Steve NW WI
Unwanted Riff Raff.
I decided to start a new thread on my woodcutting on county land up north. For some background, read here: http://www.arboristsite.com/firewood-heating-wood-burning-equipment/180223.htm
I got the first load cut and hauled home today, and I'll get it split tomorrow. Here's the story in pictures, for those of you who can't read
First a sight not often seen: The steel bed of my wood hauler. I shoveled a 3" base of perfectly good bark, chips, and dirt out for two reasons: 1, I figure that loses about 10 cubic feet of hauling capacity. 2, John Q Sheriff does not enjoy the windshield of his cruiser plastered with said chips, and I have some well traveled roads to run on. Note the bike lock securing about $12 worth of gas and oil, more on that later:
Here's the first pair of victims, the left one is 12" DBH, the one on the right 17":
My ole truck is the perfect rig for out here. By perfect, I mean that nothing I can do to it will make it look worse than it already does. City boy trucks that have seen wax, or for that matter water with soap in it any time recently would not like the brush, stumps, and whatnot I crossed to get to the blowdowns. It'd probably be easier to bring an ATV and trailer and haul rounds to the road, but the permit says no to that. I had to cut a drive through my logs so I could get in to load em up:
Remember the bike lock? It makes a handy gas and oil can hanger when you're loading the truck:
Right after this picture, my camera went AWOL. After I was loaded, I spent 45 minutes trying to find it back, before I remembered snapping this pic, and then setting it down to unlock the gas and oil cans - finally found it between two blocks of wood, where it had slid down
Here's what's left of those two after a good load on the truck. There was evidence here of a poor schmoe cutting and carrying smaller stuff out to the road. If he wants the tops, he can have em, otherwise I'll clean em up on a weekend trip when speed isn't as important.
If the poor guy is around while I'm up there, I'll do my duty as a fine upstanding AS member and do my best to infect him with CAD-Dolmar strain, probably even haul a load down the hill for 'em. Lots of wood to go around up there, no reason to be anti-social.
Got more pics coming - stay tuned.
I got the first load cut and hauled home today, and I'll get it split tomorrow. Here's the story in pictures, for those of you who can't read
First a sight not often seen: The steel bed of my wood hauler. I shoveled a 3" base of perfectly good bark, chips, and dirt out for two reasons: 1, I figure that loses about 10 cubic feet of hauling capacity. 2, John Q Sheriff does not enjoy the windshield of his cruiser plastered with said chips, and I have some well traveled roads to run on. Note the bike lock securing about $12 worth of gas and oil, more on that later:
Here's the first pair of victims, the left one is 12" DBH, the one on the right 17":
My ole truck is the perfect rig for out here. By perfect, I mean that nothing I can do to it will make it look worse than it already does. City boy trucks that have seen wax, or for that matter water with soap in it any time recently would not like the brush, stumps, and whatnot I crossed to get to the blowdowns. It'd probably be easier to bring an ATV and trailer and haul rounds to the road, but the permit says no to that. I had to cut a drive through my logs so I could get in to load em up:
Remember the bike lock? It makes a handy gas and oil can hanger when you're loading the truck:
Right after this picture, my camera went AWOL. After I was loaded, I spent 45 minutes trying to find it back, before I remembered snapping this pic, and then setting it down to unlock the gas and oil cans - finally found it between two blocks of wood, where it had slid down
Here's what's left of those two after a good load on the truck. There was evidence here of a poor schmoe cutting and carrying smaller stuff out to the road. If he wants the tops, he can have em, otherwise I'll clean em up on a weekend trip when speed isn't as important.
If the poor guy is around while I'm up there, I'll do my duty as a fine upstanding AS member and do my best to infect him with CAD-Dolmar strain, probably even haul a load down the hill for 'em. Lots of wood to go around up there, no reason to be anti-social.
Got more pics coming - stay tuned.
