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Major Hoarding plans for Saturday

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  1. Unicorn1

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    ,Seriesiii109 and I are meeting at 0800 at the first brush collection site Saturday, I'm hoping the (1) log splitter was returned Friday evening and available for my use Saturday morning. Saw selection will be an AV026?, MS250, 044 Mag, Earthquake 45, pics to follow later tomorrow.:) I'm drinking a Russian Imperial Stout homebrew from seriesiii109's private reserve, drinking at room temp.:D
     
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    :popcorn::popcorn::popcorn: Must have patience.
     
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    Wait for it...wait for it....
     
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    I did a drive by late this evening on collection site #1, might need the choke set and chain to drag some wood from out of the pile.
     
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    He's a happy Unicorn1 . Drinking the happy juice. :)
     
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    Well it's over for today, 9 hours of hoarding related cutting/splitting. It was mid teens early this morning with a stiff Texas Panhandle wind. No injuries/accidents to report and we yielded 1.5 trailers of wood. The selected pieces in pic #8 will be made into bowls by seriesiii109.
     

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    A few more pics; We didn't even put a dent in the brush pile.:( Time to look into sides for the single axle trailer. That's seriesiii109 in pic #1, I'm the handsome one in pic #2.
     

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    I know everything is bigger in Texas but that's some huge brush !!

    9 hours. That's a workout.
    2 days in a row ?
     
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    Yup, a few of the large pieces had guide wire/cable etc in one end and out the other.:mad: I think I can get the city to place a pile of rounds outside the pile.
     
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    Sweet! Love the pics of you in front of the trailer. That horizon that goes forever is what I remember about the panhandle. Great stuff man!
     
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    Saturday only, Sunday family trip for pedi-cures? and on sight cocktails.:cheers:
     
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    Nice work Uni! You guys got alot done.....great pics!:yes:
     
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    thats a bad azz splitter, I&O 34 ton with Honda engine. what was the rental charge on that?
     
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    $89, picked up at 0700 Saturday, return on Monday same time.
     
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    Looks like hard work, but a good haul in the end :fire:
     
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    I think cutting and splitting at the brush site worked out best, nothing to clean up at the shop. I still need to improve my wood storage.
     
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    Worth the wait.:)
     
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    Nice haul! Uni, you get cold enough weather to burn often in tx? My brother used to live in Lubbok, and I do remember it getting cold at night, and hot in the day. Weird weather...
     
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    You got a fine score of wood, Unicorn1. That splitter looks like it could have sheared apart the rounds instead of using saws for bucking. What a beast.
     
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    WOW I'm sore this morning, but thanks to seriesiii109 I only had to do half the work.
     
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