How is you '17 wood supply shaping up?
I have somewhere in the neighborhood of 3 plus cords of aspen already bucked. Another two or so cords of dying/dead trees nearby. Once I get through those I'm FINALLY done cleaning up geriatric aspen (at least until the next summer storm). It's been easily 35-40 cords of cleanup I've done on these overly mature trees over the past four years.
I have another cord and a half of mixed birch and maple bucked from last spring
Once that's all done it's ALL high quality scrounge from here on out (besides the occasional storm cleanup). I have a dried up beaver pond that is full of small American elm snags, a few bur oak blowdowns, and lots of pin oak blowdown. All of this requires ATV skidding but well worth it for the quality.
I have somewhere in the neighborhood of 3 plus cords of aspen already bucked. Another two or so cords of dying/dead trees nearby. Once I get through those I'm FINALLY done cleaning up geriatric aspen (at least until the next summer storm). It's been easily 35-40 cords of cleanup I've done on these overly mature trees over the past four years.
I have another cord and a half of mixed birch and maple bucked from last spring
Once that's all done it's ALL high quality scrounge from here on out (besides the occasional storm cleanup). I have a dried up beaver pond that is full of small American elm snags, a few bur oak blowdowns, and lots of pin oak blowdown. All of this requires ATV skidding but well worth it for the quality.