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Hickory and Red Oak - worked for it

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  1. basod

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    Neighbor had a bunch of trees cut so he could regain satellite signal. Couple medium sized hickories and a medium and pretty large red oak came down back in the spring. Cooler weather now but its been a chore getting the wood up the hill.
    Hickory on the left Red Oak on the right, bunch of poles in the middle mixture of white oak & hickory
    IMG_0597.JPG The hickory was laying down this bank IMG_0598.JPG
    This is the big red oak - ended up bucking to 40" and skidding them with a snatch block tied into the top of the small beech above - worked pretty well
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    Load of hickory IMG_0601.JPG
    Hickory limbs - these would be worth some money on ebay
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    One small white oak in the mix IMG_0603.JPG
    The medium red oak - bucked and carried up the hill - then I got smarter with the snatch block IMG_0604.JPG
    First pile of rounds&logs S/S. RO on the left Hickory on the right. There is more hickory that should finish that stack out - plenty of red oak to come IMG_0605.JPG
     
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    Skidded most of the big red oak - these should be some high yielding rounds IMG_0608.JPG IMG_0609.JPG
     
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    That should be about 5 years worth of wood for Alabama, hey??!!:D:rofl: :lol:
     
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    I'll be 5 years ahead when I get this all stacked;)
     
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  5. Shawn Curry

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    Thats a whole lotta BTUs! I'd love to get my hands on some hickory. Gonna reserve some for the smoker?
     
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    Great stuff basod!! :yes:
     
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    Whole bunch of limbs 1-2" that I have laid aside :grizz:
     
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    Thanks Loon - I've had the chipmunk patrol with me for past three days...no squeak has gone undetected:rofl: :lol:
     

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    Well done, really a impressive addition to the hoard.
     
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    Maybe rig up the 'Patrol' to help ya with that dang hill? :D

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    Very good job. I love all the pics! Tons of good stuff there!
     
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    Top-shelf score. Good middle of winter fuel. It's cool that you found a way to defeat the uphill part of gathering. Good catch!
     
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    They're pretty tuckered out as it is - finally got Samson to stop trying to sniff under the big red oak while I was bucking it:rolleyes:.
    He got tired of the 30' trips on the quad while I was snatching the oak up the hill and found a chipmunk burrow to dig out
     
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    Looks good Basod. The oak rounds throw heat juz lookin at em... ;)
     
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    You get any pics of your snatch block setup? I gotta get me something like that. That's gotta be the kind of thing where you don't know how you got along without it, once you have it.
     
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    Great work basod.. You probably just sent Shawn Curry over the edge though..lol.. You and Shawn are probably my two favorite members to follow here on a daily basis.
     
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    hard to get action shots cutting solo - it's setup in the small beech, on a nylon strap w/shackle. Probably going to move it to the dogwood on the right as that will be a better angle for the remaining tops
    I'll see if I can get some pics tomorrow morning - provided my back is ready to go at it agian;)
     
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    Looking good! Great work getting that all processed!
     
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    Moving wood uphill is no fun. It is infinitely easier to send rounds downhill with the aid of gravity.
     
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    Honda with 'horns. Nice. Gotta respect the judgement there.
     
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