A very wet and rainy springtime for me on my forestry farm and how I handle it daily.
Yesterday May 30th, 2025, another rainy day on the farm. I have had another day or heavy rain, and my farm is extremely hilly in the foothills of the Appalachian Mountains of Southern Ohio close the Ohio River and WV and KY. Anyway, it rained all week long but yesterday during a slight break in the rain. I caught up on the weed whacking. But this morning a large White Oak tree on a hillside of my forest gave way and came down across the state route blocking it and hitting a power line knocking out the power with a loud thud I heard in the house. I spent all morning and into early afternoon cutting up and removing the tree from the road and out of the creek along the road as not to cause a backup flooding. So, now I am in the house resting and drying off because it just kept raining as I worked. By the time the Power Company showed up I had the treetop that hit the power line and was laying across the road and in the creek beside the road dragged up the state route and placed beside my driveway. The Power company guys were funny and dumb founded trying to find the top that had hit the power lines, they said to me "where did it go". I told them to look 100 yards up the state route and in my driveway for the top where I dragged it too already to cut up later. That I did not want it laying in the creek backing up the creek and flooding the roadway. To just go get my power restored and if they had to make love to the top that I would charge $100 each and I would not take pics for an extra $100 each. They laughed and went and restored my power. They actually thanked me for removing the tree top saving them work in the rain.
Youre not afraid of hard work or waiting for someone else to do the job! You had the right equipment, got right to work and cleared it! Awesome job and the workers appreciated it
@Kstrong Thank you! Yes, on all accounts. Never mistake my Willa side for lazy, unmotivated, or unskilled in other areas. I believe if everyone would be as proactive this type of situations would be cleared up way faster saving time and money of the companies trying to maintain the roadways/highways and power lines.
We haven’t had quite as much rain as you (North of I-70) but quite above average. Glad you look past the gloom to the bright side and a head start on winters firewood.
@SageWanderer I only cull the dead standing or fallen trees and those like this large White Oak that fall. The rest are left alone to grow and provide future wood harvest sales. When God gives me a blessing even though it is work, I recognize it and use it to its fullest. This White Oak was full carpenter ants and would die soon and not a salable timber log. But it has a use now.
Man youre such a hard worker. That stack will be nice fire wood one day. I love that place! I hope you can just take a break now. Im not fond of being out in the rain. I freeze when im out there. Did you have to pay the 200? Or the 100? I hope not
@Eddiesolds No I was charging the power line guys each $200 to take pics of them if they had to have sex with the treetop. I stood there for 30 minutes telling them I remove the treetop already and where it was at, yet they just kept staring at the creek and to just go restore my power. So, I spouted of to them if they had to molest the treetop I already removed to my driveway out of the creek and road that I was charging them money not to film their sex act on the treetop. Okay
I hate working in the rain too from all the years in the Army, but like in the Army sometimes you just have to soldier up and do what needs done when it needs done, right.
How come trees are allowed to grow where they can fall on power lines? Or was this a low voltage (240 V) local distribution line? Where I live (Norway) the power company cuts trees back from high voltage lines and has even trimmed the trees I have along the front of my garden because they had grown up to meet the insulated local distribution cables that are strung on telegraph poles along the edge of the garden.
@WillaKissing Climate too - a characteristic of continents is severe ranges of weather even at temperate latitudes.
I live in Southern England on about the same latitude as Newfoundland, but our Winters are considerably milder. At least we don't live in central Siberia, which has the highest annual temperature ranges in the world.
@4meAndyou I only cull the dead standing or fallen trees and those like this large White Oak that fall. The rest are left alone to grow and provide future wood harvest sales. When God gives me a blessing even though it is work, I recognize it and use it to its fullest. This White Oak was full carpenter ants and would die soon and not a salable timber log. But it has a use now.
@Musicman I only cull the dead standing or fallen trees and those like this large White Oak that fall. The rest are left alone to grow and provide future wood harvest sales. When God gives me a blessing even though it is work, I recognize it and use it to its fullest. This White Oak was full carpenter ants and would die soon and not a salable timber log. But it has a use now.
