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Looks like you got a pretty good amount.
My news said up north could get 15-20”.
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My news said up north could get 15-20”.
Gordon Gould
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Because we are close, we're in the snow shadow of the presidential range and tend to get lesser amounts with N'oreasters. Still snowing but we have about 8" or 9" so far. You don't have to go far from here to get the snow you saw in the news.
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Where was it 3 months ago?
One potential good thing, this should help keep the eclipse watchers on plowed roads. Since we're allegedly in the middle of mud season, there's been some concern that people would go wandering and get stuck. A Game Warden told me that Monday is a mandatory work day for wardens and forest rangers.
Gordon Gould
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Where was it 3 months ago?
One potential good thing, this should help keep the eclipse watchers on plowed roads. Since we're allegedly in the middle of mud season, there's been some concern that people would go wandering and get stuck. A Game Warden told me that Monday is a mandatory work day for wardens and forest rangers.
Besides the dirt town roads being muddy I was thinking some would drive out into open fields to get a clear view and make a huge mess. The snow should help that too.
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Loaderman22
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The last Ash I cut, it was 52" across on this log. I didn't count rings, but tree guy said it was maybe 100 years old.
The ash was so dry that you light a split with a match I think & burned very hot, stove was 350-400 degrees occasionally. Made great burning wood, didn't think it had any more ashes than anything else I burn. Around here, mostly red (black) oak, maple, some cherry, even poplar and tulip poplar. I don't mind cherry, but I have a bunch of poplar blowdowns that I don't even want to mess with, I think I make more heat cutting it and splitting it, then it does burning it.
The ash was so dry that you light a split with a match I think & burned very hot, stove was 350-400 degrees occasionally. Made great burning wood, didn't think it had any more ashes than anything else I burn. Around here, mostly red (black) oak, maple, some cherry, even poplar and tulip poplar. I don't mind cherry, but I have a bunch of poplar blowdowns that I don't even want to mess with, I think I make more heat cutting it and splitting it, then it does burning it.
It looks like we are getting a few more nights in the 30’s, so I brought a little more ash up to the porch for burning in the house. My old 8n was needing an oil change and lube anyhow, to get it ready for spring plowing.
That little wood hauling job warmed up the old oil enough so that it drained out real good. Changing the oil filter is always a pain on that tractor. I’ve got to take off the sediment bulb, below the gas shutoff, to make room to lift out the old filter.
Old Henry Ford must not have had 3D CAD when he designed that model. That tractor is fun to use, but simple maintenance on it is a pain compared to most of the other old tractors I’ve worked on.
I brought up a little less than 1/4 face cord, that was stacked above the center cross beam. Hopefully, I can get the rest of the back interior woodshed wall built tomorrow. That will let me stack up to 12 more face cords in there. Hopefully most of that will be maple, cherry and oak… anything but ash. I still hate that wood. Good riddence to it when it’s gone.
That little wood hauling job warmed up the old oil enough so that it drained out real good. Changing the oil filter is always a pain on that tractor. I’ve got to take off the sediment bulb, below the gas shutoff, to make room to lift out the old filter.
Old Henry Ford must not have had 3D CAD when he designed that model. That tractor is fun to use, but simple maintenance on it is a pain compared to most of the other old tractors I’ve worked on.
I brought up a little less than 1/4 face cord, that was stacked above the center cross beam. Hopefully, I can get the rest of the back interior woodshed wall built tomorrow. That will let me stack up to 12 more face cords in there. Hopefully most of that will be maple, cherry and oak… anything but ash. I still hate that wood. Good riddence to it when it’s gone.
I finally finished the woodshed today, with the completion of the east end back wall. Now, I got to get going on cutting and splitting up to 12 face cords. There is currently 7-1/2 ready to go in the west end, most of which is ash.
My next big task, is moving all the leftover old barn siding and rafters up into the loft of my pole barn, for long term storage. That will free up space in the newly enclosed splitter shed, so that I can start stacking big un-split rounds. That gives me a good job to do on rainy or real sunny days. It’s especially nice having a roof over my head in those conditions.
My next big task, is moving all the leftover old barn siding and rafters up into the loft of my pole barn, for long term storage. That will free up space in the newly enclosed splitter shed, so that I can start stacking big un-split rounds. That gives me a good job to do on rainy or real sunny days. It’s especially nice having a roof over my head in those conditions.
Yogi05
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Second picture got me thinking......
Maybe you could sell some of that left over siding and buy a level
Just funin'
Wish I had a set up like that.
I used a level quite a bit on that project. Those big swinging doors on the east end of the splitter shed swing real nice thanks to that.Second picture got me thinking......
Maybe you could sell some of that left over siding and buy a level
Just funin'
Wish I had a set up like that.
I’ve had those (4) big iron strap hinges for about 10 years. I knew I’d find a use for them some day. A neighbor tore down an old barn and sold them at a garage sale for $ 10 for all (4).
I’m going to try skipping the middle outer support cross beam on the east end. That makes it sort of a pain to load and unload the woodshed from the back. I think the 2” thick white oak planks that I span from the lower cross beam to the upper 6” square beam will be strong enough to hold up the rows of stacked firewood on the south side.
The main reason I put in the removable center support beam, on the west end, was because there just happened to be a milled pocket in the 6” corner post. It was in just the right place to hold that end of the middle support beam. I’m going to get rid of it when I use up the firewood on that side.
If one of the white oak planks ever breaks and spills some firewood, I guess I could start using the center suoport beams again. I really doubt that will happen though. I do have one more sawed rafter section that is long enough to make another, if it turns out I need it.