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Offline Will H

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Re: Oh boy! BIG. Tree. Down.
« Reply #15 on: February 15, 2015, 07:30:24 am »
Nice score Scott!!
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Offline George Tsoukalas

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Re: Oh boy! BIG. Tree. Down.
« Reply #16 on: February 15, 2015, 09:17:27 am »
Very nice. I got tired just looking at the wood. :) Jawge
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Offline Marc St Louis

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Re: Oh boy! BIG. Tree. Down.
« Reply #17 on: February 15, 2015, 10:09:44 am »
Yes that is a big one.  You will have a good time splitting it

I'm cutting firewood  right now and I had a Maple that size I was planning on cutting down.  When I got up to it I changed my mind.
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Offline mwosborn

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« Reply #18 on: February 15, 2015, 11:32:29 am »
My back started hurting just looking at the pictures.  I would have to hire the neighbor kids to split that one.  Nice haul!
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Offline rps3

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« Reply #19 on: February 15, 2015, 11:37:51 am »
Brings back memories of my haul the last 2 years. What a work out splitting those big ones, but when you pay the stash a little visit all it brings is smiles. Have fun.

Offline Dances with squirrels

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« Reply #20 on: February 15, 2015, 12:48:41 pm »
Nice!

I could have used that crawler a time or two.
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Offline Parnell

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« Reply #21 on: February 15, 2015, 04:06:29 pm »
Amazing to see photos like these.  Really cool.
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« Reply #22 on: February 15, 2015, 04:16:20 pm »
Steve, it's even better in person. Trees like this don't come around that often.

Offline H Rhodes

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« Reply #23 on: February 15, 2015, 07:33:42 pm »
That should keep you in bow staves for a while Scott.  Looks like some fine bow wood to me.
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« Reply #24 on: February 15, 2015, 07:42:47 pm »
You did good, Scott, but looks like a lot of work ahead of you.
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« Reply #25 on: February 15, 2015, 08:24:11 pm »
That's awesome scott. I was just thinking it's almost harvest season. But in you case I'd have done it now to. Nice and frozen ground.
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« Reply #26 on: February 16, 2015, 09:28:49 am »
You are right, Eddie!

Dave when we started the ground was firm, but by the end we had to use the skidder to push the dump out of the bottom field. It was gettin SLOPPY!

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« Reply #27 on: February 16, 2015, 10:30:54 am »
That adds a whole new kind of urgency.  Lol. Still beats packing it out on foot. Nice haul. Not you need a bigger machine to split it.
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