Well resurrecting an old thread, but I am always after new places to cut. My logger buddies were in the area so I went out to see them at lunch armed with ice cold root beer and ice cream. All was well and one told me there was a LOT of hardwood farther back in the field at the base of the hills. Soo........ I stopped and talked to the landowner on the way out and he said "have at it, it would be great for the log cut offs to be cleaned up".
Where abouts in the Coulee region are you? It is some beautiful country down there!! I have an uncle that has 700 acrea near Boscobel. Anxiously await turkey season every year to go visit that country and enjoy the views! Kudos on the easy cheesy wood!
Well I thought I'd resurrect this old thread with my new place to cut wood. My logger buddies cleared out of here yesterday, got two loads so far and permission from the landowner. He really wants it gone and I offered I'd help burn up anything that is left. Never underestimate an old retired guy with a chainsaw and time.
Making some progress, but have a ways to go filling the stacks. Little difference between the black walnut and red oak.
Looks like a lot of wood. Nice saws, I really like the brands you chose. I picked up a makita/dolmar 6400 last winter to go with my husky 268xp and 450x. I'm really impressed with the dolmar and may convert the top to the 7900
If you are going to make a lot of firewood, you need a lot of wood. I have had people ask when they buy cords If I cut it on my property. People have no concept of how many logs go into a cord.
I know the feeling. Every time I cut and split I snap a few pics. Helps me catalog and keep track of what to burn when. Explain to her it's your super duper advanced system of keeping your wood stash organized. Wouldn't want any of it to get stale.
I have actually drawn a map of my stacks... and this year I wrote out of data list of wood type, location of origin, processing date. I'll have to post pics of those sometime to see if anyone does anything similar.
Well my map would be pretty easy, it's basically oak, more oak and some oak. Ahh.......I am being flippant in reality it's red & white Oak with a smattering of Hickory and once in a while some cherry. The black walnut was because it was something to do and I was between spots to cut. It does dry faster and makes real good campfire wood.
Wisconsin is such a diverse and beautiful state. I think it's funny that some call the lacrosse area "God's country", when that place is actually called Rhinelander. That's German for "God's country". I think it's because more Norwegian descendants settled in the Western area of the state and the Germans settled everywhere else in Wisconsin. They didn't know that Rhinelander meant that in German. I've got a LOT of relatives in the area by you Firewood Bandit . You probably know a few of them. Sconnie Burner , if you've got relatives near there, we could be related too. You never know. Heck, there's a valley named after my family out there.
I always heard Rhinelander called the land of the Hodags. At least it was when I lived there back in the early 50's.
The "Gods country" thing was really pushed when Heilemen brewing was in Lacrosse pushing Old Style, a very vile beer and Special Export who's claim to fame was a headache in every can. Actually the area here is what is called the driftless area which is a small region the glaciers did not cover during the ice age.
I never seem to tire of looking at the river. It has a calming beauty about it yet can be very destructive. I have a great tavern in Prescott, Wisconsin that my wife and I enjoy eating out in the summer on the deck facing the St. Croix and Mississippi River where they meet. It is were the recreational river meets the business river. Not uncommon to see a 12 barge set with a tug moving along with the just up the St. Croix the pleasure boat pulling the water skier or water tuber. But, probably the neatest site is when the Delta Queen comes up river to St. Paul. It is really as Mark Twain describes it, " everyone rushes out to wave to the riverboat.
