Who's working in the woods this weekend?

[trampledbyturtles]

Well, not quite the weekend but I got out last night for an hour.
Didn't want to, but felt it was necessary.

Made one last go round with the water wagon, haven't had much rain around here the past month. So deemed it appropriate to give them one last good drink before sending them into late fall an winter. Have to much invested at this point to stress them heavily right before winter.

Also, pulled trail cam chips. Found one completely dead cam an turns out it only took pics for half a day an died. Not happy. They have been sitting for a month.

So as a public service announcement, don't set an forget to long unless 100% sure they are operating.

But in hindsight, I couldn't be happier. The #1 hitlist buck from last year is alive an well, didn't add much height, but gained mass and squared up his brows, Easy 5 1/2yr.

 

[nchunter1989]

What a weekend. Landowner is planning to burn late winter, so this weekend we were cutting firebreaks & prepping for that. While the machine was out I was also going to cut in another food plot/lane.

Cut the breaks, was headed out to cut the food plot & track jumped off the machine. Worked on it for 3 hrs but couldn't get it on. Very frustrating.


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[mikmaze]

Not bad for one man cutting, hauling, stacking........ there is a lot more wood there than meets the eye. also got my lawn cut, re aimed my cell phone repeater antenna, got another bolt in the wood duck box, went to a brewery, planted 4 apple trees, one being a memorial tree for a frined who's wife passed recently. dedicated an Empire to her name. and got to run both my new saws. I want to make a hinge setup for a saw buck for cutting all that, kinda a diy processor. anyone have any plans? basically bolt the chain saw in place, a pivot, and roll logs into the trough, chop to length, feed log and chop again. The Husky 460 impressed me, cuts like buter through 24 inch rock maple.

 

[trampledbyturtles]

2 smallish projects left for the year.

One is getting done this morning, after a bit of persistence the bee man is finally coming out to pick up the last of the bee hives. Little later than I would of liked. But, I do like the free honey an having the pollinators around.

 

[mikmaze]

Did my picture show up in my last post? with the firewood?? still working out the kinks after the photobucket fiasco.

 

[trampledbyturtles]

Did my picture show up in my last post? with the firewood?? still working out the kinks after the photobucket fiasco.

I cant see it bud,

 

[nchunter1989]

Did my picture show up in my last post? with the firewood?? still working out the kinks after the photobucket fiasco.

I saw it when you originally posted.. but nothing now.


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[4wanderingeyes]

I see it just fine


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[mikmaze]

thanks for the replies, seems I still gotta figure something out better.

also trying to come up with a diy firewood chop saw with a chainsaw to make cutting all that wood to length easier, I hate cutting into a stack like I have, and with my wood stove I dont need the hassle with over length logs.
I want to make a table, with a pivot for the saw, and a bump stop for length, a mark for cutting that last chunk instead of overhanging too far, that lets the log drop after the cut. I have seen a few ideas, have a bit of a plan. Needs to be quick disconnect from table for easy fueling/ oiling.
trying to decide if I want it low to the ground for rolling logs onto, or up at a comfortable working standing height.

 

[IkemanTx]

thanks for the replies, seems I still gotta figure something out better.

also trying to come up with a diy firewood chop saw with a chainsaw to make cutting all that wood to length easier, I hate cutting into a stack like I have, and with my wood stove I dont need the hassle with over length logs.
I want to make a table, with a pivot for the saw, and a bump stop for length, a mark for cutting that last chunk instead of overhanging too far, that lets the log drop after the cut. I have seen a few ideas, have a bit of a plan. Needs to be quick disconnect from table for easy fueling/ oiling.
trying to decide if I want it low to the ground for rolling logs onto, or up at a comfortable working standing height.

I like this design... it wouldn't be the easiest for big logs, but anything small enough to pick up and set on there would work.

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[KDdid]

My FIL used to use a table mounted buzzsaw, powered by a belt on an Allis Chalmers C. You'd stake the buzzsaw stand to the ground, attach the belt to the tractor's pulley, then back the tractor back to take up the slack. The whole table tilted into the blade, which was humming like the man-eating monster that it was. I'm glad we finally retired that thing..

 

[chickenlittle]

My FIL used to use a table mounted buzzsaw, powered by a belt on an Allis Chalmers C. You'd stake the buzzsaw stand to the ground, attach the belt to the tractor's pulley, then back the tractor back to take up the slack. The whole table tilted into the blade, which was humming like the man-eating monster that it was. I'm glad we finally retired that thing..

We had a 20" or so circular saw and sliding table that mounted on the front of Dad's old John Deere 60 that ran off a belt. Cut up a lot of small firewood poles over the years. He also ran a small stationary hammer mill by the tractor belt to grind feed.

 

[alldaysit]

Whatever you build, put a better guard design on it then the one in the video didn't have.


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[Someday isle]

98 degrees out at our Missouri property today. I was planning a morning hunt but decided to mow my road easement instead once I saw the forecast. My plots are all dead. Just a tiny little bit of rye that germinated trying to hold on but we've got no rain coming still. Every storm has just missed us. My plots and trails are mostly just dust. My new plan is to wait for rain and throw down some rye and hope my clover seed is still there to waiting to take root for next spring. I've got an acre and a half total to reseed. I might try 150 lbs of rye and maybe mix in 50 pounds of either peas or winter wheat to go along with it if I can time a good rain. It's supposed to be 84 with a 60% chance of rain next Tuesday and then low to mid 70s for the next week after that. I'm not sure if I should try to seed Tuesday or not. I'll probably hunt Thursday or Friday.

 

[IkemanTx]

Whatever you build, put a better guard design on it then the one in the video didn't have.


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"Who needs a blade guard" - the one armed man


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[H20fwler]

We haven't had a decent rain here in two months, so for the very last time this year I watered all the newer fruit trees.... a good soaker.
Also made up a dozen cages for some pear trees I've got coming the first week of November.

 

[alldaysit]

I got two stands hung and got the walls all framed in and paneled on my two new hunting shacks I’m building. Refreshed all the camera batteries and changed cards. Got a few descent bucks on camera which is a good thing considering last year this time I didn’t have any.


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[Eggman]

I feel like a kid waiting on Christmas. With all of the hurricane repairs complete and flood water gone little man and I plan to head out tomorrow morning. We are going back to the farm in NC to complete the fall projects that got cut short due to Irma prep.

 

[mikmaze]

got off stand yesterday kinda early, 9 am, nothing moving since first light,. hopped on the ole green and yellow with disc, softened up 5 acres and threw down 500 lbs of winter rye, bring on the rain, plots are done for the year.
sat the afternoon and had a group of 4 go by at 4:55, 209 minutes later a group of 5, then a single about half hour later, too far for shots, seemed like all doe and yearlings, last one too far to tell what it was in the thick stuff.
so warm I think the majority was waiting for the cool of night to move.

 

[alldaysit]

Finally got the shacks up! Been a year in the making!


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