Well, I went by today to talk to the parks people and they are on board with me dropping tat big P. serotina. They even volunteered to chip the small stuff after I remove the rest. Now I just need to do all of my planning and decide if I am going to tie off to that tree when I drop the one this side of it that threatens my fence. If my planning comes up with how nice it would be to tie off to a tree that is no longer there I would be just a bit upset. I may end up working that tree from my shed roof which would let me piece it down, yes it is that close.
The wind is still strong at 30 mph so I'll stay out of the woods today. We did lose one pine that I could see down off the road on the land I usually cut on. It looked like the top went into the road which the town crews took care of so tomorrow I'll clean that mess up.
While my wife was out for her walk she heard several tree go down in the woods. No, she was not in harms way.
Yes, a lot of people are killed by falling trees or limbs during storms. I avoid hiking if the wind is blowing hard.
Good!! When I'm in the woods cutting I always look at big trees and limbs down and think, I'm glad I wasn't there when they went down. I always figured being a wood burner, that's how I would go. "News: Retired Fire Chief dies in the woods from a fallen tree. He was still gripping his chain saw!" Chief
Just more storm damage, it's nothing huge but it all adds up. Picture 0047 is the Maple top that came from the Maple in picture 0048 and the next four pictures are from up top. Pics 0051 & 52 is a Sugar Maple. I was going to start cutting up top but the winds were stronger the higher up I went so we'll save it for another day. We did lose a nice Hemlock but for some reason I never took a picture.
It looks like the winds will come down enough tomorrow that I'll start on this wind damaged Sugar Maple.
I was up top early so the Sugar Maple that was on the ground is bucked up, we do have part of that branch that needs pulling off off a damaged Beech tree but I'll do that after the cold snap rolls through. There was enough dirt in the biggest part of the Sugar Maple that I ended up filing the chain three times. After I was done I looked over and I saw a downed Ironwood so I cut that up and brought it home. We'll see how much snow mother nature throws at us, if we don't get much I'll be bringing the splitter up so I can finish the job.
Yep, a branch came off it 8 or 9 years ago and it was the same but once seasoned it makes for some nice heat. Usually in May we start to get some wind events that bring down trees so if you look at it like that, this is a good start.
Here's some pic's of some wood that blew down I think it's smooth bark hickory. There was a little punk on the edges at the base but worth the taking.
Tomorrow after putting in some wood I'll be getting 051 bucked up and the same for 052 which is part of the same tree but needs felling. I have some trail clearing that will need to be done so I can get the rhino to this wood but it should only take 35 - 40 minutes.
I took care of the damaged Sugar Maple up top today after getting the trail cleared so I could get there, we still have some rounds left up top but I'll get them after the storm and snow is gone. After I took the first load home I went back in to clear another trail of some damaged Sugar Maple, the biggest part I left standing and I left some smaller rounds that have branches on it the the deer are eating. The A/F on the camera was off so some of the pictures aren't good but it won't happen again. Pictures 077 & 0078 are some trail clearing of a not so good Red Maple that's been down blocking the trail.
