Describe your perfect wood getting day.

[cat-face timber]

Here is mine.

My Favorite time to get wood is when there is about a foot of snow on the ground.
Colder than hell. Find a good Pine ( I do not fall snags, as that is illegal when they are bigger than 12" DBH) snag or Pinyon snag and crank up the big Huskys.
Do all the cutting, take a break.
Drink some coffee, eating a little Debbie snack cake. Talking to my grandson or the wife.
If I am alone, I talk to my Father that passed 7 years ago.
Finish the snack cake, drink the coffee, take some snuff and continue on..
I just love that.

The smells of Diesel Smoke, 2-stroke smoke, fresh cut pine. I love the smell of a saw that just got finished a long cut.


Perfect day!

 

[chucker]

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????. going to the wood lot that's gated & locked, only to find the lock and gate wide open! entering to investi"gate", and finding a couple azz hats in there cutting and splitting my wood for me that they thought was theirs for the stealing! blocked entrance and the wood cops on the way... 1/2 to 2/3rds cord ready an waiting for me on a warm morning never having to break a sweat from their fine thinking... like larry say's "ONLY IN AMERICA" ....

 

[pennsywoodburnr]

The perfect day? Temps would have to be in the 45-50 degree range. Good for working in nothing but a sweatshirt and jeans. Autumn will be setting in so leaves will be changing colors and falling. Hunters will be sighting in their guns, so you'll hear a shot go off once in a while. A clearing made out in the front yard where I can start staging the wood I already cut up to be split for next year. If a friend drops by unannounced to BS, then that's just icing on the cake.

 

[howard270]

My ideal day is 45-50 degrees so I just wear a welding shirt over a t-shirt and no bugs are out. A mug of strong coffee and a thermos full to fill up when the mug is empty. Have a fire going to burn the brush as I clear it, and if I am not working hard enough to stay warm I can always drink the coffee by the fire and warm up a bit on a break. Have the dogs with me for petting and talking to as needed.

 

[morewood]

Late October or later, anything below 50 and some sun. I can't wait until the leaves fall and the underbrush dies off. Then I can find all the old dead falls and locust without dealing with the bugs, stickers and such. I would appreciate some help though.......gotta work on that.

Shea

 

[flashhole]

The wife does all the work.

And I get to watch and drink beer.

 

[sunfish]

50 degrees, no snow or mud, leaves starting to fall.

 

[rarefish383]

"Today is the day the Lord made, rejoice in it." That means today is the perfect wood day. Think I'll go out and rejoice in it now, Joe.

 

[Cheesecutter]

My perfect day- I get woke up by a phone call at 10:30, it's my buddy Mark, he just scored 3 16"oak trees that we can drive right up to and will be easy to drop. The truck is loaded and he's on his way over. It's mid -January, 45 degrees, mostly sunny with a slight southerly breeze and on the way to the woods the weatherman said we would be stuck in this weather pattern for the next 4-6 weeks. AHHHH..... Perfect

 

[513yj]

Any day I get to go cut is a perfect day. I just got back awhile ago with about 2 full cord of maple with a tad of ironwood I cut out of a ginormous piles of tops. 85* when i was cutting here in Upper MI and my knees and ankles are sore from playing ballerina or gymnast or whatever. I'm going to open up a silver cylinder and start filling the wheelbarrow with the chunks to go inside and pile the big ones to split outside for tomorrow. Perfect day.

 

[Garmins dad]

The ole farmer gal next door left a message.. if i go split the wood that the tree guys cut to 16 inches for her she will give me half.. So tomorrow me and my 80 gmc and my log splitter will head over there...

 

[Speed]

Perfect firewood day you say? I go to the woods, back up to a big oak or ash and it it falls apart into the size wood I need, and jumps in by itself. When I get to the pile at the house, it jumps on the stack as I go by. Then I get in the house to find my daughter pulling fresh chocolate chip cookies out of the oven.:msp_thumbsup:

 

[sb47]

My perfect day is when a tree company pulls up with a big load of free wood delivered to my doorstep.

 

[Dirtboy]

I kind of enjoy any day out cutting, but the PERFECT day is 50 degrees, no big winds, and the trees falling the way I wanted them to fall.

 

[stihly dan]

I would have to say 30* no wind, full sun, on level ground, with full access to whatever equipment I may need. A nice bonfire to the side, my trusty dog helper, my son and younger brother there too. With maybe 24 hrs of light, the 8 hrs winter has is way to short for this perfect setting. I wouldn't want that day to end.

 

[dave_376]

I prefer to work in the 40's wearing a long sleeve t-shirt. It keeps me working/motivated trying to stay warm. I would be out there in a short sleeve except then I end up with scrapes all over my arms. My biggest issue with working when its warm is the need to wear pants instead of shorts. I cut down on the scrapes but end up with swamp pants.
I have to work whenever I get a chance; kids take up a lot of time, but if its too hot or sunny I will wait until the sun is low and there is shade. I have been splitting and stacking all summer long, well in June and Aug since July was too dang hot. I load my trailer with 1/2 a cord and move it the the stack area, stack it and then refill the trailer but stop then because I am too hot and sweaty too want to do any more. I start the next cool day with stacking then refill and wait for the next day.

 

[AIM]

60° sunny and dry. Someone to help and a cooler full of beer...

 

[jcl]

Aways liked cutting wood with my dad he owns 70+ acres we always cut 6-7 cord a year to heat the big old house. Now he's 74 not very stable walking in the woods but 1-2 times a year he will come with me and cut a couple of new growth trees down where we had cut 30-35 years earlier. Back then I stood around alot and watched (being 8-10 years old) while he worked now he watches me alot

 

[RedFir Down]

A couple years ago in late September my dad and I plan a trip to cut some wood. I woke up early, it was a beautiful crisp cool morning. I met him at his house, we filled our coffee cups up and threw in a few last minute things and off we go. On the drive up we had a good visit taking about life...farming, cattle, work and of course saws. We get off the pavement and start winding up the forest service roads. Then we start talking about the trees that we have scouted out and the ones that we have been watching die for a few years (beetle kills). I told him if that big Doug Fir was still there on that switch back we were going to cut it. (We had been watching it for a year and a half die) I had my doubts about it still being there.
We pulled this last steep grade and about to make this switch back and I can see the top of the tree... IT WAS STILL THERE!!! I was pumped. We pulled over and fueled the saws, grabbed my wedges and pounded. I cut the tree so the tip hit the barrow pit and the tree almost paralleled the road. We bumped all the knots, got it marked out and got it mostly bucked up and I told dad I was going to go down the road to get cell service to call my brother and have him bring my truck up because we were not going to get it all in his.
I drive back to the tree and we get dads truck loaded (2 cords). Then here comes my brother, we fill my truck to the gills. We took every last piece and it was a perfect fit (another 1.5 cord).
When we finished we had a beer or 2 on the mountain talking about the day so I pulled my tape measure out and it was 36" at the stump!

Now I will never forget that...WHAT A DAY!!!

 

[EXCALIBER]

Redfir you forgot to say what kind of trucks you were loading? Two cords in one truck is a heck of a load!! I wish I was back in Montana there are very few trees to cut where I am at now. Got any pics of the tree? Good story!!!