Burning off the Days meal

[jpm1]

Saturday was such a nice day out I decided to cut a couple of cord of wood to top off the woodshed. I cut and split 2 cord of wood. Took 2 trips to the woodshed. The last stacked 5 feet high and 8' 6" long in the shed. I had more room on the "Bota" to stack some more. My wood averages 20" to 22"long and is Oak and Ash so it's heavy. Take a look. . . .This machine is great and also I just filled the tank this afternoon, went 36 hours on 6 gal. of diesel. Most of the time the machine is working, play time is very little. . . John :thumbsup:

 

[timswi]

Looks like a good day's work...The RTV is incredible for this kind of stuff.

 

[jpm1]

actually it was only about an hours work

 

[johnk]

Did you have a lot of helpers????

 

[JD 4520]

Okay, makes me look like a lazy butt. Nice job.

 

[jpm1]

JohnK.
Since my dad passed last April, I have no one to help me. My wife tries, but she has Alzheimers, best she can do sometimes is run the splitter on good days but, there getting fewer and farther between. The Picture on my Avatar is my dad hauling trailors for me. Sure do miss him. Its alot tougher now. . . John


My Dad

 

[creekbend]

A full cord of firewood is 4-foot high, 4-foot wide-8-foot wide. The typical full size pickup truck bed will hold i/2 cord at bed level. Some parts of the Country call a face cord or lumber yard cord a cord of wood , but in reality, it is only 1/2cord of wood. You most definitely worked extremely fast to accomplished all this: cutting, splitting and stacking 2-two cords of wood in that short length of time. The logs must have already been laid out ready for cutting. I tip my hat to you, by accomplishing this feat.

 

[Scotty370]

Kudos! Awesome equipment combination..........~Scotty

PS- I failed to offer condolences for your Dad's passing, and the challenges that your wife's facing! Hang in there my friend..........~Scotty

 

[hydro2]

JohnK.
Since my dad passed last April, I have no one to help me. My wife tries, but she has Alzheimers, best she can do sometimes is run the splitter on good days but, there getting fewer and farther between. The Picture on my Avatar is my dad hauling trailors for me. Sure do miss him. Its alot tougher now. . . John

My Dad

My dad cut with me every single weekend. He has been gone four years now. I lost my cutting buddy. I sure do miss him also.

 

[hydro2]

Love the Velcro shoes. My dad wore em too.

 

[hydro2]

Great picture of your dad by the way.

 

[jpm1]

Hi Creekbend,
Wood harvesting and cutting was born in me, its been a life long adventure or should i say Job? We use to cut 500 face cord a year.
Cutting and splitting is the easy part. I dont like hauling or stacking, that was dad's part. He liked to do both, guess thats why we worked so well together. I drag my logs from the woods and pile them in about 10-20 cord piles then fish them out with the loader and cut them when the mood hits. First picture is of logs from 2010. Second picture i finished just before it snowed this month. The last picture is last years woodshed in the process of being filled i believe sometime in november 2010.I was really behind last year.
Haven't got my Uncle's logs out yet but the years not over yet, but the woodsheds are full. Happy Heating . . . John :thumbsup:

 

[jpm1]

My dad cut with me every single weekend. He has been gone four years now. I lost my cutting buddy. I sure do miss him also.

I know what you mean and how you feel Hydro2 . . .John

 

[hydro2]

We were very close. Worked in the garage together, hunted together, rode motorcyle together. I really miss my dad. We built a 29x72 garage together and sometimes when go to his part of the garage to get something I have not used since he has died I think to myself he was the last one to organize this. Not knowing it would be the last time he would see it. Things like boxes of sockets or an angle grinder is what I am referring to. I sure do miss the company when I am in the woods cutting.

 

[hydro2]

My buddies dad who is 84 hunted yesterday with us. I really enjoyed having him. He is in good shape and had a great day. It was a great day.

 

[Bob77064]

jpm1, I like that huge wood shed.

 

[creekbend]

Hi Creekbend,
Wood harvesting and cutting was born in me, its been a life long adventure or should i say Job? We use to cut 500 face cord a year.
Cutting and splitting is the easy part. I dont like hauling or stacking, that was dad's part. He liked to do both, guess thats why we worked so well together. I drag my logs from the woods and pile them in about 10-20 cord piles then fish them out with the loader and cut them when the mood hits. First picture is of logs from 2010. Second picture i finished just before it snowed this month. The last picture is last years woodshed in the process of being filled i believe sometime in november 2010.I was really behind last year.
Haven't got my Uncle's logs out yet but the years not over yet, but the woodsheds are full. Happy Heating . . . John :thumbsup:

My sincere condolences in regards to your Father. My prayers go out to both you and your wife. I know it must be extremely hard at times. My Father is presently in the early stages, and my tears sometimes begin to flow when I talk to him. Please remain strong and always remember the good times and not the difficult times. Once again, you both will remain in my prayers.

 

[jpm1]

To all who have read this thread, I'm sorry if it turned to a morbid atmosphere .I did not intent it to happen, but. . .A special thanks and Prayer goes out to all whom responded with encouraging words, sometimes one believes their the only one going through this but this site has so many people whom really care! Thanks . . . Were goin' make it, John & Patti :thumbsup:

 

[hydro2]

I liked your posts. It brought back warm memories of my father and I enjoyed seeing the pictures of your dad. I see nothing morbid at all about. Just sharing good memories.
Mark

 

[1bush2hog]

Nice post John! I'm sorry to hear about your Dad and wife. Looks like you have all the right tools to get the job done.

Do you burn an insert?