StubornDutchman
ArboristSite Operative
Sunday we experienced 100 mph + winds. The 100 year old farm house and out buildings survived but 30 acres of hardwoods were decimated. Some trees snapped off twenty/thirty feet up. Others toppled over at the root ball. The woods looks like someone was playing a gigantic game of pic up sticks. The skyline looks sparse.
I'm looking to you experts on how best to deal with the carnage. It's such a tangled mess in there, I doubt any logger would want to try and salvage any trees for timber, due to the stress. ???
My niece and nephew both heat with wood and I plan on upgrading our wood cookstove to something like a Jotul 600. Many of these trees are 3' or more in diameter so the number of potential cords is mind boggling to me.
It will be left to me to harvest most of the wood by myself and i enjoy cutting/processing firewood. But at 63 I feel I am too old/slow to make any $$$$ trying to sell it for profit.
Now to the reason for this post. How can I manage this mess and minimize loss due to decay over the next several years. The trees are a mixture of Oak, Hickory, Cherry, and Maple. I can manage inside storage for about ten/twelve cord of wood. I feel I can keep another fifteen or twenty cord stored outside and used up by myself before decay becomes an issue.
Should I concentrate on specific sections of the woods and leave other sections alone since many trees are still partially off the ground due to their limbs and other trees beneath them. ??????
Sorry for the rambling. The magnitude of this mess won't let me think straight yet. The downed trees are so thick, I can't even walk thru the woods. Help me come up with a plan to minimize waste.
Thanks.
I'm looking to you experts on how best to deal with the carnage. It's such a tangled mess in there, I doubt any logger would want to try and salvage any trees for timber, due to the stress. ???
My niece and nephew both heat with wood and I plan on upgrading our wood cookstove to something like a Jotul 600. Many of these trees are 3' or more in diameter so the number of potential cords is mind boggling to me.
It will be left to me to harvest most of the wood by myself and i enjoy cutting/processing firewood. But at 63 I feel I am too old/slow to make any $$$$ trying to sell it for profit.
Now to the reason for this post. How can I manage this mess and minimize loss due to decay over the next several years. The trees are a mixture of Oak, Hickory, Cherry, and Maple. I can manage inside storage for about ten/twelve cord of wood. I feel I can keep another fifteen or twenty cord stored outside and used up by myself before decay becomes an issue.
Should I concentrate on specific sections of the woods and leave other sections alone since many trees are still partially off the ground due to their limbs and other trees beneath them. ??????
Sorry for the rambling. The magnitude of this mess won't let me think straight yet. The downed trees are so thick, I can't even walk thru the woods. Help me come up with a plan to minimize waste.
Thanks.