It was 63F here today so I got after it. A very productive day but I dorked around a ton. I started on a white oak and 2 small no bark elms. Got em loaded on the trailer cuz I can’t hand split white oak and elm. I split that load with my electric hydro in the shed. This is what the above load looks like split: Green white oak splits like elm, we’ve all been in this camp: Then I dropped 2 small no bark elms that had tipped over my trails. I have to cut them to clear my trails so I might as well firewood them. Then I dropped a perfectly fine shagbark hickory for a buddy who smokes meat. He told me 16 inches then he fine tunes the length at home. Sure glad I don’t have to split shag,,,,
My DNR guy wants me to “put on the forest floor any black locust you have”. It’s in my management plan so when they get some meat on them I drop em. Found this one close to a trail and he fooled me. He went about 30 degrees from where he was spose to. And hung up in a small walnut. I shut the saw down and removed my ear muffs and I heard him talking/creaking. I was about to leave when down she came. Took about 3 minutes. Gravity won, again. Got 23 nice rounds out of her and she had 28 growth rings. I will split this by hand in place. Back at it Monday if it’s still cool.
