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Woodcutting on the plains (pictures)

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  1. Coyoterun

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    It's the time of year for wood cutting out here, and I thought you might like a few pictures. I'll try to have the camera along for more projects and add them to this thread.
    For the first post, these are three ash trees I limbed and skidded out of the woods up onto the field. Two of them had fallen down about a year ago, and knocked the third one over into an elm.

    The pictures are of the trees in the field, the first load I hauled home, and then the final stack at home. The stack is a full 16' by about 5.5' high and the wood is cut to 19" long. So it's a little over a cord of wood out of those three logs. 2018-1.JPG 2018-2.JPG 2018-3.JPG 2018-4.JPG
     
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    I don't know why, but I like those hub caps!
     
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  3. Coyoterun

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    They're off of one of Grandpa's old pickups, but I don't know which one. Most likely they are older than I am.
     
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    Ash, one of my favorites
     
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    Aerodynamic :yes:
     
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    Nice haul Coyoterun!
     
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    That sir is some outstanding looking work & wood! Nicely done.
     
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  8. Coyoterun

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    Thank you, Sir! There's about one good day of work in it so far.

    My BIL is planning to visit this spring, I plan to have a full day's worth of splitting ready by then.
     
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    Nice haul of wood. Looks like you will have plenty to split when the time comes.
     
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    That's good to have work lined up when relatives are about to visit! lol
     
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    In the first and third pictures, you can see a large ash tree that needs to come down. But I looked at it closely after cleaning up these trees, and noticed a couple 80d or 90d nails sticking out of it in that first large crotch. I suppose they are from an old tree stand, and that probably means that whole trunk is spiked from a ladder. It may not be worth it to cut up the main trunk after all. There will still be a nice load out of the tree above those nails.

    However, it's likely to be a while before I get back to that tree again. We had our first real blizzard of the winter yesterday. I took this picture just now. That fresh wood pile had some strong wind currents around it!
     

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    Looks cold. I bet that ash would split pretty easy now that it is partially frozen.
     
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    It probably would. I should take out the Isocore just to see, but it's so warm inside by the fire. :D
     
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    by the looks of it I`d be by the fire too!
     
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    A nice warm February day meant that time's up for that big ash tree.
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    The old 036 got some action trimming off a root spur, and then the 461 brought her down. A nice straight drop right where I wanted it.
    2018-10.JPG I probably didn't even need the wedges, but I didn't leave a backstrap and didn't want that thing coming down back on top of me.
     
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    Made a mess of the top, but, hey, no splitter need for a few cuts. It was covered with spike branches, but the 250 was hungry and ready to trim.
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    Couldn't go home without loading some up.
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    Yes, I know, for a lot of you that pickup is only half full, but I had a state highway to travel and the springs were already sagging. Still plenty of wood left to cut
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    That's a nice looking batch of BTUs. I'd bet that made a nice thump when it hit, I love that sound.
     
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    Nice work and lots of heat in that stack, well done!:salute:

    Flat country! I love it! Not like my Kentucky hillside; your place is easy in, easy out.

    I've got near 5 cord of ash rounds from 9 trees up on a hillside now I need to get down. Too tippy for my BX so I may have to hold off for a long streach of dry weather to get it in the Tacoma.

    Once again, A JOB WELL DONE!
     
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    The tops of standing dead ash, many times, will will shatter like fine crystal when dropped.
     
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    Oh, but this tree wasn't dead. I hate to imagine the mess if it had been.
     
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