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Spring Break wood harvesting

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  1. Woodwidow

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    Gorgeous morning. Clear and frosty! Got out to the woods just as the sun was coming up.

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    Frost on everything so we had to watch our footing.

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    Campinspecter got the wood splitter in place and we started processing wood.

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    Campinspecter does the hard work - bucking the rounds and splitting them.

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    My job - loading the truck. We got mostly Western Hemlock and one small Douglas Fir.

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    Nice score!! Is that all free for the taking? Looks like a lot of good wood leftover there.
     
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    Looks like a fine day you had.
     
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  4. Woodwidow

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    Wood that doesn't meet industry standard for sending to market is left in the woods. It will get piled up and burnt or taken to a chipper if the market is good for chips. You just need to go to the woods office and get a firewood permit for free.
     
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    Nice!


    That's the nice safe easy way to get wood.
     
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    Looks like a good days work:thumbs: :saw::axe:
    I didn't see the pups but I'm sure they were there
     
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    Very nice! Free permit, wood down, brush N/A. You can't beat that with a stick!:tree:
     
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    Looks like a great day at the woodpile!
     
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    When it is that cold the pups get left at home. they don't have underfur and one doesn't have any fur on her belly. they did get to go to Granny's and be spoiled by her.
     
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    I think they are getting spoiled by you too :) hey but nothing wrong with that that's just the way it is with our pets :thumbs:
     
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    Beautiful to get out early in the mornings. Looks like you had a good day. Frost means that you will see a little bit of winter this year.
     
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    Third day out wood cutting. I didn't take pictures of the first day so I guess it didn't happen. My arms could tell a different story. A little warmer today so winter has come and gone. The "kids" came with us but this is where they spent most of the time.

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    Campinspecter found three nice Douglas Fir chunks to start with.

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    Log dog and winch make it easy to get the rounds to the splitter.

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    At the end, everyone goes for a walk to look for potential wood for the next load.

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    Overcast today and may rain tomorrow. I will keep you posted.
     
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    Sweet
     
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    Good pictures
    There's the pups :thumbs:
     
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    That is just plain beautiful country. Great too that you can get the wood like you do.
     
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    Whats the make and model on those saw pants the CampInspector is wearing?
     
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    No matter how many times I see this, I'm still fascinated by that wood splinter. I would die for something like that. Can you pull a log out of the pile with it too?
     
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    Looks great! Always love seeing action shots!
     
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    Yes, to some extent. Usually Campinspecter gets the log to a point where he can then haul everything out with the truck. Here is a couple of videos.



     
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