The last two years I havent been able to do any trail maintenance for health reasons.
Today, I decided to try it anyway and aproached a task I had my eye on since the end of 2006.
The upper part of a big old beech, long since dead, had finally broken down and blocked one of my favourite trails:
Today I chopped it. Thankfully, a 5" core of the wood was rotten, so it took me only 80min to complete the task. I had about forgotten how hard old beech is!
Re-larned a few things:
- resharpen the axe after half time
- blistered hands feel great.
Next step will be to chop off the splintered part on the right side.
Then, with an old pick-axe handle for a lever, I will slide the remaining trunk over the big branches seen lying on the path to the right side, thus clearing the way.
It felt great, doing all this again after such a long lay-off.
Today, I decided to try it anyway and aproached a task I had my eye on since the end of 2006.
The upper part of a big old beech, long since dead, had finally broken down and blocked one of my favourite trails:
Today I chopped it. Thankfully, a 5" core of the wood was rotten, so it took me only 80min to complete the task. I had about forgotten how hard old beech is!
Re-larned a few things:
- resharpen the axe after half time
- blistered hands feel great.
Next step will be to chop off the splintered part on the right side.
Then, with an old pick-axe handle for a lever, I will slide the remaining trunk over the big branches seen lying on the path to the right side, thus clearing the way.
It felt great, doing all this again after such a long lay-off.