Dalmatian90
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How do you deal with it?
Rolled the log after starting the cuts, and I'm thinking either my hatchet or light (2-1/4# I think) ax to clean off the bark then finish my cuts? I'm just loathe to cut through that stuff with a chain.
I don't usually have to deal with dirty wood. I normally fall & block where I drop the trees in my woodlot, so at most I usually have of the fluffier "duff" the earthworms leave behind if I don't get to blocking it up right away. Not great, but not mineral soil either.
But I'm moving into a section of the hillside it'll be easier for me to pull the logs up to even ground (that's a different post I'll make later) so I'm going to encounter this a bit more.