How'd it go today?

No real plans. I've wanted a decent chunk for awhile just to hold onto. I really like the unique trunk shape and density. Might be cookies. Might be tool handles. Maybe micro shelves or a cutting board. I'm gonna grab a little stem on my next trip out, and I'll see how it holds up for file handles. I usually make mine from oak branches, but ironwood would be interesting.
 
Got rained out in forest lakes, which is cool but also sucks. So off to the woods I went. All was quiet and peaceful, then this dickhead showed up. He's shooting the bank of the wash, parked maybe 50 yards from me. My patience is wearing thin. Quickly. 20240726_143032.jpg

Update: I left. Whilst doing so, I pulled up got his attention and to him "little rude don't ya think? Pulling up on my campsite and shooting"
"I'm sorry, i..."
"You've got a whole damn forest, and you didn't even look at me. Put those guns away and work on your situational awareness."
 
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Kaveman said:
Had a long talk with the boss the other day. I think we're on the same page now. We shall see. He made the right noises, and he knows what's going to happen if he doesn't toe the line.

Anywho, got to work in forest lakes again yesterday. Set up our zip line first thing, and FRIGGEN SLAYED IT! Five whole trees down the slope by 17:00(local), and we didn't get out there til almost noon.

Might go out there today, maybe tomorrow. View attachment 140217

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Glad it seems like you’re going to get what’s due!
 
So I scared the customers cousin. It was a dead red oak over a deck not very big or tall but on the edge of a steep hill with punky limbs, all two of them. Rig out the limbs nice and soft on the rope. Get down to the last trunk section to rig and balance tied it so to save on drop distance. The chunk comes straight down headed towards the railing the cousin starts screaming like a teen age girl at a Beatles concert. Then last minute the chunk turns flat missing the railing by several feet. We laughed and I said “ should I have hit the railing?” We laughed some more.
 
The McLouds(specifically the old lady) left a bag of tomatoes on my front porch. Found it when I got home from grocery shopping. That was nice of them. I do enough bitching, and they deserve credit where it's due. I'll make a bowl later with vinegar and black pepper. I really like fresh in-season tomatoes :^)
 
davidwyby said:
A while back I posted a picture of a tree by a campground that had been girdled with an axe. Surprisingly, it’s still green. They didn’t get all the cambium. Still a mystery who and why.

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Today I was startled to find another done more thoroughly and dying next to the road.

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The second girdled tree is now dead and I spotted another one girdled and still green (for now) along the same road.
 
Several years ago a custy had a cherry tree that was girdled by a beaver. He asked me if it was going to make it because it was still green. I said no the tree doesn’t know it’s dead yet enjoy it for the summer and in fall it will be gone.
 
What's the pipe on the exhaust, Jim? Anti spark contraption?

Does that tractor have one of those gated shifters that is harder to figure out than a Rubik's cube?
 
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