A big Bamagalia Poplar. You probably can't see in the picture but the power line and deck are just on the other side of the tree. So of course I'm keeping anything big enough to burn. I've filled up my basement already so I'm getting this cut and in the woodshed before I order a load of logs. Get to try out my new 20" bar and chain at the same time. New hitch on the lawnmower...check. Milk crate and pad...check Splitter raised to the proper position...check And here's the result of taking just the branches and piling them up. There was a bit more I piled earlier that isn't shown in the second pic. I'm thinking the rest of the tree should finish up that row in the back of the shed and fill up the second row as well. This will end up being the first stuff I burn next winter so it will be great for shoulder season wood.
Nice work Chris F Those rounds might be ok by next year, but I always put at least one bust to any round.
I normally would but I used to help my Bil years ago split poplar from his farm because that's all he had and it was bone dry the next year, and he had much bigger rounds than these. Weighed a ton when throwing them in the trailer but you could pick them up with one hand after a year. It was a different species of poplar though. Just drop an axe on them and they'd split. I had one of these make the splitter grunt like a pig today, pretty gnarly.
Before I had the garage built, I had a big aspen dropped that had a bit of dead on the upper portion. Didn't want anything to happen in a few years (10-20?) later on in time. Turns out to have been a good move as there was rot and a split trunk up high! Gotta cull those dangerous ones.
Now it's done! What a hateful gnarly excuse for a tree. Not quite enough to fill the second row as I thought. Now on to my load of logs to fill the rest up...
