Right now at 8AM in Palm Desert CA it is only 91. Expected high Thursday and Friday around 116. Will be back at 6,000 latter today making sure the fan is running 24 7 because the expected high is 91 for Thursday and Friday.
I do not like to scrounge wood. I prefer to deal with the USFS or have a good contract for clearing land. I started a Oak clearing on a small ranch about a year ago and am about 75% done with several cords cut up ready to go. What I need is some Pine now. A customer called the other day and asked if I had checked out his downed trees below his property. I told him I looked over the deck and saw nothing. He said look farther. Several large trees were brought down by the utility company and left. About 40 cords are about 200 feet below the house on a 35 to 40% grade. The majority of the wood is 200 feet from a road below the house. So I have to figure how to move 200,000 lbs of wood to a culvert area which is where the creek bed meets the road. My plan is to build a couple back stops with some rope and tires to stop the rounds from rolling into the creek bed which is dry. With the smaller logs build a walkway along side the creek bed to where the creek bed meets the road. My process would be cut the rounds and let them roll onto the backstops and then hand split the rounds into quarters or more. With my wheel barrow move the quartered rounds to the back of my pickup on the the constructed walkway. The creek bed is only about 20% to where it meets the road so not too steep to walk. Wondering is there a better way or is my wheelbarrow going to get a work out. I estimate at least $15,000 of wood is just sitting here. Pics coming soon. Thanks
I do not like to scrounge wood. I prefer to deal with the USFS or have a good contract for clearing land. I started a Oak clearing on a small ranch about a year ago and am about 75% done with several cords cut up ready to go. What I need is some Pine now. A customer called the other day and asked if I had checked out his downed trees below his property. I told him I looked over the deck and saw nothing. He said look farther. Several large trees were brought down by the utility company and left. About 40 cords are about 200 feet below the house on a 35 to 40% grade. The majority of the wood is 200 feet from a road below the house. So I have to figure how to move 200,000 lbs of wood to a culvert area which is where the creek bed meets the road. My plan is to build a couple back stops with some rope and tires to stop the rounds from rolling into the creek bed which is dry. With the smaller logs build a walkway along side the creek bed to where the creek bed meets the road. My process would be cut the rounds and let them roll onto the backstops and then hand split the rounds into quarters or more. With my wheel barrow move the quartered rounds to the back of my pickup on the the constructed walkway. The creek bed is only about 20% to where it meets the road so not too steep to walk. Wondering is there a better way or is my wheelbarrow going to get a work out. I estimate at least $15,000 of wood is just sitting here. Pics coming soon. Thanks
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