There is not a lot to report today.
I spent a couple of hours yesterday in the woods. Most of the time was spent cutting "usable" sized chunks of firewood out of the Black Locust I dropped earlier this year. Due to how they leaned, most of the canopies fell into the pasture. Then I carried the chunks and tossed them into pile for later transport.
I will bend over to pick up and carry a stick that weighs 5 pounds. I am reluctant to pick up and carry a log weighing seventy pounds over rough ground. 96" poles between 3" and 5" diameter make good fence posts. Hence the color coding of the table.
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| Approximate weights of "logs" @ 60lb/cubic-foot. |
I want to get the brush dragged back into the "woods" and re-erect the fence. Pastures that are not used revert back to brush.
I also dropped four more Black Locust trees but these were on the back-corner of the property.
Rain is expected all day today and high winds are expected tomorrow so I will not be back out into the woods until Tuesday.
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| The load I brought in on Christmas day. The largest chunk is 8" diameter and most are in the 6-1/2" class. |
Do you use a tractor with a bucket Joe?
ReplyDeleteIs deer season over with out your way? Any luck?
Been a week since I saw any deer crossing my backyard-garden area-apple trees. Turkeys everywhere. Huge crop from this year, they grow fast.
I do not use a tractor. I see the exercise as a benefit. If you hang to bow-saws on the wall of your shed and use one of them every day and leave the other on its hook, which blade will be rusted and unusable first?
DeleteIn my county, I can hunt antlerless deer with a firearm up until (and including) January 11, 2026. I can hunt them until January 31 with a bow (including a crossbow).
The bag-limit is 10-per-person for the season (the way I read the regulations).
Could you split the larger logs in half/third/quarter with sledge/wedge to make more fenceposts?
ReplyDeleteYes. I have done that.
DeleteThe Black Locust has a grain that spirals and "weaves" so they don't split easily and the posts are "ugly". The advantage is that older logs have a higher ratio of heartwood-to-sapwood and last longer.
When pulling wood at my parents' house from the woodshed to the house, I use a wheelbarrow. The size of the barrow keeps the load manageable and it is about 50 yards or so, so it makes for a good workout as well.
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