Tractors and wood! Show your pics

[Gordon Gould]

Growing up in the 50s our neighbor had 2500 acres, lived in a small log cabin, no electricity or plumbing and had a fire going in fireplace year round since he & wife cooked on it.
Never had a tractor and in one barn was a post war Chrysler with less than 100 miles on it. He drove home from dealer and it frightened him so he parked it.
He worked around part of his place using draft horses but never had a job since he inherited lots of money.
He lived like someone from early 1800s.

Except he had lots of money! But my kind of guy.

Common place here in those days. There is a town about 20 miles from us that didn't have any power until the 1960's. They held a town fair every year to raise money to bring power in. Check out Granby, VT

gg

 

[Fuddyduddy1952]

Except he had lots of money! But my kind of guy.

Common place here in those days. There is a town about 20 miles from us that didn't have any power until the 1960's. They held a town fair every year to raise money to bring power in. Check out Granby, VT

gg

Vermont is a gorgeous state and we met the nicest people there years ago.
We stayed in Danville, Frys farm (I think that's how it's spelled). We stayed upstairs in the dairy barn in the Fall. Heat from cows warmed the upstairs. Homemade apple pie, donuts, milk & coffee for breakfast.

 

[CalG]

Vermont is a gorgeous state and we met the nicest people there years ago.
We stayed in Danville, Frys farm (I think that's how it's spelled). We stayed upstairs in the dairy barn in the Fall. Heat from cows warmed the upstairs. Homemade apple pie, donuts, milk & coffee for breakfast.

I just got back from a bicycle ride. It was quite warm today, though the evening has cooled a bit. Road along side the rushing brook. (It's been rainy). Smell of fresh mown hay in the air. A good looking doe munching away in a wet area. Up to a height of land we call BEEC Hill, A fantastic view of the evening sky, thunder clouds off to the SW.
I did not encounter another vehicle for the 4 mile ride, just a young fellow jogging.

Yup! This Vermont is a pretty nice place! ;-)

 

[Runner]

New project. Hate to do it because it's a pretty tree, but this sandbar willow is finally starting to give up. I think it was 4 stems originally, one broke off or was cut off before we moved in 19 years ago. Then, 15 years ago another stem broke off and the tree soldiered on with the trunk basically hollowed out and a big hole in the side.

I have been surprised it lasted this long, but now the bigger stem split at the hole and started sagging, so it's time for removal. However, we have upper 90's heat indices right now and I am not big on doing tree work when it's that hot, but I need to get past the tree when mowing, so yesterday, I used the Echo pole saw to remove a number of branches to lighten the tree up and hopefully allow it to stand a little longer until I get ready to take it down.

 

[Gordon Gould]

I like odd growing trees like that Runner. Your a better than than I working in that weather.

We had mid ninety's here yesterday too. Just before lunch the power suddenly went out - no storm or wind just a quite hot day. Fiqured it was an over heated transformer some where. But I drove out the road to make sure it wasn't just us that was out and I was surprised to find two 10" diameter trees laying across the power line. They just fell ?? The hot wire broken and lying in the road and the trees supported by the stretched ground wire. Called the power company and they had it alll fixed by 1:15. They are great ! Anyway, they cut the trees and tops just enough so that we could get thru. No way I even thought about cleaning up.

gg

 

[Runner]

I like odd growing trees like that Runner. Your a better than than I working in that weather.

We had mid ninety's here yesterday too. Just before lunch the power suddenly went out - no storm or wind just a quite hot day. Fiqured it was an over heated transformer some where. But I drove out the road to make sure it wasn't just us that was out and I was surprised to find two 10" diameter trees laying across the power line. They just fell ?? The hot wire broken and lying in the road and the trees supported by the stretched ground wire. Called the power company and they had it alll fixed by 1:15. They are great ! Anyway, they cut the trees and tops just enough so that we could get thru. No way I even thought about cleaning up.

gg

I was honestly quite concerned that the thing was going to fall on me while mowing. It was hanging so low that I had to go around the bottom branch. You can't see it in the pictures, but the entire trunk of the tree is hollowed out. Looks like a great place for a family of raccoons to live.

I'm still not going to be standing around under it, but the stem lifted about a foot after I did the weight-reducing cuts, so I think it will hang on until fall. Until then, I might have to mow with the ROPS up just in case....

Then the plan is to drop it, grind the stump and plant something else near that spot. I have another Shumard oak in the nursery that will be ready to plant by spring, so might just put that about 10 feet from the current tree location.

 

[wander2039]

The wood/dirt pile I've been working on. They bulldozed a fence line full of hedge 20+ years ago and pieces are everywhere. I burned the big pile once and working through sifting the dirt for all the other pieces. Ran the disc over the pasture to bring up the hundreds of pieces, mower belts and blades are starting to get pricey and pain to change. No funds for a grapple and 3rd function thinking debris forks for now, there's even trees push into the tree line in the background.

 

[Duds13]

I was honestly quite concerned that the thing was going to fall on me while mowing. It was hanging so low that I had to go around the bottom branch. You can't see it in the pictures, but the entire trunk of the tree is hollowed out. Looks like a great place for a family of raccoons to live.
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I'm still not going to be standing around under it, but the stem lifted about a foot after I did the weight-reducing cuts, so I think it will hang on until fall. Until then, I might have to mow with the ROPS up just in case....

Then the plan is to drop it, grind the stump and plant something else near that spot. I have another Shumard oak in the nursery that will be ready to plant by spring, so might just put that about 10 feet from the current tree location.

Looks like some poison ivy mixed in with the stuff at the bottom....

 

[Runner]

Looks like some poison ivy mixed in with the stuff at the bottom....

Exactly correct. Fortunately, it doesn't bother me much. Maybe because of exposure as a child. There was a big spreader bush (that was full of poison ivy) next to the porch of my childhood home and my Brother and I used to jump off the porch into the bush kind of like Rambo in the pine tree. Never affected me.

 

[Runner]

The wood/dirt pile I've been working on. They bulldozed a fence line full of hedge 20+ years ago and pieces are everywhere. I burned the big pile once and working through sifting the dirt for all the other pieces. Ran the disc over the pasture to bring up the hundreds of pieces, mower belts and blades are starting to get pricey and pain to change. No funds for a grapple and 3rd function thinking debris forks for now, there's even trees push into the tree line in the background.

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You've got that looking great!

I really feel for you, had two big brush piles like that left from the previous owner. Not allowed to burn them so had to haul pickup loads to the brush drop-off dump. Took a couple of years to get it done.