Work Done 2019

[woodfarmer]

I’d like to have that creek run through my property

 

[thewoodlands]

I’d like to have that creek run through my property

It gets real wild in the spring, except for about four deep holes in the part of the brook that runs through our part, it's a shallow brook so it gets a **** load of ice in it. There have been times in the spring that the town brings their big excavator down on our property near the bridge it runs under so they can clear any ice that may damage the bridge on the town road.

In 2005 a bridge on the state route that the brook runs under and the bridge I talked about were damaged so bad that they had to be replaced, that happened in September when we had a **** load of rain and it brought a bunch of trees and beaver dams down through, it raised the bridges up in a peak shape and dropped them back down into the brook. I think our town lost five bridges that weekend.

The water was so high down by the town bridge that is near our property that the water was up over the bridge, that has to be 15 to 20 feet above normal.

 

[Cowboy254]

It gets real wild in the spring, except for about four deep holes in the part of the brook that runs through our part, it's a shallow brook so it gets a **** load of ice in it. There have been times in the spring that the town brings their big excavator down on our property near the bridge it runs under so they can clear any ice that may damage the bridge on the town road.

In 2005 a bridge on the state route that the brook runs under and the bridge I talked about were damaged so bad that they had to be replaced, that happened in September when we had a **** load of rain and it brought a bunch of trees and beaver dams down through, it raised the bridges up in a peak shape and dropped them back down into the brook. I think our town lost five bridges that weekend.

The water was so high down by the town bridge that is near our property that the water was up over the bridge, that has to be 15 to 20 feet above normal.

Any fish in it?

 

[thewoodlands]

Any fish in it?

Yes there are but I never fished it, we have a few youngsters in the family that fish it and they do very well.

 

[thewoodlands]

After a few cups of coffee it was off to clear some trails, pic 9755 is a dead basswood that had been down and 9757 is after I removed it opening up a secondary trail. Pic 9759 is a basswood and on the ground was a rotten maple that the wind took down, in pic 9761 the trail is open. The last of the trail work is in pic 9763 and the after pic is 9765.

 

[thewoodlands]

After the trail work was done, I went to an area that had some downed dead American Hophornbeam (Ironwood) so I bucked up the two trees which gave us 47 small rounds of some nice btu firewood. Pic 9766 is the first tree, 9768 is the trailer loaded up getting ready to head home, 9772 is a small trail when I was coming down and the last pic is coming out of the bowl.

 

[thewoodlands]

The original owner of this land must've thrown this down and then a Pine tree (good size Pine) grew around it so I cut it off with a battery powered saw which I started yesterday. I'm not sure if this was for a plow or what it was used for, it's a half inch thick.

The first picture was before I started and the rest are from today, I put some Pine splits on top of what the tree grew over and then marked it with a t-post.

 

[SS396driver]

Looks like the scraper blade for a plow.

 

[thewoodlands]

This was my first time back in since the last wind event, most of my time was spent clearing branches from the trails.

Before I headed back in we put two loads of hardwood in, pic 0087 (11 this morning).

Picture 0088,0090 is a damaged ash in what we call the bowl, pic 0091 & 0092 is a small damaged beech up in the bowl and the last two pics are coming out of the bowl.

 

[thewoodlands]

This was a wind damaged ash up in the bowl, all the rounds are back home and ready for splitting.

Pic 0096 is where I cut it away from the stump, 0097 is the first section I cut that rolled down the hill, 0098 ended up being 0099 after I pulled it down the hill and the rest are the two loads I brought home.

 

[buttercup]

Nice woods, it would be the place I am closest to my definition of the word "God".

 

[thewoodlands]

Just some splitting and stacking that I did today, in the stack we have ash and maple.

 

[thewoodlands]

I had two wind damaged maples one was already bucked up by the splitter and the one in the picture, what was left standing is the first picture and the top that was snapped off in the second picture.

Both loads were stacked.

 

[thewoodlands]

Nice woods, it would be the place I am closest to my definition of the word "God".

With everything going on it's always nice when I head to the woods, just the trees,animals and some peace and quiet.

 

[thewoodlands]

After doing some trail clearing for the wife, I decided that this wind damaged beech would get taken care of.

Picture 0091 is the downed beech,0134,0135 and 0136 is the beech bucked up and in the trailer heading home. The last two are a snake who was getting some sun, there were another three small heads sticking out hole near the stump but I couldn't get a picture.

 

[buttercup]

After doing some trail clearing for the wife, I decided that this wind damaged beech would get taken care of.

Picture 0091 is the downed beech,0134,0135 and 0136 is the beech bucked up and in the trailer heading home. The last two are a snake who was getting some sun, there were another three small heads sticking out hole near the stump but I couldn't get a picture.

Beech is about the best firewood you can get, I mill it because it makes a rock hard high density material when dried.

 

[thewoodlands]

I started this yesterday before the American CLS f'd up after splitting the first load so today I used the 20 ton MTD, I split the ironwood and the beech last and then I stacked it.

Pictures 0142 & 0143 are loads of cherry I s/s yesterday, 0146,0148,0149 are some ironwood stacked on top of some hard and soft maple and the rest is some beech and ironwood stacked with some cherry.

 

[thewoodlands]

I stacked the Maple I c/s today on the stack of cherry,ironwood and beech I started the other day and the second load went on a 16 foot long stack of ash I started some time back. (not pictured)

In the first picture you can see where it had been damaged and that is why I felled this Maple

 

[thewoodlands]

Today I took the Stihl trimmer/weedeater and did the area where I bucked up some White Pine, after I was done the Mahindra 4540 was used to move the rounds where I'll split them.

The 4540 is dusty with a nice coat of pollen so it's time for a quick rinse and wash.

 

[thewoodlands]

I've been splitting with the 20 ton MTD but tomorrow I'll use the American CLS 24 ton (pictured) it needed a new carb according to the guy who went through it after I had a problem with it, tomorrow will be the first day running it since it was fixed.

They changed the splitter oil, hydraulic fluid and filter after putting in the new carb. I did check the fluids once I brought it home (all was good) and it started up fine but tomorrow we'll see how it splits.