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Its wet....think water pouring out of the cut. Almost as bad as cottonwood. Had a 4' trunk I was cutting 12-14" off of, 084, 36" bar, there was so much water pouring out with the chips creating drag...I couldn't cut it. I was soaked from the waist down....and stunk like piss, because cottonwood...

Why me? Had enough wind lately to take this danmed thing down....and of course, its a miserable effin willow, time to dig out the skip chains. Yea, thats a 12oz beer can for scale. Theres a 2nd smaller trunk behind it.... Ed

Back to the woods today, low 60's, sunny with a light wind.....perfect. The mess for today, down Soft Maples in the low ground. First tree was junk....half rotten. 2nd was solid. View looking toward the field, lots of obsticals and uphill, some brake steering required. 2nd tree, 20" butt dia...

No it isn't. I would get heatstroke..... Ed<--can't take heat

Our weather has finally broke after 2 months of freezing temps, 2days in the 50's was a welcome change. 2 hours in the woods got me 2 nice dead ash, they were down, but supported off the ground. Still decent firewood. Ed

All quartered and ready to split......late post now that I can add pics. Ed

I finished blocking up th damned Hickory today and spread the pieces out with the Bobcat so I can quarter them. Came home and got the 084, might as well start....question was, what would run out of fuel first, me or the saw? I did..... Ed

Back to the woods today...good thing as now 1/2-3/4" of rain tonite. I finished moving the last remnants of the 36" Hickory home for processing. It was a mile away, now about 1/8.... Dump truck and Bobcat, 3 loads. Ed

Wanted to get the last 2 sticks out before it rained today, got a little damp on the way home, but that tree is done. It was a nice one.... Ed

Next victim... I got 2 logs off it today, 2 more left. Acess is an issue, have less that 2' of clearance between 2 trees and the log is at an angle. Ed

Time to get moving again... Hauled logs to the landing today, clean-up trom a nasty storm. 3 bone dry Elm, a gopher wood Cherry and 3 pieces from a gun barrel ash. In pic1 the 1st log was already on the pile. Ed

I finally got the rest of my big Hickory out of the field. Been a long hard road to get here. Remainder of the trunk is on the edge of the field, waiting to be cut. The pieces are 40" long, will get cut in half, then quartered before splitting. Took a little time and cleaned up the bark and...

Back at it today, 45 minutes with the 084 and ready to split... Ed

Thanks guys. Gotta get back out there and see what I can do! Ed

Been a while...health issues suck. Blood clots, left leg, 2 surgeries, 3 stints, hospital, rehab, recovery, ain't fun. Went at it today, 36" hickory sawlog that set to long. Weapon of choice was the 046 & 36" bar, full skip chain. Next will be quartering the blocks with with the 084. Ed

I noodled them.... Ed

It bothered me to cut up that Maple, 2 good saw logs there. Sadly, they were to big for our mill, its also manual, turing the cant would've been a pita. When quartering the blocks I had 3 cuts that I had to wedge open. WTH? Stress? Grain? Never had that before Started splitting, damn, beautiful...

Back at the 3' Maple today. Took the 046 with a 24" bar. Quarted 9 more blocks, 7 left, followed by 12, 24" Red Oak. Ed

After 2 days with the 084, I'm a walking piece of shrit. Totally beat, so far I can't take a nap. Going to look into gettting my 066 rebuilt, needs seals and a piston. Ed

Time to move it or lose it today. 30+ soft maple, it went over a year ago, edge of the muck ground. Getting to it was a problem, dad got the top out last fall when it was dry. Today I got the trunk out. Started by getting the 084 & 36" bar out, hadn't ran in 3 years.....wiped the moss off it...