WSJchester
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You have to embrace the pain . . .
I actually don't mind the cold that much. I wear layers and strip em off as I go. This weather now mid 20's is fine for me cutting wood. I'm actually working a job just down the road (doesn't happen too often) were I can walk too work! Running a machine though Feller /buncher or the limber so it's not all that physical.
Reason I prefer this time for firewood is the grounds froze up hard and more than that, the blackflies and deerflies and mossies are froze up good! Much rather contend with the weather than them!
Like most everyone above, the positives are: No bugs, frozen ground, ability to regulate temperature by adding/removing layers, etc.Snow cover hasn't been too bad here, but when it is real deep, it is a pain having to clear a trail everywhere just to get around. Even with the 8" or so we have, there are a lot of blowdown branches, etc that I won't see until spring.
For me, wood season lasts from the week after deer hunting (end of Nov in WI), and lasts till the frost goes out in late March/early April. Anything that gets cut during the summer is due to fenceline cleaning or storm damage.
Don't get me wrong, January was a bear, cold and miserable every weekend, and I look forward to more weekends like last weekend in the +-30° range.
Steve
Never thought of that, good point!
Arn't moss-quitos up north as large as Bald Eagles!?opcorn:
GM
I for one don't like the cold at the start of winter but as winter goes by I get used to it and now 25 degrees feels like a heat wave.
I am thankfull that ticks, snakes, chiggers, and spiders hate the cold.
I had to have a lane plowed for me to get to the tree im working on now. Huge Maple. Cut for 3 hrs on Saturday, was around 10-15. Cut on Sunday too with sweatshirt on 40 and sunny, almost too warm.
I have been to your neck of the woods before! its not the cold that you have to get use to its the Snow, its starts in late november and it doesn't stop till late March! use to hang out close to tower road and 612 area. If i could live anywhere it would be there!
Those are the ones from Minnesota - Ours here in Wisconsin are like Condors!!!
Al
The worst above all else are the damn Deer flies, they give me a welt about as big as a 1/2 dollar, and they will bite right through your clothes or mesh type baseball cap.
Around here we get two kinds.
The ittybitty sneaky ones that can grease up and wiggle through window screen mesh, and the Big bastards with the striped legs that just pry the window open, conk ya on the head and take you down a Pint.
Nothing is as satisfying as spraying immadan and having the dying little bastards land convulsing on the tractor hood.
There's nothing more aggravating than repairing a leaky drip line in the field when it's 90 degrees,99% Humidity, stifling calm air, and 40 skeeters are chewing on you like Ethiopians at a chineese Buffet!
Black flies are a pain, but they aren't as organized as the Skeeters around here. I swear they have a damn Union and shift hours!
Stay safe!
Dingeryote
I have been to your neck of the woods before! its not the cold that you have to get use to its the Snow, its starts in late november and it doesn't stop till late March! use to hang out close to tower road and 612 area. If i could live anywhere it would be there!
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