woodbooga
cords of mystic memory
Finally have a camera and can provide visual proof that I live up to my woodboogerin' username.
The back story:
Friday, a tree service was dropping smallish (4-15") birches and a few red maples along route 11 near Alton Bay. The guys running the chipper said to come by after 5pm and help myself.
Shortly after sidling up to the curb early Friday eve, another Ranger pulls up behind me - then scoots up maybe a tenth of a mile up the road and starts to load up up there. Then, like 30 seconds later, another guy. To a man, we were all sans saws and it was nearing twilight. So we all loaded 4' lengths what we could hump up the grade onto our truck beds.
Next morning I went back and the guy in the Ranger was already there. However, his productivity was slowed when this happened:hmm3grin2orange::hmm3grin2orange:
He had to have his wife come pick him up. He was gone for a while and returned with shovels. He eventually shoveled himself out and declined my offer to help. A cop stopped too and offered help.
Sine mine is RWD, I didn't even attempt to get closer to the work and got in some real good excersize.
The Ranger's my woodboogamobile. The minivan also pictured was just a driveby.
A few of the larger rounds. Most all of what I brought home was birch in the 4"-12" range. These rounds here certainly look a lot smaller here than when I was lugging them up to the truck. And I thought the camera was supposed to add 10lbs.
Here's the second of four loads. Deceptive in terms of species. A fair amount of maple is shown here. All of the other loads were almost 100% birch.
Gotta love woodboogerin when it's 50°, blue sky, and a foot of snow on the ground. Wore just a flannel over a button up, mostly on account of the wind. The snow sure makes the bucking easier.
The back story:
Friday, a tree service was dropping smallish (4-15") birches and a few red maples along route 11 near Alton Bay. The guys running the chipper said to come by after 5pm and help myself.
Shortly after sidling up to the curb early Friday eve, another Ranger pulls up behind me - then scoots up maybe a tenth of a mile up the road and starts to load up up there. Then, like 30 seconds later, another guy. To a man, we were all sans saws and it was nearing twilight. So we all loaded 4' lengths what we could hump up the grade onto our truck beds.
Next morning I went back and the guy in the Ranger was already there. However, his productivity was slowed when this happened:hmm3grin2orange::hmm3grin2orange:
He had to have his wife come pick him up. He was gone for a while and returned with shovels. He eventually shoveled himself out and declined my offer to help. A cop stopped too and offered help.
Sine mine is RWD, I didn't even attempt to get closer to the work and got in some real good excersize.
The Ranger's my woodboogamobile. The minivan also pictured was just a driveby.A few of the larger rounds. Most all of what I brought home was birch in the 4"-12" range. These rounds here certainly look a lot smaller here than when I was lugging them up to the truck. And I thought the camera was supposed to add 10lbs.
Here's the second of four loads. Deceptive in terms of species. A fair amount of maple is shown here. All of the other loads were almost 100% birch.
Gotta love woodboogerin when it's 50°, blue sky, and a foot of snow on the ground. Wore just a flannel over a button up, mostly on account of the wind. The snow sure makes the bucking easier.
to some free wood.
