The worst part is the biting ant colonies under bark. I can deal with the heat but despise being hot with ants biting. I was splitting pin oak in the rain today and the ants got under my shirt.
Way to go Eric! Congrats on the score and weight loss! I’m not a big fan of the heat myself. But at times, you have to power through to get things done. I had an amazing local scrounge a few years ago on one of the hottest days of the year. I feel at times, the universe love irony.
I typically tap out when it gets to about 85. It does depend on the humidity/dew point too. I don't mind sweating my arse off but I don't want to feel that heat exhaustion.
This morning I went back to the lot clearing operation and made 2 cuts on some black walnut, which was the easy part. The hard part was rolling the logs over to where my truck was, and then getting them into the bed. After a bit of a struggle, they were loaded. One 6’ and one 8’. I brought them to a former coworker’s house this afternoon so he could mill them. Within an hour of dropping them off he sent me a picture of the first log milled. I wasn’t planning on it originally but I may go back for a few more BW rounds to make firewood from. They’re too small to mill but just right sized to handle and convenient to access.
Fat is an amazing insulator. Losing even 10-20 pounds makes a difference in the warmer weather. Added bonus is your body doesn't have to work as hard just moving around.
I'm late to this thread! NICE!! Haul Eric Wanderweg !! I gotta agree with you, I'm about after 60º's, I hate working in the heat! I got my loads in January through March. Beautiful haul! Nice "Free wood" sign also, hope you took it!
One more load from the lot clearing spot. Mostly black cherry with a few black locust rounds buried underneath. Someone else has been hauling some serious wood out of here.
There’s still one more ugly BL log left; the one that had the trunk snap off in high winds. These guys that cleaned house here recently even felled the standing BL spars too They knew what they stumbled across… I’ll keep an eye out for another score of it for you though. Hopefully next time it’s closer to you too.
Ya know Eric. We might wanna check out jo191145's woodyard. Mebbe he was trolling the area with his trailer.
I passed this roadside cutting last week but didn’t have a saw with me then. Today my travels took me nearby so I came prepared. The #1 priority was the black locust. 4 rounds of dead ash were a nice bonus. I narrowly missed this nail that was hiding on the underside of the ash log.
is Dr. Summeroff's reaction! Idve done exactly the same thing. The heck with doctors orders! Going back for more? I haven't had time to hit either of my BL sources. Did procure a red maple score close by. Headed there Saturday.
The doctor’s just going to have to shake his head at me All that’s left at this cutting is some really nice straight red maple logs, but I already have 2 cords of that and would prefer to take on some higher BTU wood if I’m going to keep extending my spring hoarding season. Enjoy your own red maple cutting, I know for your line of work that stuff is perfect.
This time of year is turning out to be very similar to last year as far as hoarding goes. Breaking protocol left and right I’ve got over half a cord hoarded in recent weeks, getting a little here, a little there. A nice combination of ash, black locust, red oak and cherry. Some progress being made hand splitting this morning: Some dead red oak and black cherry rounds I still have to bust apart. Black cherry rounds that have been sitting for a few weeks with the end cuts starting to crack do not want to be split apart with the Fiskars or monster maul. I'll give the rest a go another day, or bring them to where my splitter is for the time being, if need be. The pictures are quirky because after a dozen attempts at cropping them smaller to try and post them, I ended up just screenshotting them and cropping them again. Weird but whatever works.
That cherry split up nice and straight. Any rounds with dry checking ends will split easier if you put one end in contact with the ground and split from the wet end. I learned this years back with red maple when I was still hand splitting. I haven't been able to post pics. Too lazy to figure it out.
My chestnut oak in the thread I started yesterday is a pile of 6 logs that had to be cropped down to 2 to post.
