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Lift the butt of the log off the ground (3-pt hitch is great for this) so only the tip of the tail drags on the ground. This keeps the log very clean. Sometimes I put a piece of scrap roofing metal on the tail if the ground is soft, to let that slide easier. My logs stay clean.

We have poplar bark shakes as an accent wall on our back porch, and on the gable end of our front porch. We love the look. I put some inside the house as accents too. Have about 100 square feet left over that I have been thinking about doing something with (going on 8 years now -- maybe I'll...

I remember seeing that and thinking he needed a longer ladder! This was the last job done with my climbing saw, back in 2013. It's been in storage since.

I noticed a dying bitternut hickory behind our house and took it down last week. I don't normally drop trees this time of year due to ticks, bugs, snakes, and heat, but hickory is like gold for me since I smoke a lot of meat and fish. The outer parts of the tree were spalted with some bugs in...

Cut down an 80 year old white oak yesterday, another lightning strike casualty. Middle third of the tree is too rotten to bother with, although I may see if I can salvage some good wood out of it if my last firewood pile of the season comes up short. Bottom third of the tree was in nice...

I know I was probably over the weight limit for the trailer and RTV with this load, but it did absolutely fine pulling and I even managed to snake out of the woods without tagging any other trees. Plus I glanced at the rear springs and I wasn't anywhere near the stops yet. I rarely use low...

Nabbed this nice red oak today: I had just gotten it all cut up this morning when frozen precip and rain started falling, so I loaded all the rounds up and called it a day. I had been eyeing this tree for many years since it was leaning, but decided to leave it be since it was growing...

Normally I use my tractor or RTV or both to deal with big tree jobs, but last week I had to clean up a fallen oak that was 2 miles down the road and on a trail in the woods. So I hitched up an old 4x8 utility trailer to my RTV and that worked out well. I liked it so much I am using that...

I buck the logs into 4' lengths and "crib" them like this, no tarp: I wouldn't let them sit more than 1-2 years if you can help it. I had let one stack sit for 3 years and the wood had partially rotted.

Yes, that's just poly, about 3 coats. We stacked the slabs carefully to dry, under a big stack of heavy oak, and it stayed perfectly straight. Then screwed each tread down with 12 screws and they have been stable and solid (been down 4.5 years). We were able to cut pegs from the same...

Twisty grain, almost impossible to split into straight pieces. I have also noticed it rots too easily in the woodpile. On the other hand, we accidentally ran a red gum log through our sawmill and it was gorgeous wood when cut into slabs. We ended up using it for stair treads and it looks amazing.

I saw this nest a couple weeks ago. Keep meaning to go back and see if they've hatched yet.

Started pulling out logs from all the trees I have been cutting. Since it was too muddy to get in there with a tractor, I setup a fairlead high on a tree across from the slot I was cutting into the woods, and pulled the logs out by rope with the tractor safely on my gravel driveway. Got about...

I gave this a try today, and it worked like a charm -- I owe you a beer Gordon! For anyone curious, here's a picture of the stump after the tree went over: I think the cuts would be a little more surgical if I was using a smaller saw/bar (this was with a 20" bar on a Husky 562XP) but it...

I am cutting a new road on my land, despite never-ending rain over the last two weeks. Since I have to go back to work next week, I finally decided I would at least drop the trees while I have time off, and can get the tractor in to skid logs later, once things dry out. I felled a couple...

Had this nice load of logs on my trailer since August, and kept missing opportunities to use the trailer because of it. Finally cleared out enough other wood by splitting and stacking so I could offload this stuff. I stacked 4' log sections into "cribs" where they can wait until next year for...

Here's an interesting comparison of walnut from the same tree. I was moving firewood up to our front porch this afternoon and came across more of the old walnut I had (probably been 4 years since the tree was felled at this point). On the right is a small piece of limb that was split very...

Yes, very nice. I hope to make some furniture, cutting boards, etc... with it soon. The interesting thing about walnut is that when you cut it live, there is a pronounced creamy sapwood and dark heartwood (pretty much like vanilla/chocolate). But as the cut log ages, the color evens out to a...