We are working on clearing a path for some new sheep fencing. There were two recently dead white oaks in the way. So, the MS461 and 32" bar got a chance to do work today. Trees were about 17' and 24" DBH and both had nice straight trunks up to about 40'. These will make some awesome lumber and firewood. I dropped a ~14" DBH chestnut oak today, too. That whole tree will go to the firewood hoard.
Nice work! I'm thinking I could have some lumber made from a couple of decent ash trees ok my wood lot. Nice and straight, would just need to make a makeshift log arch for behind the ATV. My buddy knows a guy that has a portable mill.
Not a baaaaad job on the felling! White oak wont be a flop for lumber or firewood either. Were they gypsy moth victims mike bayerl ?
We breed Icelandics, mostly for wool and milk, but the meat is excellent too. They are pretty much 100% raised for meat in Iceland.
That’s awesome! In looking to expand our small forest farm we did a lot of research and met with a handful of people to help us determine whether we wanted to start raising sheep or goats. I’d love to have sheep for the wool, that’d be a really neat experience, but we decided to go with Boer goats for meat as our land is more capable of supporting goats.
