looks good Ryan. where do you go upstate? been hunting deer all summer in the sweet corn patches.
they have gotten out of control in the last couple of years thanks to land hunting leases where the hunters don't practice good management. i'm in the 5b area. @nomad_archer has come over from Lancaster the last couple of years and "helped" out and put some meat in his freezer.
where's the axe(s)?
Question for the brains trust, how do the moulded handles on these Isocore and X27’s hold up to long term abuse vs a wooden handle?
I've been out of town for a couple days so I'm running behind. Another reason to let a logger do the work is you/we are your/our own worst enemies. We took some 16' logs to the mill and they said the were bottom quality, would use for ditch planking. There were "Cat Faces" on the logs. That's where a limb was broke or cut off. Before we left the yard a worker cut 4' off the end of the 16 footer, making it a 12 footer, and put it in the veneer pile. We thought they wanted 16' logs, but shot ourselves in the foot by leaving knots in the log. A "Clear" 12 footer is worth a lot more than a 16 footer wit a defect on the end. You may be able to get someone in to grade the property, then you have an idea what it's worth and select cut.
Thanks Mike, my heavy maul is starting get a loose head, so was thinking the Isocore might make it into my line up.
If you just had a big load delivered you wont need to scrounge for a while
Isocore is good stuff but its heavy. When I was hand splitting almost all the stuff I had was isocore material. The x27 wouldnt touch it. Now I have a 30T hydraulic "fast" model
Just talked to a guy at Timber Works in Cincy and he said the exact same thing. Cut logs as long as you can without defects. He is scheduled to come and look at the property this weekend.
I don't like getting rid of old vehicles either. I love my 99 Ram 4X4. But, it's starting to nickle and dime me to death. My wife said her car will be paid off in a couple months, for me to go get a new truck. Mowing 11 lawns I'm putting about $100 a week in fuel. I was looking at the twin turbo Ford V6 and it's putting out 90 HP and 100 foot pounds of torque more than my 99 Ram 5.9. I can just about make the truck payment with the fuel saved. I know you are looking for an older truck, preferably a 250, so was I, till I started looking at the F150. The other thing I really wanted was the jump door, and it looks like Ford is the only one offering it now. The others have full doors with a center post. Every now and then I have stuff that will slide right in the back seat with the half/jump door open, but won't fit with a center post, even though the back seat is bigger. Sorry for pushing a new truck when you are looking for an older one.
