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We finished up the logging project. Now I have to meet the local mill guy out there to have him haul everything off.

I already had 30+ logs stacked but need to get about 60 before I can get the local mill to pick them up. So in this video, we get about 16 logs down the hill and add them to the stack. I fell 4 trees in this video.

Just burning up the brush from when I cleared out trees along the driveway in my last video. And then a little ditch work.

I'm so glad I have the skid steer. Couldn't make so much progress without it. Cleared some more trees along the South side of the driveway. Pushed over some big ones. Thankfully, the ground is still soft and the cedars have shallow root balls.

One of our friends needed her deck power washed so we tag teamed it to get it done. 8 hours later, BOOM!! Happy Birthday America!

Thanks to my good friend Linda who gave us the golf cart, this video was possible!

3 days of work, about 12 hours, got it done. All split and stacked. There's still more unsplit stacks on the hill side but getting there.

I'm bringing all the wood stacks to the top of the hill where it's flat so I can split it all easier. Still didn't get it all but getting close.

She crushed another run this morning.

A friend had sobe 4 year old gas they needed to dispose of so I burned it up. Then I continued splitting firewood. It was crazy hot today too so I'm exhausted now.

Splitting wood in my back yard today. Hopefully we will be able to sell some of it soon.

Still working around my driveway. We're trying to get it cleared out on the South side of the driveway so it can be more open to dry out quickly. We also want to plant some redbud trees and dogwoods along the tree line to make the driveway turn into a scenic drive. In this video, I push over some bigger trees and Kim wraps up the video using the log splitter.

Bought a 22 ton log splitter and got to use it for the first time. Used my skid steer to unload it and load it back up.

Spent a couple days, probably a good 5 hrs cutting this firewood. Now it's time for a log splitter!

I just couldn't burn the old entertainment center so I cut it down to scraps. You just never know what you can re-purpose it for. Then I went on to cut some more firewood.

We made some huge progress on the monster in-law tree. This tree had 4 main stems. We're now down to just one remaining. We take dome limbs out using a friction saver device. Then we started speeding it up by tying high in the tree and pulling it over with my truck as I cut it loose in the tree. My father-in-law burned some serious rubber too. My top handle chainsaw continues to be awesome.

I'm in the tree. After cutting a wedge, I moved around to the back of the tree, tied in and then the fun happens. I cut the back cut and my father-in-law pulls the tree top over. It was leaning back so we took it against the lean. I used my Husqvarna top handle saw to cut it free and then just held on for the ride. This isn't recommended but it worked our well. I didn't know my truck had enough acceleration to squeal like that. The weight of the limb may have has something to do with that.

Having some fun splitting wood. I knew the last one wouldn't split with one swing but thought I'd see if I could get lucky. Not so much.

I purchased a new top handle chainsaw for some tree work I'm doing. I expect it to help immensely!! Music: Piledriver Musician: Jason Shaw URL: https://audionautix.com License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode

Water problems in your crawlspace? You may just need a French drain, sump pump, vapor barrier, and dehumidifier. In this video, I show all the steps in the process to go from water problems to pump in place. The next step is the vapor barrier. I'll have another video for the rest of the job. I dig the ditch, pick up gravel at the landscaping rock place, install the corrugated perforated 4 inch drainage pipe, cover it all with gravel and install my new sump pump. Under the pipe, I use 3/8 inch clean gravel to make the bottom nice and smooth and over it, I use 3/4 inch clean rock. It took me about 50+ man hours and I spent 30 hrs under the house digging the trench. The trench slopes downhill 1 inch every 8 feet.

Checking out the water flow. Trying to assess how all my work is paying off.

My dog Cooper was really tired this evening. He ran around a bunch this afternoon playing while I spent time splitting wood and cleaning up the back yard. He's just so darn sweet although often quite grouchy when he is tired. Tonight, not so much. He was just sweet.

Plated with my dogs. Split a little wood. Sharpened my splitting maul by hand a bit and then again using a grinder. Then we loaded up some wood to bring home. Hopefully we can sell some of it soon.

At 23 weeks pregnant, my wife is still crushing it!!

We've been having some trespassers so it's time to get a gate up.