The Overland Route

It has been a time getting to the stranded log in the river but the water level dropped enough to get one end of it out of the stream channel enough so that we could cut it. Mike had to use his big falling saw with a 32 inch blade and it just barely went through the thing. Once he had one 15 foot chunk cut off, he was able to jostle the remainder of the log further up the bank to cut the rest of it into manageable logs.

He cut the log into thirds in order to move them one by one over the bridge so they would be out of the way of the rising and falling water tables of the river.

Each log was all the tractor could carry as it was ferried over the bridge. He stacked them near the landing on the far side. It has been nearly a week since the rescue and water is still dripping out of the log. It is obvious from the smell of the fresh cuts that it is a Western Red Cedar and we can get a whiff each time we cross the bridge to feed the main herd.

Still to be determined is if we will be able to use any of the rescue for firewood starter or if it will all crumble as it dries out. With the soggy days we have been experiencing, it may be May or June before we know.

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