpg 20240313_183144.jpg
    Still have this oak left to get, will be dropping more trees soon. 20240313_183129.jpg
    Which way will it go, boss...:hair::hair:
    I definitely need to help him drop the trees. He's climbing a ladder, tying a rope about 14' up, and getting his wife to pull them... 20240313_175103.jpg 20240313_175047.jpg
     
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    Might need to work on the face and back cuts.
     
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    The logs look a lot better than the stumps!
     
  7. T.Jeff Veal

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    Yep, definitely not my work...lol...
     
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    Had a good 7 days off from work, got a few things accomplished. Last Friday morning, we delivered a tote of oak to the local restaurant... 20240329_094732.jpg
    Then we took Godzilla, dump trailer and tractor up to a friend's place. He had a pile of composted wood chips another friend of ours needed for a garden project. Took 2 big loads to clean up the pile 20240329_115953.jpg 20240329_115939.jpg
    My 7yr old grandson wanted to work to make $$ for the book fair at school.
    He helped me split some chunks into a tote. 20240401_110915.jpg 20240401_110944.jpg
    He did a great job, found some nasty nails in 1 round... 20240320_093605.jpg
    Miz Carol helped me finish that tote Wed morning, all 11" post/white oak... 20240403_115750.jpg
    That will be some great fires in a couple years, top on, let the drying begin... 20240403_120200.jpg
     
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    The Pine pollen looks thick. My parents live in Long Leaf Pine country and the air gets cloudy with pollen, along with turning everything yellow. It doesn’t look like there is any danger of y’all running out of logs :thumbs:
     
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    Yes sir. It was thick a couple weeks back, getting better now.
     
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    upload_2024-4-6_9-21-47.png Those are little gifts and everyone now’s your supposed to hit those with a new chain on your chainsaw
     
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    Looking good and it’s cool your grandson was helping
     
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    We started another unloading area above mom's house, next to where we have some older logs...
    This is from 3 different scores...
    10 loads total, I think. 20240410_084517.jpg
     
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    Quite the hoard you have accumulated. Be sure to leave a saw there for mom to use! :whistle: :saw:
     
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    One of ums smiling.
     
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    Sure wish she was still here so I could cut wood for her...:tears::(
     
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    :handshake:
     
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    OMG I'm so sorry Jeff. I didn't know. My deepest sympathies.
     
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    It's OK, my friend. She passed in March '22. She was 95, but lived at home until she was almost 94.
     
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