I love early spring firewood cutting!

[johnnylabguy]

I've never cut much in the early spring because my woods is so swampy, but after the hard winter we've had I'm really behind on next years stacks. I've been able to get out about 4 times in the last week and I love it. I have to put the muck boots on and I can only get to about half my woods easily, but it sure is great to get back out there and not freeze my butt off or battle ice and snow! Here's a quick pic or two of tonight's 1 hour hit, after dinner and some hardy yard play with the kids on our first 65 degree day here in Ohio:

I sure am good at dropping them in briar patches. Actually, I don't mind because they are usually dry, and I can't leave em hanging in another tree where there's a briar patch! Another plus, chainsaw chaps work great for briar work too.

Here's a pic of the Jonsered 630's handy work. I really like that old saw. It was the Stihl ms361 twenty years before there was a 361! And I even enjoyed the 5 mile ride on the quad without a hat or the heated grips on(btw those things are great). Just a great evening. Feel free to add some spring cutting photos of your own.

 

[chads]

No pics but I was able to do a tree that was in the sewer lines and messing them up.
We had a warm day a couple weeks ago and I was down to a flannel and chaps.
Felt good to fire up the saws and make some wood.
The neighbor asked me to take down a plum too for pay.
I got enough to fuel the truck up full and the firewood.
Don't get much better than that.
Chad

 

[woodchipper95]

My woods are so swampy too! I can hardly cut in spring!

 

[bert the turtle]

The 3 days between the end of freezing my ass off season and the beginning of tick and chigger season are lovely!

Now that I've started permethrin treating my clothes, I can enjoy spring in the woods a whole lot more.

 

[hardpan]

Does the permethrin work as well as advertised? Turkey ticks, the ones that carry lime disease, have gotten bad here and they like me a lot. That threat has added a new dimension to my woods time.

 

[mainewoods]

According to the experts, permethrin treatment of clothing beats DEET hands down, and lasts much longer.

 

[GVS]

I've never cut much in the early spring because my woods is so swampy, but after the hard winter we've had I'm really behind on next years stacks. I've been able to get out about 4 times in the last week and I love it. I have to put the muck boots on and I can only get to about half my woods easily, but it sure is great to get back out there and not freeze my butt off or battle ice and snow! Here's a quick pic or two of tonight's 1 hour hit, after dinner and some hardy yard play with the kids on our first 65 degree day here in Ohio:

I sure am good at dropping them in briar patches. Actually, I don't mind because they are usually dry, and I can't leave em hanging in another tree where there's a briar patch! Another plus, chainsaw chaps work great for briar work too.

Here's a pic of the Jonsered 630's handy work. I really like that old saw. It was the Stihl ms361 twenty years before there was a 361! And I even enjoyed the 5 mile ride on the quad without a hat or the heated grips on(btw those things are great). Just a great evening. Feel free to add some spring cutting photos of your own.

 

[GVS]

My brother had a 630.After 18 years of very hard use and abuse it finally died and he sprung for another JRED.Can't remember the model but a commercial job anyway.He's as happy with the new one as he was with the old one. When I saw how he worked his 630 and how it held up I bought a 625II.That was about 14 years ago.A good saw as well.I don't know about the newer models but the old JREDS were about unbeatable.

 

[goosegunner]

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Does the permethrin work as well as advertised? Turkey ticks, the ones that carry lime disease, have gotten bad here and they like me a lot. That threat has added a new dimension to my woods time.

It seems to help. I mix my own and use a small garden sprayer to apply on my pants, boots, chaps, and outer shirt. I also use deet each day.

gg

 

[mainewoods]

I like spring too, but not this year.

 

[Dirtboy]

We had a nice couple of days here, temps melted most of the snow. Most of my rounds cut last year are visible now so the splitting must begin. The woods are mud city, and we are supposed to get a couple of days of heavy rain. I'm contemplating getting a load of logs delivered so I can get farther ahead, and save the scrounging in the woods until fall.

 

[wahoowad]

 

[bert the turtle]

Does the permethrin work as well as advertised? Turkey ticks, the ones that carry lime disease, have gotten bad here and they like me a lot. That threat has added a new dimension to my woods time.

I use the sheep and goat permethrin, dilute to 1% solution and soak clothes overnight. Way cheaper than the stuff sold for clothes and has kept me tick free for 3 years as long as I remember to tuck in my shirt and blouse my boots.

 

[johnnylabguy]

I like spring too, but not this year.View attachment 342514

Sorry about the snow yet, but thanks for the cool pic. Never take for granted that beautiful view you have there, coming from this flatlander!

 

[TreePointer]

I love cutting in late winter. There is no foliage, no snakes, no skeeters, and I can see a lot more things in the forest. Early spring gets to be pretty muddy here with the heavier utility tractor I use, but this year was great because I was able to cut almost to the first day of spring because the ground stayed frozen. From now on, I'll be splitting those rounds I made in winter on the cooler days until the grass comes out of dormancy. Once the grass starts and other things start growing, I rarely have time to do any part of wood processing until autumn.

Good luck to all you mudders out there!

 

[rarefish383]

Both of my trailers are full of green Oak for next year, but I can't get to the wood sheds because it's so wet. This is the latest I've ever been getting the court in front of the house cleaned up. My wife is not so happy. She said her plants will be blooming any day and she wants to see pretty reds, blues, and yellow, not wood chips and splinters and saw dust. But, I do enjoy splitting this time of year. As mentioned, no bugs, not too hot, and lots of pretty red, blue and yellow plants all around me, Joe.

 

[mainewoods]

Real nice place there rarefish, I don't think you will disappoint her. Tell her you are making homemade mulch for her flowers.