Falling pics 11/25/09
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bitzer
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Yes you did! But I just couldn't get it out of head. I knew it had to be done. I'm like that in a lot of ways. And when I'm set, I always figure out a way. Besides it's more fun telling people I'm logger then some office jockey.Well, we tried to warn you but you made up your mind to go logging.
That's the great thing about being retired, I can be just as busy...or not...as I choose. Having choices is like being rich. Actually, having choices is being rich. The money is just a way of keeping score.
I spent over fifty years pretty much dancing to somebody else's tune but now I decide what and where and how much of my time is spent on things that I enjoy and have an interest in. Even when I was in business for myself there were always governmental agencies and bankers and customers to answer to. I didn't have choices, I had obligations.
Those days are gone and I don't miss them at all.
The wife and I spend a lot of time on our boat. We fish. She catches all the fish, I just drown bait.
I do volunteer work with the local land trust. I gave two saw safety classes to the inmate work crews who cut firewood for the Senior Citizen Help program that donates firewood to the needy..
I spent most of the winter undergoing chemo and radiation therapy for lymphoma and I found they had a real need for volunteers at the hospital so I do that a couple of times a week.
These are all things I really enjoy and it's entirely up to me how much or how little involvement I have. Like I said...choices.
And, just to keep my hand in, we're doing a couple of small timber sales on family ground. We sold off the majority of our ground year before last after the fires but we kept enough to give us something to do. I do the easy stuff, drive around in the pickup with all the antennas on top and make sure things run smooth.
Oh...and sleeping late occasionally. That's really great.
1270d
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Good to hear. Every old timer I know wastes away as soon as they lose their reasons to wake up in the morning.
I've seen that happen. I think it's an easy trap to fall into.
You have to stay involved.
You have to stay involved.
just a horrible vidjeo
Gologit, I posted a "like" to your post but I didn't like the lymphoma part. You will be in my thoughts and prayers. Ron
NM, you're right that was a horrible video. It looked like you threw a few chips in the air and stared the tree down while reving a saw in the background. We have come to expect better. 
Ron
Ron
See if you folks can guess my pucker factor on this one
Also... nails...
I'm guessing if you hadn't swung it so hard it woulda clobbered the excavator and the fence as well as the ... is that a downed power line?
Not a down line... just hung really low.
They do that a lot around here cause of the hills
But yeah leanin hard toward the house with the top kicked towards the power lines.
There where 4 in that little pocket. They all died yesterday or today
They do that a lot around here cause of the hills
But yeah leanin hard toward the house with the top kicked towards the power lines.
There where 4 in that little pocket. They all died yesterday or today
Dang, yo. That's a pucker for sure.
Today I cut a 40" elm. Elm is not native here. I have never cut elm before. I found the short, wet fibers to be reminiscent of sycamore, which is also not native here. Bill's gonna be all "you just jacked that because you could" and I'm not gonna deny it for a second but I will say that the first pic was a month or so ago and the barn is down now and I really jacked it so that I wouldn't have to worry about flopping the thing into a bed of nails. That's my brother in the last pic swapping a chain. It's always good to work with him.
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bitzer
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Usually elm has pretty long fibers. They will stayed attached to the stump all the way to the ground and will split a little on a closed face but won't chair. Sometimes older bigger trees will break off easier which is probably what you had. Yeah it looked like most of your limb weight was in the direction of the lay. Sometimes those big ugly tops can be deceiving. Best not to over think them. Usually your first thought is the best. Stinky wood huh?
Yeah, what a funk!
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Trx250r180
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bet that made a nice breeze .
!!"BUTT" !! always standing on the wrong end to feel the affects of the labor... lol
