Steve NW WI
Unwanted Riff Raff.
Looks good - we had some winds thru here yesterday and last night, I need to go have a look in hte woods and see what there is for the saws to eat :chainsawguy:
Red Oak Anyone.
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I love red oak. Great find.
Probably wouldn't hurt to check if they were really strong, The winds that blowed these over was 80 to 90 mph. I thought we was all gonna be blowed away.
Great find, Does not look like to much of it can be used for boards,that's a shame. But fire wood is good also, have fun and stay safe.
ropensaddle
Feel Lucky
SS I am glad it hit there and not my place I ain't tied down :jawdrop: I went through both hurricanes gritting my teeth and finally decided it would take a tornado or 90 mph winds to blow us over. Anyway are you going to sell all that wood or burn it? I have an Idea.
Most of the trunks are intact, mostly what's pictured is limbs. There a couple of pics of the trunks laying on the ground. There are even bigger ones that i didn't get a pic of. There would be a lot of board feet from the trunks. You can't really tell much from the pics but most of the trunks are 50 to 70 foot long and solid. But i don't have any way of getting just trunks out of there. Also don't have a mill.
I'm going to fill all my storage spaces up. Even after this winter i will restock all that i use and then if any is left i might sell it. What you got in mind.
Turkeyslayer
Smells Great
You could always get an extra year ahead. If I can I like to have 2 years seasoning on all the oak I cut, seems to burn quite a bit hotter the second season.
Yeah i got enough for about three years when everthing is full. Now that's using a 30 year old stove. I've got to buy a new one this year and hopefully it will be easier on the wood.
Turkeyslayer
Smells Great
Man I'm jealous, as soon as I think I am ahead of the game someone shows up with some cash looking for wood. And the cycle repeats.
Figured it was time to start cutting it out. The heat was a killer. Got two truck loads and the heat just exausted me.
First truckload
First truckload
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Second truckload
Got stuck coming out with the second load, Lost half the load too. Had to reload and pull it out with the winch. You can't really tell how deep the hole was but the tire was under the root. about two feet.
Just used the 250 today but the next load will require the 036 or 460. Also had my snake rifle with me in the window on the first pic. There were all kinds on tension limbs and had to really think about the cuts so the saw wouldn't hang up, It still did a couple of times. One really bad, I had to get my jack out and jack a huge limb up to relieve pressure so the saw could come out. Yeah i know shoulda had another saw, But i was just across the street.
BlueRidgeMark
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Sweet! 
Given that your neighbor didn't seem to know about the others, is there any reason you can't just 'store' them where they are? Tell him about them (I assume you've done that anyway) and ask if you can just leave them until you have room? They seem to have been there a while already - is there some hurry in getting them out?
Just a thought...
Given that your neighbor didn't seem to know about the others, is there any reason you can't just 'store' them where they are? Tell him about them (I assume you've done that anyway) and ask if you can just leave them until you have room? They seem to have been there a while already - is there some hurry in getting them out?
Just a thought...
Nah they can lay as long as i need. he don't mind. I was just gonna cut enough to fill my shed up and probably cut some more this winter. Probably will be hard to get back in there when all the fall rains hit. My sheds hold enough for about three years so i figured it would be rotten by then so might as well make some money off it. We will see, I'm not in no hurry just wanted to cut today.Sweet!
Given that your neighbor didn't seem to know about the others, is there any reason you can't just 'store' them where they are? Tell him about them (I assume you've done that anyway) and ask if you can just leave them until you have room? They seem to have been there a while already - is there some hurry in getting them out?
Just a thought...
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ropensaddle
Feel Lucky
Second truckload
What ya using to load with? Heat is bad even though actual temps are a little lower than normal all the rain we had is making outdoor work in this heat killer imo. Drink a lot of water ss.
My back and arms. I was drinking gatorade and water. Always have loaded just by picking it up and throwing it in the truck. But it's getting harder to do as i get older.lol Especially the big rounds. I did some noodling on the ones i couldn't handle. Use to be able to handle some pretty big rounds by myself. Those days are gone.lolWhat ya using to load with? Heat is bad even though actual temps are a little lower than normal all the rain we had is making outdoor work in this heat killer imo. Drink a lot of water ss.
Now days I try to use my trailer for all rounds. It's very much lower than the pickup. Like you I'm not the young buck I once was.:lifter:
Sometimes I use a 2X10 to roll them on the trailer.:blush:
