[TheForge] cutting wood

[Jerry Frost]

I've known a number of gals who enjoyed some four wheeling Bob but I don't 
think I've ever known one who'd be willing to be the Wench on the Power 
Wagon. Of course I HAVE lived a pretty sheltered life.

Actually I wish I had a Gin pole and wInch on my old Chevy pickup, it'd help 
out doing a lot of things around here. If I'd ever put one of my Skido 
Alpines together before someone offered me too much to say no to, one of 
them would be perfect for hauling logs out of the woods with. You've never 
seen a snowmachine pull like an Alpine can pull and they pack a terrific 
double wide trail for the sledge too. Oh well I guess it's the excavator or 
buy logs. <sigh> I'm not too worried about cutting trees again, I still 
remember what to look for and what to do, this time was once in a couple 
thousand trees so I think the odds are still okay. Deb on the other hand 
couldn't help but worry herself to death and me into a sorry state if I 
started dropping trees too soon. Heck, she's probably always going to worry 
any time I'm in the woods but some things are just pushing it.

Anyway, I love operating excavators so that's an easy to live with option.

Frosty the Lucky.
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If it ain't forged
It ain't real
wrought iron is
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bob Ehrenberger" <eforge at centurytel.net>
To: "theforge" <theforge at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Tuesday, January 19, 2010 11:28 AM
Subject: [TheForge] cutting wood


> Frosty,
>
> I used to have a power wagon with a boom and wench on it.  I would cut 
> trees
> into 20'-30' lengths and drag them back to the house to cut up later. It 
> cut
> down on the number of times I had to handle the wood. I wish I still had
> that old truck, but it was getting hard to keep it running.
>
> I have a friend with a pellet stove,  he likes it but it costs him about
> $7/day to run. That's way more than I want to pay for heat, plus you need
> electricity to operate the feeder.
>
> Robert Ehrenberger
> Shelbyville, Mo.
> eforge at centurytel.net
>