Keep it off the ground!!

[turnkey4099]

Now that is the way to buck a log. I pretty much fell it where I wanted but didn't plan on it staying on the stump. The stump is multistem and forms a "V" notch. Log is nicely trapped there. about 36" at butt, 24" where I quit cutting. About 24' long. The top was fully on the ground and I had a few problems with compression trapping the bar until I got to within a few rounds of where I quit. Next to last round it lifted a bit, last rount it came right on up. Can push it up/down like a teeter totter. I'll work it by cutting a few rounds off one end and then a few off the other. I really expected it to shatter where it hit the stump. I'll see when I get the rounds from that area.

Poor picture but it was my new camera. With the first shot it flashed "memory full" so I didnt' try to get better exposure or enlarge.

And there I am in all my glory. I'm working on loosing more of that gut. Down about 16 lb from November.

Tried but couldn't find a way to delete that one.

The short rounds are Mike's He has a small stove in his shop.

Harry K

 

[dancan]

Hat's off to a man that works hard , as much noodles in your pics as a GTG

 

[unclemoustache]

Dang - I knew you were old, but I didn't know you were THAT old!!!

Nice job - I love it when a tree happens to keep the stem off the ground for easy bucking, but your method takes the cake!

 

[TKeller]

Looking good turnkey, I love working with firewood too(in my 60's). Simple but all comsuming at the same time if you know what I mean. Is that willow or some locust, nice rounds for sure!!!

 

[Iska3]

Always nice if the trunk of a tree falls on a log or a rock and keeps it off the ground like your pictures but that don't happen very often. Nice pictures and a lot of noodles. Anyway you look at it, I'd say you was real busy.

 

[WMW050588]

Good work! This is generally a great time of the year to cut firewood around here, but it's been in the high 80's all week and looks like it may crack over 90 this weekend.

 

[turnkey4099]

Looking good turnkey, I love working with firewood too(in my 60's). Simple but all comsuming at the same time if you know what I mean. Is that willow or some locust, nice rounds for sure!!!

Willow. Basically just cutting for the exercise and the fun. Got more locusts in the stacks than I will ever burn, sell a bit of willow (3 cord waiting delivery now). Farmer wants all that 1/2 mile row of willows GONE!. Problem is what to do with the wood? Can't sell that much, Can't use that much. Too much of a scotchman to just fall, pile and burn.

Went down with Mike today to put down a big one on the edge of the farmers equipment lot. We worked 4 hours together and didn't quite clear the brush. Back tomorrow to finish up.

Harry K

 

[zogger]

c/s/s and let 'er dry and wait for a cold snap, someone will buy it.

 

[Scott Kelly]

I never knew willow burned very well? Got a ton of it around here. Looks like a good time for sure!

 

[ChoppyChoppy]

Good work! This is generally a great time of the year to cut firewood around here, but it's been in the high 80's all week and looks like it may crack over 90 this weekend.

I'd be sitting on my couch in my undies with ice packs taped to me! It hit about 60* here a few days ago and that was almost too hot. I guess I got some thick blood from working outside all winter. I should have known when it was -25* and I thought.. "its pretty nice out here"

 

[nk14zp]

I never knew willow burned very well? Got a ton of it around here. Looks like a good time for sure!

All wood is good firewood IF ya got enough.

 

[turnkey4099]

I never knew willow burned very well? Got a ton of it around here. Looks like a good time for sure!

Burning quality is high IF you disregard the need to feed the fire often . One large chunk will hold a fire all night - won't put out any heat but it will still be enough to get the morning fire going. Some people claim lots of ash. I see no difference between willow and black locust in that regard. Lots of people around here like it for barbecue and smoking meats also. Cut/Split/pile in the spring it is ready to burn in the fall but I like to wait another season.

Of course there are lots of willow species so I can't speak for any but the ones around here. Grow fast, big and die young. The ones I am cutting now were planted as sprigs back in the teens. They are running up to 36" DBH.

Harry K

 

[turnkey4099]

A few pics of working it up. Got about 16 shots from start to finish but that is too many to post. Those are my MS441/32" bar and MS361/25" bar. That 441 is a wood eating beast!

And that's how it went, cut a round on one end, then the other. Wash rinse repeat until it was down to:

I was hoping it would stay up there but when the last round came off it tipped up vertically by the stump. No problem, just chained it up, pulled and drug the log right across the top of my caddy carrying the gas/oil. The jugs survived, the caddy didn't.

Current job:

I spent 3 hours on Thursday just clearing a century of fallen crap to get a spot to put that tree down. Fell it on Friday. Didn't make much progress, very tight working conditions. Huge brush pile one side asnd deep ditch just the other side of the log. Resorted to chopping about 10' out of the middle of the tree and will start from there working back to the stump. need some room to pull all the tops out of that mess in the background.

Was pretty miserable work yesterday Low 80s but high humidity. Only came home with what I got out of that 10' section.

Harry K