[AT] Knowing when to call it a day

[Carl Gogol]

After reading the extreme hate common on the list for Osage Orange I looked
it up on line because the picture Dean posted of its growth structure looks
so similar to my most hated tree, Hawthorne.  Everything you say is common
to the cutting of Hawthorne.  Hawthorne has tiny fruit in comparison, but
has the common need for sucker branches spaced 10 to the foot forces one to
dismantle the clumps like a puzzle.

Carl

Manlius NY

 

From: AT <at-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com> On Behalf Of Dean Vinson
Sent: Saturday, November 16, 2019 3:11 PM
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Subject: Re: [AT] Knowing when to call it a day

 

Cecil wrote:  "I had not thought of taking the saw off the bar.  I will
store that in the fuzzy memory bank for future use..."  That was the one
bright spot for me of the whole experience, when I saw my chainsaw bar
impaled into the ground:  At least the saw itself hadn't been on the
receiving end of all that energy.   The bar took a beating but I had a spare
in the shop, so I was back in business today.

 

And "In the fireplace, the wood is so dense that a small pocket of moisture
in the wood can turn into an explosion."  Yep.  I burn a lot of it in my
wood stove where it's safely behind the doors, but even there I have to be
careful when opening the stove to feed in more wood or even when opening the
ash pan door. the sudden rush of air sometimes precipitates a frenzy of
sparks that shoot out all over the place.

 

I went back out and finished cutting up that tree today, without further
incident other than cursing the difficult nature of those trees in general.
I took the attached photo to show a particularly nasty section. it doesn't
all look like that, but a little bit is more than enough.

 

Dean Vinson

Saint Paris, Ohio

 

 

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