The first step was finding a long standing dead tree, so I visited with a friend on Nordman, whose lot did not burn in the Spring Fire. With a moisture tester, we found one that clicked in at 6.7%, which is great for the new log. I drilled a hole in the end, inserted a steel rod and prepared to drag it down the hill.
The Jeep has a 9000 pound self recovery winch, and it easily pulled the log down to the path.
We used my friend’s tractor to load the log onto my 14 foot trailer. I am trading home canned goods for the log and labor; life is good, friends are better, and shared barter is the best.
I travelled over to the back side of Powers Road with the new log, and another friend unloaded the log to put it on his mill.
His mostly automated mill quickly turned the old log.
The properly shaped D log is now ready to replace the rotten one; my log was turned within an hour!
