R Walter
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For Winter?
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August 1st was day one of my firewood permit for the state, and it's primarily black and river birch, with some maple thrown in. It costs $100 and is for 5 cord of wood. It's standing, and relatively small (easy) but the access is great, and the family loves the trail network.
Jason
Since we had a micro burst in the area, one of the local tree services has been dropping off his larger stuff (He has a winch fed chipper) and therefore, I have a yard full of white oak, and pin oaks. I have been splitting every night for about 2 hours (hand and machine) and so far have 3 cords for next year (Green), and about 6 cords for this year (Seasoned).
Luckily, I also got a bunch of hickory and cherry blown down from a fence line up on the farm, too bad for the mill, very good for me. August 1st was day one of my firewood permit for the state, and it's primarily black and river birch, with some maple thrown in. It costs $100 and is for 5 cord of wood. It's standing, and relatively small (easy) but the access is great, and the family loves the trail network.
This year should be a heck of a lot easier than last year thanks to you guys... But I can't help but wonder, can you actually have too many chainsaws? Just when I take pictures of one to think about selling it, I am quick to justify keeping it. That's about it for the year this year, take care everyone.
Jason
Nice job!
Is Lindrith in the Santa Fe or Carson district? I was looking at a map of some areas above Abiquiu Lake, wondering if there is any dead pinyon to cut.
Lindrith is over on the west side of the Santa Fe Nat'l forest. About 25 miles due north of Cuba, NM. Do you know where Cuba is? About 70 miles north of Albuquerque.
Where are you? I've got a bunch of beetle-kill pinon on my land that makes great firewood. The surrounding ranches also have some good pinon.
Folks here in NM are about split between cedar and pinon for firewood burning.
I sent you an email. Which county are you in?
Mostly Black Birch and Maple, in the state forest in Glastonbury this year. Sometimes it is the top wood from the commercial harvests, but this year it needs to be felled as well. Shoot back a PM, I'll give more details.
Jason
That's a pretty nice pile of wood there...It makes me kind of envious in all honesty. You see...I'm overseas right now and have been for most of the year. At the moment, I'm unable to add to my own stock supply. By the time I return stateside it'll be late year and I expect to be sitting on a small reserve...enough to see me through mind yah, but nothing to bragg about. What ton splitter are you running? Thanks for the post.
Best Regards,
OLY-JIM
I'm just south of Abiquiu. I've been cutting on the Carson by El Rito and on the Santa Fe above the land grant, but pickings are getting thin. I went over to Cordova and cut a cord yesterday. It's not worth the drive. Once the bark beetles have a couple of years to chew on the burned Pondarosa in the Carson, they'll do like the Santa Fe, and let us cut it down. I took out seven or eight cords of mixed Pondarosa and pinyon (pinon) (I notice the Forest Service is spelling it both ways) a couple of weeks ago. Wish I were closer to you. Gary King said I could cut on his Ranch, but its on the other side of Santa Fe. I'm going to have to do some exploring.
I have a pile of wood to go on the wood pile. Just haven't started piling the wood yet.
Been pretty hot and I've been playing "Logger Joe" on Hemlocks all year.
I thought the bark beetle only afflicted pinon, not ponderosa. At least the infestation in Northern NM beginning about 6 - 8 years ago was only in pinons.
South of Abiquiu... is that Espanola?
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