And every time I've been out this year, I've had to sit on a round just to catch my breath. And look around, too. No more 40's for this guy.
Good ol trailer, belongs to my uncle but the bulk of its use is me. I used to haul wood around until the lights on the trailer stopped doing well. Might go pick it up Friday depending on the weather. The means is that if the weather is favorable enough to see i'll use my hand signals. Dad takes it when he needs it when he gets back from vacation or snow birding. Anyways at the very most which this is holding black locust, probably the heaviest load it had to date. Even my dad was urging the serious caution deal since it was so heavy. Anyways I hadn't collected for some time but the last time I got some real wood, my neighbor dropped off a whole grab bag of wood cuts. He told me just before I left for Iowa that I was fully able to take these rounds and do whatever I wanted with them since he got what he needed . Some doug fir and black locust with a small bit of what looks like alder. Great thing is I only took a couple of wheelbarrows over then I hear him coming over saying he'd gotta drop the rest off since he was replacing his fridge. "Lets do it man!" I told him. Looks like word and wood is getting around. I welcome it all. Blessed? Perhaps. I'm more into the fact that I have great neighbors who tolerate me. Well you know the drill...we're all a little bit with this wood deal. All for a reason. But if a cold snap came and people needed it, you bet your bunions I'll share!
Does the trick and then some. I thought Id be loading more this summer and just recently but life just got busy, daughter turned 2 and the heat has been back and forth. Im waiting on the cooler stuff.
Thanks for sharing the view with us. Definitely higher "hills" than our area. Do you get the thick underbrush in the trees like we do? Here you are not allowed to drop standing trees - dead or otherwise. Only harvest what is left on the ground after the processing is over. Most of the access roads are left open unless there is a possibly of water causing slides and then they remove the culverts.
When I was typing about harvesting standing dead trees I was thinking of my conversation with you or campinspecter last year about that very thing. I can see how in your climate it would be nice to be able to harvest standing dead since they would hold less water from rain and snow than one laying horizontal on the ground. If our standing dead trees are left long enough they will be below 20% mc before they fall over. We have many of the same animals that call trees home so I wonder why the difference in regulations? A few have been curious about what we can do in the bush so Ive included a copy of the permit I carry for those interested in a quick read. I spent 7 years in the sea to sky area of Whistler and spent lots of time in the bush harvesting fire wood and other pursuits. This would be similar to your environment. I remember finding that as a general rule the underbrush isnt as thick here as that of the temperate coastal area.
Probably. I never inquire about permits in summer, so I can't say for sure. We can only cut trees that are already down. Early spring is the best time to get the trees that fell during winter before the undergrowth grows up.
I dont remember the last time the forests were closed in our area. I dont just mean from cutting either! You couldnt even walk in the woods. It was pretty scary here for awhile. I agree I prefer to have my wood put up in the spring as well if I can get it all done in time.
I tried getting a permit for the area close to me but they went pretty quickly. Probably didn't really even need to since responding to craigslist and offer up ads put me in the green. At least I would have periods where I was just collecting constantly, spring people end up cutting up a lot and its amazing sometimes how much because I'll have just grabbed a load but I see another and not have the trailer. Poor timing.
How long do your permits last you? The one I showed you above is good for one year and no one checks on how many cords youve actually pulled in.
Well they say its a maximum of 6 cord IIRC, per year. Best to go when open and yes only able to cut trees already down and only 50 yards from the DNR road. I've never tried it but when I joined this site, two guys were talking about it and I forget who but life probably got busy for them since I didn't hear back about where and all that.
Yea in md it's one year for roadside wood and cutting in designated portions of national and state parkland. Just deadfall. Just don't pull in there w atvs.. u gotta wheelbarrow it..thank goodness I have 18acre Woodlot next to me. Spotted 5 standing dead post oaks last year. Couple are old biggies.. Want em. Dropem dragem buckem, splitem, stackem, burnem..repeat..
That made me chuckle. We have lots of logging in our area but also some old growth interior cedar forests as well. Once the chainsaw is shut off the birds start chirping again!
We can use quads and will buck them into sections and then drag em to the road with cables to the truck that is if you can work your way through the brush. Most of what we have here is in moderately steep terrain. I dont have a quad so I use my keen eye to find standing dead close to the many hidden back roads and sometimes I suffer with the toss down the slope technique. I have some guys tell me they cant find enough wood. They gravitate to the cut blocks where theres nothing but dirty slash piles. I would rather wander the sections that are forested and pick out the hidden trees 50 feet out of view. Sounds nice to have that kind of land next to you. Standing dead oaks would be a wet dream to me lol!
I was out with my 12 year old son today going after some standing dead lodgepole pine. I found one smallish tree that was bone dry but that was it. Instead of going home with a truck box almost empty we went after this easy to get doug fir. This will be stacked and used for the 2018/2019 winter. It looks like its been dead for a few years but wasnt anywhere near stove ready.
It was great getting out with my son today. He even took out his phone and snapped a few pics of me with the saw. I had him learning how to use the sledge and wedge to bust the rounds in half so they were easier for us to lift. Temps were about 12c so pleasant to work in. Now I just have to find some pine or spruce that is nice and dry so that Im set for the winter.
To be surrounded by such beautiful scenery... Well, it just can't get any better than that. It's official... I'm in deeeeeeeeeeeeep envy of your surroundings. BB
