{"id":3888,"date":"2024-06-30T22:58:00","date_gmt":"2024-07-01T02:58:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.springfieldfarm.org\/?p=3888"},"modified":"2024-07-18T11:17:31","modified_gmt":"2024-07-18T15:17:31","slug":"dropping-bucking-up-three-pine-trees","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.springfieldfarm.org\/?p=3888","title":{"rendered":"Dropping &amp; Bucking Up Three Pine Trees"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The farmer just harvested the wheat and planted the beans, so a short window to be able to drop some trees into the field without damaging crops.  The frontier wife helped me, we started early but it was a very hot day.  I&#8217;m not a particularly experienced chainsaw operator but all went well, was super careful with clearing around the trees for an escape route and placing the cuts properly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.springfieldfarm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/PXL_20240629_143045962-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"771\" data-id=\"3875\" src=\"http:\/\/www.springfieldfarm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/PXL_20240629_143045962-1024x771.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3875\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.springfieldfarm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/PXL_20240629_143045962-1024x771.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.springfieldfarm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/PXL_20240629_143045962-300x226.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.springfieldfarm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/PXL_20240629_143045962-150x113.jpg 150w, http:\/\/www.springfieldfarm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/PXL_20240629_143045962-768x578.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.springfieldfarm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/PXL_20240629_143045962-1536x1157.jpg 1536w, http:\/\/www.springfieldfarm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/PXL_20240629_143045962-2048x1542.jpg 2048w, http:\/\/www.springfieldfarm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/PXL_20240629_143045962-398x300.jpg 398w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Taking a look to verify direction<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.springfieldfarm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/PXL_20240629_161728938.MP_-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"771\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"3871\" src=\"http:\/\/www.springfieldfarm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/PXL_20240629_161728938.MP_-771x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3871\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.springfieldfarm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/PXL_20240629_161728938.MP_-771x1024.jpg 771w, http:\/\/www.springfieldfarm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/PXL_20240629_161728938.MP_-226x300.jpg 226w, http:\/\/www.springfieldfarm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/PXL_20240629_161728938.MP_-113x150.jpg 113w, http:\/\/www.springfieldfarm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/PXL_20240629_161728938.MP_-768x1020.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.springfieldfarm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/PXL_20240629_161728938.MP_-1157x1536.jpg 1157w, http:\/\/www.springfieldfarm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/PXL_20240629_161728938.MP_-1542x2048.jpg 1542w, http:\/\/www.springfieldfarm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/PXL_20240629_161728938.MP_-scaled.jpg 1928w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 771px) 100vw, 771px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Ready to go<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Dropping Pine Trees\" width=\"584\" height=\"329\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/82OJr9yue40?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Dropping the trees was easy, the trimming and cutting into log lengths and disposing of the branches was time consuming and tedious.  When the tree is down and the branches under compression you have to be very careful not to either have the branch whip out and hit you or roll the tree onto you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While I trimmed, the frontier wife used the tractor with the grapple to move the branch bundles off the field.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-2 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.springfieldfarm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/PXL_20240629_144126183-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"771\" data-id=\"3876\" src=\"http:\/\/www.springfieldfarm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/PXL_20240629_144126183-1024x771.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3876\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.springfieldfarm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/PXL_20240629_144126183-1024x771.jpg 1024w, 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