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chipper1

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We have fancy trees here. Not those overgrown Christmas trees. :)
LOL.
I almost stopped to take a picture of a large white oak today. It had a bunch of 12-20" leaders off the main shooting up more like a silver maple, never seen one that looked quite like that before.
 
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Would you guys do this? Or seems too dangerous? I think I’ll pass. It would bring a whole new meaning to “slip and fall”.
Seems a bit dangerous to me, but you gotta do what you gotta do.
Either way, that saw is pretty big for that size wood.
 
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Would you guys do this? Or seems too dangerous? I think I’ll pass. It would bring a whole new meaning to “slip and fall”.
We’ve had whole threads on this. There are ways that it could be guarded, but the guys who use something like that are probably not interested.

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Bark looks a little like Ash. But if it's the only tree around, it's oak because of the leaves.
I was thinking the same from the bark but the picture of the split not so much. Doesn't look like any type of PA oak I'm familiar with.
 
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Interesting stove, I haven’t seen too many top loaders. Place my son moved into has a top load stove, very well made, seems to work well View attachment 874894
Can open the front too, has 2 removable bars to hold wood away from front door/glass when top loading. Was around 0 every night for a few weeks, burned about a cord so far this winter.
Ran skidder for a guy that has a firewood/logging business last weekend, probably been over 25 years sense I was in a skidder, kinda fun

He’s pretty busy, has over 100 cords of orders to fill right now.

Those Harman stoves were made about an hour North of me. I think they discontinued making wood stoves when the co. was sold out. Always a high end stove. They just make pellet stoves now.
 

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Well, my wife estimated we got 12", I said 14", and the guy next door said 16".

The weather report came on and they said the town just to our West got 13" and the one to our East got 14.5", so I'm going to declare myself the winner of the guestimate!

All that snow and no pictures of your truck playing in the snow....?

WTF - Over...?

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Sent while firmly grasping my redline lubed RAM [emoji231]
 
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meanwhile in florida people are freaking out... posting protect your pets and stay indoors its going down to 35 tonight
One of my favorite Vet visits. We had a Golden pup. It snowed about ten inches. I shoveled out her kennel. Her kennel Had an open front run in shed look with an almost flat roof. I didn’t clear the roof. Looked out to check on her and she was on top of the roof laying in the snow, all you could see was her head sticking out. Next time I saw the vet how cold should I worry about her being out. He asked where I lived? I said Gold Mine Rd. He asked which side? I said the old one lane gravel side. He said she’ll bark if she gets cold. Then I asked what difference it made where I lived? He said if you live across the street on the paved side, in the development, those fools will call the cops on you if it gets below 40.
 
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Well, we only got about 3 inches. After I tried out the blower on the X540 I never checked it again till I was getting ready to take Carolyn to the hospital The next morning. Looked out the window and my truck had an inch of ice on it. Hit the remote start so it could start to melt. Ran the blower up and down the drive hoping the chains would make it a little less slick so I could get the truck up , it’s a steep drive. For only 3 inches the roads were a mess. At 730AM no plows had been through any neighborhoods or feeder roads. Got to I270 which is a 4 lane hi way, and it was a slushy mess.
Carolyns surgery went well. It was her 6th new hip. She had Hodgkin Disease when she was in her early twenties. The gave her high doses of Prednisone and it killed the bone in her hips. Had both replaced. Got about twenty years out of them and had them rebuilt, new liners and ball bearings. Called a revision, that was the second set. Couple years ago the rod in her left femur came loose so they put in a whole new hip. This time the rod in her right femur was showing signs of coming loose, so this completed the third set. Have to go get her about 1 this afternoon. I think the first hip she was in the hospital a week. She was the last surgery yesterday so she got to spend the night. If she had of been the first surgery of the day they would have released her yesterday. Things sure change. My first knee replacement I was ona walker for two weeks. My second one I walked out on a cane, and only used it to hit people if they got too close.
 
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I cleaned the truck off, but I've been so busy the truck did not move!

Speaking of Dogs and Vets, my Mom brought my dog to the Vet one time for his shots. The Vet asked my Mom to "hold him still", but he was restless. The Vet says to my Mom "Don't worry, I have never been bit". My Mom responded "That end doesn't bite"!
 
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