Dead Pine

This will come down tomorrow for two reasons, 1. it's dead 2. it will widen the trail for the tractor.

I'll split this tomorrow and put it in the burn pile for the outdoor fireplace for this winter.

 

The cooler weather feels great, it will make working outside real nice.

 

I just looked at my own post Weather Underground and it's gonna be only 72° for a high tomorrow. Bring it on!

 

What time is coffee HDRock ?

 

There is no wrong time for coffee.....watch that pine it is full of creosote and it'll burn too hot.

 

thewoodlands what kind of pine is that? White pine? If you were to stick it with a moisture meter what do you think it would come out at?

 

Dead pine is my favorite! I chop out the pine knots at the base of the branches. Standing dead collects the most fatwood, the stump and roots just below it should be full of pitch. If ya have any branches sticking out of the trunk, split them out with the pine knot intact and you can make a bushcraft torch like my avatar pic!

 

I don't even drink coffee I just like the little guy sipping on his coffee

 

What temps did you have this morning Zap? It was great outdoor working weather down my way, 68 right now

 

We had 43 this morning and the temp at the moment is 65. It was great working weather.

 

I have the branches to take care of but the Pine is down and the rounds are split, once the pole beans come down I'll start stacking the Hemlock and the Pine we have in a pile.

We did a indirect pull with the rhino just to make sure the Pine came through the tops of the other trees, the wife did a great job on the rhino.

The last picture is another dead azz tree near the trail we'll bring down, just down the trail from this tree are another seven to eight that we plan on taking out.

 

Two more pictures.

 

Nice job Zap
That bucket holds quite a lot

 

I'm not sure how much the old back saver holds compared to the trailer I use but I'm liking the bucket more and more.

 

Seems like unloading would be easier,, do you stack them right out of the bucket?

 

I would but the pole beans are in the area we stack next years shoulder season wood, it's in a big pile for the moment.

 

Well it's got to be pretty easy just dumping them out of the bucket you could make a big tall pile