Another nice load of that American Elm nobody wants besides probably a dozen of us on the forum All courtesy of buZZsaw BRAD . Thanks again! I now have at least a cord of it in my stacks. Brad also threw in a couple black locust slab cutoffs AND... a couple rounds of honey locust, of which I’ve never scored.
The splits of elm on the right came from my coworker’s property in Cromwell. They’ve been stacked since March. Everything I got from you will stay in the round until spring, when I’ll give splitting them a shot. The honey locust split pretty easily with my monster maul. It’s definitely an entire different species from BL though. The grain isn’t the same and smell is a lot different. Based on these two rounds I think I like it. Hopefully I can come across some in my area eventually.
Id love to score more myself. Only time ive seen it is at the dump and only a few pieces at a time. Start looking and you'll see how many exist in yards and in commercial plantings. Rather plentiful.
Another load of cottonwood from the tree service job. Ground was soft so I had to carry to the road, about 40'. I already had everything bucked up but it was a little much for the 75#+ stuff. How do you pro scroungers move big rounds over soft, uneven terrain? Sent from my QTAXIA1 using Tapatalk
Let the truck rest this weekend. Used the old John deer backhoe instead. Did some work at the cut/storage area this weekend. Cut about 20 maples and pine down to open the driveway up wider. Spread 10yds of gravel. Diced them into 6ft and 16ft sections. On the next free weekend I will cut split stack them. Graded off where I tore up the edge of driveway when pushing whole trees and stumps out of the way. Graded off a 10x48 spot for a concrete pad to store the 5th wheel on. (The whole reason this project started. Dug a good sized burning hole for brush and trimmings. Now sitting in front of the first fire in the fireplace for the season eating chicken and dumplings the wife had made. All in all a productive weekend.
All kidding aside, i would carry the longer ones out on my shoulders and/or use a pair of log tongs with both in a length or a single round on each side. PITA but its better than rolling them through mud. A wheelbarrow or hand truck works great as well, obviously depending on how muddy the ground is. If its real bad id leave it until ground is drier...if thats a possibility.
I'm planning to go back Saturday with help. The other options don't seem like a significant improvement. Sent from my QTAXIA1 using Tapatalk
I like these...they make 20" ones too...but (2) 20"x 20" rounds still get a lil heavy! Timber Tuff Tools | Tough Tools for the Forest Industry! | 16" Timber Claw
That's pretty slick! I use tongs but the rounds were mighty heavy carrying them as far as I did. Sent from my QTAXIA1 using Tapatalk
