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Old tree decided to take a long nap across my trail!


and will have to clean that mess up

been there and do hate it when it happens .... a tree that size would make a dandy speed bump for going through there on a 4-wheeler

Looks like that one has been ready to take a rest for a while.

markiver54 wrote: ↑

Wed Jun 19, 2019 12:22 pm

Looks like that one has been ready to take a rest for a while.

Yeah the top half fell off last year and a recent storm took care of the rest.
Luckily my trail cam was on a tree just ahead of where it fell.

fortyshooter wrote: ↑

Wed Jun 19, 2019 12:26 pm

markiver54 wrote: ↑

Wed Jun 19, 2019 12:22 pm

Looks like that one has been ready to take a rest for a while.

Yeah the top half fell off last year and a recent storm took care of the rest.
Luckily my trail cam was on a tree just ahead of where it fell.

And luckily you were not there at that moment.

5 minutes with a chainsaw will take care of that. When you live out in the woods, you have to deal with the trees.

Sasquatch trail marker.

Often carry a chainsaw on the 4wheeler for just such occasions. Been known to clear downed trees from the county roads here long before the county workers could get here.

When you live out in the woods, you have to deal with the trees.

Roger that!
Finishing cutting up a little 92 footer I dropped last week!

I had a nice Stihl with an 18" bar for use around the farm. We heated with a wood stove for years. But once that femur went, the Doc said absolutely not. Miss T knows me well. She gave the chainsaw to a friend with orders he was to NEVER loan it back.

Don't have to worry about this one any more!

fortyshooter wrote: ↑

Wed Jun 19, 2019 11:51 am

Old tree decided to take a long nap across my trail!


and will have to clean that mess up

I have 50 acres of this kind of stuff to care for, but it's a labor of love, and I don't live there.
There are no structures on that 50 acres aside from a couple of hastily constructed shoot shacks.
This is strictly hunting property, but keeping the trails clear is a MUST.

Dragging a deer out from the bottom land would take a 20 mule-team.
Instead, I use a 1939 Ford 9N tractor, but it won't go over a log like that.

I don't live there either but enjoy when I get there. Just another item to take care of before I sling some lead!