Big fires in OK. Lost bout 3 years of firewood. I had laid up 200 ft of oak for fall of '25, '26, '27 and probably '28. I think I'm more sad bout that than the shop. I will have a couple other posts bout this. The white landing stripes was wood stacked on pallets. We are safe. House is standing. But well head, septic and other things melted. I'm still most bummed by the loss of firewood. So much work.
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BackRoad
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Heart breaking...what part of OK are you located. I was up north east of Tulsa for 20 years, still have kids living South West of Tulsa.
I remember some serious grass fires...made worse by the wind that never seem to quit...and the warning on I*44 to not drive into the smoke...
I remember some serious grass fires...made worse by the wind that never seem to quit...and the warning on I*44 to not drive into the smoke...
We are in Logan County. Just north of OKC. Not much has changed Backroad. Fridays news said don't drive into smoke bout 100 times
. Nkw i gotta find a way to replace that wood. Really, it's the time not the wood.
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Yesterday afternoon I started blocking up the wood I pulled out last week. It was 14 degrees in the morning and low 20's after lunch so the ground was solid. According to the weatherman it will be good all week - at least mornings. So I can do a little at a time. I use a geezer friendly method. Good footing, almost no bending, and I can zing them off pretty quick. Just takes time to take them off the pile one by one. But it is good practice and keeps things simple.
This was the last log/stick I did.
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This was the last log/stick I did.
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I was thankful my brother in law was over at my parents place, to help me cut up a big ash that fell across their lawn recently. I had underestimated its size and only had my 14” saw with me.
Two of us made short work of it and it made a pretty good truck load. Now it’s all stacked up in my splitter shed and I’ve got plenty of work for the next rainy day.
The ground was froze up good over there and no rutting at all, hauling it up with my dad’s little JD 770. I removed the rear blade from that, put on the carryall, and left the chains on the rear turf tires. I’ll leave those on until I finish a little spring disking with that.
Those chains are a great traction assist in the soft ground. I don’t get any rubbing on the fenders with them, since I added some 5/8” wheel spacers, and moved the rear tires out a little wider.
Two of us made short work of it and it made a pretty good truck load. Now it’s all stacked up in my splitter shed and I’ve got plenty of work for the next rainy day.
The ground was froze up good over there and no rutting at all, hauling it up with my dad’s little JD 770. I removed the rear blade from that, put on the carryall, and left the chains on the rear turf tires. I’ll leave those on until I finish a little spring disking with that.
Those chains are a great traction assist in the soft ground. I don’t get any rubbing on the fenders with them, since I added some 5/8” wheel spacers, and moved the rear tires out a little wider.
Did you have wind yesterday? We certainly did. Today the ground has stiffened up so I am headed out to find a hemlock tree or two for the sawmill.
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Crazy wind here on Saturday, which would normaly be a bad day to be working under trees, but things have been so thoroughly blown-out the last several weeks, that there's not much dead left to fall at this point.
Rain this morning, and I noticed a nice bright yellow pile of sludge collected at the low spot where my driveway drains into the yard. The first of the spring pollen is already here! Glad we finally have some rain to wash it down, as allergies were ramping up, last week.
Rain this morning, and I noticed a nice bright yellow pile of sludge collected at the low spot where my driveway drains into the yard. The first of the spring pollen is already here! Glad we finally have some rain to wash it down, as allergies were ramping up, last week.
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the wife wanted a outdoor horse arena … there it is, now she only have to install it. 
I found two three fork it will be the door
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Do you have some sort of method for marking the length of your blocks or do you just guess at it like I do ? Sometimes I manage to cut a few a little to long to fit in my wood furnace.