Thats a lot of wood! Looks good! I too am waiting a turn of weather. The pine score has wood yet . . . .
Well its Monday again. Cut another load. Some clean up limb wood and started bucking that one tree from the top down. Of course its in the pricker patch from hell. Another half cord from todays work. Ready for the hydro. Some was green and some bark tight. It'll get stacked separate. All in all a great day to be out. Sunny and windy. Typical March day, even a manic Monday! At least another load from this one big blowover.
Weather and work have kept me from this score, but its Monday and i still have the mania. Fourth load cut today. I guessed at how much as i had to stage rounds before loading. Half cord. 75% the bark came off. Not sure if ill cut more here now or wait until Fall. Couple other spots i wanna hit before winding BL harvest down.
Drove by this score on the highway side and noticed all the blowovers were gone. State cleaning up roadside! Stopped today, checked it out and all gone. Turned into chips. Enough to almost make this hoarder cry. Planned on hitting it again this Winter. Had i known idve hit it sooner. At least a couple cords left to schlep out. Scores like this are hard to come by.
Huge machinery cutting along this particular highway. Lots of storms in recent years make a mess so they are clearing back from the sides and wires. Years past they would do it the conventional way. Chip the limbs and leave the wood much to my liking.
It’s at this point I’d like to point out you and Eric have been developing some bad locust scavenging habits down there. I know you guys like bark off but if you let it lie it just may fly. I’m keeping my eye on you two
That is a bummer Brad. They’ve been doing some serious work with that machinery for awhile now. It’s too bad they don’t leave anything behind. But hey, gotta keep the lanes open.
This was the North parking lot at Redwood flea market. Still a nice grove of locust there. One leaner im tempted to call the guy asking if i could take it.
If i had the storage room id hoard all i could plus only needing 5-7 cord per selling season i scrounge what i need. No worries though as i have old BL inventory way in back at storage. Need dry or frozen ground to access. Seriously considering abandoning that area because. Have you started processing you pile of BL?
Yeah what you need is a bit of woods you can toss all your BL rounds in and let ferment a bit. Nothing right near your house? Just back into the woods as far as you can and dump em off the truck. Like money in the bank. Still not processing mine. Have more already processed than I need for awhile. The stuff in the field will get done soon enough. The logs from the last score can hang around. Never know, maybe I’ll find a use for lumber instead of firewood.
Well with time to cut a load or two per week in the cold id like to make one a BL cut. Problem is mud. My round staging area at my BL only area is way too muddy and will get stuck. The load i cut with Eric earlier this month got stacked on the actual stack and is in the way as there's 3-4 cord to be sold this Winter yet. You of all hoarders know about this logistical nightmare. Although you do have some okay staging areas in the front and end of driveway.
I sort of have that in back of my main storage in Wallingford. Problem is mud. Water table high there and squishy yard. I have 6-7 cords of splits ready for sale plus another two cords of rounds to process. All two or more years back there. Rather than cut fresh barkless stuff to refill the front three cord rack i think ill move this stuff to the front if and when ground freezes or dries enough whichever comes first. PITA but it is what it is.
Least they left some behind! How far South are they on Parkway now? Curious if they’ll turn around and make their way north at some point.
Found the outfit doing the work on the Parkway. They’ve got a bunch of pics on their FB Page: J&J Brothers | Meriden CT
Thanks for the link. I actually made a comment on their facebook page. Never pizz off someone with locust mania!
Very little left, mainly limb wood and not really worth the effort unless i had none anywhere to scrounge. There is a nice leaner there. Maybe ill ask to cut it down
