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Woodcutting AK 2017

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  1. bogydave

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    Got a late start , wait for rain to pass
    Still sprinkles & foggy.
    Got here 11:15, by 1200 8 trees on the ground
    what a mess I jut made had one hang up,
    Took a bit to get it on the ground
    Funniest part is done
    Now ,de-limbing:D
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    At least you can just throw the limbs out of the way and not have to clean them up....
     
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    Nice Dave. Get that wood before the daylight hours go too short and the snow banks too high.
     
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  4. bogydave

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    Looking a little better
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  5. bogydave

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    Definitely a "target rich" environment:yes:
     
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    Nice white birch! Got a little of it in my shed, im looking for more pretty good wood.
     
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    Biiiiiirrrrrrrch
     
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    Dave any restrictions on which birch you fall or just cord limits?
     
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  9. bogydave

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    Just max of 10 cord per household per year
    Can cut any tree inside the cutting area ,
    birch, spruce mostly.
     
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  10. FatBoy85

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    How often do you grab a spruce?
     
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    Almost never
     
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    Yeah they are pitchy...
     
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    Birch is good stuff.
     
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    I took these pics today of a relatively dry spruce round. Its from a tree I dropped earlier in the day.
     

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    Wood snob extraordinaire.....lol
     
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    I get this when I find a patch of doug fir only its either that color or more clear. Other times I'll lift a round thinking its so wet but yesterday I split some wood at a friends, at least 24-28 inches across half rounds. I picked it up thinking wow this was baking in the sun all summer and it's feeling like I just cut it last week. I went ahead and split it, its partially rotten on the outside, still solid enough to split but a pitchy fatwood center nugget was in the middle of some of these half rounds. I ended up just separating what was the fatwood so that she could start fires more easily.
     
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    :yes::yes:
    Yep,
    I'm paying $10/cord.
    I'm gonna get the good stuff :D
     
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    Was 26° at the cutting area this am
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    So how do the boundaries work? Are they considered like the same place you go to all the time, some 100 by 100 foot lot or is it like a 40 some acreage that many others do the same thing as long as they can access it?
     
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    No bugs!!!!

    Got another load
    Was a busy place today, weekend I think.
    Will wait for weekdays from now on.

    Gotta get a new permit too
    Clean / sharpen saw
     
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