Well we've pretty well run out of time for cutting and hauling logs. This weekend it was up to 15C here, lots of running water and not much snow left on the trails.
I got the three big spruce logs from the top of Cardiac hill, well two made it to the sawmill, the third bogged down on the trail so it's there until I can get either the skidder or tractor in. I didn't measure the size but you can see from the pic how big they are. We cut the last two to 9 feet for 2x4x8's and even that small proved impossible for the ATV.
I also managed to get the three logs out from behind the yurt that Mic and I had abandoned. I skinned about 1/4 of the one stuck on the trail, flipped it over and on the hard snow first thing in the morning, out she came. After that was a smaller but longer pine log and then a downed spruce. I cut the spruce at 32 feet, perfect for the 30x16 shed I am building, Just two more like that and I'll have all my poles for the bents and joists.
Combined with the other logs I managed to haul in I now have 21 logs ready at the sawmill. Tonight I'll go out and do a count to see exactly what I have and what I need. I still have 3-4 logs available from the three trunk pine down at the trailhead which I'll pull out with the tractor probably next weekend.
I got the three big spruce logs from the top of Cardiac hill, well two made it to the sawmill, the third bogged down on the trail so it's there until I can get either the skidder or tractor in. I didn't measure the size but you can see from the pic how big they are. We cut the last two to 9 feet for 2x4x8's and even that small proved impossible for the ATV.
I also managed to get the three logs out from behind the yurt that Mic and I had abandoned. I skinned about 1/4 of the one stuck on the trail, flipped it over and on the hard snow first thing in the morning, out she came. After that was a smaller but longer pine log and then a downed spruce. I cut the spruce at 32 feet, perfect for the 30x16 shed I am building, Just two more like that and I'll have all my poles for the bents and joists.
Combined with the other logs I managed to haul in I now have 21 logs ready at the sawmill. Tonight I'll go out and do a count to see exactly what I have and what I need. I still have 3-4 logs available from the three trunk pine down at the trailhead which I'll pull out with the tractor probably next weekend.
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