Unless I know I'll have a full tractor trailer full of wood I always go by foot, about 700 meters straight over the fields up a rather steep hill. The tractor way is about 3 kilometer, mostly unpaved roads what makes me arrive as fast or faster by foot.
That been said I rarely take along more than the following:
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1 saw , fully fueled and with a sharpened chain. Usually my favorite
Dolmar PS-6400 which works for everything, felling, bucking, limbing, bush clearing - reliable as a saw can be, never left me hanging. I sometimes take my little 40cc Sachs-Dolmar 108 or my big girl the Dolmar PS-7900 along - but the 108 is no fun (low power) and the PS-7900 is way to thirsty and mean mannered in thinner stuff. 20" B&C setup for PS-6400/7900, 14" for the 108.
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1 spare chain that 99% of all times never gets used
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1 round file
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scrench
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1 liter of bar oil
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1 liter of fuel for a complete clearing (even the branches get processed involving an ax), or 2 liter of fuel when I expect to just buck big stuff in which case I also take along 2 liter of bar oil
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a cotton cloth
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small ax
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leather gloves
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face shield
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water (usually 2 liter bottle)
- 1 liter thermos with hot milk coffee if it's cold outside (otherwise I don't take it along)
- something simple to eat, an apple or other fruits usually suffice
- mobile phone (is actually always with me)
- TP (one never know when one might feel the need to visit the throne)
- proper footwear and clothes (on myself)
- lighter (I am a non smoker, so this is not a usual accessory for me)
- my 2 aluminum wedges (only when I expect to fell any larger trees, otherwise I don't take them along)
All mentioned fits inside a medium sized backpack and both my hands!
Even when I go with the tractor I don't take along much more, if any.
I am a homeowner firewood hack, as such I don't aim solely for high productivity.
If I cut down a tree I'll process the whole of it making use of even the thin branches.
Same goes when clearing bushes, if it burns it'll come home with me.
