Oak for days, more like weeks

buZZsaw BRAD · Sep 21, 2025

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Instead of working harder, I decided to work smarter for a change. I reached out to my most steady tree guy and asked if he could move all of these logs for me and if so, how much? We haven’t worked out an exact price but I’ve been dealing with him a long time and feel comfortable we can agree on a fair price for each of us. Today was the first of what should be about 5-6 loads.
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Smart move. That oak is some heavy stuff fresh cut.

T.Jeff Veal · Sep 21, 2025

jrider said: ↑

Instead of working harder, I decided to work smarter for a change. I reached out to my most steady tree guy and asked if he could move all of these logs for me and if so, how much? We haven’t worked out an exact price but I’ve been dealing with him a long time and feel comfortable we can agree on a fair price for each of us. Today was the first of what should be about 5-6 loads.
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That is a good idea. You will have more time for processing.

John D · Sep 21, 2025

Jrider see what old age does
It makes you work smarter
I perfer finding easier ways to do things now

jrider · Sep 21, 2025

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John D said: ↑

Jrider see what old age does
It makes you work smarter
I perfer finding easier ways to do things now
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If it wasn’t delivery season I would probably be out there busting them all down and hand loading into the dump truck so I’m still not that smart yet but I’m getting there

jrider · Nov 19, 2025 at 8:26 AM

My tree guy finally got around to moving the logs for me. Only took a couple of pictures but it looks like a lot more now that it’s all at my mom’s place. Not positive how many truck loads it was but it’s a lot. Have to cut down some of the big boys to be able to move them with the tractor. Who knows when the time will come for that though as it’s peak delivery season.

Timberdog · Nov 19, 2025 at 11:44 AM

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About 4-5 weeks ago I posted my “cherry score” which was a by product of the real job on this farm just a few miles away. There are about 12-14 large oaks lining a field the farmer wants gone. When scored the cherry, it was because potatoes were still in the field but they are gone now. I got started this morning on the trees that had a nice easy lean into the open. Right around the time I got those done, the farmer showed up with his excavator to push the others down while I cut as they weren’t leaning into the field. As many of you know, I’m not a fan of big wood but I told the guy I would take it all so here I am. Once the machine was here we made real quick work of putting the rest on the ground. Here are some pics. You can see the 2 biggest trees are right around 40” in diameter. The smaller trees are around 20”-24” in diameter. There were two gum trees which he had no problem dumping in the woods for me which is the only way to deal with that garbage. It’s hard to tell but that gum is 20” in diameter. When I asked about the brush, he said just leave it and any junk wood I don’t want where it is. They will move it all with machines when I’m done. Going to be cutting and hauling from here for a while.
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Wow! Weeks? More like years! Congratulations! Great score!

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Oak for days, more like weeks

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