Another fun week down here in GA. Tuesday, we had had 3 brush hogging jobs... My cousin across the creek was 1st. Mowed the big transmission line right of way... Uphill view Looking back from the top. The poles at the far end are on our place His sister's place is next, adjoining his property...only picture I kept was the hog rooting, accidentally deleted the other picture... Loaded tractor and moved to the next place. Mowed between the tall pines and field of planted pines It wraps around the house Wednesday, the Kubota got new front shoes......these are 10 ply, should help with load handling and logging A local woodworker wanted some pecan cookies for wedding decorations he is doing. Cut him 12, 3" thick cookies Yesterday, we took Blue Samson on a trip. Helped a friend clean up a big pecan limb that had fallen in his neighbor's yard. Close to 20" dia. Used the Echos mostly, did use the XS029 on the biggest part and and getting the 4910 out of a jam... Blue Samson ate that pecan, only had 1 piece that stalled it, swapped ends and split it. A load on the lift He got about 4 loads of split and 1/2 load of skinnies,
T.Jeff Veal Doesn't the power company keep the area under the lines mowed or do they pay you for maintaining the area?
They spray or mow every few years. My cousin has a deer stand on the right-of-way, his sister wants hers cut often, right in her backyard.
Got off work yesterday morning, decided to fill the last tall tote we had for the restaurant. Cut the limb wood from a water oak and red oak we got recently and a few small red oak logs from same tree. Finally got it done and in it resting place.
Not much happened this past week, got the tote above done on Tuesday, had a rainy morning Wednesday, set up the chop saw under the tractor shed, reduced some 2x4's from a few shipping crates to fire starter size, filled another 55 gal drum and big metal can with those pieces. After the rain stopped, loaded 2/3 cord of 16" oak on the dump trailer and made a delivery She was very happy, helped us stack it on her front porch. Had time Thursday afternoon to prep 4 more totes, doors cut, hinges and latches made...
Worked some Tuesday morning. Got 2 logs from our neighbor cut 16" and split in a tote for him. Owed him some from a oad last year. Then got the conveyor set up for a dump trailer load going to a deer camp... Sure helped things go faster...
Carried a 1/3 cord tote to the restaurant this morning. We built them a small 5'x6'x18" wood rack, keeps the wood safely stacked and neat. The owner, manager and lady that does the smoking really liked it. Filled the rack and all but 4 splits on the ground, came from the tote
Built new sides for the dump trailer, decided to try them out with a cord+ load of wood we need to deliver. I see we need to add a strip at the bottom
We have had a few deliveries in Oct. 1 cord was a repeat customer... Then we had someone new want 2 cords, probably last them 3 yrs...lol... 1st load was oak 2nd load was mixed... 1/2 cord of cherry Then a little hickory Finished the load with pecan They stacked the loads in garage at his business... Oak... Mixed... We had a friend bring his trailer over and pick up a cord he was getting for a less fortunate family, his trailer is smaller than ours, had to stack this load... Then we had a long distance delivery, 65 miles 1 way... Local pickup load Getting 2 pick up loads ready for Sunday afternoon... 1/3 cord mixed smoker wood And over 1/3 cord oak firepit wood when we finish
Looks like you're keeping busy with deliveries Jeff. How's the temperature been down south? Talking about getting to 60 for a few days here by the weekend.
Those rails look good on the trailer. 60 Miles is a good clip, was it mostly flat land or do you have any mountains/hills?
