3-19-2026 Made significant progress today. Thank God I did not become a squishy today!
This morning I was quite nervous going out to cut the logs into section and then pieces to remove them from the hillside beside the State Route, because of the slope of the hill and being they were laying on top of each other crisscrossed. I asked a neighbor to text me every few hours to make sure I was not pinned under a log. Thank God it all went well.
THIS WAS MY SURVEY BEFORE STARTING ANY THE CUTS.
FIRST CUT TO END OF THE DAY LOOK.
MY WOOD PILES HAVE GROWN!
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I watched a youtube video about this a while ago. Interesting to look at the pile and try to decide where the tension is and where things will go once you start to cut. A lot of hoping for the best. Looks like you did alright.
@PoohSmasher Yes a lot of surveying and figuring where everything will slide/fall and roll too once cut, and to make sure you are not in the way it is falling/rolling/sliding too. With the size of logs they were I would have been crushed.
I said my prayers for safety before starting as well and finishing up for the gift of wisdom of what to do and safety.
@WillaKissing Also tons of youtube vids showing what happens when people get it wrong or don't know they need to plan it out first and just start cutting.
@PoohSmasher Yeah, the back yard warrior that has someone to video their demise is plain foolishness. I notice those videos cut off so you miss the ambulance/medic and some of them I swear a coroner getting called out.
