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Splittin stackin some sugar maple

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  1. HDRock

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    Split some ash to , played with my new blower150bt, all over the place :D and blew out from under pallets, then had to do some re cuttin saw started acting up , screwed around with that for a long time, got Pizzed ,packed up and went in

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  2. Woody Stover

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    That's a big boy; Don't accidentally blow a stack over. :) Yeah, it stinks when a saw starts acting up. :mad:
     
  3. My IS heats my home

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    Quite the little operation you got there HD. Like Woody said, nice blower.
    What do you pull your trailers around with?
     
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    He probably uses the blower off the back of that cart. "Hang on, we're goin' for a ride"!:rofl: :lol::thumbs:
    We need pics, of course, if you do it that way. Video would be gooder.:popcorn:

    I feel your pain hdr.
    Plenty of times I've gone out to get some processing done and the tractor won't start, or the saw tries to cut circles, or I get a bar pinched in a log.
    Goofy stuff like that makes me appreciate all the more, when things go right.
     
  5. thewoodlands

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    Nice work HDRock, the Sugar Maple is some nice firewood.

    I hope you get the saw problem straighten out.
     
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  6. chris

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    Been split some Ash and Sugar Maple as well as some big leaf maples here also.
     
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    Got a little sugar to split too, along with some cherry, hickory and a few more big rounds of beech. Maybe work a little at it Sunday evening, tomorrow is going to be an enjoy summer type day. I like the blower !!!
     
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  8. HDRock

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    if I have to go a long ways to go with a big load I will hook that little trailer up to the lawn tractor, otherwise I just use manpower, I have a rope hooked the tongue so I don't have to bend over while pushing it around, my splitter is stationary so everything that comes off the splitter goes right in the little trailer then to be stacked, it might be a little slower but I just can't see throwing it on the ground and picking it back up again

    You never know that blower might work to propel me around I only weigh 155 lbs and that blower kicks azz.
    I had enough fun with the blower to offset the saw wackin out, I was running all over the property then went out into the street to the turn around in front :D
    Thanks I'll 'llget her fixed up one way or another
     
  9. HDRock

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    it's pretty nice around here right now 80 degrees low humidity, most of the day I can work in the shade.
    I sweat my butt off in the factory for 32 years, working outside in the shade is a piece of cake
     
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    Oooh, the best part was the big grimy fans blowing hot air on ya' all day.
    Gooder times, gooder times.
     
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    Yeah ,once in a while when someone was standing in the right place we would throw a bolt up and hit the fan shroud a bunch of crap would come flying out , oh ya I had my turn at being the victim
    Some places they started putting filters on the backs and changing them
     
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    o_O
     
  13. Mitch Newton

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    Murphy's Law seams to happen quite often to me.
     
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    Lookin good !
     
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    I had dropped 4 sugar maples @ the end of last winter. I wanted to get them down before the sap started to flow. I was not able to get to bucking them up until this last week as I was on vacation. Looks like I will end up with about 2-3 cord once I get it all split. Nice looking stuff.
     
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  16. HDRock

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    That's a good amount of sugar ,will keep you warm, long time
     
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    yes it will. this is part of 2015-16 stash. Sitting @ about 23% right now. Should be prime for 15-16 season.
     
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    The blower kicks azz, it's going to get a real work out when the leaves start raining down.
    I had to take out 2 sections of tube ,was to long for my height :)

    Yeah ,I have some stacks, and less grass to mow, but always need more n more :tree::axe: