Sneaky Saturday hoarding

Yesterday my wife asked if I could take "one day off" from firewood hoarding to help her with some stuff in the house. I agreed (reluctantly).

I woke up early this morning and tried not to even look at any trees to avoid temptation. But I got distracted when a big wild turkey ran through my yard like a maniac, and I accidentally noticed dead branches poking out from the forest.

Wife was still asleep so I put on yesterday's dirty work clothes and snuck out there with a Makita 36v battery saw (low noise). I found a small dead standing white oak and quickly took care of business.



Then I noticed a slippery (red) elm that was under attack from dutch elm disease, so I had to grab that one as well. 100% certain this one is red elm.



I hid the rounds behind the barn, went to the house, and showered. Wife woke up none the wiser.

 

Did my chores and then split it with a clean conscience.



I'll add it to the hoard.

 

Stealth mode! Haha

 

I like your style Working 2nd shift, more than a few times I’ve come home in the middle of the night and rolled a load of fresh cut rounds behind the shed, to process at a later date

 

Gotta get your daily fix.

Well done JY!

Ms. buZZsaw says if I bring home another load of wood she is going to leave me. Boy am I gonna miss her!

 

Nice score

 

Dump the load behind her car...

 

Jonathan Y
Man you got the disease bad.
Been there!!
Nice looking piles.....
Cheering for ya!

 

I split mostly with an axe (3 different axes, wedges, and sledge hammers, to be precise) for 5 years. Then I slipped a disc / pinched a nerve in my back, and I never want to relive that feeling. So now I'm 95% hydro splitter, and I swing an axe just enough to not get out of the habit.

10+ cords a year split by hand and I loved every minute of it. That's sort of sick in and of itself.

To be clear, chopping wood isn't what screwed up my back, but it probably didn't help.