Had to dip in my BL reserves. Well not really as these were stored in an area at storage that I cant access often to to mud (high water table). Having such a good "shelf life" I wasn't worried. Moved some out to the front and split yesterday. Even then it was almost too muddy for the wheelbarrow. IIRC these rounds are three years old. Eight wheelbarrow loads yielded a face cord. PITA doing it like this, but it is what it is. Getting stacked today at my BL location.
Added to the stack yesterday. Topped off the second row and started a third. If filled it the will be 6 rows.
Procured a new honey hole last weekend. More storm downed trees, limbs and clean up wood from August 2020 storms in the area. With rain forecasted I wasn't feeling overly motivated even though its BL. Got sprinkled on a few times. Schlepped most of it out in sections then bucked next to PU and load. 241 flying solo. Maybe a face cord today. I debarked the big stuff to get rained on and/or dry for the near future. Couple cherry blowovers too far gone for me. More BL tangled up in them too.
Rain last Saturday so couldn't hit the honey hole. Nice day today so finished up the big trunk (third pic of post #25 above) with the 462. Lots of 3-5' long "clean up" logs buried under it. Cut and load filled the PU 3/4. Rather than hit the other big tree the guy let me fell a small standing dead BL and bucked another old blowover the same size to fill the truck. Half cord load. I stopped for gas after the cut and while pumping this log was smiling at me! Ill attack the hung up tree next weekend it the weather is decent.
Beautiful stacks and work, my friend. Glad you found a new BL honey hole. I've found dead standing cherry is great too. Sap wood will rot off quick, but the heartwood will be very hard.
The wood in your truck looks like the BL I'm able to scrounge. I like cutting and stacking, skipping splitting. It always feels good when you are able to refill your stacks.
Not a big HH. (multiple cords) I had scrounged some clean up wood here last year as it borders a parking lot for an office building. Discovered it by accident as one of my first BL customers lives right up the street. More downed wood from August 2020 storms here. I've harvested a LOT of BL from those two storms. Still more to be had.
The two small trees I took topped it off. The one i felled was very hollow at the stump and my heart sunk when I discovered it. Luckily it was less than one log length up the trunk. The other was hollow most of the tree. Unpredictable with BL as I've learned.
Not wood from this score, but the last of the BL rounds from my BL facility. It was more of less cut green with tight bark so split the rest yesterday as I needed some bark on to finish a stack at my other location. Topped it off and the rest was barkless which will go toward a half cord of the same for a customer.
