Love that last pic of the woodpiles, barn and sunset. Vermont is a beautiful state, and you have a nice property. Some nice work you are doing there managing the forest for the future.
A blue sky day today. The deer were bedded down on the edge of the woods, soaking up some sun. They moved back in, but don't tend to run from the tractor. With a big storm on the way I decided to drop a few more trees today. I only drop as much as I can skid the same day - too easy to lose them in a deep snow storm. Typically you see a 40' or longer load being skidded out. I tend to cut about 20' long so I can navigate the turns without rubbing the trees. My woods roads are closer to being trails than they are roads. And here's the end result after two half-days of work. I am trying to make the jump from the two-yr plan to the three-yr, and think I'll get there this year (well, really in three years). Thanks for all the comments. It has taken us many years of work to get to this point. After years of making do, I am loving the safe equipment (roll bar, modern saw with working chain brake, tractor brakes that work every time, ...).
Nice wood lot. Can't remember how acres you are on. Right equipment for the job makes everything more fun. Most days body reminds me it was work.
My body is telling me about the weekend. Too much time spent at the desk these days! About 60 acres of woods, but we can't get the tractor to more than half of it due to the steepness. The last time it was commercially logged they backed the skidders uphill further than I dare (or could) go with the Kubota, and then hauled the cable further up to get some very nice Oak. I've been doing some thinning up that high, but am just felling the trees and letting them lie there to melt back into the soil.
