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Yardwork - difficult log extraction

submitted by paul_neri to Homesteading 2 monthsFeb 20, 2025 23:06:50 ago (+4/-0)     (Homesteading)



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[ - ] lord_nougat 4 points 2 monthsFeb 20, 2025 23:08:04 ago (+4/-0)

I am afraid of clicking links to see you extract the log from your ass.

[ - ] paul_neri [op] 4 points 2 monthsFeb 20, 2025 23:15:43 ago (+4/-0)

Reported.

[ - ] lord_nougat 4 points 2 monthsFeb 21, 2025 01:04:03 ago (+4/-0)

UPVOTED!

[ - ] paul_neri [op] 2 points 2 monthsFeb 20, 2025 23:15:28 ago (+2/-0)*

Now for the story. I had a beautiful tree overhanging the ugly shed:

It's the tree on the left:

https://ibb.co/5hXw6mMq

but a long-gone tenant-bitch next door complained to her landlord the tree was blocking the sun from drying her clothes in Winter. So being a good neighbour I trimmed it considerably but keeping it small was a big chore so it had to go. The trunk was very heavy and I originally decided to leave it where it was felled as the termites would finish it off in 10 years and I didn't want to bugger my back but it niggled me as I could use the trunk as a barrier in my compost heap. So with my mighty dolly I managed to extract the thing and I'm rather pleased with myself.

[ - ] Sector2 4 points 2 monthsFeb 21, 2025 02:07:22 ago (+4/-0)

Perhaps she should have rented a house with backyard sun.

[ - ] paul_neri [op] 1 point 2 monthsFeb 22, 2025 01:09:57 ago (+1/-0)

For the life of me I can't understand why the landlord doesn't move the clothesline to the sunniest spot in the yard or set up another clothesline in a more appropriate space than right up against the boundary fence! But he's not the kind of bloke who makes compromises.

[ - ] CHIRO 4 points 2 monthsFeb 21, 2025 00:24:07 ago (+4/-0)

Pound a spike in. Chain. Drag.

[ - ] paul_neri [op] 2 points 2 monthsFeb 21, 2025 02:06:00 ago (+2/-0)

Dude! Dude! I've always been unusually strong for a runt but I ain't that strong!

[ - ] observation1 3 points 2 monthsFeb 21, 2025 02:24:07 ago (+3/-0)

With a truck or pulley, dufus

[ - ] paul_neri [op] 1 point 2 monthsFeb 21, 2025 03:01:59 ago (+1/-0)

No room!The area is sandwiched between houses and full of plants.

[ - ] observation1 1 point 2 monthsFeb 21, 2025 23:54:39 ago (+1/-0)

Right but he's not saying drag it with your hands

[ - ] paul_neri [op] 0 points 2 monthsFeb 22, 2025 00:58:44 ago (+0/-0)

No but clearly if there'd been room for the thing to be dragged by a vehicle...I would have done it. His comment was open to different interpretations.

[ - ] observation1 0 points 2 monthsFeb 22, 2025 04:07:54 ago (+0/-0)

Get a longer rope

[ - ] paul_neri [op] 1 point 2 monthsFeb 22, 2025 05:22:00 ago (+1/-0)

Just whose side are you on?

[ - ] paul_neri [op] 0 points 2 monthsFeb 21, 2025 03:27:15 ago (+0/-0)

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doofus
/ˈduːfəs/
nouninformal•North American
noun: dufus
a stupid person.
"a doofus who paid an inflated price for a tatty house"[Library Service]

[ - ] Sector2 3 points 2 monthsFeb 21, 2025 02:04:47 ago (+3/-0)

Now drill holes in it and insert your mushroom spore plugs.

[ - ] Hobama 1 point 2 monthsFeb 21, 2025 03:09:12 ago (+1/-0)

Does that work?

[ - ] NeverHappened 1 point 2 monthsFeb 21, 2025 10:41:57 ago (+1/-0)

People definitely grow mushrooms in/on logs. I have a cousin that does this and he makes decent money from it. There are preferred varieties of trees for certain mushrooms but I don't have specific knowledge.

[ - ] Sector2 1 point 2 monthsFeb 21, 2025 13:50:24 ago (+1/-0)*

It does work with the right kinds of wood. "Oaks and hard maples are the preferred wood-types for most mushroom species because they're very dense and offer plenty of nutrition for a longer, sustained fruiting period."

Here's more info from a mushroom growing site.

https://northspore.com/pages/grow-mushrooms-on-logs-videos

[ - ] Hobama 1 point 2 monthsFeb 21, 2025 22:24:55 ago (+1/-0)

Interesting, I have a lot of oak on my land. Will have to look into it.

[ - ] Sector2 0 points 2 monthsFeb 21, 2025 22:55:43 ago (+0/-0)

Definitely do. If you have the logs or stumps, easy source of a variety of mushrooms.

[ - ] Hobama 1 point 2 monthsFeb 22, 2025 00:15:11 ago (+1/-0)

I was going to do perlite/verm and rice flour bins but if it works in logs then that would be awesome.

[ - ] observation1 3 points 2 monthsFeb 21, 2025 02:26:08 ago (+3/-0)

Good work, Neri. Those things weight more than fph

[ - ] Anus_Expander 1 point 2 monthsFeb 21, 2025 07:11:31 ago (+1/-0)

Pathetic. I could lift that with one hand.

[ - ] paul_neri [op] 0 points 2 monthsFeb 22, 2025 01:12:19 ago (+0/-0)

I did manage to lift it, at the light end, using a crowbar, in order to put the dolly under it but it was very heavy - would probably have been lighter when it had dried out?

[ - ] Anus_Expander 0 points 2 monthsFeb 22, 2025 01:13:00 ago (+0/-0)

Too bad it didnt fall on your head