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Best smelling fire pit in SW Jones county tonight. Apple, Shagbark, and Oak splitter scraps and uglies.

Here’s yesterday and today’s jag stacked in the lower barn for someday. Oak, Shagbark, and Cherry.

Scrounged a dab of Cherry this morning on my way in to the timber to load. Land owner had cut it up in manageable pieces to get it off his fence after the deracho. Had to toss it over the fence, but I like Cherry so...

It is wet. Blew down in late July.

I believe @H-Ranch is going to be REALLY close if I did my math correctly. He came in at 113 8/5 which equals 114.6 lbs. It weighed 114.3

Those seem to feel heavier every year :)

And for tonight’s office trivia, guess the weight of this round. Shagbark Hickory. The pics will help with dimensions.

First load out this afternoon after an early start this morning. As I get older, I appreciate hydraulics in the timber.

Tired and finally caught up with storm damage cleanup for our place, in-laws, and neighbors. Finally back in the timber for 5 hours today. Didn’t haul out, but cleaned up a Shagbark plus another I had limbed out previous, and an Oak. Pretty good day. Ended up with 3 separate piles. Here are a...

Into our 5th straight day of rain here with highs in the low 50’s and lows in the 40’s. Cleaned the stove, chimney, and cap yesterday afternoon (in the rain), and knocked off the chill last night with the first fire of the season. House was at 62 degrees (which I’m fine with), however, the...

Thanks. That is bay 1 for the 10” stuff. Bays 2 and 3 are for the 13”. Our firebox is small so it’s nice too have wiggle room when loading. Probably 7-9 cord under roof that’s processed. Probably 2-3 cord in waiting.

I’ve been super busy helping out neighbors, elderly folks, and in-laws. I’m close to buying proper equipment to start a tree business. My phone rings frequently from folks looking for simple tree help. Example from my dad’s yesterday. He’s 91 now and is insistent on staying on the farm that is...

Still cleaning up after storm blow down. We’ve got everything off the ground that shouldn’t be there. Worked Friday on limb wood I saved off our once beautiful hard maple. Slow going. Finished splitting this dab this morning. Mostly 10” stuff that’ll go in the stove the short way for all night...

I was through there about 2 days after the storm. That was probably worst concentrated damage I had seen.

Well, thanks for the replies fellas. I asked after the fact as I removed it last Saturday. I talked to several guys in our area that had tried it in similar situations with no luck. The rootball was not exposed on this tree as were the other 2, however, it pulled easily as it appeared that most...

We had a derecho come through our part of Iowa 2 weeks ago. Lost most of our quality/favorite trees unfortunately as well as some of our Spruce windbreak trees. This particular one was the least damaged. Any of you had a similar tree that you stood back up/staked, and it survived? I like asking...

Very nice! Does the wood pile have to be outside?

Either a scratch stick, or using a Sharpie mark on your bar. Do it long enough and you’ll get it really close with your eyeball.

Unloaded the second load of Shagbark and Oak this morning. Mowed lawn this afternoon, then went fishing with my son (he’s 15 and works for a local tree service). Cleaned fish until 2200. Long but good day. He was toast. He’ll sleep well tonight. The long stack is 35’ and roughly 4’ high. A few...

Ran errands this morning using the ol’ Timber Wagon. Swung into the timber on my way home to pick up the shorts and uglies. Going to take a few days off and catch up at home. Fire pit food.