Firewood day

My boy asked me to help him and his friend Raymond today and I happily obliged. Fell several trees. What a mess. Got 2 hung up and eventually dropped a 3rd onto them to knock it all down. Little defeated that the fence (mini-horse pasture) didn’t come out unscathed but Andrew said he’d fix it. What’s done is done. I underestimated the lengths.


First one down, then the schit started hitting the fan, lol. Felling across this gully.


We then hooked up chains and rope to pull them up out of there. These were all chest/head high, really making for some challenging cuts, physically. I definitely over did it today.






Should be able to pull some of these from the other side. Felling on a steep slope was very challenging.


The little compact Kubota my son is allowed to use was peeing hydro fluid so they stopped using it. Turned into a noodle-rama.


Raymond bought a brand new Husky 545 earlier that day, for a whooping $220. Ran great. He ended up going back to TSC to get 2 more chains. Very rocky conditions.


More to come.

 

Lots of nice wood!

 

Looks like a lot of nice oak in spite of the difficult terrain to cut in and problems with the skid steer. Couldn’t ask for a much nicer day weather wise either. Great parting shot at the end with all those Huskies too!

 

Looks like a nice pile of rounds and some nice ground!

 

Looks like a good outing. Husqvarna party

 

Nice job! Cutting on slopes is a workout for sure. Looks like a pile of nice wood, and nice collection of saws!

 

Nice!

 

Some challenging conditions there. On the ground with minimal collateral damage.

Not a fan of cutting wood on rough terrain anymore. Were old farts, remember Jason?

Oh and QOTD: You getting any wood?

 

No wood for me, just saw time and some groundie work.

 

Back on site. Someone noodled through a bullet.

 

Much better than hitting a nail or even barbed wire

 

Nice job. Some really nice wood there.

 

Since my ground is white and sloppy; I am staying inside on FHC and living vicariously through its members Thank you.

No wood and hard conditions are bummer…
Helping your boy and trigger time

 

One way to get the lead out! I've seen buckshot in trees but don't recall ever hitting any.

 

I hit a bullet with a wood planer once….ruined the blades. It was nice and smooth until the bullet and then it was a perfect bullet shaped ridge all the way down the board.

 

That sure does suck. I’ve not nicked mine but they are likely due for a swap out. It’ll be my first time doing so. It’s just a lunchbox Delta.

 

Yesturday's fence mishap. Didn't decimate it though.


Today brought much more felling. One side of a dual leader came down just fine, even though it contained quite a a bit of rot.

This vid is the larger one beside it. After cutting the notch, I saw what I thought was good healthy wood, even though it was dead standing.

I was wrong. Hinge didn’t hold long enough and it decided to veer right.

Very top branches made contact with an older 3 row wooden fence inside the pasture. Minimal damage, knocked tow top boards off, which I felt bad about but Andrew said it will just need nailed back up.






Then the one everyone was most concerned about. We used a ratchet strap and chain after seeing cracks that might lead to barber chair.

Came down drama free and was excellent quality future firewood.


I let the young men do most of the hard work, but did stack this load. Pretty decent one too.



These weren’t fun to section up. One was head high when standing in the bottom.

Got quite a few pulled up and out. Left some for my son to work over during the week.


After several months of not doing firewood, I’m sure feeling it. Felt great to be outside working with these two men. They’re sharing this wood as they both have wood stoves. My son Andrew is going to get it split (on the small side) asap and try the solar kiln wrap in hopes to get it dry quicker. I’ve already warned him but with zero wood, it’s all he can do. More to come…

 

That first video with the three-fer was wild

 

Nice job Jason!