Thread revival again. I am starting to haul the Red Oak out of the field. This loaded measures 1.5 cords. There is at least one more trailer load like this before I start working on the main trunk. The truck handled the weight better than I did. That’s a lot of heavy wood to load by hand. It’s still too wet at the bottom of the field for a tractor. The four wheeler and trailer float enough to get the wood up the hill. I’m not sure how much I’ll work on it this weekend. I might do it like Horkn, evening or morning to avoid the heat. When it is split I will stack it next to the other stacks in the background. If it wasn’t Oak I would not be busting my butt to get it. There is plenty of other wood around me to cut. I can’t let Oak rot in a field though.
I know the feeling about leaving wood, my helper (wifey) gets cross-eyed when I tell her somebody has called about a tree, but she don't won't me to work alone and I'm hard headed...lol
It gets the job done, even if I have to cut one block at a time. We cut one tree that a storm took down in 20" long rounds. Could only get 8 on my 16' trailer. Went by the scales and they averaged 975# each. Wish I could find the picture.
This is the only picture I could find. It was the bottom cut off the stump. I'm 6' tall, my son about 5'8". Big chunk.
Trailer load #2. The main trunk is left and some 8-10 inch limbs, I just need to fight my way in the weeds and creek to get to the limbs. This load took me three tries to get it loaded. Last week I loaded 4 rows and ran out of daylight, I tried again Saturday and ended up running the saw with my underwear and chaps because it was too hot. I finished it this evening. There is at least one more trailer load, that would be 4.5 cords total. I might get enough for 5 cords.
Nice work. It does get hot running a saw. Glad you didn't post a pic of you cutting in your drawers and chaps...might look like the Village People again......I do wear shorts and boots, don't have any chaps yet.
