Buzzkill prevention thread {capture and kill the bad juju}
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too larry
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I forgot to mention my new invention. I'm sure this will make me super rich, and no one had thought of it before me.
Going into the pond means parking the truck at one location, then walking down the road a bit, and cutting through the woods. I've been dropping off my tools, then going and parking the truck. I had two backpacks, 2 1/2 gallons of water, the saw plus the gas and oil for it. It took two trips to get everything back to where I needed it. So this morning as I was packing it up to pack it out. . . . . . .
I will consult the folks in marketing, but magic rope sounds like a good name.
Going into the pond means parking the truck at one location, then walking down the road a bit, and cutting through the woods. I've been dropping off my tools, then going and parking the truck. I had two backpacks, 2 1/2 gallons of water, the saw plus the gas and oil for it. It took two trips to get everything back to where I needed it. So this morning as I was packing it up to pack it out. . . . . . .
I will consult the folks in marketing, but magic rope sounds like a good name.
too larry
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After getting the pumphouse out of the garden oak, I trimmed off all the bent and broken limbs. Also trimmed enough so you can walk upright around the base of the tree. I put the metal table and chairs from Mamma's under the oak, and I'm spending a lot of garden time there. I have been wanting to clean it all up, so it's easier to walk around without getting scratched. Up to this point everything was good. I was feeling fine about myself.
There was one broken limb that was so tangled up in the live limbs, that I couldn't pull it pull it free from the ground. I climbed on the bathtub, and still couldn't get it loose. I was too high to be chainsawing on the tub, so I decided to try to snatch it off with the Kabota. It did not come loose, but I did manage to split the fuck out of where the bigger limb joins the tree. I was heartsick. There are so few good looking trees left, and I'm doing damage to this one.
I will cut the lower limbs off it for weight saving. I may try to bind it up. Didn't get a picture, but it's not going anywhere.
There was one broken limb that was so tangled up in the live limbs, that I couldn't pull it pull it free from the ground. I climbed on the bathtub, and still couldn't get it loose. I was too high to be chainsawing on the tub, so I decided to try to snatch it off with the Kabota. It did not come loose, but I did manage to split the fuck out of where the bigger limb joins the tree. I was heartsick. There are so few good looking trees left, and I'm doing damage to this one.
I will cut the lower limbs off it for weight saving. I may try to bind it up. Didn't get a picture, but it's not going anywhere.
too larry
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A couple who sucker fish on our creek land offered again to come work on the road going in. They have a nice tractor with grapple, so it would be great. {Sister is in Denver, and I don't want to use her tractor if she isn't here} Only drawback is I work weekends, which is the only time they could come. I'll have to get down there and run the saw some. Get a little cut for them to move. After clearing road at the pond, I feel like I could make some progress.
If those are heavy you need a wider strap over your scaphotrapezotrapezoidal joint to distribute the force or you will pay for that in the near future and it isn't pleasant.
too larry
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Yep, it was too thin for a long carry. Maybe a gallon and a 1/4 between the two jugs, so 10 pounds.. It's just a pain holding the saw, oil and gas jugs with your hands. It causes it's own set of pain out toward the end of your fingers after the first few minutes. You have to set it all down and change hands.
It's about 1/4 mile from the new camp out to the road, some of it still pretty rough trail. The cord made it where I could change hands on the fly. I walked it in one stretch. And got everything in one trip. Took two trips going in.
Really to thin for a short carry you just won't see the damage until later. It's so painful.
too larry
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I have a memory like a steel trap. {rusty and about half bent} And I don't remember putting my leather gloves in either pack for the walk out, so I must have been wearing them. If that was the case, all is good. The picture is just posing as I was taking everything out of the Kabota and putting it away.
{social media leads to too much posing. I'll be chainsawing away. Getting work done. I'll stop what I'm doing and go get my camera. Just to share with you guys. My poor productivity. . . . . . }
cannabineer
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There is a rock face near here used by a certain sort of batshit athlete. There is actually a sign at the trailhead that says No Posers.
LOL
too larry
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That is funny. There is a lot of posing in hiking social media. {I don't follow any climbers} If it wasn't for me growing weed {and you know, being anti social as all fuck} I would like to see if I could You Tube hike for a living. But for the stress of uploading from the trail. . . . . .
cannabineer
Ursus marijanus
I find the stress of downloading on the trail to be a livelier issue. I always regret not having packed a roll of paper.
too larry
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Can't forget your shit tickets.
too larry
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I got the last section of wing to the pole barn moved. Cleaned up out front and ran the mower. I tried to pull the big section of pole barn roof apart, but that didn't work exactly as planned. Need to get it apart so the roofing crew can help me flip it over.
Not big in mass, but a large pain in the ass. Broken tubes are a bitch.
Not big in mass, but a large pain in the ass. Broken tubes are a bitch.
too larry
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A couple three days ago one of the live longleaf pines behind the house broke. It was in the 4th row, and just missed hitting the deck.
Decided I had better do something with the 4 that were in the 1st row of trees. With a ladder, chains and come-a-longs I safely got all of them on the ground with none striking the house. A couple of them were leaning pretty far toward the house.
Decided I had better do something with the 4 that were in the 1st row of trees. With a ladder, chains and come-a-longs I safely got all of them on the ground with none striking the house. A couple of them were leaning pretty far toward the house.
too larry
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Yesterday I got a couple of hay fork sized piles of bigger logs stacked in the back. And three Kabota loads of smaller limbs out to the burn pile. That opened it up for me to get several loads of pinestraw for the garden. I have pictures of the whole pinestraw operation. The collection, transportation and distribution. Stored safely in my camera in my other pack at home.
too larry
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too larry
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I swapped out the RFM for the hayforks. Got the easy to move piles of logs and brush moved. Works pretty good to get a tight stack. Just lay down two or three loads, then back up as far as you can. There is a couple of acres in the side yard. Going to put it there for now.
Down at the graveyard we lost all five of the red cedar trees. I couldn't stand to see them go with all the other storm debris, so I trimmed and bucked the logs, and moved them to the back side of the graveyard. Today I moved some of the logs into place for sitting logs. I stop here a lot on my night hikes, and the one bench is too close to the road. Now headlights won't light me up when cars pass. Still have one support and one sitting log to go. Ran out of time before I finished.
Down at the graveyard we lost all five of the red cedar trees. I couldn't stand to see them go with all the other storm debris, so I trimmed and bucked the logs, and moved them to the back side of the graveyard. Today I moved some of the logs into place for sitting logs. I stop here a lot on my night hikes, and the one bench is too close to the road. Now headlights won't light me up when cars pass. Still have one support and one sitting log to go. Ran out of time before I finished.
