So what did you do today?

[XP_Slinger]

Pulled out a bunch of tops for firewood a couple days ago with my boys. They did great, very proud of them. Youngest was setting chokers and pulling cable. My oldest was chasing and running chokers back down the hill. Was a great day.

 

[RI Chevy]

Really cool Josh.
Cutting those after dragging must be tough on chains...

 

[Wilhelm]

Really cool Josh.
Cutting those after dragging must be tough on chains...

Not when You are used to cut dirty logs, in that case it's just the norm.

I bet those aren't very dirty, forest soil is soft.

 

[RI Chevy]

OK. Lets use your chains Wilhelm. [emoji6]

 

[Wilhelm]

OK. Lets use your chains Wilhelm. [emoji6]

I have no problem with that - AT ALL !!!

This is my everyday log bucking experience.


Those are oak and beech logs, Ya'll know how the bark should look like.

You can't scare me with dirty logs!
I just imagine them to be dirty girls.

 

[Wilhelm]

I am not even evading the dirt, I just buck straight trough it if that's where the rounds length ends.



I have no means of handling logs, most times there is not even enough space around the piles to roll the logs.

Oregon LGX FTW, Vanguard holds up nicely too.
Full chisel, full complement, round filed.

 

[XP_Slinger]

Really cool Josh.
Cutting those after dragging must be tough on chains...

Not as bad as you might think Jeff, the woods are pretty dry right now, not much sticking to the logs. On top of that I won’t buck them til spring, the rain and snow cleans them up some.

 

[RI Chevy]

Ahh. Good deal. Rain will rinse them off a bit.

 

[fearofpavement]

It's interesting that around here a root ball with dirt on it can go through 20 years of weather and the dirt will never clean off the roots. Why is that?

 

[ucm931]

It's interesting that around here a root ball with dirt on it can go through 20 years of weather and the dirt will never clean off the roots. Why is that?

Maybe that dirt has a high clay content and has been compacted by the roots and weight of the tree to the point of almost being concrete? I've seen adobe bricks that old. Just an unscientific wild azz guess. lol

 

[XP_Slinger]

Maybe that dirt has a high clay content and has been compacted by the roots and weight of the tree to the point of almost being concrete? I've seen adobe bricks that old. Just an unscientific wild azz guess. lol

That and the roots just hold onto the soil I think. I have a big hemlock blowdown in my woods, root ball is 10 feet tall. Still holding onto the soil and big rocks 6 years after tipping over.

 

[Wilhelm]

It's interesting that around here a root ball with dirt on it can go through 20 years of weather and the dirt will never clean off the roots. Why is that?

I never noticed any meaningful "cleaning effect" from rain, lest snow on my firewood logs.

Turkey oak has very thick and rough bark, and the dirt is very clay-ish.

 

[Moparmyway]

Painted this muffler, porting is next

 

[RI Chevy]

Going to start calling you the pied piper...lol.
Nice Kevin.

 

[fearofpavement]

Was clearing a large willow off an earthen dam today and while working in the swamp on the backside was hoping to not meet up with any water moccasins. Thankfully no snakes. Later in the day while inspecting the crawl space of a house I did come face to face with a black widow. Man, I hate those things. Brushed it out of the way and finished my inspection. Seems like all kinds of hazardous vermin around here.

 

[Moparmyway]

Who doesn’t love RA @ 32:1 ?


Bass-turds



Porting is next

 

[MustangMike]

Forgive my ignorance, but what are we looking at Kevin? Never seen ring pins that close to one another, but I like the stabilizers!

 

[Moparmyway]

3120 piston

Mud wasp nest in the barn, hanging on an antannae wire

Stabilizers in RA ?

 

[RI Chevy]

RA Sticks to surfaces very nicely.

 

[MustangMike]

Stabilizers in RA

On the piston … the wings!