We had a box elder come down at the cottage a couple weeks ago in the last windstorm. Fortunately it didn’t hit the cottage; but unfortunately, it fell in the lake. It needed to come down anyway, but this didn’t exactly save me any time. We got a load of new shore armor stones and it was growing right out of the current beach, so it couldn’t stay. I gotta admit it was kinda fun figuring out the best way to fish it out of the lake. There was also this black locust. I brought a load of that home. Got all the brushed burned as well, plus a lot of driftwood.
Having a truck, rope, and wide open yard sure does help with the effort. Nice job. Sent from my SM-T280 using Tapatalk
Don’t forget the pulley! That stump was in just the right spot for a straight-on pull too. It was coming right off the lake too, and it was chilly, especially this morning! The brush fire was just the ticket today.
With the temps we have today, and stiff lake breeze, There was quite a bit of chop to that water today.
I went firewood fishin today too...was dropping 4 dead Elms next to a creek...the last one was leaning the wrong way (North), but just a little...the wind was blowing in the direction I wanted it to go (South)...so I decided to try it, worse case scenario it goes the other way and I pull it back across the creek with the truck...I made a couple cuts, and then it cracked a bit and slowly leaned the wrong way. So I stood back to contemplate my options...while I was standing there thinking, a little gust of wind came from the West...didn't go North or South...went East...right into the creek! I hadn't thought of that option! Took me a good half an hour to get it back up onto dry land due to the creek bank being 4' straight down...and I ended up getting wet feet...was trying to stand on the wet log...yup, guess its a slippery Elm!
Just goes to prove, there are always options that people don't often consider. Sometimes they can be good options missed.. And at other times.
Well, I was supposed to be on the, “you need to work on your current hoard” 12-step recovery, but I just can’t help myself... Seems like a waste to burn that locust in the campfire so... The box elder is staying. I should have probably left the locust too cause if we run out of firewood at the cottage, that just means I have to raid my own stacks. But I think we’ve got enough to keep us going for a while... Course Eric VW would probably see that as a challenge... Thanks! Been workin on it for a couple years now....
I’ve seen worse on that lake made the end of the brake wall and encountered some 6 footers one day haha
LOL.. I've been to Erie and Ontario a few times where I wouldn't think of approaching the shoreline. I'm quite happy being 2 hrs south of the waterline.
Nice work in a beautiful place. Having said that, I would never expend that much time and energy on box elder, unless it fell in my favorite fishin' hole.
