Just 2 weeks ago we were still wet from all that melting snow compounded with rain, rain, and more rain. So much that one of the local waterfalls won't be accessible this year as the trail was washed away. And now we have a total burn ban.
What did you do to/with your chainsaw today
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I rented a mini skidsteer and stacked all the big crap. Then I set my sights on this hoss.
Healthy tree, about 65' tall, and way too close to where the house is going. This one had the most consistently placed abandoned low hanging limbs I think of any tree yet. Was a pain to get up to to clean up. It was dinner time when I pulled trigger on this unit. had to drop a Maple to get the second one on the ground. First one was a little weird, I cut it where the 2 were not 1. It wasn't as tricky as it looked since it was a neutrally balanced tree. I left the hinge a bit too thick on the first one and ended up wedging it over. The wedge went it without too much effort. The second left the wedge all on its own after enough lovin was given to the hinge. Next I limbed, bucked, stacked, and returned the wee skidsteer. Clearing your own land is an insane amount of time to spend. Luckily I suppose I may have developed a marketable skill of pointing and dropping a given tree in the direction that I desire? The trees I've dropped this Spring haven't taxed my brain nearly as much as those I dropped last year or the year before. I can't decide if it's dumb luck or if I'm actually getting the hang of it. But damn this brush is a killer! And so is the stacking of the usable bits that will either become firewood or studs/planks as my Uncle has a mill. Once the piles are more impressive I may post pics. For now, I've not got but 4-5 cord of firewood and a bit north of that for mill wood.
Healthy tree, about 65' tall, and way too close to where the house is going. This one had the most consistently placed abandoned low hanging limbs I think of any tree yet. Was a pain to get up to to clean up. It was dinner time when I pulled trigger on this unit. had to drop a Maple to get the second one on the ground. First one was a little weird, I cut it where the 2 were not 1. It wasn't as tricky as it looked since it was a neutrally balanced tree. I left the hinge a bit too thick on the first one and ended up wedging it over. The wedge went it without too much effort. The second left the wedge all on its own after enough lovin was given to the hinge. Next I limbed, bucked, stacked, and returned the wee skidsteer. Clearing your own land is an insane amount of time to spend. Luckily I suppose I may have developed a marketable skill of pointing and dropping a given tree in the direction that I desire? The trees I've dropped this Spring haven't taxed my brain nearly as much as those I dropped last year or the year before. I can't decide if it's dumb luck or if I'm actually getting the hang of it. But damn this brush is a killer! And so is the stacking of the usable bits that will either become firewood or studs/planks as my Uncle has a mill. Once the piles are more impressive I may post pics. For now, I've not got but 4-5 cord of firewood and a bit north of that for mill wood.
Might be time to either acquire or rent one of those shredding machines that take limbs and brush and turn them into mulch. See them around the city when the arborialists are doing the tree trimming on the boulevards and in the parks. New could be expensive unless maybe Harbor Freight or Menards or Fleet Farm have them. Could also run a search through the local farm machinery dealers to see if they might have something like that.
Nick
Nick
Only problem there is the stumps gotta go too. What a wicked machine though, could surely be rented.
There's almost never not a brush fire going when I'm up there. 1 good day with the wife and kids should have us caught back up on the brush again.
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