Nothing like free wood - good for you Chris. And really smart to go now while the leaves are out, to mark the dead ones. Much hard to tell for sure come winter. Good luck and safe sawing!
Really looking forward to seeing this mini logging operation when it happens. Great to have friends who need help maintaining their forest. It's a win/win situation.
Chris I have two yards there 200 miles apart. I process at both places and haul to my main yard to sell. My property up north in the woods nobody buys wood there or it’s real cheap. I process some of my own timber there from sawing to firewood. I stack it let it dry haul it home dry. Less weight to haul and it’s ready to sell once it hits my home yard. Might be an option for you. Tractor with the grapple and splitter cut split and stack there to dry and haul home as it’s ready.
Chris your welcome. Take home the ready to burn stuff and leave the wet wood there to dry for another trip. Nice seeing you as I heal from my second surgery. My index finger is working I just need a lot of therapy. Peace
Holy smokes! There are a lot of dead trees! These diseases have sure changed our landscapes, with Oak Wilt, Pine Wilt, EAB in the Ashes, etc. The cabin sure is cool, what a great place to hang out! Sad to see all of the acorn food those reds produced be gone now and it looks like a lot of less desirable volunteer trees are moving in. I hope your deer and turkey population will remain. I think I agree with some of the other viewers and check the cost of having those dead trees all logged to a spot on the property and process as you do now on location. Those cutter heads sure make quick work out of a stand like that versus even several chainsaws. If you harvest that wood before it turns bad, it seems like you would recover the cost quickly. Certainly a jackpot of firewood! Good luck! 😎 CYN & GNI
Looks like you might need to look into some tire chains and a logging winch and move in for the winter lol. I'd love to have a property like that to work on.
Good morning Chris. Looks like you'll have enough to keep you busy most of the winter. Looks like good deer hunting on property the you showed is. Get your brother Ken to come and help you!!!! Lol Well have a wonderful rest of the day!!!!
Nice find Chris. I’ve had similar opportunities and found it worth while to trailer my tractor with grapple to the site. I cut 9 1/2’ logs (fits in my 10’ dump trailer and cuts into 7 - 16” pieces) and brought them to a landing site. I then load and trailer to my wood yard. It’s been the most efficient way for me. Just my opinion for what it’s worth.
Have two oaks in my yard that died from oak wilt in the past year, one of them was healthy this spring. In a few more years won't hsve any shade left. Finally was able to start building inventory for next season loving the pallets as ends for the racks.
Good morning Chris. Great video. Something you should think about from what I could see is if you hauled your tractor with your grapple on, cut the scattered trees down first, cut buck them into the length of your trailer and just use the tractor to load them into your trailer you could haul lots that way if buddy doesn't mind your tractor staying there for sometime, or rent or buy a line skidder especially in the more crowded areas, pull the tree lengths into a landing and hire John to haul them to your place. Once at landing you could also cut them to size you and John like to bring to your place. But I'm telling you I think would be worth it but check your numbers for sure.
I usually log fof my firewood. It surprisingly goes pretty fast in scattered areas just picking them up with front end loader when not to many stumps close together so tractor can get to them. But ya just other day I was in a scattered area and just used my tractor, had a nice little landing of piled trees in not to long. But definitely in the crowded spots you and your brother should just go halfers and rent a line skidder for a week. The landing will get big fast. Then just john to haul it.
Got some real Job Security there Chris...LOL! There's a lot of handling anyway you look at it getting it stocked back into your woodyard. Given the equipment you have, I think I would bring the ULTRA in and split a bunch right into the dump trailer, and then it would be ready for stacking back at your woodyard. If its economically feasible, I like some of the other suggestions to use your loggers truck to transport large volumes back to your site. From what I see, that would probably involve skidding the logs out to a loading a area. I love the challenge on this one!
yep we in australia we have a major problem similar to that wiith our hard woods its called dyback a fungal thing and it is in your best interests to cut them down seems to stop dieback spreading if the area is beeing logged comercially the log truck must be hosed down before leaving the area huge problem for the industry cheers to you and yours stay well and safe good night irene
Good morning Chris!!😀😀 My place is looking like that. Between the oak wilt and the high water there is a couple hundred trees that have died. Lots of work ahead for me also. Take care my friend!!😀😀 Logger Al
Nice that you have friends that will let you go cut up the dead stuff.. Here in the Pacific NW a beetle (I forgot what its called) and root rot is what gets most of our evergreen trees..
Chris, you are going to be one busy man. You may have to find someone with a truck and trailer that can haul the logs back to your woodyard. That is going to be a lot of cutting and loading. We have oak wilt in the live oaks here in Texas and it is terrible to see all of the massive century old live oaks dieing off. Have fun cutting and chucking all of that wood.
Wow, a lot of dead trees to harvest. I've read some comments, calling for loggers and new expensive toys. Ha ha! I suggest a low budget option to balance: trying to bring Kenny to help you felling or someone other trustworthy that can drive round trips dumping trailer loads at the wood yard while you are cutting. I would poke all the buttons for a long video of you, Kenny and "driver" doing a dent in this supply, running two saws and a truck continously :)
Taking a walk in the woods with Chris...works for me. IF I lived closer I'd almost want to help cut them dead oaks down but winter in West Consin (as Blake Shelton calls it) doesn't sound like fun, frost bite, hypothermia, sun-zero temps, wind chill factor, and that's on a good day! Hahaha you've struck the firewood jackpot Chris, now just to get it back to your woodyard, hmmmm........
Would it pay to bring your tractor down, and skid trees to area that your log hauler to pick up and drop off , and you can use bucket to collect the small stuff and dump into your trailer?
I agree 100% seeing that he lives an hour away it would make more sense to come down there with the tractor and cut them into log lengths and carrying over to a staging area and have his truck driver pick them all up and bring the entire load back to his wood yard
Good morning Chris. You definitely have a firewood honey hole there. Sad to see all the dead oak. Did you ever consider hauling the tractor with the grapple up there? You could build a small landing and haul to it. GNI
Morning Chris, you said it “ holy smokes”, wondering is there a market for sales reasonably close, maybe you could have a satellite woodyard site there, and with every delivery bring a load back to headquarters? Have a good one
@@InTheWoodyard would that suggest that each time you go see your dad you could take the trailer and buy wood to resell? if you could find a good supplier?
We cut a lot of dead red oak here, one of the most Dangerous trees to cut, carpenter ants move in and make it even more dangerous here on the Farm🪵👍🏼🇺🇸
Looks like a lot of work. Hopefully you will be able to use all three saws and maybe come across a bigger trailer to cut down on number of trips. Have a Safe Day
Now that you have that fancy tractor (They are great aren't they), could you trailer it to the location and haul logs out to a "processing" area, then load them in your trailer as full logs? Just curious of ways to save you some time. Although, the good old manual way is great exercise!
we had a disease in chestnuts here about 8 years ago, I took hundreds down quite sad. you should not wait too long if tay are sick, preferably before the autumn before they drop their fruit, because the disease fungus is in the ground around the tree. and in the fall field mice start stockpiling squirrels and the like for winter and infect other trees because they transfer spores of the disease to healthy trees. so cutting and cleaning up before the fruit fall is best
I wonder how much it would cost you to get your logger to do this for you ? it looks a big job its a shame that all the trees are dead. see you back at the woodyard Chris say hello to Irene good night.
Good morning Chris. Do I see a bigger trailer in your future 🤔 My goodness there is a lot of wood to be harvested there. Too bad there wasn't a person close by without a job that could help you cut this and have loads cut for you to haul. Looks like you hit paydirt again! Nice video.
Now that u have a tractor u can skid the logs out trim up limbs into dump trlr and have the logger haul logs to ur yrd. That wld b pretty efficient i think or something similar to that. I hope that oak wilt dnt come to Pa we lose lots of red oak
Unfortunately, here in Pennsylvania our forests look similar due to the Ash Boring Beetle. Great for firewood but sad to see so many trees succumbing to whatever ailments are out there.
I was thinking you should price it out to see how much logger John would charge to haul it for you so you could skid whole logs to the road and buck them into 8 footers for John to loadout and haul. Would save a lot of back and forth time.
It’s bittersweet to see the devastation caused by oak wilt, but obviously a bonanza of wood to harvest for you. Any idea what the cost comparison is between harvesting these oak and maples yourself v. Logger John’s delivered loads?
Yes there are a bunch of dead trees for sure. I don't think the land owner wants a logger to come in to the property and I can take my time and pick away on the dead trees for years as I have time and it is very spread out across the property so I will gradually get it done.
Yep, I got the sense the property owner wanted to give you exclusive access based on your years of relationship. Just wondered if you had any educated guess at how your costs for cutting, hauling, travel time, etc might compare to the known costs and efficiency when John delivers to your Wood Yard 🪵 I have a hunting lease where it was logged and the down tops and dead Ash would be available to get for firewood, but my cost/cord after estimating my time and travel gas plus wear and tear getting the wood out isn’t any cheaper than having delivered logs at my wood yard.
@@canvasman2307 That is pretty much my conclusion too. BUT, I have less cost up front...other than more time, and It will be great video for the channel.
If he has an ATV you can use I would just cut the trees into 10-15 foot sections and skid them all up to the edge of the woods and cut it there and load it straight into the trailer. If possible that is what I do when I am cutting here at home. I cut them to length and skid them up to where my splitter is and sometimes If its green I might let the poles sit for a year or 2 before I even cut them.
Hi Chris.....gonna need some equipment for this job? Here in the UK, some years ago we felled trees on a 4,000 acre estate. We bought a 2nd hand Volvo loader (4 W/D) with a front end grab (grapple), it paid for itself within several weeks.
Chris 45 years ago a neighbor of mine buried a handful of acorns in his backyard and 4 years later one of the acorn’s produced a tree it was about 6 ft tall and about 3/4 of a inch in diameter and he called me on the phone and asked me to help him plant it in front of his house so we transplanted the tree and today l look out my living room window and I can see the whole tree. The last time I measured the tree it was 26 inches in diameter. A strange thing about this tree it doesn’t produce any acorns someone told me it was a male tree and doesn’t produce any nuts. I know for a fact this is so with fruit trees male and female trees that produce fruit apples,peaches,pears, and citrus fruit trees also. Have you experanced this with oaks in your area?
Didn't know red oak could get disease and die. Knew pine would get disease and wood beetles. Need to get your logging friend to come in and cut all the dead trees for you. Have a great day be safe.
Another excellent video but sad, I didn't know that the red oaks were dying off and I have red oak logs delivered here for firewood here in Wisconsin. He said they cut last winter and early spring. I understand that the disease doesn't spread during the cold months.
Friend has land in Adams county that has got hit hard from wilt. He doesn't have enough land to get a logger interested in coming but about half of his trees are oak and the reds are easy to find. They're dead. I've been trying to talk him into planting maple but the dnr is pushing white pine.
Odd.. You guys seem to frown on pine in some ways I understand and others I don't get it..Wounder why the push for it?? Unless DNR is looking at quick building lumber where oak can take 2 times longer..
@@DanielAtkinsFirewood white pine is the longest living tree we have... If planted in the woods. Otherwise it's a toothpick pile in the next storm. But our hardwood are disease ridden. Dutch elm, oak wilt, ash bore, & whatever that fungus 💩is rotting the cherry trees... But I'll take that over west coast root rot. The idea of a tree the size of my semi not having roots to hold it up is scary
@@DanielAtkinsFirewood and the pine is a use it or loose it tree. Once it dies you have 1 maybe 2years and it's not firewood anymore. It rots right in the wood stack. White pine does have it's plus side ... I mean we don't need a compass as long as we can find one. Roots grow N,S,E,W. Now it doesn't tell you which way you came from or need to go... But it's only a tree
I'm guessing this much wood would be an overload for your home woodyard. If your friend will let you and you can find a secure, accessible and dry area on the property, I would consider processing on site and storing it there. If your going to save the wood from rotting and save the woods from die off, you don't have a lot a time to do it all. Might need some brother help. Your job is secure. Good night Irene.
Freewood is awesome that's how I've got all my word for this year and I'll probably have enough for next year to heat my shop question though if your pile of wood is 26 ft by 20 ft by 7 ft tall how many full cords of wood would that be
If it was stacked tight it would be about 28 full cords but if piled loose about 30% less if it was in the same block shape 20x27x7, if in a pyramid, a lot less.
@@InTheWoodyard yeah I know it's stacked in rows inside my wood storage building in front of my outdoor wood boiler and it's stacked pretty tight I didn't think it would be that much I thought around 23-24 but thank you
With the scale of this dead tree harvesting, it might be worth calling a logger with equipment to cut the trees down and bring them to a landing area. Your buddy is also going to need a much bigger wood shed if he plans on living out the apocalypse off grid. LOL
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Nothing like free wood - good for you Chris. And really smart to go now while the leaves are out, to mark the dead ones. Much hard to tell for sure come winter. Good luck and safe sawing!
Thanks Gord, yes, I am going to go back with the land owner and mark all the trees soon.
Wow for a wood cutter that's like going to heaven!! That's definitely going to keep you busy for quite awhile!! Stay safe my friend!!
You got that right! Tomorrows video IS firewood heaven!
Really looking forward to seeing this mini logging operation when it happens. Great to have friends who need help maintaining their forest. It's a win/win situation.
I will get to it this winter some time!
WOW! Just a ton of wood. Enough to keep busy for quite some time! Good lookin property....
You got that right!
Good morning, Chris The dead standing bonanza. Face Cords galore. Goodnight Irene
Hello Brian! Yup, I will get a bunch of trees for sure!
Man you have some cuttin to do!! That’s unbelievable that all those trees have been affected! Wow😳 Thanks for sharing! GNI
Thanks Todd, yes much work ahead!
Nice score on the wood, now the fun can be begin
You got that right Larry!
Very nice honey hole you have there. Can't wait to see all the cutting videos!
Coming soon! Thanks Bryan!
Lots of work there young man! -Brad
Yes, time to get busy! Thanks Brad!
Great video Chris that's a lot of trees should bring in a lot of money wish I could find some like that. Goodnight Irene
Yes, it is, but I now have a lot of work to do now. Thanks John!
Chris I have two yards there 200 miles apart. I process at both places and haul to my main yard to sell. My property up north in the woods nobody buys wood there or it’s real cheap. I process some of my own timber there from sawing to firewood. I stack it let it dry haul it home dry. Less weight to haul and it’s ready to sell once it hits my home yard. Might be an option for you. Tractor with the grapple and splitter cut split and stack there to dry and haul home as it’s ready.
Thanks so much for the advice William, you have my mind working on that system right now!
Chris your welcome. Take home the ready to burn stuff and leave the wet wood there to dry for another trip. Nice seeing you as I heal from my second surgery. My index finger is working I just need a lot of therapy. Peace
@@williamklein6649 Thanks for watching, get better fast, trees need to be cut!
Holy smokes! There are a lot of dead trees! These diseases have sure changed our landscapes, with Oak Wilt, Pine Wilt, EAB in the Ashes, etc. The cabin sure is cool, what a great place to hang out! Sad to see all of the acorn food those reds produced be gone now and it looks like a lot of less desirable volunteer trees are moving in. I hope your deer and turkey population will remain.
I think I agree with some of the other viewers and check the cost of having those dead trees all logged to a spot on the property and process as you do now on location. Those cutter heads sure make quick work out of a stand like that versus even several chainsaws. If you harvest that wood before it turns bad, it seems like you would recover the cost quickly. Certainly a jackpot of firewood! Good luck! 😎 CYN & GNI
We will see, I can pick away at the property as I have time over the next few years.
Thats a mighty hape of wood you have there ....Ya'll leave a lot of sweat behind you on that job....safe cutting lad.
Yes, the more wood I get the more sweat I leave! Thanks Gerry!
Mr Chris you should bring the tractor skid all the logs out then have your logger deliver them to the wood yard
Yes, that might be a good idea!
Never seen them die like that happy cutttin stay safe
Some where flooded and some from oak wilt.
Looks like you might need to look into some tire chains and a logging winch and move in for the winter lol. I'd love to have a property like that to work on.
Great idea, We will see how I approach it !
Good morning Chris. Looks like you'll have enough to keep you busy most of the winter. Looks like good deer hunting on property the you showed is. Get your brother Ken to come and help you!!!! Lol Well have a wonderful rest of the day!!!!
Yes, I have work to do!
This looks like firewood heaven! It would be amazing if you could bring your tractor and bring all the trees out with the grapple!
I just might do that!
Nice find Chris. I’ve had similar opportunities and found it worth while to trailer my tractor with grapple to the site. I cut 9 1/2’ logs (fits in my 10’ dump trailer and cuts into 7 - 16” pieces) and brought them to a landing site. I then load and trailer to my wood yard. It’s been the most efficient way for me. Just my opinion for what it’s worth.
Thanks for the info!
Have two oaks in my yard that died from oak wilt in the past year, one of them was healthy this spring. In a few more years won't hsve any shade left. Finally was able to start building inventory for next season loving the pallets as ends for the racks.
I am glad the pallet ends are working out for you!
looking good Chris....
Thanks Tom!
That’s a full winter’s work!
OR TWO!
Definitely a nice honey hole for firewood.
Yes it is!
G’afternoon Chris. Better get busy !! Tons of future carnage ! GoodNightIrene
Yes, I have work to do!
Felling and bucking!! Sounds like a good time 🙂
Yup, it should be a good one for sure!
Good morning Chris. Great video. Something you should think about from what I could see is if you hauled your tractor with your grapple on, cut the scattered trees down first, cut buck them into the length of your trailer and just use the tractor to load them into your trailer you could haul lots that way if buddy doesn't mind your tractor staying there for sometime, or rent or buy a line skidder especially in the more crowded areas, pull the tree lengths into a landing and hire John to haul them to your place. Once at landing you could also cut them to size you and John like to bring to your place. But I'm telling you I think would be worth it but check your numbers for sure.
Not a bad idea, I might be able to just pick away at it over the next few years also.
I usually log fof my firewood. It surprisingly goes pretty fast in scattered areas just picking them up with front end loader when not to many stumps close together so tractor can get to them. But ya just other day I was in a scattered area and just used my tractor, had a nice little landing of piled trees in not to long. But definitely in the crowded spots you and your brother should just go halfers and rent a line skidder for a week. The landing will get big fast. Then just john to haul it.
@@rodt2781 Maybe, we will see!
Got some real Job Security there Chris...LOL! There's a lot of handling anyway you look at it getting it stocked back into your woodyard. Given the equipment you have, I think I would bring the ULTRA in and split a bunch right into the dump trailer, and then it would be ready for stacking back at your woodyard. If its economically feasible, I like some of the other suggestions to use your loggers truck to transport large volumes back to your site. From what I see, that would probably involve skidding the logs out to a loading a area. I love the challenge on this one!
Yes, I have a lot of work to do and a lot to figure out! Thanks Steve!
yep we in australia we have a major problem similar to that wiith our hard woods its called dyback a fungal thing and it is in your best interests to cut them down seems to stop dieback spreading if the area is beeing logged comercially the log truck must be hosed down before leaving the area huge problem for the industry cheers to you and yours stay well and safe good night irene
That is to bad for you too then, it is the same here, cutting them out during the winter seems to help slow the spread a lot.
Good morning Chris!!😀😀
My place is looking like that. Between the oak wilt and the high water there is a couple hundred trees that have died. Lots of work ahead for me also.
Take care my friend!!😀😀
Logger Al
Good for firewood bad for the forest! Get cutting Al!
Nice that you have friends that will let you go cut up the dead stuff..
Here in the Pacific NW a beetle (I forgot what its called) and root rot is what gets most of our evergreen trees..
Yes, he is a great friend for sure!
Hello from Chicago! Looks like you're gonna need your brother to help out unless you want to spend the whole winter at that cabin!
HA! Spending my winter at the cabin logging might be a lot of fun!
Chris, you are going to be one busy man. You may have to find someone with a truck and trailer that can haul the logs back to your woodyard. That is going to be a lot of cutting and loading. We have oak wilt in the live oaks here in Texas and it is terrible to see all of the massive century old live oaks dieing off. Have fun cutting and chucking all of that wood.
Yes, I am going to be a busy boy! Thanks Rod!
Sweet spot! Tell him you’re also cuttin for a share at the cabin if an apocalypse happens. Looks like a good hunting location as well.
That is exactly what I was thinking!
Boy, your tractor with the grapple will be an asset. Cut logs to length for your trailer and haul them out. Would love to find a source like this.
Thanks for the tips! I just might do that!
Well done!
Yes, it should be a good haul!
You need to bring Kenny for that job!
Maybe both of my brothers!
Wow, a lot of dead trees to harvest. I've read some comments, calling for loggers and new expensive toys.
Ha ha! I suggest a low budget option to balance: trying to bring Kenny to help you felling or someone other trustworthy that can drive round trips dumping trailer loads at the wood yard while you are cutting.
I would poke all the buttons for a long video of you, Kenny and "driver" doing a dent in this supply, running two saws and a truck continously :)
I like your ideas a bunch, most of the time when I look at jobs the simple steady approach makes the most sense and $$.
👍 I agree withTowMEtrailers, get the logs out to a landing and get them hauled out this winter. The tractor and grapple will be nice for that.
Right on, that is a good idea!
Free trees are kinda like free beer, never turn it down!
Yes, I am that guy too!
Taking a walk in the woods with Chris...works for me. IF I lived closer I'd almost want to help cut them dead oaks down but winter in West Consin (as Blake Shelton calls it) doesn't sound like fun, frost bite, hypothermia, sun-zero temps, wind chill factor, and that's on a good day! Hahaha you've struck the firewood jackpot Chris, now just to get it back to your woodyard, hmmmm........
Yup, maybe a bigger trailer!
Would it pay to bring your tractor down, and skid trees to area that your log hauler to pick up and drop off , and you can use bucket to collect the small stuff and dump into your trailer?
That was my thought exactly. Either that or get a much bigger dump trailer that would also mean getting a bigger truck.
I agree 100% seeing that he lives an hour away it would make more sense to come down there with the tractor and cut them into log lengths and carrying over to a staging area and have his truck driver pick them all up and bring the entire load back to his wood yard
Maybe so, we will see!
Yup!
Maybe so, I'll find out!
Good morning Chris. You definitely have a firewood honey hole there. Sad to see all the dead oak. Did you ever consider hauling the tractor with the grapple up there? You could build a small landing and haul to it. GNI
Yes, a lot of people are suggesting that!
Looks like you have plenty of firewood to last for years to come and supplying him wood is a good trade-off and hunting rights can't beat that.
Yes and yes!
Morning Chris, you said it “ holy smokes”, wondering is there a market for sales reasonably close, maybe you could have a satellite woodyard site there, and with every delivery bring a load back to headquarters? Have a good one
No, the firewood is worth about 1/2 in that area, the money is where the people are.
@@InTheWoodyard would that suggest that each time you go see your dad you could take the trailer and buy wood to resell? if you could find a good supplier?
@@donnairn3419 Shhhh! I have done that a lot of times!
We cut a lot of dead red oak here, one of the most Dangerous trees to cut, carpenter ants move in and make it even more dangerous here on the Farm🪵👍🏼🇺🇸
Yes, yes and yes! I agree but that is because we are both right! HA!
U might cut to manageable logs that fit into you dump trailer, cart home. With the grapple, No heavy lifting! Dang, that's a lotta wood.
I will probably try a few different approaches to the job.
If he’s your friend agree process it there on pallets ! Then move it when sold! Easy for me to say I know !
That is a possibility!
Dang! Would it be worth it to haul your tractor there and use the grapple to set up a log load for John to back to your woodyard?
Maybe so. We will see!
Looks like a lot of work. Hopefully you will be able to use all three saws and maybe come across a bigger trailer to cut down on number of trips. Have a Safe Day
Yes, it is going to be a big job!
Now that you have that fancy tractor (They are great aren't they), could you trailer it to the location and haul logs out to a "processing" area, then load them in your trailer as full logs? Just curious of ways to save you some time. Although, the good old manual way is great exercise!
I have been thinking that same thing, we will see!
we had a disease in chestnuts here about 8 years ago, I took hundreds down quite sad.
you should not wait too long if tay are sick, preferably before the autumn before they drop their fruit, because the disease fungus is in the ground around the tree. and in the fall field mice start stockpiling squirrels and the like for winter and infect other trees because they transfer spores of the disease to healthy trees. so cutting and cleaning up before the fruit fall is best
Yes fall is good, but winter is when I have time!
Is cutting up the tops and limbs, log it out yourself, then hire a log trucker like John to bring the logs to the woodyard an option?
Maybe, It is a property that I can take my time on and just pick away as I have time over the next few years.
Never ending cycle of life.
Yes it sure is!
Nice honey hole, looks like you have work cut out for you once the ground freezes up.
You got that right! Thanks Kenny!
Hi Chris, I'm wondering why you plant pine instead of another species? Love your channel! Stay safe.
Mainly for deer cover but they are white spruce not pine so that the deer don't eat them.
The oak trees need to be over 40ft apart so the roots cannot overlap.
That is what I have heard!
I wonder how much it would cost you to get your logger to do this for you ? it looks a big job its a shame that all the trees are dead. see you back at the woodyard Chris say hello to Irene good night.
I think it is to spread out of an small select cut for most loggers and I want the wood so I will cut as much as I can over the next couple years.
Good morning Chris. Do I see a bigger trailer in your future 🤔 My goodness there is a lot of wood to be harvested there. Too bad there wasn't a person close by without a job that could help you cut this and have loads cut for you to haul. Looks like you hit paydirt again! Nice video.
Yes a bigger trailer might just need to come home with me some day!
Next after that will be a bigger truck.
It is a vicious cycle.
Can you take your tractor to the job site. Grapple to pull trees out and cut up near the trailer.
Yes, that might happen!
Man I am stumped lol, Awesome, caaaaaaaaaaaaching lol 😱 have any more friends that have saws make a tree cutting party.
Yes, it is going to be a big job!
@@InTheWoodyard Man I would like to help you out on this one, cause this is my kind of tree cutting no buildings around 😎.
@@Frankzeien Exactly!
Now that u have a tractor u can skid the logs out trim up limbs into dump trlr and have the logger haul logs to ur yrd. That wld b pretty efficient i think or something similar to that. I hope that oak wilt dnt come to Pa we lose lots of red oak
Yes, I could do it that way maybe. I hope you oaks do not get it either!
Unfortunately, here in Pennsylvania our forests look similar due to the Ash Boring Beetle. Great for firewood but sad to see so many trees succumbing to whatever ailments are out there.
Yup, ash trees will be like the elm trees in the 70s.....dead and gone!
I was thinking you should price it out to see how much logger John would charge to haul it for you so you could skid whole logs to the road and buck them into 8 footers for John to loadout and haul. Would save a lot of back and forth time.
That is a possibility!
Chris, sounds like it would pay off to have somebody haul your tractor out there.
YUP! I can get it there somehow!
It looks like you have a good supply of wood for a while. Watch out for those window-maker limbs from above.
Yes and yes! Thanks Phil!
Chris, you need to call your brother to help you with this job. Way too many trees.
Yes he may help out some but I can pick away at it over the next few years, more trees will die too.
looks like a logging job for your tractor and have trucker john bring it to your house
Maybe!
If one of your goals is to supply firewood sellers- that lot may be your ticket.
Maybe so, we will see!
It’s bittersweet to see the devastation caused by oak wilt, but obviously a bonanza of wood to harvest for you. Any idea what the cost comparison is between harvesting these oak and maples yourself v. Logger John’s delivered loads?
Yes there are a bunch of dead trees for sure. I don't think the land owner wants a logger to come in to the property and I can take my time and pick away on the dead trees for years as I have time and it is very spread out across the property so I will gradually get it done.
Yep, I got the sense the property owner wanted to give you exclusive access based on your years of relationship. Just wondered if you had any educated guess at how your costs for cutting, hauling, travel time, etc might compare to the known costs and efficiency when John delivers to your Wood Yard 🪵
I have a hunting lease where it was logged and the down tops and dead Ash would be available to get for firewood, but my cost/cord after estimating my time and travel gas plus wear and tear getting the wood out isn’t any cheaper than having delivered logs at my wood yard.
@@canvasman2307 That is pretty much my conclusion too. BUT, I have less cost up front...other than more time, and It will be great video for the channel.
Would it be worth it to have a log truck haul back all the big stuff to save a lot of trips?
It might I have to see if $$ wise it would be smart or not, but I have thought of that! Thanks Dana!
If he has an ATV you can use I would just cut the trees into 10-15 foot sections and skid them all up to the edge of the woods and cut it there and load it straight into the trailer. If possible that is what I do when I am cutting here at home. I cut them to length and skid them up to where my splitter is and sometimes If its green I might let the poles sit for a year or 2 before I even cut them.
Yup, I have done that there in the past! Thanks Jesse!
FREE WOOD = Lots more work !
Yes, it sure does!
Looking forward for the videos of cutting down those trees, these are my favourite ones!
Glad you like them! I will be doing a bunch!
Hi Chris.....gonna need some equipment for this job? Here in the UK, some years ago we felled trees on a 4,000 acre estate. We bought a 2nd hand Volvo loader (4 W/D) with a front end grab (grapple), it paid for itself within several weeks.
Yes, I might bring my tractor to the job and skid out the logs.
Hey Chris. Do you need to clean up the limbs or what’s the process. I do see any brush layin around . Thanks Enjoyable video. Craig. Pa.
No need to chip or pile, just cut and go.
What part of winter will you cut the trees? It looks like there are several weeks worth of work.
Isn't winter the busy sales/delivery time?
Good question! I am thinking later winter when deliveries slow down.
Chris 45 years ago a neighbor of mine buried a handful of acorns in his backyard and 4 years later one of the acorn’s produced a tree it was about 6 ft tall and about 3/4 of a inch in diameter and he called me on the phone and asked me to help him plant it in front of his house so we transplanted the tree and today l look out my living room window and I can see the whole tree. The last time I measured the tree it was 26 inches in diameter. A strange thing about this tree it doesn’t produce any acorns someone told me it was a male tree and doesn’t produce any nuts. I know for a fact this is so with fruit trees male and female trees that produce fruit apples,peaches,pears, and citrus fruit trees also. Have you experanced this with oaks in your area?
No, that is news to me but I suppose possible, but I am not a n expert, but a nice big live oak is a good thing!
Didn't know red oak could get disease and die. Knew pine would get disease and wood beetles. Need to get your logging friend to come in and cut all the dead trees for you. Have a great day be safe.
I can just pick away at it over the next few years. Thanks Arthur!
Another excellent video but sad, I didn't know that the red oaks were dying off and I have red oak logs delivered here for firewood here in Wisconsin. He said they cut last winter and early spring. I understand that the disease doesn't spread during the cold months.
Yes they are dying off all over the state but especially in central Wisconsin! Where are you at in Wisconsin?
@@InTheWoodyard I'm about 20 miles south of Eau Claire.
Good idea planting the extra trees. Another sideline selling Xmas trees perhaps?
You will see some of the tree farm soon, my dad has had a Christmas tree farm for 30 years now.
Maybe you should mark those dead trees with marking color? Nice video!
I am going to with the land owner some day soon.
Good morning from Grand Forks
Good morning Dean!
What would it cost to hire someone to yard it all up to a landing if you cut them all down ?
Probably more than I want to pay, I can log it off myself if I want, I do have a tractor now.
Friend has land in Adams county that has got hit hard from wilt. He doesn't have enough land to get a logger interested in coming but about half of his trees are oak and the reds are easy to find. They're dead. I've been trying to talk him into planting maple but the dnr is pushing white pine.
Odd.. You guys seem to frown on pine in some ways I understand and others I don't get it..Wounder why the push for it?? Unless DNR is looking at quick building lumber where oak can take 2 times longer..
@@DanielAtkinsFirewood white pine is the longest living tree we have... If planted in the woods. Otherwise it's a toothpick pile in the next storm. But our hardwood are disease ridden. Dutch elm, oak wilt, ash bore, & whatever that fungus 💩is rotting the cherry trees... But I'll take that over west coast root rot. The idea of a tree the size of my semi not having roots to hold it up is scary
Andy, this land is in Adams county too! Yes, oak wilt is bad there everywhere! I would just plant as many trees and as much variety as possible.
Yup, oak takes 2 lifetimes to grow and pine about a month! HA! I like the idea of variety.
@@DanielAtkinsFirewood and the pine is a use it or loose it tree. Once it dies you have 1 maybe 2years and it's not firewood anymore. It rots right in the wood stack.
White pine does have it's plus side ... I mean we don't need a compass as long as we can find one. Roots grow N,S,E,W. Now it doesn't tell you which way you came from or need to go... But it's only a tree
A lot of widow makers!
Yes that is true, I will be careful.
About how many trees, do you think, would it take to make a truck load John brings you. Just wondering.
Quite a few, he would not be interested in this small select cut over a 90+ acre property, not very efficient.
sure wish I lived close to you....you could hire me to cut these trees.....
HA! That would be nice!
All those dead Maples are calling for a processor. 😜
We will see, lots of work ahead!
I'm guessing this much wood would be an overload for your home woodyard. If your friend
will let you and you can find a secure, accessible and dry area on the property, I would consider processing on site and storing it there. If your going to save the wood from rotting and save the woods from die off, you don't have a lot a time to do it all. Might need some brother help. Your job is secure. Good night Irene.
Larry, I have been thinking the same things! You must be a mind reader!
Freewood is awesome that's how I've got all my word for this year and I'll probably have enough for next year to heat my shop question though if your pile of wood is 26 ft by 20 ft by 7 ft tall how many full cords of wood would that be
If it was stacked tight it would be about 28 full cords but if piled loose about 30% less if it was in the same block shape 20x27x7, if in a pyramid, a lot less.
@@InTheWoodyard yeah I know it's stacked in rows inside my wood storage building in front of my outdoor wood boiler and it's stacked pretty tight I didn't think it would be that much I thought around 23-24 but thank you
@@kentcorbett5436 That is a good bunch of wood!
We have the Ash trees that are dying here in West Virginia it's pretty good wood but I would rather have the oaks for wood
All wood burns and it is good!
So you will have all them trees harvested in a month or two? 😂 👍👍
HA! I will pick away at them for a couple years!
Have you ever thought of planting eucalyptus, they are a hard wood and good fire wood the blue gum is straight growing tree.
No, we do not have that here at all in the states that I know of.
Is Kenny going to come this winter to help?
He has a bunch of jobs to do himself, but he might come down for a while and I am going to go up there!
Hey Chris if there’s that much cutting why not bring tractor with grapple and splitter there
I might do that!
With the scale of this dead tree harvesting, it might be worth calling a logger with equipment to cut the trees down and bring them to a landing area. Your buddy is also going to need a much bigger wood shed if he plans on living out the apocalypse off grid. LOL
Yes, that might work. Yes, a pole shed would be nice!
seems to me that a chipper attachment for your tractor to aid in clean up
Why go through the extra work? Brush piles are good for the critters and it is a woods not a park. I don't think I need or even want a chipper.
There is a lot of oak wilt in my woods also.
That is to bad, so you might just have to make some firewood.
Tony doesn't have a harvester yet to be revealed yet does he?
No, not yet!
You sir have alot of work to do lol
Yes, there are a lot of them!