mud season is when the ground thaws after snow is melted. We had an extended freeze in January here so the frozen ground is deeper than "normal" Im thinking it will go longer than usual. Top thaws and refreezes. If we get any dry days above freezing with March wind it will dry it fast...hopefully. At storage i have to drive across a yard and with mud it cant be done if i bring in a load of wood. PITA if i get an accidental score and it has to go there. Hope it dries fast.
I hear ya. Priorities. Great that its always around when you feel like grabbing it. Doesnt matter the wood type, share the pics. Always interested in what other members scrounge.
You are very lucky, everyone here dreads mud season, when the snow melts there is still frost in the ground so the water has no place to go so the top is thawed and turns to mush, we can have a foot of slimy mud for a month tell the frost comes out of the ground.
I had a brother who was stationed in CO when in the army. He claimed there was clay ground all over and was crazy whenever it rained, but I don't think he was in the mountains.
There may be clay out East and maybe in the city. I’ve never seen any up here though. Those pics you posted are brutal!
I bought an Oliver 550 Super with a loader. Smaller framed tractor with power steering. Selling my M with loader and 3 point, Massey Harris 44 Special with the front loader, and my pto powered splitter. That'll put me down to 5 tractors, 5 trucks, 3 dump trailers, 2 flatbed trailers and 3 splitters. That leaves me with 3 machines I can skid with and 2 to load trailers stack logs etc. I'm doing good, only bought 2 saws last year, so I have cut back a bit.
Sounds like a nice tractor,. Just out of curiosity, what you looking to get for the 2 you are selling?
The thread title fits, so..... I was out walking and about 200ft up from my driveway, lo and behold... It's across the road from an intersecting street. Must have rolled off a truck of wood as it made the corner. I got my tongs and went back for it. The tongs are 16" in length. Some kind of maple, I'd guess. Heavy. Must have been recently cut.
Sweet—another example of how abundant hardwood is in the East. I guess we’ve got salmon and grunge music here but it’s not exactly laying free on the roadside.
