Well after kids basketball games, a few errands and working on the driveway for 2 hours with the loader I found myself with about two hours to kill until dark. Spent the rest of that time clearing brush away from a tree that the top is broken out of but still attached and a couple of logs that are down. Ran the new to me top handle Jonsered for all the brush clearing and tree top work. Gotta say its a nice little saw. It was way better than swinging a 50cc saw for that kind of a job. I smile every time I start a cut with the 460! I just cant explain how awesome cutting with this saw is. I have days where I think I could get away with just a 50cc saw but the power this has is so much better you just have to experience it if you have never cut with one. I had to cut a few rounds off of the thin end just for the fun of it and for what it is it actually did great. You can see off to the left all the tree top brush I was clearing off Got a few rounds
I know it doesn't seem like much got done in two hours but it was a tangled up mess to start with and here is how it ended This is where the whole top of the Hickory is that I cut off. You can see how the branch is still poking down in the ground and the tree is still standing trunk and all. I can actually drop it now and not have to deal with the top being all tangled up so the hard part is done and it won't be long and it will be a pile of rounds. Here is the remains of the tops and brush. It was a tone of tangled up frozen branches and a real pain to deal with. I hate having piles of brush but I'm not sure what to do with it at this point.
I've got to ask, was your bucket chilly? I had the pleasure to run a 460 for the first time today. Had a 22" pine as the test vehicle, but my 441C-M was more impressive, mostly due to a sharper chain I think. Just a few test cuts after helping a friend with some work this morning.
Do nothing with the brush piles. Leave them as is. Those are great cover for turkeys and other wildlife.. They'll decay naturally but until then they'll provide a home for something.. http://www.humanesociety.org/animals/resources/tips/brush_piles.html
Bucket was warm enough I am just obsessive compulsive and don't want to put scratches on my saws so I lay the drop cloth down when they are riding up there Never ran a 441 but have heard they are really nice.
Nice work buddy !!! Orange makes the best tractor color BTW !! Im glad im not the only one who hates scratching saws . Im proud to say I have pretty scratch free clutch covers !
Tis the season to get after the firewood and the weather was good for working in. Glad to see you could get out for a bit Certified, I know you've had the itch.
Work goes a little slower in the cold & snow. No need to rush , have fun & do what you can do.. Tree will be there when you get back to it. The hard part is done, the brush is cleared & stacked out of the way. + it make the area safer , removing the trip hazards. Looks like a lot of work to me for the few hours there.
It was so satisfying to have the saws running! I'm really glad I got out for a bit yesterday cause its not gonna happen again today with this weather. It just always amazes me the amount of time it takes to limb drag and stack tangled up tops and brush. It didn't helps that half this stuff was frozen together either. Many times I have wished for a big pile of logs that I can just buck and split off of for times sake but then you miss the time that you get to spend in the woods. Always a trade off I guess.
Yea The toughest part of processing a tree to firewood for me the liming. I clean up the brush well enough so I can walk down one side of the log to cut & measure it without have trip hazards . Working a stack of logs has it's own set of hazards but you sure can make a pile of wood chips in one area pretty fast. Like you said "trade offs" I need to get a log load delivered sometime, keep me busy & see what it's like to be spoiled Will find a source locally & see what it costs $ $. Nate had a source, need to check with him .
Problem with a log load for you Bogy is we all know you have become a wood snob and only want birch....you might get some spruce brother.
Then I might consider selling some spruce that is. The last load I got, I spent a lot of time selecting nice straight bigger solid trees. Wood snob supreme on that load. 3 trees was a full load, near 20" at the base (big for here)
