11 September 2009

While doing some shed design calculations over breakfast, realized that the logs set aside to be sawed into beams for the woodshed just ain't going to be big enough. Need to get six 8" W x 9 1/4" H beams out of the pile, which takes a log with a minimum 12¼" diameter to get a beam that big. So felled two white oaks at the house site, both with 20" butts - and managed to hang up BOTH trees. However, the Kubota proved quite adept at pulling them down. Gotta love the power of hydraulics... and the reach of a backhoe! Took inventory of the logs now on the skid and am STILL short the makings for two beams.