During the winter, we work on outdoor projects, usually landscape related. This year we are working on cleanup of the damage done in 2021 when we had the worst ice storm in memory. We have about 3 acres of forest which is below our property to the West. The trees in that forest are Douglas Fir(the best) , Big Leaf Maple, Ash, Holly, and Cherry. The majority of the large cherry trees were toppled by the ice storm. The largest of them had trunks as big as 18 inches in diameter and stood 70 feet tall. When a tall tree is laying horizontal, it is quite an obstacle for one to get over or around and the broken limbs were everywhere too. We have walking path that is 1,000 feet long that goes downhill to the bottom of our property. It was created by a previous own using a bulldozer and when we bought the property it was possible to drive my Honda Civic station wagon for about 800 feet and load it with firewood. The "road " is still there but we no longer use it for vehicles but have used it instead as walking path through the woods. It has been blocked by fallen trees for the 3 years since the ice storm. A few weeks ago, I broke down and bought a battery powered chainsaw, a Dewalt with a 16 inch bar. It has two batteries and I can cut for about 1.5 hours (Not continuously but the session is that long) . It cuts nearly as well as my Stihl gas powered chainsaw but is lighter and easier to carry and use. No mixing gasoline and pulling on a cord to start it. We have cleared 60% of the trail of the logs blocking the way and may leave the other 40% of the trail for another time. I am elated that we can now walk down our trail in the woods without being grabbed by blackberry vines and tripped by dead branches and having to crawl over or under logs blocking the trail.
This 68 foot long tree trunk is mostly cut up now.
