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Man, I hate chainsaws more and more. I know there a necessary evil but they are in my mind the most dangerous equipment used in the woods. I preach safety to my kids anytime their in the woods and secretly hope they never pick up a saw in their life.
Dano, glad your friend will be alright. Keep focused out there. If its not a saw, its ridng a quad to get back where your going, operating farm equipment, crossing a creek or climbing a tree stand during hunting season in the dark.... not to mention firearms. Activities in the woods need your utmost respect.
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You don't have to tell me anything about chainsaws or working in the woods. I'm still trying to recover from a accident that happened in June. I had a tree fall on my leg, resulting in over fifty fractures. I'm starting to hobble around a bit but I still have a long road ahead of me.
Danno- I hope your friend makes a speedy recovery. I know what he's going through.
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Maplewalnut Dont forget to mention hitting a house with a snowmobile.:o
Well its the last day of summer and it snowed today......... good old Colorado
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I have always said that if a chainsaw can cut you it will. Hope your friend has a speedy recovery. He and his family are in my thoughts and prayers.
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Neighbor did that last year but across his thigh, chain saws take a wide chunk out. He turned ok but now wears chaps and goes a lot slower.
Best wishes to your friend.
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I am getting a little tired of cutting wood, but I think I'm done for this year.
We have about 3 cords in the sugarhouse of the crappiest wood you can burn, a cord at home to heat the house and a couple of cords waiting for next sugar season.
I am also building a bonfire for the football team, and that's a couple of cords that I've dragged to the site as well. Kids helped me with half of it.
That's all I want to do with firewood for a while. I too hate chainsaws, but see them as a neccesary evil. I always wear the chaps, helmet, boots and gloves because anything could happen.
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My dad has to go pickup three cords of oak that has been cut up and seasoned for two years it sitting next to someones driveway all I need to do is split it. It's a win win he gets paid for hauling wood and I get more sugar wood.
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Danno2840 you have had a couple rough weeks. Like everyone said keep focused when you are working, hope your friend has a fast recovery.
Revi please inform me how I could heat my home with one cord of wood. I pretty much burn 25 years of your wood in one winter. But I do feel your pain I am tired of wood myself. Dumb thing is when it is all over and the wood i cut for the year I start to miss it a little. Guys we are a sick group of people most people do everything they can to get out of working and we all long for it. Vacation coming up friday am. It feels as far away as next sugar season though.
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Messed up schedual today,,, no way to make it work at the woodlot,,,,so we are going to cut and stack MORE SUGARWOOD!!!!! THE SHED MUST BE FULL!! I have ALMOST 20 cords stacked inside,,,another 2 all split outside,,,about 7 chunked up 4 foot,,,,and 15 to be cut and split,,,,,probaly 5 cords of slabs to be cut up as well,,,,dont want to be short on wood this year,,,,,possibility of a lot more taps this spring,,,,,,
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Parker, how much would can you get cut/split/stacked per day?
I got the rest of my wood to the house over the weekend and it's all cut, and all but 3 chord is split. Once I get some pallets it'll all be stacked...15 chord total...nothing compared to Parker's daunting 50 chord.
I friend from work is going to bring the level, grade rod, and measuring wheel over. We're going to make sure all my existing mainlines have 2% min...I had sags last year and was getting surging into my releaser. Also going to look at the feasibility of putting in a big sap ladder where my releaser/tank is now and bringing sap up to the sugar house. Will also look at what a pump line to the SH would look like. I'll get it all graded out with flagging then make a decision what I'll do this winter. Ultimate decision will be on cost and how much of a PITA it'd be to take down the 300' of mainline if it's 10-15' in the air.
Now that wood's pretty much done I can clean my woods up and start running some more mainline and tubing.
