Winter Break is Over

I spent the last few days cutting and hauling dead wood from around the property to add to the wood pile for this year.  Many people who have outdoor wood boilers say that they burn anything and everything, but with Murphy on my side, I try to follow the manufacturers instructions.  I figure I still have a couple of months of wood left, but since I have some time over break with daylight hours, I thought I should get ahead of the game.  

There are quite a number of dead trees on the south side of the pond.  Bringing them to the woodpile would require hauling them across the pond and uphill.  I don't trust a spring fed pond and leaving the wood hauling to a sled seems like a lot of work.  With about 6 inches of snow on the ground, I know (from last year) that the full size four wheel drive truck should have no problem hauling this wood.  Of course there is always a catch - it has a topper on it.  Definitely not ideal for hauling wood, but considering the alternative, its my best bet.

One pile dragged across the pond via sled.

I learned last year that two wedges are definitely better than one.  I would like to add to that, two chainsaws are better than one.  One of these days I will learn.

My niece and nephew were here to help haul some loads.  The novelty wore off pretty quickly.  However, we were able to achieve a nice stack of wood.