Originally Posted by Gordon Gould
I started cutting some old Fir today as an on going forest improvement project. Around here fir more than 50 or 60 years old has stump rot that only gets worse with time. I have to keep trimming the butts until I reach solid wood and hope I have enough left to make 2 or 3 fairly straight 10' or 12' foot saw logs. It takes about 8 trees to get a 500 board foot load in my one ton dump which right now is worth $140 at the saw mill 7 miles away. It is slow work. I try not to do to much damage. I am lucky to make $12 an hour after fuel. But it keeps an old guy busy and happy.
I took some pictures of the first 2 trees. There was a little hole I was able to winch them up through, tops first. The foliage is on the way out but it is still pretty in the woods.