Tractors and wood! Show your pics

[Oldpath05]

Some people just don't have enough snow. It's been a long time since I had this much snow this late in March My inside wood is almost gone, enough for one more week, so after getting my splitter dug out a couple days ago, spent 1/2 hr. trying to start it this morning crank crank crank, fire, pull pull pull, fire... then the pull cord broke, that took 2 hrs. fixing that, luckly my son stopped in, he re-round the spring, we put the motor back in place, with some StarTron in the gas now for a couple hrs., it started rite up, by 4pm we got the wagon loaded and under cover, the joys of having wood heat.

 

[Oldpath05]

Some people just don't have enough snow. It's been a long time since I had this much snow this late in March My inside wood is almost gone, enough for one more week, so after getting my splitter dug out a couple days ago, spent 1/2 hr. trying to start it this morning crank crank crank, fire, pull pull pull, fire... then the pull cord broke, that took 2 hrs. fixing that, luckly my son stopped in, he re-round the spring, we put the motor back in place, with some StarTron in the gas now for a couple hrs., it started rite up, by 4pm we got the wagon loaded and under cover, the joys of having wood heat.

 

[s219]

Some people just don't have enough snow. It's been a long time since I had this much snow this late in March My inside wood is almost gone, enough for one more week, so after getting my splitter dug out a couple days ago, spent 1/2 hr. trying to start it this morning crank crank crank, fire, pull pull pull, fire... then the pull cord broke, that took 2 hrs. fixing that, luckly my son stopped in, he re-round the spring, we put the motor back in place, with some StarTron in the gas now for a couple hrs., it started rite up, by 4pm we got the wagon loaded and under cover, the joys of having wood heat.

Heh, you're going to hate me for saying this, but I have been glad to get a couple cold snaps last week and this weekend, so I can burn the last of the wood stacked on my front porch and not have to move it back off the porch for the summer. I was getting worried I wouldn't be able to use it up, then I'd have to move it and stack on top of next year's wood pile. Not the end of the world, but when I am never caught up with chores, moving surplus firewood back into storage would be a pain.

 

[dragoneggs]

Heh, you're going to hate me for saying this, but I have been glad to get a couple cold snaps last week and this weekend, so I can burn the last of the wood stacked on my front porch and not have to move it back off the porch for the summer. I was getting worried I wouldn't be able to use it up, then I'd have to move it and stack on top of next year's wood pile. Not the end of the world, but when I am never caught up with chores, moving surplus firewood back into storage would be a pain.

I understand that feeling of going backwards... especially on chores! Kind of like raking leaves and before you get them picked up, the wind shifts and they blow back over the clean area.

 

[Jim Timber]

That's why I don't rake leaves. :laughing: My wife does, and she thinks she's going to give up on yard work when we move into the woods - I hope she does it.

We don't have any snow left, but we have permafrost at 5" where the sun has hit the dirt (it's closer to the surface in the shade). Might as well be 6" of snow on the ground since you can't do anything without making ruts, and you can't get trees in the ground either. I'm stuck until we get some good warm nights.

 

[Agvg]

Moving the firewood

 

[arrow]

Agvg, this area looks so cold that it seems one would have to get "into" the wood stove to keep warm. Serious place needs serious equipment. Is wood your main heat source and if so, what's the back up?

 

[Creamer]

Wow! that is some serious firewood equipment!

I want to know how all those logs got up to the road.

 

[Agvg]

This area are not very cold, coldest I have experienced is -17C but this winter it has been -7C at the coldest.

 

[Agvg]

Its a friend that owns the excavator and the large tractor, the power company is clearing riverbanks for trees so they have done the logging and transported it where we loaded it on the trailer.