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"Twas a good day in da woods

Discussion in 'The Wood Pile' started by ole, Feb 27, 2018.

  1. John D

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    Looking good you are definitely getting it done
     
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    That's a good idea to move the rounds...
     
  3. ole

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    Well, I got all the rounds hauled to my woods. 11 loads. An Amish kid wants to split it with his dad’s hydro. We are working on a wage scale!

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    He wants to split it Saturday but we are going to the cabin.
    I cut another trailer of junk/punk oak for a buddy in town. He likes it for campfires. A $50 load:

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    He splits it himself.
     

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  4. ole

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    Another day another cemetery burn pile. It is spose to rain/sleet/ snow whatever later so we lit er off.

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  5. ole

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    We had a high of 28F here today and no snow on the ground so I walked my neighbors woods. It’s 40 acres and full of junked cars. Haven’t been in there since early December and oh my there are trees down everywhere. Counted at least a dozen oak and one black cherry. Glove on the cherry to show some girth. She’s a big girl.

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    Here are just 5 oaks. I couldn’t take pics of all of them.

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    He lets me cut anything on the ground. But I take care of him at Christmas and spray all his trails with Garlon 4 Ultra cuz his wife hates poison ivy. Garlon 4 absolutely smokes ivy but doesn’t kill grass.

    I’m going to be a busy beaver come March.
     
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    Wow, you make me feel very lazy.

    That is awesome work, I am impressed with how dead on you are on all of your rounds :yes:
     
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    Gives new meaning to hitting metal with the saw. Some nice stuff to put the saw to though.
     
  8. ole

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    I stay on my toes in Robert’s woods. But the thing is, I have 8 oaks and 1 black cherry on the ground in MY woods!
    From our July 16th wind event. I should clean up my woods first but we will see.
     
  9. ole

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    snowed a little here today
    I stayed warm and dry in the shed
    split about a half cord of oak
    there were 6 deer watching me load in the woods

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  10. ole

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    A friend about ten miles away just sent me this:

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    30 black walnuts are on the ground. He is doing the sale himself. He hired a timber feller to drop and skid now he has six timber buyers (mostly from Iowa) to come and inspect. Highest bid takes them! I am going to drive over and do a look I see a few but not many veneer logs there.
     
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  11. ole

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    This old girl might be veneer but I would need to see the length and see how many cat eyes she has.

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  13. ole

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    I’ll let you know how he does. I wager it’s gonna be north of $30K,,,
     
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    :jaw: :faint::makeitrain"
     
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  15. ole

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    The black walnut market is hot here in Southern Wisconsin. My wife’s brother just sold 42 about fours miles west of IMG_3482.jpeg me. Here is a small sample. He has another pile across the road but the gate was shut I didn’t drive through.

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    On my drive by a saw several that were 40 inches DBH. Big girls!