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Gatherin' Wood

leanin' H

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Spent this fine Labor Day doing some labor. :cry: We went out on an old burn to cut & haul some of our winter wood. It was in the upper 80's but we had a breeze so it wasn't too bad. Like most things we do, it was a family affair. Even took the In-laws with us. :D Dad & Mom in-laws and our two kids in the wood buggy.
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The best wood is on the sides of the ridges where the old cedars grew a little bigger. Atleast a chainsaw is better than a bowsaw! :wink:
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Me and Mrs. H's Dad hard at work. The best part about heating your home with wood is it warms ya up multiple times. :wink: When ya cut it, when ya pack it, when ya stack it, when ya haul it in to the stove and when ya burn it!
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Little H and Littlest H with thier Grandma. The wood buggy makes it easier to get to wood you can't get the truck to. But ya have to touch it twice.
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My Father-in-laws dually and trailer. He got a good jag of wood and so did I.
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You can get your kids to load a lot of wood if ya chum them with juice boxes! :D
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The mouth of Lee's canyon. Where we cut wood was on two private sections some friends own. We get lots of wood and they get less dead trees to sishkabob themselves on when gathering cows. :wink:
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Two saws cutting with our wives and the two kids helping load the buggy. Many hands, even little ones, make the work go quicker.
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One buggy at a time.
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Some good lookin' guy with a chainsaw. :roll:
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The kids and gals took a little break to cool off thier toes in the creek.
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While Boyd and I kept at the task. It'll be worth it come December!
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Little H was the foreman on the project.
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The reward for our labors! Cedar burns hot like pine but not so quick. You can bank the fire better at night. We get 6 cords or so each summer/fall and a ton of lump coal and it keeps us toasty.
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How it looks stacked in the woodshed! SWEET! :D
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And tonight after we cleaned up a little, we went out and shot Mrs. H's rifle in preparation for her upcoming deer hunt in October. Lets just say she knows how to squeeze a trigger on the ol' .270 :D :D :D :D The bottom right was shot #1 and a pull. Then she bore down and did alright on #2 which was right 2 inches and a tad low. The next three were right on the money! :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D Better send her North to show Gcreek how to ventilate bears! :wink:
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Silver

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That's much the same as our Labour Day! My FIL is up and the family spent the better part of the day cutting and splitting wood. Like you say, many hands make light work. I don't think 6 cords will do it here though. Unfortunately our choices for firewood aren't as appealing as yours, although the trees are thicker and bigger than what you're showing. I guess we're soft cuz we called it on account of rain this afternoon.
 

Triangle Bar

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LOOKOUT H, with a wife that can shoot like that you'd better mind your P's & Q's. :lol: :lol: :lol:

My Labor Day was also spent laboring away, getting the discbine ready to lay down more hay.

Happy Trails
 

per

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We use natural gas and solar tubes. No wood gathering getting in the way of harvest. Drove a swather all day.
 

gcreekrch

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In that wood it looks like it would take a lot of chainsaw work to make a cord. A brushcutter and an old Hesston stacker might make shorter work out of that project.

Glad you were able to take advantage of more family time on your "days off". None of those blocks were over 50 lbs now were they?

Send Mrs H up, I can do what BMR's sig line suggests with her and my Mrs and they can go bear hunting with a switch. :lol:

We packed pipe off the oats and peas today, we will probably have to cut them before we finish at the new place. After that I did stress relief and "harvested" a couple of lambs for the freezer. :D
 

Liveoak

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Nice pics! Can't give away wood down here. People would rather buy 6 sticks for $3 at the convenience store. Go figure.
 

the_jersey_lilly_2000

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No kiddin.....never have had any trouble findin firewood down here, but Hurricane Ike....did a number and there's so many trees down that could be cut for firewood. But it's virtually impossible to get it all cut. Now with the drought, there's more trees that are dead but still standin.

All you folks up north that live where it's almost treeless need to start plannin vacations to Texas. Bring a trailer, and load up with firewood. LOL
 

lazy ace

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Man I love cutting wood. I wish we had a fireplace, TTB and I used to have fun cutting oak and ash trees in the afternoons. When we got married the wood cutting adventures stopped. :?

have a good one

lazy ace
 

Silver

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lazy ace said:
Man I love cutting wood. I wish we had a fireplace, TTB and I used to have fun cutting oak and ash trees in the afternoons. When we got married the wood cutting adventures stopped. :?

have a good one

lazy ace

You are most welcome to come up here anytime and relive your tree cutting bliss! I'll provide the saws, truck, room and board! :D
 

Big Muddy rancher

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lazy ace said:
Man I love cutting wood. I wish we had a fireplace, TTB and I used to have fun cutting oak and ash trees in the afternoons. When we got married the wood cutting adventures stopped. :?

have a good one

lazy ace

Gee now you have to satisfy yourself just buffing the wood table. :wink:
 

lazy ace

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Big Muddy rancher said:
lazy ace said:
Man I love cutting wood. I wish we had a fireplace, TTB and I used to have fun cutting oak and ash trees in the afternoons. When we got married the wood cutting adventures stopped. :?

have a good one

lazy ace

Gee now you have to satisfy yourself just buffing the wood table. :wink:

I'm speechless Big Muddy :lol: You are feeling a little squirrelly today.

Silver that sounds pretty good to me got any cold ones in the deal?

have a cold one

lazy ace
 

nmhighdesert

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Big Muddy rancher said:
lazy ace said:
Man I love cutting wood. I wish we had a fireplace, TTB and I used to have fun cutting oak and ash trees in the afternoons. When we got married the wood cutting adventures stopped. :?

have a good one

lazy ace

Gee now you have to satisfy yourself just buffing the wood table. :wink:

BMR all the kids must be grown and gone huh? :shock: :lol: :lol:
 
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