Got a call early from one of my farmers where I cut. Tree came over onto the fence and 20 feet into the corn field that needs sprayed. He says "it would be an easy one" can you get it ? I know the way back to it would be a mud bog as much rain as we have had. But I will fill the saw and either walk back or take his gator. He knows I don't cut in the summer but he can't tear the corn field up pushing it out of the way. I will just buck it and stack the rounds for a fall pick-up . Hope it is something worthwhile. Pictures one evening next week.
Good luck Locust Post, be safe and hope the mud factor isnt too bad. I hate cutting in the heat myself, but free wood is free wood and you have to keep your connection happy. Looking forward to seeing the pics! Can you convert Black Betty to 4WD? Heard it on the radio the other day and thought of your PU of course!
Good luck on getting that wood and it is great you can stack it up until after the corn is off. Around here, there is still lots of corn seed in the bag rather than in the ground.
I can’t do much of anything in the heat anymore. Was just out bucking some logs this morning. Lasted about an hour and had to take the atv for a ride down the road to cool off. I was soaking wet and ready to pass out. damm.
well I made it out at 90 degrees but at least we had a breeze. Once I found out it was sugar maple I went ahead and hauled it home
Probably a good face cord. Farmer said I found another one down, I had to remind him, unless it is inturupting the farming or you can't push it out of the way......NO !!!. I am now going to be doing a few evenings or mornings cutting for a widow from church. I had taken quite a bit off and on to her and her husband as he was having heart trouble. It got the best of him a few weeks back at 72 he could not sit around anymore and went to brush hog, dropped dead that same day.
I can't either. One test I use for being overheated is to read something whenever I take a break. If I can't make sense of it, it is time to take a much longer break.
Like that you have been helping out! Very sorry about the gentleman's passing! Got to give him credit ,though, he died facing forward and living life!
Working in the heat sucks any way you slice it. But with a full time job, I’ve got to do it when I have daylight and that pretty much means summer. I try to get rounds into the barn where there is light and at least split in the winter but as often as not, the splitting gets done in the summer as well. There’s only so much room for rounds.
