Fw: [TheForge] OT: Chain Saws

[Jerry Smith]

Bob,

When I need some trees removed, I just call my
neighbors who have wood burning stoves/furnances and
they come over with help, cut the tree up and load it
then they are gone. They are happy to have fire wood,
I am happy to get rid of those trees. This lumbering
gives me more space to plant in and gets rid of the
palce where my coyotes were living. 

Now it's getting rid of the rough cut hard woods, not
sure if I want to give it away for it to be burned or
use it on some new construction around here.

I used to cut up the wood and burn it in my fields for
the ash content, but my neighbors save me a lot of
wear and tear these days.

As that I just put in a 94% effeciency gas furnace, my
gas bills went down about 60% over the old furnace
that was made by the Singer Sewing Machine Company.

Jerry


--- Bob Ehrenberger <eforge at centurytel.net> wrote:

> Terry,
> 
> I tried to reply directlly but it got rejected by
> your spam filter.
> 
> When I had a day job one of the guys I worked with
> would have a chain saw 
> party every year.  6 to 10 of us would get together
> and cut and split wood. 
> The host would do a turkey in the smoker, it was a
> good time and we all put 
> in our supply of fire wood.  Those of us that heated
> with wood came out a 
> lot better than those that just wanted a truck load
> for the fire place. 
> There was never an acident, though some of the guys
> were a little scary the 
> way they worked.  A couple of the guys had really
> nice saws and could just 
> walk through the big stuff.  The wood piles up
> pretty fast when you are 
> cutting up big trees.
> 
> After we put in our pond I had about 5 years of
> cutting wood off the piles 
> of trees they removed. There is still some wood
> there but it's not so nice 
> any more, too much rot, old bark and weeds.
> 
> It's good that your wife's church pitched in the
> help, even though it seemed 
> risky to you.  Out here in the country it is pretty
> common for all the 
> neighbors to pitch in and help out when someone is
> laid up,  they can 
> harvest a whole farm in a day when 4 or 5 combines
> all get going on it.
> 
> Robert Ehrenberger
> Shelbyville, Mo.
> eforge at centurytel.net
>