No, not the poison ivy, the primo red maple that was covered in the stuff! Spotted this the other day on my way back from the last cut. Stopped and checked it out. Fresh cut, easy park and load, good line of sight for oncoming traffic. Good size (that's a 20" bar on the 400 for scale) and it was nice straight grained too. Less than a couple hours to cut and load. And remember, leaves of three, let it be. A public service message from the FHC!
That's some nice straight red maple Brad. Good that you're getting it before the heat wave sets in as well. If I had the itch I'd have been all over it myself.
I can't deal with poison oak trees unless I have a helper not allergic to it cuz I am. Helper can strip the vines off. But if one is totally wrapped up, I let it go because I fear that the oils are too much into the bark and will get me somehow. I had a bad rash of it just a month ago, haven't had it in a year or so but I try to be careful. Such a big maple, ours don't get that big. Score!
Pretty sure the tree service that did this (Lewis) is the same one that was doing work in East Haven where I scored some wood back in March. Seen their trucks in the area recently. They were picking up the wood within a few days so I jumped on this. Glad I did.
I get it mildly if I do. I try to be careful when working around it. Wouldn't surprise me if I got some from this. I was removing it with the cleaver before loading it.
Don’t have much poison oak here but played in field of poison ivy as a kid I was only one of a dozen not covered in it. I fall more than most.. I do try to be careful; never ate it.. never had it either
Seems the older I get, the worse poison bothers me. I have a patch on my left wrist/forearm now. No idea where I got it from. Awesome straight log there Brad. Be hard to pass that one up.
Can't pass up straight wood like that. Were you able to scrape off that dead poison oak before handling it? Hope you wore gloves. I don't get it very bad but I would still be careful with it.
Wanted to split the load off the truck rather than double handle the rounds. Limited time Monday so did it yesterday. Made some nice splits and 90%+ will go for bundle wood. There was a couple more chunks I couldn't get at the score so may go back.
Bundle wood with poisin ivy on it??? That's a no-no. The oils can stay active for over a year and the volatiles go airborne when burned. Poison ivy in lungs can kill.
I removed it all with the cleaver before loading. Any strays got taken off when split and if I miss any albeit small they come off when assembled.
