Work Done in 2020

[thewoodlands]

I had a bunch of dead pine branches in this area so I started the cleanup around the trails before going after 10 face cord of Ash after the leaves fall. I took three utility trailer loads to the town wood dump.

 

[OddSawz]

Looks like somewhere I could be happy. Nice work

 

[thewoodlands]

Looks like somewhere I could be happy. Nice work

Thanks, there's always enough work that you could be outside and enjoy the sounds of the woods.

 

[thewoodlands]

I started cleaning up this area today for another area to push or keep snow if needed and with the goal of putting in another trail.

Picture 0747 is what some of the area looked like before the start of the cleanup, 0750 is what will be hauled away, 0751 is some dead pine,0752 is part of a pine mother nature put down that I limbed up, 0753 is more junk pine, 0755 is where part of the trail might go through and 0756 has two more dead pine that will come down,

 

[thewoodlands]

I took three utility trailer loads to the wood dump today, I used the forks on the 4540 to get everything I piled up yesterday and some dead pine at the other end where the trail will come through.

 

[thewoodlands]

I started off with a little stacking of some pine for a total of just under two face cord, only needed 1.5 loads to finish it today.

I was running low on kindling for the outside fireplace so I split a trailer load out of some dead pine and brought it over to the fireplace and covered it.

Picture 0777 is the area I took three utility loads of branches to the wood dump on Saturday, today I brought more branches and junk wood to the fireplace along with splitting some junk rounds. Hopefully by the end of this week, the area in picture 0777 is pretty much all cleaned up. That includes c/s/s the pine that is down.

 

[thewoodlands]

I spent a few hours getting some dead pine off the floor of the woods which will open up a few more trails into that area, all the pine is over by the fireplace waiting for our next rain which I think is Sunday. The tree in picture 0792 will come down tomorrow since it is dead which will make that turn off the main trail much easier, especially in the winter.

 

[thewoodlands]

I took care of a dead standing pine near the entrance to a new trail (pic 0799) and then went just above the gully to start clearing a new walking trail for the wife (pics 0800,0801 & 0802) pics 0803 & 0804 are some dead pine rounds from above the gully and the dead pine I felled. All the pine branches and the rounds are over near the fireplace waiting for the rain coming in tomorrow.

Pic 0798 is the first of two loads of pine we put in for shoulder season wood, we had 37 this morning. Everything thing was cleaned this morning so we'll have our first fire tonight after some pork chops and pasta.

 

[thewoodlands]

The last load of the day, I made the sauce yesterday after supper and grilled the chops tonight with some pasta.

 

[thewoodlands]

I decided this morning that I would finish s/s some Pine, the finished stack is two face cord. I then started cleaning up a few trails that had Ash tops in them along with dead Pine.

Picture 0825 is the first load of Pine, 0826 is what I started with today and 0828 is the finished stack of Pine. Picture 0829 is what I started clearing today after stacking, it's Ash, 0830 will be a trail once I take the Ash tops to the wood dump, 0832 is when I finished today, 0833 is another Ash top and 0836 is a dead Pine that will come down and 0837 is a dead Maple.

 

[thewoodlands]

Just a few pictures of some trails I cleared today along with getting a dead standing Maple that will be split tomorrow, I'll get a moisture content reading on the Maple after I split it.

 

[thewoodlands]

The back lane above the gully along with the entrance is getting wider and cleaner, pic 0850 is one of the entrances that I made wider by taking down a dead pine and 0855 is after, 0857, 0858 and 59 are the dead standing Maple I felled yesterday after I split it and took a moisture content reading,0862 is one of the loads of dead pine I split that is by the outdoor fireplace and 0863 is more pickup of a dead pine that was taken down from the back lane. The last picture is the last dead pine that will be taken down in that area this fall.

 

[thewoodlands]

I cut up some of the biggest of the Ash tops in the back gully, I still have more left but they'll have to wait. Today I grabbed two loads of smaller rounds.

 

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I finally used the 4540 to get three loads of branches loaded up on the utility trailer ready for the wood dump. The first two loads are in picture number 0874, the branches in 0877 are what's left in that area that I'll load up tomorrow.

 

[thewoodlands]

I brought a bunch of Ash tops and dead Pine to the wood dump. Picture 0879 is the first load from the pile that was next to the two Pines in picture 0880, 0881 & 82 are more dead **** from different areas, 0883 had a bunch of dead Pine in it before today, and 0884 & 85 were two trails that were blocked of with piles of dead branches which I loaded up last night.

 

[thewoodlands]

Just another day dealing with dead White Pine, I split two trailer loads of the better stuff which is over by the outside fireplace waiting for a good hard rain and the bigger rotting stuff against the White Pine and on the ground is cut up enough so I can bring that over to the fireplace.

 

[thewoodlands]

I'm still cleaning up dead pine, over by the fireplace is full so I'm waiting for a good soaking rain and then I'll start burning all the junk pine.

Picture 0894 is from a ride yesterday, 0895 is where I started , 0898 is after most of it cleaned up and the rest is dead [ine going over to the outside fireplace.

 

[thewoodlands]

Mother Nature came through with some heavy rains again today so the cleanup continued, I've gotten rid of a bunch of dead pine in the last two days so the area I've been working is looking much better.

Pic 0933 is a before and 0938 is after and 0936 is some smaller Ash that will be stacked.

 

[thewoodlands]

Just some before and after pictures of the area I've been cleaning up. Picture 0887 is before and 0944 is after, 0888 is before and 0945 is after.

 

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We had more rain overnight and today so I did more limbing up of the old White Pines and took down some smaller dead White Pines that made for some nice fires.

In picture 0958 is a smaller dead pine I removed, 0959 & 61 were Pines I limbed up yesterday, 0962, 0965 and 0966 are the Pines I limbed up today and there were three more dead Pines not in the picture that I also removed and then burned.