You're right. I found a USDA map that shows the quarantine map for EAB- It's essentially the northeastern third of the US, with the southern boundary below Atlanta and the western boundary extending to Kansas and Nebraska. And one lonely county up in North central Colorado. The Federal guidelines specify about moving wood in/out of quarantine areas, but it also says that individual states can place their own restrictions out there, as well, i.e. Virginia Dept. of Forestry not allowing wood from central VA to cross Afton mountain to the west in order to stop the gypsy moth. I figure to be on the safe side since I'm crossing 4 state lines I won't be transporting my wood with me. Ultimately I don't want to knowingly bring some potential new disease or pest to a new state. Guess I'll see if I can find a buyer, otherwise it goes to the new homeowner. Just sad leaving a couple hundred seasoned splits and 24 rounds behind...it was a lot of work and time invested that someone may not appreciate as much as we do-
Went back today. Got the red oak and finished up the white. Some of the red was punky and had ants, but still got some good splits. Campfire special pile of leftovers Stupid water bar! Tribute split for Backwoods in vertical mode. Get well soon! Prepped the beech for splitting. Another fine day of hoarding.
Went back up yesterday to grab the "camp wood". Job officially complete. Now I gotta get motivated to deal with the Beech waiting for me to split it. Great wood, but man is it ever heavy!
Almost all of what I'm getting is red oak. They seem to be dying off here. Or at least declining. Going to take 3 big ones down at mom's here soon.
Maybe this coming weekend. I am considering trading some wooding labor with a buddy who can repay me by letting me use his shop to change idler pulley on my truck, so it may be another week or two before I get to it. What I need to work on is stacking. I have approximately 4 cord in piles right now. I hate stacking. I burn a lot of red oak. It's the most plentiful species in my woods. Dry time sucks, but splits easy enough. That vomit smell also when freshly split!
Every once in a while a non-hoarder will catch a whiff of my piles and be disgusted. What's that stink!? That's the smell of a warm January!
The wife said that one day when she came home from work and I had filled the basement with red oak... It did fill the house with a ripe aroma...
you have some nice toys there! Enjoy them. I wonder if some of your oaks are getting killed by acid rain. When the leaves are back on, send a drone up and take a peek at the tops of the trees in your area.
It's always good when you can buy a *toy and get work out of it! I was thinking the other day....all my "fun toys" with the exception of my motorcycle and firearms (tools really) are related to working in the woods or procuring firewood. I'm OK with that. I guess it is a reflection of my values. The next big toy, that I have been wanting for a while, is a boat. It continuously gets pushed back by other more necessary things. Someday.
About 400' of riverbank. Got a dock too, just nothing (besides a kayak) to park there. I see a nice second hand pontoon in my future...somewhere...sometime.
It is nice to be able to take your splitter into the woods and split on site. I was thinking about a DC to AC converter with enough juice to run my little electric but I think that is probably being silly. With your splitter in the woods it makes quick work.
