MEATSAW
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Temperature in the low 70s, <5mph breeze, partly cloudy. Ah yes its that time of year again. Was asked by my wife's co-worker to come out to their property and remove some dead trees and that I could have all the wood, of course I was all over that. Especially when I got there and saw they 4 of the 5 were live oaks and the other a hackberry (another great firewood, just less well known perhaps) and they were all fairly large (20" diameter average). I had to break out my Homelite XL924 with 28" bar for 2 of them. Lit myself a fire (for the brush and ambience) and went to work...thankfully I had my 14 yr old daughter there with me for the last few hours to help load the truck and haul brush.
Started off with the hackberry. Had to lay it down between some smaller healthy trees while not taking out a power line and a shed. I used my 7-10A to put it on the ground, my 024S to limb it, and my SL-11A to buck it up. Good wood.
My next quarry was this nasty thicket of green briar, old fencing, prickly pear, and mesquite -- but the 3 live oaks in there were worth the hassle. Live oak is arguably the best firewood on this continent and this stuff was good, with no rot.
Working on 1 of 2 truckloads along with a group picture of my saws.
I'm sore and tired but I've been waiting all summer for this. Looks like I'll be spending some quality time tomorrow cleaning up saws, sharpening chains, and admiring my first woodpile of the season. I'll put off splitting and stacking till next week...
Started off with the hackberry. Had to lay it down between some smaller healthy trees while not taking out a power line and a shed. I used my 7-10A to put it on the ground, my 024S to limb it, and my SL-11A to buck it up. Good wood.
My next quarry was this nasty thicket of green briar, old fencing, prickly pear, and mesquite -- but the 3 live oaks in there were worth the hassle. Live oak is arguably the best firewood on this continent and this stuff was good, with no rot.
Working on 1 of 2 truckloads along with a group picture of my saws.
I'm sore and tired but I've been waiting all summer for this. Looks like I'll be spending some quality time tomorrow cleaning up saws, sharpening chains, and admiring my first woodpile of the season. I'll put off splitting and stacking till next week...