Steve NW WI
Unwanted Riff Raff.
Spent the day cleaning up a bunch of wood at little sis and future bro in law's new house. 90% oak, all but one already laying on the ground, my kind of cutting. I did have to bring one down that FBIL swears moved closer to the house after they put the house up! Had a lean that might have caught the porch roof with a good south wind, and was already standing dead. I brought the trusty Massey over there, and my big rope, hooked it up and cut er down:
Another view:
Notched, cut till it started to tip just a bit, then had to give it a pretty good tug to get it to come right between the trees I was aiming for:
Stump looked like a photo op, hinge a little big, but with 10,000 lbs pulling on it, who cares!
Shot of the wood I got out of there today. Rack of split stuff is from earlier, 2 rows of rounds and the pickup load are today's haul.
As you can see in the background of the pics, I've got a bunch more work to do there yet, but 3 loads is enough for me for one day. Just need more nice weekends like this! Close to 40° here today, sunshine and no wind, spent most of the day with the flannel hanging on a branch, cutting in t-shirt!
Another view:
Notched, cut till it started to tip just a bit, then had to give it a pretty good tug to get it to come right between the trees I was aiming for:
Stump looked like a photo op, hinge a little big, but with 10,000 lbs pulling on it, who cares!
Shot of the wood I got out of there today. Rack of split stuff is from earlier, 2 rows of rounds and the pickup load are today's haul.
As you can see in the background of the pics, I've got a bunch more work to do there yet, but 3 loads is enough for me for one day. Just need more nice weekends like this! Close to 40° here today, sunshine and no wind, spent most of the day with the flannel hanging on a branch, cutting in t-shirt!