Great day in the woods

Dan in Ohio · Feb 9, 2019

This has been the best conditions I have had for working in the woods in a long time. No slugging through the mud for once, the woods never really
dried out all last year. Temps in the low twenties daytime and low teens at night last couple days made for firm footing for me and the tractors.

That bright sun shine was nice too.

Tractorcedric · Feb 9, 2019

That's going to be some nice wood!

johnlobb · Feb 9, 2019

Is that ash? ,

Mike(NEOhio) · Feb 9, 2019

Sure it's ash. They're all dying around here too. Took eight down last fall just around the yard. Many more in the woods.

Philip d · Feb 9, 2019

I?d love to help if I lived closer ,nice looking tractor too ,that heater house looks great too

jeffcat · Feb 9, 2019

See if you can save some of it for hammer handles and small projects. When it's gone by by no more. You can make wheel Barrow handles and row boat oars.

Russ from MN · Feb 9, 2019

That does look like nice logging conditions, but I like a little snow so the wood doesn't get dirty. We have a lot of black ash, the bug hasn't gotten that far N yet. The extremely cold weather this year should slow down the spread of them.

Northvale PA · Feb 9, 2019

I don?t like snow when cutting fire wood. I can?t see the rocks. The woods I cut in are there because that?s where the rocks are.

Adirondack case guy · Feb 9, 2019

I prefer to cut my firewood in the summer, when I can ware shorts and Tee shirt, and then set back this time of year in shorts and Tee shirt basking in the fruits of my summer labors.
I really like being a woodchuck in the winter months.
Our pantry still has plenty of canned garden vegies and freezer is full of meat and other garden goodies.
All I have to do is sit back and stoke the boiler and on occasion the Fireplace.
No dressing up in the Carhart's and freezing my butt off to stay warm.
Loren

Dan in Ohio · Feb 9, 2019

Actually the tree is a dead American Elm or some call it red elm, will stand dead for years and seems to get harder with age. I like it cause the bark is long gone. Cuts ok if the chain is very sharp and usually is is tough to split, hence the splitter on the back of my CUT.

Dan in Ohio · Feb 9, 2019

Loren,

I grew up with an uncle that taught me to cut firewood in the spring and summer and winter is time to burn wood not cut wood but on a day like today I could not resist. My wood shed is heaped full and I certainly did not need to cut any more but the next two days we are getting more snow and I hate to cut in the snow.

David G · Feb 9, 2019

I love burning red elm

Zachary Hoyt · Feb 9, 2019

It looks great, good for you. I like best to cut wood when it's anywhere from 20 to 55 degrees or so, in summer I get way too hot in jeans and if I wear shorts my boots get full of sawdust. I do the bulk of the year's firewood cutting in early spring as soon as the snow is down enough so I can get the tractor to the woods, and try to get done before the black flies come out, but we burn wood year round so there are smaller sheds to fill in the summer and fall at times.
Zach

Russ from MN · Feb 9, 2019

You make a good point there, we have rocks too, some of them go all the way to China!

Mike(NEOhio) · Feb 9, 2019

When I cleared my lot to build back in 1970 I cut a few of those. FIL called it red elm. Never knew exactly what it was till now.

coshoo · Feb 10, 2019

I've found the best time to cut wood is when I can get my kids to come over and do most of the actual work. Ma and I take care of the lunch, and watching the little ones so they don't get obsquatchilated.

SVcummins · Feb 10, 2019

Zachary I never figured out how anyone can do any work wearing shorts . That and I never figured out why a grown man would wear shorts in public in the second place

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