Brian Effinger
04-16-2010, 9:52 PM
Well, it isn't anywhere near the awesomeness of George's gloat, but I got some wood today too. It was two loads of cottonwood from a pretty big tree - I'm thinking at least 4' in diameter at the base. There was a ton of wood there, and I estimate that I only took about a quarter of it. Best part - it was free. :D I found it listed on craigslist.
I took as many of the crotch pieces as I could, and even the straight pieces appear to have curly figure to them. :) Some of those curly pieces are from the main trunk and are monster sized. I struggled getting them onto a cart and out to the truck. I think the largest pieces weigh more than 150 pounds, and maybe even as much as 200.
The one downside to all of this (other than the lack of turning time lately), is that on the second load, I dented the inside of the tailgate a bit. :mad: The lever contraption I used to get them up into the bed is a little bit too tall, so they fell off of it onto the gate. Now the handle stick out on the outside. I'll have to pull it off and see if I can pound the sheet metal back into shape. At least I didn't completely compress my leaf springs, although it was close.
I plan on cutting some of it up this weekend if the weather is nice, or at least not raining. I'll probably end up taking a significant portion of it to my two club meetings in a few weeks.
And since I know the pics rule...
I took as many of the crotch pieces as I could, and even the straight pieces appear to have curly figure to them. :) Some of those curly pieces are from the main trunk and are monster sized. I struggled getting them onto a cart and out to the truck. I think the largest pieces weigh more than 150 pounds, and maybe even as much as 200.
The one downside to all of this (other than the lack of turning time lately), is that on the second load, I dented the inside of the tailgate a bit. :mad: The lever contraption I used to get them up into the bed is a little bit too tall, so they fell off of it onto the gate. Now the handle stick out on the outside. I'll have to pull it off and see if I can pound the sheet metal back into shape. At least I didn't completely compress my leaf springs, although it was close.
I plan on cutting some of it up this weekend if the weather is nice, or at least not raining. I'll probably end up taking a significant portion of it to my two club meetings in a few weeks.
And since I know the pics rule...