The weather has been holding and I am still making sawdust ! Had a nice job over the weekend . Ended with some 2" bye 24" walnut slabs !
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It was a nice run of logs , hickory , butternut , and walnut . Just under 1700 bf total . My best poratble season ever ! smiley_fiddler
That's fantastic! Looks like a pretty place to work with good support equipment. Happy sawing, Brian
That's a mighty fine looking walnut! Happy for you on a satisfying job, it does make it all worth while at the end of day.
I'm glad to hear this was a good year for you. It's really nice when you can look back at the year you've had and be happy about it. Nice looking lumber and a nice place to mill it.
Congratulations on the banner year. That's some impressive walnut you got into there.
Nice Work Scully, very glad to see you doing well
Dan
I will take that walnut off your hands :).
Danny you will have to get in line as I am closer than you. :D
Looks like there may be a pickup race from GA to NY state.
enjoy the weather while you can Scully. I remember when I lived in NY state what happens when you live off the east end of lake ontario this time of year. stay tuned folks for an update from Scully one of these days. Jack
We have little caterpillars here in Pa that has two colors... black brown black.
The amount of black determines how severe the winter weather will be. Wide black stripes mean a bad winter
The only ones I have seeing are all black.
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Hey Scully, I think the time has come for a weather update in your part of the country. Jack
:D
Quote from: Jack S on November 21, 2016, 07:05:06 PM
Hey Scully, I think the time has come for a weather update in your part of the country. Jack
:D :snowball:
As of of the 19th we started opening day of deer season in the high 50's . Bye 5PM it was a driving rain and temps dropping like a rock ! Sunday morning was wet and we had about 1 inch of snow . As of this morning Nov. 22 the wind has calmed and we have about a foot ? The drifts are unreal ! I have the mill backed out over the lawn to a pile of hemlock that I need to mill an order of 2x out of . This won't be to bad but I have to move a couple logs around with my wood truck and log tongs . The yard is like grease now . I also have a pending job that came in since this post but as I explained to the customer I will not pull my mill on winter roads . I'm not throwing in the towel yet ! If we get a warm snap and the roads are clear and dry I am on my way ! All in all this has been a prity darn good season ! I intend to fire up the mill at least once a month all winter and make lumber just because I can ! I have a small stash of logs right here at the house . I have said in the past to folks that milling lumber is a form of therapy for me . I have since named the mill " The Therapist "
I just went out and measured the snow depth on the picnic table.
We got 16 inches of snow, starting around 2:00AM on Sunday and ending somewhere around 2:00AM on Tuesday!
Took about an hour and a half to clear the snow around the house and garage (driveways) yesterday and about an hour to do it again this morning!
Hard to believe that on Saturday we had 70° here, then woke up to all this on Sunday, but it is that time of year again!