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In western MA where I am, we have black, yellow, grey and paper birch. Paper looks almost exactly like grey birch... both actually being white....
Brad, it's called A Beginners Guide to Recognizing Trees of the Northeast by Mark Mikolas. It's not only good for making an ID, it also compares...
Here is another picture of black birch in various stages of maturity. You can see is starts smooth and then begins to break up as it gets some...
[ATTACH] Black birch for sure. I have a lot on my property and it's great stuff. Dries quickly and excellent BTUs. The horizontal lines...
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Pest Alert: Elm Zigzag Sawfly Confirmed for the First Time in Massachusetts As if Elm didn't have enough trouble...
A lot of folks are doing that Dave. Or switching to Ram. I was in no hurry so it worked out fine for me but the fleet guys are getting pretty...
My new truck however was ordered 6 months ago and just landed though... Big difference from the 6 weeks it took to get the last one in 2017...
Well, I didn't mean the economy in its entirety is fully stocked. I meant OPE. Saws, trimmers, blowers, etc. No problem getting pretty much...
I was at my dealer a couple days ago as he's also a Fisher plow shop and I needed to get my gear pulled from my truck as it's being traded for a...
Had ours out this morning. I had an area that had about 9 beech break in half when we got our heavy 30" storm last month. The wood is already in...
Yup, put the 28" light bar on the 500 and let her eat. After a long winter's nap, she seemed extra hungry. I cleaned up the smaller stuff with the...
Red maple isn't bad wood for sure. It's great for shoulder seasons and I get all night burns out of a full firebox of it unless it's under 20...
Well, the 30" of snow we got a couple weeks back is finally subsiding in the hill towns so today I headed up the road to grab a couple more...
I ran one of the cheap Amazon units for a couple years. It would clog up and run very hot in short order. It was also so loud, you'd want ear...
I'm always amazed at the longevity of dead white (and red) oak. I had one come down across one of my trails this past fall. Looked completely shot...
We use ours all season long. Every tree we drop has the slash chipped.
We have a Crary Bearcat 5627 chipper. It an absolutely awesome investment. We hate brush piles and I'm not into burning and creating ash pits on...
