Steve NW WI
Unwanted Riff Raff.
I started cutting some dead trees for a long time family friend today. It's gonna be a bunch of elm and ash, some dead standing, some already on the ground. The first one is the most work, because it's the biggest one, and in the yard. Lots of brush to haul, and cleaning up behind myself. I offered to haul the brush to my place, I need a big bonfire anyway. Normally I wouldn't do that, but I did because he's a friend and good people.
Here's some pics. First, the elm that came down today. 28" or so at the base, and a ton of limbing to do:
On the ground, there wasn't a lot of room to drop it, a small shed on the right (that it almost rolled into when it landed), and a water hydrant on the left:
Stump pic, I got a little close to the hinge in the middle on the first cut, but it worked out okay. You can see how far the 24" bar reached really well though:
Getting going on limbing this sucker, that's Harlan helping me out with cleanup:
Making a dent in it:
The end of today's progress, I didn't get going till after noon, and hauling and unloading a couple loads of brush had me ready for the couch:
The second load of brush, only a 3 mile haul on back roads, so one strap was good enough to keep it on the trailer:
My next bonfire!
I hope to have the pile of small logs loaded, the rest bucked up and loaded, and the cleanup done on this tree before the Packers play at noon tomorrow, but we'll see if that works as well as I hope it will. I'll have plenty of bucking and splitting to do mornings before work this week.
Back in a bit with a preview of the other stuff I've got over there.
Here's some pics. First, the elm that came down today. 28" or so at the base, and a ton of limbing to do:
On the ground, there wasn't a lot of room to drop it, a small shed on the right (that it almost rolled into when it landed), and a water hydrant on the left:
Stump pic, I got a little close to the hinge in the middle on the first cut, but it worked out okay. You can see how far the 24" bar reached really well though:
Getting going on limbing this sucker, that's Harlan helping me out with cleanup:
Making a dent in it:
The end of today's progress, I didn't get going till after noon, and hauling and unloading a couple loads of brush had me ready for the couch:
The second load of brush, only a 3 mile haul on back roads, so one strap was good enough to keep it on the trailer:
My next bonfire!
I hope to have the pile of small logs loaded, the rest bucked up and loaded, and the cleanup done on this tree before the Packers play at noon tomorrow, but we'll see if that works as well as I hope it will. I'll have plenty of bucking and splitting to do mornings before work this week.
Back in a bit with a preview of the other stuff I've got over there.
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