Post pictures of your woodpile/splitting area

[briantutt]

I am!

Brian

 

[ri chevy]

You gotta be situationally aware of your surroundings. Lol

 

[briantutt]

I have the Glock on me but that would probably just make it angry so I have my 7mm rem mag with me too. From the trail cam about 50 feet from where I am cutting.

Brian

 

[Sandhill Crane]

First thing is I'd get a dog so you know if the bear is around. Then some plastic wedges to barely keep the kerf open and try noodling the standing stump into quarters. Too much wedge up top and you will pinch when you do the cut off the stump. Just a thought.
Edit after seeing the pictures... Leave the damn stump.

 

[ri chevy]

Nice little bear family there.

 

[briantutt]

First thing is I'd get a dog so you know if the bear is around. Then some plastic wedges to barely keep the kerf open and try noodling the standing stump into quarters. Too much wedge up top and you will pinch when you do the cut off the stump. Just a thought.
Edit after seeing the pictures... Leave the damn stump.

laughing pretty good after that one. Noodling is a good idea, I only want to cut it because it has a week's worth the heat in it!

Brian

 

[briantutt]

Almost a load today

Brian

 

[ri chevy]

That trailer is begging for mercy!

 

[briantutt]

That trailer is begging for mercy!

yeah it has seen better days

Brian

 

[ri chevy]

Lol. Carried a lot of wood though I bet.

 

[briantutt]

I have probably hauled roughly 70 to 100 cord with it at least. the salt in the winter did it in, moving bobcat between places to plow here, dad's, BIL etc.

Brian

 

[cantoo]

Brian, you should have a buddy with you when you are cutting. He doesn't even have to work just have him around. Do you know anybody that would hang around and drink your beer while you cut? Maybe a buddy with bad knees and can't run too fast? You don't have to outrun the bear, you just have to outrun your buddy.

 

[ri chevy]

Lol

 

[briantutt]

Brian, you should have a buddy with you when you are cutting. He doesn't even have to work just have him around. Do you know anybody that would hang around and drink your beer while you cut? Maybe a buddy with bad knees and can't run too fast? You don't have to outrun the bear, you just have to outrun your buddy.

right, a decoy buddy!

Brian

 

[ri chevy]

Lol

 

[ri chevy]

Tie his show laces together.

 

[Marine5068]

Nice! Having helpers to help build, even nicer! It looks strong enough unless you get like five feet of snow/ice, that would be the only thing I would worry about.

Nice work, but I couldn't build that way up here in Ontario. If I did, it'd collapse in the first snowfall.
Last year I 36" of snow on my roof at one point. Had to go up and shovel it all off then deal with the mess on the ground and it took me 7 hours of hard labor.
Our building code is very strict about structural requirements for just that reason.

 

[Philbert]

it goes a lot slower looking over my shoulder every 2 minutes. There is a big male black bear out here . . . about 100 yards from where I am cutting.

Drill a hole in the stump.

Pour in some honey.

Leave a maul next to it . . . .

Philbert

 

[Marine5068]

My Cherry logs and started on splitting stacking it all. I have one more half-cord load to go get on Tuesday.
Man that Cherry is friggin heavy. I had a good workout the four trips to my buddy's woodlot, but also got a good tan...bonus.

 

[svk]

Wow great pictures.

Not many bears up by my cabin anymore. The wolves eat them in the winter if they can find their den (no that's not a joke). Place is overrun with wolves but moose, deer, and to some point bear continue to decline.