Now that Harold has a good tractor, he can skid logs out of the woods to cut up closer to the outdoor furnace. So, instead of cutting up the tree in the woods, loading up the truck, driving it out, unloading it, and re-stacking the wood - now he can just bring out the logs in their entirety (after cutting off the small branches), and cut up the wood and stack it right there. Saves the extra step of having to load and unload the pickup truck! He used to let our Belgian horses skid the logs out of the woods, but the horses are dead and gone now and we aren't young enough (or rich enough!) to get another team of Belgians. Harold says he doesn't have the strength to harness and train another team, and Belgians can sure go through a lot of hay in a winter! So the tractor is a great option.
Winter is quickly approaching and we need to get the wood put up NOW!
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| Harold pulls in a huge log from our woods to cut up. He attaches a strong chain to the log and pulls it behind the tractor. |
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| In about 45 minutes he has felled 3 trees and hauled them into the yard to cut up! |
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| You go, Harold! |
2 comments:
He's gonna dull the chain from the dirt embedded in the bark if he isn't careful. :-) Carry on Harold.
He says his chain saw is big enough to handle the dirt!
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