Stone Branch, build it, they will come.

[George]

ah oh.



I lit and advanced two lines up and under that readily switched from back to head to backfires.









I now have faith in my top break.







With big winds forecast for today I held off on lighting up the whole ditch but I'm ready to this evening.

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[George]

I waited till 7:30 pm for the winds to diminish, which they didn't do much.













High winds and lot of fuel for the west leg down.





I got down at 9:30 and a storm cloud put my fire out.



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[George]

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[George]

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[George]

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[T-Max]

George… You HAVE to get this!

Meet Thermonator, a flame-throwing robot dog with 30-foot range being sold by Ohio company

Throwflame, a Cleveland-based company, has unveiled a new invention aptly named Thermonator, a flame-thrower and robot dog all in one.

www.usatoday.com

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[weekender21]

You’re a machine! Burned my first ~8 acres this week, thanks for the inspiration.


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[George]

George… You HAVE to get this!

Meet Thermonator, a flame-throwing robot dog with 30-foot range being sold by Ohio company

Throwflame, a Cleveland-based company, has unveiled a new invention aptly named Thermonator, a flame-thrower and robot dog all in one.

www.usatoday.com

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How bizarre, other than the next Watts riot, I really don't see much application for such, besides T-Man, I already shot my wad this past week.











I assembled it without the 6 1/2' track and trailer extensions, that I also purchased, thinking that I could get the shorter version up onto the plateau. But I now realize that there is no way that this thing will make it to the top so now before I even run it, it is going back on the porch for extension assembly.

You’re a machine! Burned my first ~8 acres this week, thanks for the inspiration.


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That is great, you will have a lot of fun seeing how things respond. This, below, is a spot that I burned last year.





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[T-Max]

How bizarre, other than the next Watts riot, I really don't see much application for such, besides T-Man, I already shot my wad this past week.

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I assembled it without the 6 1/2' track and trailer extensions, that I also purchased, thinking that I could get the shorter version up onto the plateau. But I now realize that there is no way that this thing will make it to the top so now before I even run it, it is going back on the porch for extension assembly.

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That is great, you will have a lot of fun seeing how things respond. This, below, is a spot that I burned last year.

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Heck yeah, G! Much better investment.


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[George]

South aspect poplar grove hacked 10 months ago and treated with imazapyr. Tulips, not hacked, look to be fine.







How about larger maples hacked,



dead.









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[George]

Some green starting in my dead maple forest.











Knotty top end of a chestnut oak log



I figured that I would do some exploratory on.



And make some fence boards for the horse farm.





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[Native Hunter]

Those tender little sprouts make a nice salad bar.

 

[George]

Those tender little sprouts make a nice salad bar.

 

[Native Hunter]

Including the sticky ones….

 

[George]

a red maple log.







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[George]

I turned this log, potentially, into 108 square feet of floor space.











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[George]

Out of the inferno right north above camp.



oak browse





My new food plot is working, about everything is being browsed. I might shake out some clover mix up there, I'm going to place a couple of stands.





I'm still thinking on the big chestnut oak log that Tank is standing on.



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[George]

The hack attack is on in unit G at the border between unit G and Unit F, the first unit hacked a year ago. A southern exposure oak /hickory community, I'm mostly killing red maple and a few sourwood and blackgum here and there.



Things are looking much brighter over the line in unit F











The only thing missing is the fire, I may attempt a growing season burn up on the knob.



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[George]

While i was still thinking on this log



I decided to go rescue another chestnut oak that I heard fall a month ago up on the plateau.





So far I have turned it into 2- 9' and 9- 1 1/2' chunks.



More site seeing in unit F on the way down.





Mid slope got real in unit G, poor deer habitat with lots of trees to kill. There are a good bit of little oaks competing in this mess. I'm killing sassafras, beech, maple, sourwood, tulips, black birch, and blackgum.





This will be awesome deer habitat.



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[MarkDarvin]

How many years have u been working on this George? I have to say, this is one of my favorite habitat threads on the web because of the depth of your timber management.


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