Recent content by g_man

There aren't many things worse than an ice storm if you have an emergency situation arrive, Like most in the NE we have enough snow now. 16" in this last storm. gg gg

Nothing wrong with that (y) You probably don't need to clear snow to often. gg

You are right ! I used to run a 5' plow on my Sportsman 500 and put chains all around. I could go anywhere as long as I didn't bottom out. gg

Skidoo suits work good for your body. I never tried one of those fog free helmets but have heard they are good, gg

I was thinking first priority was to get it off the road so that it was not blocking it in case some one else came along and could not stop. gg

You left it across the road on a slippery hill long enough to take a pic ??? Glad you are OK. I find R1's terrible on hard slippery surfaces. Yes - get some chains. EDIT- maybe that was too harsh. You must have know the road well enough to do that . Sorry. gg

We had about 3" of dry snow on top of our hard ice. I just tread on it instead of plowing hoping to get it to stick. gg

Nice barn JonM !!! gg

It is green when I work it up so it dries quite a lot if just left in the sun and air uncovered. Rain just wets the surface and dries off quickly in the air. The species I have season well. I don't have species like red oak that take much longer to dry. If I split it on the landing I just make...

I finished up pulling out our wood for 2027/28 yesterday. One of my targets for firewood is junky Beech like this one. It's just above a tractor road - easy access. Leaning left but I wanted it to go straight across the road. Had trouble getting the choker under it even though there...

Neat picture ! I have seen them like that along the Skagit River in WA ate during the salmon run.

From what you are saying why wouldn't a blade like this work ? Others have said the same thing but maybe you could not picture it. I bought this one used for $400. It's an old TufLine blade. gg

Anyone who maintains woods roads knows that it is an on-going job to keep them open. I thought that I was in pretty good shape until we had an ice storm followed by several days of snow squalls and continuous snow showers last week. I started opening things back up this afternoon. Mostly dead...

Good for you on the GOL !! Now I under stand you question. The tree is roundish. I position the bar at the back of the tree and on that that side in the pic the top of the bar against the tree. To start the cut I angle the saw so that I am using the straight part of the bar then rotate so it...

You are right - the hinge generally breaks when the notch closes so wider angled notches like you prefer to make will hold longer. One consideration to think about - if you are cutting in the thick and your tree may come in contact with other standing trees you may want your tree to be able to...