Tractors and wood! Show your pics

[Sawyer Rob]

You can lead a horse to water, but you can't make him drink!

SR

 

[Gordon Gould]

I worked up the wood that I trailered home the other day. Off the trailer and ino the woodshed.

gg

 

[goeduck]

^^ yikes did he see the bottom of your boot?

She, she ate he.

 

[walhondingMF]

Dead hickory from the carpenter ants. Second one i've lost to them in 3 years. Had to cut it into 3 logs to drag it out.

 

[WinterDeere]

Dead hickory from the carpenter ants. Second one i've lost to them in 3 years.

I'd question that theory. I'm no expert, but I've always been told carpenter ants are opportunists who move into already-rotten wood, never the cause of it.

 

[walhondingMF]

I'd question that theory. I'm no expert, but I've always been told carpenter ants are opportunists who move into already-rotten wood, never the cause of it.

I won't dispute that. Both trees were similar size and I'm sure something made them vulnerable to the ants. They were just 2 of my largest hickory's and both were chewed up pretty good by the time I got to them for firewood.

 

[WinterDeere]

I got tired of dealing with the stupid platic packaging that some saw chains come in, and even the cardboard boxes tend to fall apart before a chain is consumed, especially working in snow or wet weather. So, I found these little clear boxes on Amazon, and moved most of my regularly-used saw chains into them:




The cards are mostly so I don't mix up a box holding a dull chain with one containing a sharp chain, when unpacking the toolbox after a day in the field, I just flip which one is facing out so I know if the chain goes back on the "ready" shelf as sharp, or to the sharpening station shelf for re-sharpening. But they're also a handy place to write some info about chain type, so I don't have to open each box hunting for an odd chain.

 

[Sawyer Rob]

A couple days ago, I had a paying job to split some wood for a guy, so I loaded up the splitter,

Yesterday we were on the job, and my nephew and me got to splitting,

We had three piles to split, and one of them I backed the splitter up, so it piled the splits right into his little barn,

But with much of the splitting, the splits got stacked into baskets and I moved them to his cabin about 3/8s mile away,

We have to go back one day this week as I have a hose that needs replacing on the splitter and a BIG oak limb to cut up and split yet!

SR

 

[Loaderman22]

I'd question that theory. I'm no expert, but I've always been told carpenter ants are opportunists who move into already-rotten wood, never the cause of it.

I'm no expert either, but I've cut a fair share of Red/black Oaks that had tons of carpenter ants pouring out the middle of them, but no visible rot/disease, or damage etc. That being said, I don't remove the stump to inspect access at ground level, meaning there could be some rot or a gap at grade that provided easy access.
I do enjoy cutting these trees in the late fall/early winter as the birds flock to my splitter location for a free meal afterwards. I'm sure the skunks and opossums visit after dark to clean up any leftovers. I try to knock as many out of the log as I can before stacking in the crates. Once they're ready to burn, the ants typically have moved out, but any suspect pieces go straight from crate right into the stove.

 

[walhondingMF]

I'm no expert either, but I've cut a fair share of Red/black Oaks that had tons of carpenter ants pouring out the middle of them, but no visible rot/disease, or damage etc. That being said, I don't remove the stump to inspect access at ground level, meaning there could be some rot or a gap at grade that provided easy access.
I do enjoy cutting these trees in the late fall/early winter as the birds flock to my splitter location for a free meal afterwards. I'm sure the skunks and opossums visit after dark to clean up any leftovers. I try to knock as many out of the log as I can before stacking in the crates. Once they're ready to burn, the ants typically have moved out, but any suspect pieces go straight from crate right into the stove.

I let it lay in piles close to where I cut it from for a while before it make it into the wood shed. And yes, the birds love it along with the critters. I have also seen squirrels and chipmunks working at the larve.
I feel a little guilty just using it for firewood too. If I had the ability to, I would love to mill some of it. It would make some really interesting lumber.