You guys got lucky, I thought you guys got hit with worse winds and snow than we did. We lost power for a day and a half from a poplar that blew down and hit the lines. Last I heard from VELCO (smaller utility in the area) they were up to 36 poles snapped and needing replacement.
Definitely lucky, Where I'm at, there are mountain ridges all around so we're in our own little micro weather system. Sometimes it works to our advantage. Not far away they had gusts up to 93 and 12 miles away as the crow flies, they were up to 150. If it hadn't warmed up as quickly as it did, it would have been much worse. Six inches of snow frozen on top of branches and power lines with the incoming winds would have spelled disaster. Luckily the snow/ice was melted from the higher branches/lines before the winds came. Sounds like you got hit hard over your way. I think at one point, NH had over 100,000 outages. Funny thing is, we lost power for a while yesterday. No wind, no weather, no reason...just poof, no power. Go figure.
So sad...... an empty rack. It was full of 4+yr red oak. I've been drawing from that rack and this one, which is shoulder wood. Being a real nice morning, I decided to do some cutting. Collecting goldilocks pieces. Stacking others to be split. I was 2/3 of the way through the last log, and the tank ran empty. I had no intention of adding gas. Out came the handsaw. The empty rack looks much better now. Maybe a splitting session tomorrow morning. We'll see.
Well, it filled about 2/3 of the rack. There's a dew pieces of ash on the left side that were homeless until now. There's still a few pieces needing to be noodled. Maybe, 8-10 pieces, once noodled. This being an older dead red oak, it seemed to concentrate some of the redness on one piece. Interestingly, the splits were the heaviest. Now, I'm needing to find my next score!
~update~ I was talking with one of the homeowners this morning. She said that if I wanted the rest of the blowdown, to help myself. They don't have a chainsaw and a friend that did have one, didn't live up to expectations concerning some ash trees on the site. It's decent wood. I'll need to fight my through some thick PI. The bark is mostly loose. I hope most of the PI comes off with it. I'll be sure they know I'm serious. I hope to be cutting as soon as tomorrow. We'll see.
Thats the FHC spirit. Nice and cool compared to last week. Go get it. Bring a machete and a stiff bristle brush. Its been dry so it should be less wet schmutz. Mess stays behind too which is AOK in my book. I leave my phone number to show in serious about a score. Mostly on CL/FBM when i reply.
Yikes, that is a bunch of PI. Probably best time of the year to deal with it though. Cool enough to be totally covered up. Seems the older I get, the more it gets me. Looks like some decent solid wood there so worth it considering the location.
I am covered in poison ivy right now. Dead ash tree blew down across my ATV path. I cut it into 4' lengths and moved it in shorts, a Tshirt and sneakers with no socks. Big fuzzy vines all over it.
Ouch, no likes. When I was young, I never got poison. The older I get it seem the more susceptible I am with it. Sucks! Ivarest works for me.
Nice close score, Mike. Easy access. Those PI vines won't be a problem. Looks like they have dried out, which is great. Do you have a hookaroon or 4 to be rake? Hook vines or bark and pull off before you cut it. We dealt with some huge vines last summer on the plantation job. Big loppers work great for cutting the vines and don't spread the juice like chopping does...
