Well we are a touch short on firewood this year, maybe a cord. Not really a problem but I forgot we need wood for maple syrup which is on right now.
I've been cutting trees for about a month now. This year I've been cutting close to the trails using the ATV with tracks, a cahin and cone and a long strap to skid the trees out to the trail. There we've been blocking them and loading into the trailer to haul to where I'll split and stack the wood to dry. My friend Mic came out a couple of days. Otherwise it's just me and the trusty ATV.
I've been cutting in three places and coincidentally dumping the blocks in three places. We started on the trail behind the yurt and took out about 9 maples. These were blocked and hauled to the main trail close to the garden where I normally stack firewood. the following week we took out about 5 maples across the lake from the cabin which I hauled and dumped at the cabin. It's much easier to have the wood at the cabin stacked and drying rather than hauling by boat across the lake next summer and fall.
I went back and cut out another 4 maples the end of February. I crossed the lake in the morning okay but I was taking a load across about 2 PM when I broke through the snow into the slush on the lake. First I emptied the trailer. No go. Then I unhooked the trailer. Still stuck. Then I shoveled sluch and water away from the tracks and from under the machine until I was able to get some traction on the ice. I got the ATV out but when I circled back on fresh snow to get the trailer out I got stuck again. Lucy had to back out on good snow with the snowmobile and with a long rope and both machines revved up we got the ATV out. We left the ATV at the cabin and the next morning I walked back. The snow had hardered and the slush partially froze overnight and I drove the ATV to the trailer. I had upended the trailer so the wheels weren't frozen into the slush so I was able to get the trailer turned around and hooked up. What to do with all that wood? What the hell, let's go for broke. I loaded up the trailer with the discarded wood and raced across the lake back to where I had started from. The trailer broke through a couple of places but I had enough momentum to keep going onto shore. From there is was an easy haul to the main road where I had already dumped blocks.
The last few weeks I've been cutting along Weasels Pass and hauling back to Owls Next. I have to climb Cardiac hill but the ATV doesn't have a problem. Great little machine. Here's some pics of tree cutting and piles of wood so far.
I've been cutting trees for about a month now. This year I've been cutting close to the trails using the ATV with tracks, a cahin and cone and a long strap to skid the trees out to the trail. There we've been blocking them and loading into the trailer to haul to where I'll split and stack the wood to dry. My friend Mic came out a couple of days. Otherwise it's just me and the trusty ATV.
I've been cutting in three places and coincidentally dumping the blocks in three places. We started on the trail behind the yurt and took out about 9 maples. These were blocked and hauled to the main trail close to the garden where I normally stack firewood. the following week we took out about 5 maples across the lake from the cabin which I hauled and dumped at the cabin. It's much easier to have the wood at the cabin stacked and drying rather than hauling by boat across the lake next summer and fall.
I went back and cut out another 4 maples the end of February. I crossed the lake in the morning okay but I was taking a load across about 2 PM when I broke through the snow into the slush on the lake. First I emptied the trailer. No go. Then I unhooked the trailer. Still stuck. Then I shoveled sluch and water away from the tracks and from under the machine until I was able to get some traction on the ice. I got the ATV out but when I circled back on fresh snow to get the trailer out I got stuck again. Lucy had to back out on good snow with the snowmobile and with a long rope and both machines revved up we got the ATV out. We left the ATV at the cabin and the next morning I walked back. The snow had hardered and the slush partially froze overnight and I drove the ATV to the trailer. I had upended the trailer so the wheels weren't frozen into the slush so I was able to get the trailer turned around and hooked up. What to do with all that wood? What the hell, let's go for broke. I loaded up the trailer with the discarded wood and raced across the lake back to where I had started from. The trailer broke through a couple of places but I had enough momentum to keep going onto shore. From there is was an easy haul to the main road where I had already dumped blocks.
The last few weeks I've been cutting along Weasels Pass and hauling back to Owls Next. I have to climb Cardiac hill but the ATV doesn't have a problem. Great little machine. Here's some pics of tree cutting and piles of wood so far.
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