With rain forecast tomorrow, mother's day Sunday and rain again on Monday, I opted to cut the rest today to avoid any mud. Maybe 75% sugar maple with the rest hickory. Couple logs left wedged under the pile. There's five 20' tall sugar maple spars still there he said will be coming down so maybe I'll be back in the future. Got to storage and rain started and didnt let up so still on the truck.
Unloaded and staged for the hydro. I had time before the rain, but didn't feel up to it. I did split the general cordage rounds though. Sugar maple bundle splits from the first load got temporary stacked. They'll get good sun and will get moved next door eventually. Barkless splits (in back) will go for smoker inventory.
Split the cottonwood from post #101. Roughly 40% of a cord. Moved the bundle splits next door. Some splits for fire pit wood to be sold later this Summer. Stacked with the silver maple from the front. Finished third row and started fourth. The sugar maple from last week will be moved here within a month. I have a new cut for tomorrow. Stay tuned.
Got a text from the same location as post #100. More wood staged up in back this time. Back right up, cut and load. Wanted to go while dry. Building lots are a muddy mess when it rains. Slow going picking out the non cottonwood logs. Hit a rock once in a blind cut plus dirty wood dulled the chains fast. Ended up with a load of dead ash, back birch, black walnut, elm, Norway and silver maple. Anyone want a restoration project? Abandoned in the wooded lot for God knows how long. Mostly cottonwood left which I'm not going back for. Change of plans so I had to unload rather than split off the truck. They have more for me at another location near where I cut last week.
Havent been able to hit the BL honey hole over the last few weekends. Didn't feel up to it but forced myself to go. Too much work for only a face cord load in the warm sun. Split the rounds after at storage. Ill buck the limb wood next week. Some of this will top off a bay in my friends shed. Done with that location until late this Fall.
Good to see you got something else from that score before the real heat sets in. Agreed, working in the sun and moving the rounds a long ways to the truck is not my idea of fun either. Come fall when all the weeds die back, I’m sure it’ll all still be there waiting for you
It wasn't fun as I'm still not well. A week of antibiotics hasn't helped. A nice path has been trampled to the back pile. A few good sized softwood logs will need to be moved if you feel like playing with the 395 there. I don't know if its worth the effort. I didn't cut any from where we were the first time.
Bucked all the BL limb wood with the battery saw. I split the full length rounds from last Tuesday's load this afternoon. Most added to general cordage. Some HVBW and silver maple for bundle wood inventory. Ill start a black birch stack as I have a customer who likes a half cord each Winter. Usually scored in small amounts so hopefully it fills up by late fall. I may split more this week and have a cut or two planned later this week.
Thanks to Eric Wanderweg for this score. Commercial lot cleared in his home town. Free wood sign by the road. Lots of wood to be had including black locust. Since he has Drs. orders to refrain from hoarding for the Summer he offered it up to me. His offer to help today easily twisted my arm. Heaping load of BL was a pretty easy cut and load. Easily another load of mostly Goldilocks sized BL there ill be back for in the near future. Split the load off the truck after. Bark on and heartwood separated out. Stacked the bark on and nearly filled a half cord rack. Maybe 1/8 cord of heartwood splits will be stacked somewhere eventually. Well over a half cord for the score. Thanks again for the lead and your help Eric.
Worked out pretty good. I moved the hydro right near the rack and it was in the shade too. Rare that a load gets processed and stacked in the same day. Feel like taking a ride to Woodbridge tomorrow? Some nice Chinese chestnut and hickory there?
Well today started out with a small fiasco. I had procured a FBM score over the weekend. Roadside wood recent cut back from utility lines. I arrive at the cul de sac and there's an Asplundh pick up parked. I stop and ask if they're cutting more trees. No. Is the wood still there by #24 "yes, but it cant be touched, there's a dispute between the neighbors". So I proceeded to see if he was BSing me. Nope. A lady and the local DPW boss chatting. I pull up and tell them why I'm there and how I got the okay. She wasn't happy and the guy said no. I was nice and polite. Some nonsense about who's property the wood is on and they weren't supposed to cut them down. Friggin' people with nothing better to do. It was an upscale neighborhood and I should've expected it. It was Goldilocks sized hickory for the most part. I wasn't going to beg either. Rant over. Time for plan B. Luckily my other score was close by so I went there and cut the third load. Split over 3/4 of it and the humidity got to me. Fatigue set in. Time to quit. Bundle wood General cordage. Can you guess what one of the woods was? May hit the score again tomorrow
The black birch and red oak from earlier cuts had started to grow fungus. Some rack maintenence and they got stacked together. My BB customer likes oak too so this will get sold late next year. Ill top it off with BB by the Fall, unless I get a big score of it then the oak will get View attachment 470289 View attachment 470290 relocated. BB in back. View attachment 470291
Stored the Elm from Sundays cut for future splitting (thread on that to follow) The remaining wood split at storage. General cordage in front and bundle wood piles growing Had planned to hit the BL in Eric's hometown again, but was informed its gone. (see post #132 above) Rather than hit my maple score I found a score for dead logs on FBM. I have a customer looking for semi seasoned/dead wood. Tree looked smaller in his pics. 20" at the bottom Sweet load. Solid barkless with very little punk. I split the entire load in an hour and 20 minutes. Has to be a record for me. Thinking the customer is going to be very happy.
