A local farmer has donated a paddock to us to cut up some dead redgum. We cut up the wood for firewood and then raffle it off. He gets his paddock cleaned up (and some firewood left for him) and the Social Club raises some money)
We met at the pub at 8.30am and then travelled in convoy up to the farm.
The sheep saw the vehicles coming into the paddock and started following us. First time a Peugeot has EVER been followed by livestock!
The boys pulled out their big guns (chainsaws) and set to work. Roger brought along his wood splitter which made short work of the logs being cut.
Paul piled the crap sticks into piles and poured diesel on them and set them alight, whilst Mousie set up the bbq and started cooking snags and rissoles. We stopped briefly at 10.30 for a can of softdrink and then stopped for lunch at 12.
a watched snag never burnsWe managed to fill three trailers (about 10 cubic metres) and there's still plenty left there.
Apparently this was the club's third attack at this paddock, and there's still plenty of wood to be cut. There was one massive fallen tree that was six foot high lying on its side. No-one had a chainsaw large enough to attack it so it was left. It made a great screen though as there were no toilets in the paddock!
Michael's chainsaw was playing up, so I only got to cut a few sticks. I spent most of the time hauling around cut logs and loading them onto the splitter.
Minnow (aka Heath) making short work of a gorgeous piece of woodIt was nice to sit around afterwards and enjoy a cold drink and a laugh with the blokes, and admire the sheer amount of wood that had been cut. I also collected some of the sawdust to put on the garden. Must remember to bring along more bags next time to collect more.
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