I plan to. He said he'd get in touch with me after they were pushed. Maybe throw a loop of semi-chisel on to help with the dirt.
Looking around on the way out I spot some random stuff, so what's a hoarder supposed to do?? There's plenty of room, so... This is the road in/out.
So I left a tree notched and wedged. For some reason, I only had one wedge with me so I had to run home. I wanted this log to fall about 180º from the direction it appeared to want to go to get it in the clearing instead of the bushes. And yahtzee!
^ That tree plus a nice little piece of oak on the road out completed the day. My wood spot is stuffed!
Heck of a honey hole there. Tons of wood, price is right, and a great looking place to work. The stumps will make another whole load or two once you get to them, too!
I like to see chaps on everyone, especially your son doing that limbing in all that brush. I speak from experience, as I've knicked my chaps twice, both times doing limbing. Scares one quite a bit when you hit your leg and see the strings come out of the chaps. My friend is a logger who cut his leg limbing, It's the most dangerous part of cutting. It's so easy to trip on branches and lose a little balance. Safety first you all. That being said, just a fantastic score The Wood Wolverine, you're lucky man.
Middle of next month is the time line. He still has a few trees along the driveway that need to come down. One is pretty big, but he's going to let the right of way land owner drop it in case it damages anything on the way down. It's ugly but there's a ton of wood. To this point I've never needed saw buck. Now that I have all this long stuff, guess I'll build one. NH mountain man after seeing someones misfortune here on FHC, I've made chaps mandatory when my son and I have a saw in our hands. Not a hard choice. I'm the type that never rides motorcycle without all the gear and I never ride in a car without a seat belt. Easy decision when it comes to safety.
Glad to hear that The Wood Wolverine. Saving money by burning wood does no good if someone gets seriously injured.
Back at it this evening. I was solo so I only got a trailer load. Took down a real nice shag bark hickory. About 12" and 67' long. I sweat my arse off. My shirt was drenched. Very humid conditions here in South central Pa. If sweat was the key to long life, I'd be set.
Thursday evening I brought the last load home. It was totally dark and I was bushed so I didn't get the chance to post. Only thing left will be the stump wood.
He threw on a bunch of white oak pieces that were laying along the lane which weren't limbed. Underneath was more prime shag bark. I'd say we have our work cut out for us (pun intended) this fall.
