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Carry on, with due caution.

Finally got a break from the constant rainy weather today. Cool, but seeing the sun is nice. Working on the property is much more pleasant without soggy raingear and mud galore. Should be dry for another couple of days...whoohoo :).

Ahh...

How are you feeling, Stephen? Work is going OK, no pain?

You eat the whole cones???

Indeed.

The drain?

The price for a true cord of split and cured Douglas fir has gone up by leaps and bounds here in the last few years. What used to cost $175-200 is now $300-350 or even more. I'm glad I can still cut my own.

I'm trying to imagine a scenario like that, Cory. Coming up short. But you may be right.

Not the first thing that Civic has dragged on, obviously. Must be lowered, no?

What a mess. I'm sorry, but who among us would have cut that tree without moving those vehicles?

Well, do that soonest. Any foreign material that gets in there will to some degree or another contaminate the fibers, and you will lose some of the chain-jamming capabilities and the speed that happens.

Looks like you're due for a new pair of chaps, @davidwyby. It is a well-researched fact that a second saw cut to a pair of cut-proofs or chaps has a 78.6318% chance of hitting the same spot as the first cut. :D But more seriously, think on it, brother.

Hey, John...that looks sorta like the process you went through on your wtf tree. :D BTW, it looks good with the lamp.

Well done, Austin. I hope you have as much fun in retirement as I have done and continue to do.

No, but then I've never been tempted to buy one. I'm pretty indoctrinated to Stihl saws at this point in my life; and I have used and owned only pro models. I'm just being a snob, and keeping my reputation as a curmudgeon intact :).

It's an Echo. Oh...I said that in another thread too. My bad... :D

If one doesn't know one's neighbors out here in the hinterlands, one is missing out on a lot of potential help. I don't own a tractor with a bucket, but two neighbors do, and I have benefited from good relations with both of them when I needed. If the need to call in a Life Flight occurs...

Tough life for a tree.

I used to be really persnickety about what firewood I went after; putting in the time and effort to locate on the NF, cut, split, haul, stack, finish split, etc. Almost without exception, old growth Douglas fir. Now retired, I find myself using almost anything handy...from our property, even...