Scrounging Firewood (and other stuff)

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Did a little tree falling and firewood cutting for my friend Tim (who lets me hunt his property) today. (I've taken deer there 3 years in a row now).

He needed some more firewood for this year, and this big, dead Ash tree was perfect for it!

Used my MOFO hybrid with 28" bar, which barely went through it! Saw pulled nice even with the bar fully buried and the dogs dug in!

He started using is new X-27 right away!
hardy pix there MM - hardy wood gathering scene, too! "boots in the thread, snow on the ground!" ' hats off to you!... and to think i was belly-aching yesterday about going outside and it had barely gotten to 50! ;)

the pix w/chucks reminds me of the firewood cake for 'lumberjacks'....
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maybe Brufab will post up the 'how to' utube U vid...

even matches a lumberjacks coat...

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I can tell you we did it with the three sock plan on Okinawa. winter rarely got any colder than 45°F but it would rain at the same friggin time. keep them dry folks... it works in the jungle and the desert. hang your wet socks from the back of your alice pack or 782 gear and let them air out and dry just in case.
'ooh-rah!!'
 
hardy pix there MM - hardy wood gathering scene, too! "boots in the thread, snow on the ground!" ' hats off to you!... and to think i was belly-aching yesterday about going outside and it had barely gotten to 50! ;)

the pix w/chucks reminds me of the firewood cake for 'lumberjacks'....
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maybe Brufab will post up the 'how to' utube U vid...

even matches a lumberjacks coat...

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Trying to convince the wife to bake one.
 
Oh no! We're suppose to get snow tomorrow evening. Almost a full 2":surprised3: (couldn't find the "Oh No" emoji). Maybe 4". They started treating the subdivision and county roads yesterday.

I mentioned earlier how people around here make such a big deal about it. All over the news last couple of days, telling people how they should drive. StL drivers are nuts. Pedal to the metal all the time.
 
Another day, another dead Ash (actually, two of them today) as part of my work hours at the Fish & Game club.

The first one was only medium size, and I dropped one leg to the right and one to the left.

The big one was the same diameter as yesterday's tree, but then forked a bunch of times (only got 3 rounds before the forks), but it had lots of wood up top.

My Hybrid did the big stuff, and my 462s did the rest. They don't have as much torque as the Hybrid, but they are light and fast.

Filled my trailer, and still have a bunch left, including the big rounds.
 

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