This is part of the pine that came down in the front yard. We made a few cuts and a few mistakes and ran out of gas. Then the saw wouldn't start. No spark. That was it for pine slabs. The rest of the trunk: Some more of it that Asplundh cut to get the wire out from under: There's more rounds under branches that I'm hoping the town comes and chips I have piled up near the street. But not many more. Another pine that uprooted: Saving the trunk for slabs: The cut up top that was laying across my path:
Another pine trimmed up with the trunk saved for slabs. Snapped about ten feet up, it's the trunk to the left peeking out behind the white oak. The other pine shattered to the right came down a few months ago: An oak I'm half done trimming and topping. There's another oak under it. There's also another oak (the one with the sun shining on it to the right) that's busted about ten feet up and hovering over the one I'm trimming. There's a real mess here but couldn't get a shot due to the sun. Two poplars on top of two cherries: A pine on top of a mess right above the poplars: A pine near those that snapped: Turn around 180 degrees from the snapped pine:
A small pine: There's a seven inch downed oak there too but it doesn't show in the pic: Some leaners: Some more leaners: Pine leaners: Pine leaner: A mix of pines:
Some red maple ! The tree with the root ball is an Atlantic White Cypress (cedar). I wish I could stand that one back up. A couple maple leaners there too: More pine leaners: There's a few more pines that are over just a tiny bit. That I didn't notice when I had my phone with me. They'll probably stay green and a project for another time. Pine pitch:
Wow that is a lot of trees that have come down. You will be very busy for some time to come. The pine trees that have blown over look to be pretty straight and should make for some good milling.
Yeah, fairly straight. Pretty much all under 21 inches . There's a youtube vid ( I can't find it now) of a guy showing how they limb pines fast rolling the saw over the trunk and not lifting the saw so arms aren't falling off at the end of the day. I'm getting better at it. I have a dozen or so white oaks in there dead standing too that need to come down first.
That's a lot of damage! I haven't bothered to walk the woods behind my house yet. Surprisingly, there's not a single thing that I can see that came down in that storm besides a big oak limb that just missed my shed.
Lots of wood to cleanup there. If you have the space, it might be the opportunity for a GTG and have multiple saws running. Sent from my SM-T280 using Tapatalk
All too often we get rain here instead of snow. Same with Cape Cod and the Islands. It's not uncommon to drive just a couple miles north and find plowable snow. Very few people have snow mobiles here any more. If you do, you also own a trailer capable of hauling them North. Years ago, when there were cow pastures some would run them in a pasture. I remember doing it and trying to stay on the nice thick grass so as not to beat up the tracks.
Those pictures must be at least a few days old then? Surely you've got snow on the ground in SE Mass from the storm this past Tuesday?
Oh, and yes...Im well aware of all the Massachusetts people trailing their sleds north We NH natives dont dare try traveling north on Fridays or south on Sundays... It blows me away the money we see traveling north on Fridays. A $50k+ truck towing a $10k+ trailer with probably $30-$40k worth of sleds in it just for a weekend! I own a pretty decent sled myself but I can literally ride out of my garage onto the trail system, I couldnt imagine having that kind of money tied up in something you had to drive 5 hours to use.
LOL, I used to do the weekend Summer and Winter warrior thing . A favorite place was skiing or Summer around North Conway/Edelweiss and sailing on weekends on Sebago Lake. I also used to live in Buzzards Bay before they built the 495 extension to the Bourne Bridge. You didn't go anywhere on Friday or Sunday/Monday Holiday afternoons or evenings.
Yeah, we got nine inches of slushy mush Tuesday. Not much tree cutting getting done yesterday or today.. I tried to snowshoe trek but I need some silicon spray to stop this muck from packing up on them. It was like rolling snowballs with your feet.
Found one more today on the west side of the yard . Been looking at this dark spot for the last coupla days wondering if it was another pine down or just a big branch. Don't know which storm to blame it on. About 14" at chest height. A ten inch cant maybe ?
Got the top from the pine in post #18 limbed and cut. Dragged one bundle of branches off to the dump by hand and I was beat. Dressed for the cold but not for working. Will have to plow out the tractor and forks tomorrow because doing it by hand is too much work. Went for a walk further in the woods and found some leaners have been wiggled to the ground. I guess in the last storm. I don't like walking around here any more when it is windy. I don't see any widow makers but sometimes you don't. Of course these two block my tractor trail so they're next. This one is new. Another Atlantic White cedar. I hate losing these. It would be nice to turn them into shingles though. This one is new, a 12 inch or so red maple: These two pines are from the last storm: The neighbor has a tall big pine cross his back yard too.
These two pines are new blow-overs from the last storm: This maple leaner is new from the last storm. Also across my access trail so it has to go. Just beyond that I'm working on a white oak. There's some fresh sign of deer so they must still be nibbling on the tops I cut off. This mess is new. I didn't even try to get in there to see if it is all pines or not. These two maples might be new. Might just look different with some snow cover. These two are new from the last storm. They're also across a trail that the ROPS will likely hit. There might be a couple of new ones leaning but they're all starting to look the same . I guess I need a can of paint and start numbering them. LOL
