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April 13 2020 Wind Scrounge

Discussion in 'The Wood Pile' started by M2theB, Apr 13, 2020.

  1. M2theB

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    Not much, but there’s more in that pile if I can get it before someone else does. Need to pack a saw though.
    Hoping the wind brought some gifts out back.
    Anybody else getting some, so to speak?
     
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  3. MikeInMa

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    I hope you're able to get more of it, if not all of it.

    No scrounging here.....yet.

    Given my current surplus, I'd take on more wood only if easy to get, and good quality.
     
  4. M2theB

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    Snob
     
  5. billb3

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    Still quite windy here.
    I'm not going in the woods to look but see nothing (new) from the perimeter.
    I've got panels blown out of the greenhouse.
    Always something.
     
  6. MikeInMa

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    Did you my stinky poplar thread? :cool:
     
  7. buZZsaw BRAD

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    tree top down on wires on neighboring street might be the one the made our power go out after i got home at 430. Cops and power co there ready to start but wind and rain still fierce. Ill check tomorrow. Also snapped off dead chestnut oak hung up on side of our driveway. Have to check with landlord on that.
    Nice little get M2theB
     
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    I've got a dead oak limb turned Widowmaker. About 20' hung up almost vertical with butt on ground.

    Maybe I'll scrounge the hood tomorrow.
     
  9. MikeInMa

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    Any chance of getting a rope on it, and pull it down?

    I've used the poles of my roof rake to get ropes up on limbs.
     
  10. Biddleman

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    2 BL leaning in my woods, plus a barkless tree down. Not sure what it is. Another BL took a maple out down the road. Utility company cut it to get it off the road. Hoping the neighbor doesn't want it.
    I saw a bunch of trees down. Most less in ideal places to get to.
     
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    That's the plan Mike. Work from a safe distance and don't make my wife a widow.
     
  12. Backwoods Savage

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    Haven't gone out to check for damage yet but don't expect much.
     
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    We didn’t see the wind as expected. I am buried with logs and rounds though, so I should not complain.
     
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    Got the rest of it.
    Also spotted some maple not far from here.
     
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    Found a spot with a couple hovering dead oaks and a smaller ash.
    Nothing new from the storm. They kick solid. I’ll put a saw in and see what they’re like.

    Hat thrown in for scale
     
  16. MikeInMa

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    I hope that's where you can get you atv and trailer into.
     
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    Nice! Was the deadfall blown over from the storm? Your own woods?
     
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    It’s close, but it’ll be hand carry for a bit. Surrounded by those rocks you can see in the picture.

    And those are blowdown from a previous event. Root balls still have plenty of dirt in the. And yes, our property. We’re lucky in that respect.
     
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    Oak and Ash, mostly still off the ground 2E3482B9-A43E-4E92-98B8-456F3D1D74ED.jpeg


    Quick notch to check this oak 05E01B6E-A455-4C9F-8128-B710C729A662.jpeg


    I cut all the way through this one before I decided my time would be better spent checking the other two and then cutting some trail. 11E05CA0-B93A-4D29-87CF-AA28D797A4BC.jpeg


    All three in this shot B8A5458F-8338-4EF7-BFB3-6DF5C3C5FDDF.jpeg Yup, they’re good!
     
  20. MikeInMa

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