On my trip around the Woodlands I noticed something down across the trail at the base of the hill, another Cherry, while taking the picture I see the downed Beech, my cutting starts tomorrow with these two. Pic 8899 is what's left standing of the Cherry, pic 8900 is the Beech, pic 8902 is the same Cherry in pic 8899, pic 8903 & 04 is the trail that needs some attention before the sledding season starts, 8905 is some well deserved sun.
Wow. Just layin it there for you again. Like, "Here you go buddy." Just a little gift for ya. Take your time and enjoy the work.
Gasifier, I always work slow, so slow I cut the wood twice. Bogy, that hill (west facing) will always lose the snow first, the deer hit it hard. Fan, I'm with you on that, the easier the better.
Now I see the standing cherry trunk. I bet you will get about a cord out of that cherry tree? I like that they aren't too big and easier to handle. They will split like butter too from the looks it. Nothing looks better in the stack than fresh cut cherry.
I only grabbed the top of the Cherry this afternoon, I'll be spending the whole day in the woods tomorrow, just running around grabbing downed trees.
Looking good nice and dry up on the ridges - when that snow melts I bet you have some mud slews on the bottom - get it before it melts
This area even though it's at the bottom of the hill usually is dry, some of the other areas at the base of this hill are still wet.
I hate the tiny draws that turn into quick sand when the trailer wheels hit it - then you're winching it out. I have found some spots on my property where the water disappears under ground only to reappear 20-30yds down stream - probably riding over a root/shale plate but it's solid on the quad
So far the only winching I've done has been out of some deep snow. I only have one area that I can't cut or ride in because it's wet, most of the wood in the wet area is Basswood so the area is used for riding more than cutting.
I'll be grabbing this after the Beech, just down from this Maple is a Yellow Birch that was damaged in the ice storm that is coming down this weekend.
Today went good, I got the Beech off the hill, the Sugar Maple is bucked up and the Yellow Birch damaged by the ice storm is taken care of. Every place I worked today was at the base of a hill so I spent some time looking up for downed trees, more downed Beech up top on two of the hills.
Most of the Beech was good except for the first few rounds on both the bottom and the top, there is some disease that's doing this, Beech Bark Disease?
Thats news to me (the disease name) I've had a lot of beech come through my racks here and I've been fortunate enough not to see anything out of sorts by way of disease. Beech seems very hearty and stable I'm sure the smooth bark helps it out quite a bit.
