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Not Too Bad for an Old Dude -
KenK/84Bravo
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Came home this evening, weather pretty nice for a change. Busted out the new chainsaw, (second use.) Went to town with it. I have about 13 downed trees on my back slope, since early Summer/Fall from the Power Co. dropping a large amount of trees off my back deck.
Concentrated on the dryer 3-5 inch stuff, although I was cutting quite a bit of 8-14 inch stuff as well. White/Red Oak, Locust, Beech, Birch, etc. Got a crapload cut up. Carried in about 15 loads. I estimate that I brought in about 700-900lbs of ready to go firewood (the smaller 3-5" stuff.) and stacked it in my off corner, ready to go.
It is supposed to get nasty here again, in the next few days. Firewood ready to go, is a bonus.
(Yes, I have a stash of very dry wood already inside, and some in the basement as well.)
Just getting prepped.
I feel good about my evenings work, and productivity.
Concentrated on the dryer 3-5 inch stuff, although I was cutting quite a bit of 8-14 inch stuff as well. White/Red Oak, Locust, Beech, Birch, etc. Got a crapload cut up. Carried in about 15 loads. I estimate that I brought in about 700-900lbs of ready to go firewood (the smaller 3-5" stuff.) and stacked it in my off corner, ready to go.
It is supposed to get nasty here again, in the next few days. Firewood ready to go, is a bonus.
(Yes, I have a stash of very dry wood already inside, and some in the basement as well.)
Just getting prepped.
I feel good about my evenings work, and productivity.
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I am not far away here in the NC mountains west of Asheville.
Now, about 20 years ago the blight hit and killed all the locusts. I have burned many a load of locust but now, after 20 years, even the locusts are starting to rot so I don't cut them any more.
Are your locust rotten?
Yes but that?s probably cause he eats a lot of Taco Bell.
Ricci, Please- Seek Help.
No, leave the black walnuts to me. Here I am whacking a * walnut to make my summerbeam. The slabs went in to the wood stove.
I have burned tons of this stuff it burns pretty good, but, of course, not as good as red oak and not nearly as good as locust.
So y'all don't have the blight up there. Well you are not far away. All my locusts and I owned hundreds of 'em, died 20 years ago. I have looked up the blight but have found nothing.
Anyway keep up the good work that locust is great firewood.
I will say that, I whacked lots of locusts, 8 and 10 inch stuff, when I was building my log cabin 22 years ago. And despite the blight, little sprouts come out of those trunks every year.
And I go around clearing the land, I whack a bunch of small trees and brush etc with the chain saw. And I toss the sticks off the mountain, maple, nothing.
Poplar, nothing. LOCUST!! Two thorns in the hand, damn thorn about 3/4 inch long. Those small locust have some nasty thorns.
Summerbeam on duty. The kingpost is also black walnut. I got hundreds of these trees. These B*$#***!!! killed my garden, so, they got to go!
You can cut a live locust tree and new ones will sprout from the roots.
Before the advent of roof bolting in coal mines, locust poles were used to support the top (ceiling).
Speaking of logs...(I have not had to re-log in for quite some time. Is it fixed?)
Hmmm,how valuable? I have over 200 black walnut trees.
MY mind must be in the gutter today! An old joke about how far's the old log Inn kind of perked me up some.
Inside wood pile (and outside wood pile) looks good for now.