"Things to Ponder" , cutting firewood observations

Thanks guys. Making a few mods for this spring's haul. I'm looking forward to showing my whole op after a while. I do have a good time with all of it.

 

Just realized you have tracks on the 4x4.......double cool.

 

That set up would pull good with a snow machine.
On level ground it should pull nice & straight

Got me thinking

 

Yep… those are Tatou tracks. They were bought with the machine right from the dealer… even the warrantee covered them! The very first oak log Ben pulled out last spring had to weigh 1500 lbs. The machine (in low range always) never even knew it was on. I was very impressed with last year's efforts. Looking forward to this March for more. Might even start earlier. We'll see. I had to take my annual "flop" off some icy steps about a month ago and I'm about 85% back. I'll see if I can find a couple pix of the beast on tracks.

 

This is a great picture :

 

Those were 3 fun days with my son, bogydave . Here's my favorite shot of him... gives a perty good idea how much he likes this stuff... wish I had a video of him...

 

Just the other day he was a young kid splitting wood.

 

Baaaaaazzzzaap! ... 19 year time warp... whew.

 

They sure do grow up quick.

 

damm Wheaties...

 

This was a great thread to resurrect. Really helps when I'm stuck inside while it's freezing raining like a mofo here.

 

I know, what an awful day! I wanted to get out and cut some but that ain't gonna happen.

 

Oh to be young again

 

I have been cutting since I was about 16 and could drive. dad would let me borrow the truck and I would cut and sell half cord loads for spending money.

Then I got married and within 6 years we had four sons. As soon as they could pick up the smallest pieces we started cutting to heat our house, and we got a small splitter and began selling some wood to help pay for it. I would give the boys some money, and apply the rest to splitter and expenses.

Top ten highlight of my life was being one isle over from two of them in a store. One said, "we should buy this!" The other answered, "That would cost us one load of woods paycheck". The other said, "well it's not worth that". At that moment I had a hint they had learned what hard work was, how hard work can help you earn, and how those earnings should be a little hard to part with.

They are almost all in college now, but I attribute their work ethic to cutting firewood, and I am certain they could not have learned quite the same work ethic in very many other activities in the culture we live in.

When I commented recently about having to change strategies when they are all gone, they piped up and said they'd be bringing some grandkids by before then! So hope someday another generation will learn to work, and the Proverb " that the rest of the laborer is sweet"

 

Good read Greg. Thx.

 

With a lot of the hard work gone from our society, a lot of the small farms gone, this lesson is tough to come by. Firewood is a great lesson for the kids even if they never burn themselves. I have a two and four year old around and try to get them out with me when appropriate. Obviously the two year old isn't much help, but the interest is there. The four year old is quite the meticulous stacker; could teach her mother a thing or two.