Steve NW WI
Unwanted Riff Raff.
I planned to cut wood yesterday and go fishing today, but as plans go more often than not, that changed. I worked some OT yesterday morning when it was nice, and by the time I got home it was windy and miserable out, so I called it a couch afternoon.
Today, I woke up and felt that urge to burn some saw gas. It was drizzling a little, and around freezing, but I decided to go out anyway. I didn't take much for pics of the first load, haven't gotten a new camera yet, and my phone was plugged in charging. I cut half a dozen little elms to fill the back of the 1/2 ton, and did have to get the camera out for this, I did the "triple tip" on a 8" elm and two smaller saplings that were tangled in tight with it. The small partially cut up one on the right was mostly punky dead elm, and the other was a small maple, I'd have liked to leave it, but it would have come down with the elm eventually. I zipped the dead one clean off, notched and back cut the maple, and did the same with the elm. It looked cool watching em all hit the ground together.
By the time I got that load loaded, I was a little wet, and getting cold, but I said I'd get a shot of both trucks loaded in the hauler pics thread, so I went home, swapped trucks, and headed back out.
I picked on a bigger elm this time, about 16". There was a ton of brush in the tops. Normally I let it lay, but I had to tip it onto my trail, so I decided a wet cold day like today needed a bonfire.
Here's the tree, from the top, even Zogger would say there's a lot of brush there
Bonfire time:
All blocked up and brush converted to much enjoyed warmth:
Two black beaters full of wood, splitter in the background:
All in all, a pretty good day, and my gloves and jacket are drying by the stove. I didn't hear from my buddies out on the lake, so the fish couldn't have been biting very well anyway. I've got some splitting to do now, really not a whole lot, maybe 30-40 blocks between the two loads need splitting. Unloading and stacking will take more time than actual splitting. It will be some good before work busy work for me this week, and we'll hit it again next weekend.
Today, I woke up and felt that urge to burn some saw gas. It was drizzling a little, and around freezing, but I decided to go out anyway. I didn't take much for pics of the first load, haven't gotten a new camera yet, and my phone was plugged in charging. I cut half a dozen little elms to fill the back of the 1/2 ton, and did have to get the camera out for this, I did the "triple tip" on a 8" elm and two smaller saplings that were tangled in tight with it. The small partially cut up one on the right was mostly punky dead elm, and the other was a small maple, I'd have liked to leave it, but it would have come down with the elm eventually. I zipped the dead one clean off, notched and back cut the maple, and did the same with the elm. It looked cool watching em all hit the ground together.
By the time I got that load loaded, I was a little wet, and getting cold, but I said I'd get a shot of both trucks loaded in the hauler pics thread, so I went home, swapped trucks, and headed back out.
I picked on a bigger elm this time, about 16". There was a ton of brush in the tops. Normally I let it lay, but I had to tip it onto my trail, so I decided a wet cold day like today needed a bonfire.
Here's the tree, from the top, even Zogger would say there's a lot of brush there
Bonfire time:
All blocked up and brush converted to much enjoyed warmth:
Two black beaters full of wood, splitter in the background:
All in all, a pretty good day, and my gloves and jacket are drying by the stove. I didn't hear from my buddies out on the lake, so the fish couldn't have been biting very well anyway. I've got some splitting to do now, really not a whole lot, maybe 30-40 blocks between the two loads need splitting. Unloading and stacking will take more time than actual splitting. It will be some good before work busy work for me this week, and we'll hit it again next weekend.
