Charity Cut for Interfaith Caregivers-Who is up for the task at hand?

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Thanks again J.D. for letting me stay at your place. And Thanks Boyd for breakfast.

It was good times for sure. That was a heck of alot of wood and my saws and me need a break. If you come across any more of those caramel rolls send them my way! Speaking of caramel roll.....

Im goin to bed.............

 

[grandpatractor]

Thanks again J.D. for letting me stay at your place. And Thanks Boyd for breakfast.

It was good times for sure. That was a heck of alot of wood and my saws and me need a break. If you come across any more of those caramel rolls send them my way! Speaking of caramel roll.....

Im goin to bed.............

Anytime Erik, glad that you could make it up.

 

[Steve NW WI]

Quick video of the operation in process. Nothing like the sound of a dozen or so saws singing a a song:

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Pics coming if I don't fall back asleep. When I got home tonight, it was Aleve, a big glass of water, and a cheesy movie that I might have seen 5 minutes of before I crashed out for a while. I was beat, but I thoroughly enjoyed myself today!

Thanks to everyone at Interfaith for giving us the opportunity to play and feel good about doing it, and for some of the best home cooking around! The coolers got a workout today, tons of Gatorade and water got recycled through our sweat glands! The weather cooperated fully, it was a bit wet when we pulled in this morning, but sunshine all day, and maybe 70° for a high, with a good breeze to keep us cool.

 

[Steve NW WI]

Some people pics:

More to come tomorrow sometime...back to nappy time!

 

[Steve NW WI]

Pics of the setup:

View from the east side:

The west or "big" side, note that the pile is twice the height of the skidloader:

HeavyFuel and Grandpatractor took turns running the skidloader, hauling the logs from the stack to half a dozen or so cutting sites where hungry chainsaws were waiting:

We usually had 2 guys to a cutting location, it helped to have one cutting and the other repositioning the logs once in a while, otherwise one would start at each end and meet in the middle.

More to come shortly.

 

[WetGunPowder]

Looking good Steve! Glad you got a pic with the Skiddy next to the pile to get an idea of how BIG it really was!!!:msp_ohmy:

 

[Steve NW WI]

Pics watching the pile dwindle from the small side:

Finishing it off, the skiddy popped a hydraulic hose JUST before we finished, no biggie.

Still got more coming.

 

[Steve NW WI]

Watchin the big side get smaller:

Wetgunpowder whittling the last stick down to size:

View of the piles of firewood left in the aftermath. Wendell has a video tour that will do it better justice. It is a LOT of wood! Denny now has about 120 cords on site, 50+ cords split, and what we cut yesterday. Denny says their needs are covered for a year or a bit more with that.

Still not done yet...

 

[WetGunPowder]

wendell

Last seen heading south around 5pm. No word yet of his whereabouts!:msp_scared:

 

[Steve NW WI]

A special treat yesterday afternoon, Beefie brought his 090G along, and when we were done, he put it in wood for the first time in it's life. It's previous career was as an ice cutter on Lake Winnebago, cutting holes for sturgeon spearing. It was an impressive beast for sure, and the guys and gals from Interfaith got a huge kick out of the show.

That's all I've got. I regret that I didn't get pics of the "Arboristsite Youth Auxiliary", and their ringleader Michael aka Cinnamon Roll. Hopefully someone else has pics of those guys. They were busting their tails all day stacking and trying to wear out Grandpatractor's collection of Fiskars splitting axes. They were not successful

Once again, THANK YOU to everyone involved, from the logger to the ladies making sure we had plenty of sweet stuff to eat through the day. A project like Denny has undertaken takes a ton of people and work to be successful, and we were happy to do our little part.

 

[grandpatractor]

Once again, THANK YOU to everyone involved, from the logger to the ladies making sure we had plenty of sweet stuff to eat through the day. A project like Denny has undertaken takes a ton of people and work to be successful, and we were happy to do our little part.

I totally agree!

 

[Dalmatian90]

Most of the way through the pics, to the tune of "Lions and tigers and bears..."

I started going, "Dolmars, Huskies, and Stihls...oh my!"

 

[Steve NW WI]

Most of the way through the pics, to the tune of "Lions and tigers and bears..."

I started going, "Dolmars, Huskies, and Stihls...oh my!"

To rephrase a Ron White line, we didn't know how many saws it was gonna take to do this, but we knew how many we were gonna use!

:greenchainsaw::greenchainsaw::chainsawguy::chainsawguy:

I went through 5 tanks of fuel on the 7300, and one in the 5100. I'd guess probably about 50 saws got put to work at some point yesterday.

 

[deadtrees]

090g

I like the vids of the 090 at JD's place. Because of chain speed, it does not throw chips as far as a new saw, but it will sure bury your foot in chips. I had a good day with a great bunch of guys. Nice photos also.
Wayne

 

[grandpatractor]

To rephrase a Ron White line, we didn't know how many saws it was gonna take to do this, but we knew how many we were gonna use!

:greenchainsaw::greenchainsaw::chainsawguy::chainsawguy:

I went through 5 tanks of fuel on the 7300, and one in the 5100. I'd guess probably about 50 saws got put to work at some point yesterday.

Yup and the vice on the back of my truck seemed to have a saw in it getting sharpened most of the day.

 

[GrizzlyAdams86]

Thank you all

Made it home ok last night. Still a litte sore from yesterday yet. But thank you to all who helped out. Grandpatractor, Wetgunpowder, Denny, everybody thank you for everything. Had plenty of fun over the weekend. Used the 2100CD the most, ran about 3 tanks of gas (1 qt gas tank) though it, the most that has probably run through it in a long time. Got some pic's see if I can get them put here sometime soon.

 

[Steve NW WI]

Ill be there

Or maybe not.

Reports are that thor was last seen at a garage sale outside Taylors Falls trying to haggle down the price of a wild thingy! Guess grandma drives a dang hard bargain :hmm3grin2orange:

 

[WetGunPowder]

I totally agree!

+1

 

[WetGunPowder]

Now all we have to do is split it all! :msp_thumbsup:

 

[Beefie]

Well I made it back, 617 miles and only one tank of diesel 32 gallons worth. It was good seeing everyone again, and nice to meet some new folks too. Heavyfuel let me sleep in the loft again, sure feels good when you can just wake up and start sawing instead of driving 5.5 hours first. Thanks J.D., Boyd , And John for all there help to get this together. Thank you denny for all the great food, I no Iwill be back again when it is needed.


Beefie