The wind finally got us....

300 H and H

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So many others this summer have been hit with high winds. Last night was our turn. Alot of tree damage was done, and we spent the day on two farm sites clearing away the dead and mangled. Two saws, tractor & loader, and the JD 555 crawler loader at the other farm. 2 men and 4 gals. I am beat, and I can do no more today. 5 large adult trees, and scattered downed large limbs from others . I took some alieve this morning, and more now....my shoulders are killing me:glare:

Corn crop is laying on it's side as well. Some of it has broken off, it would appear.

Untill late in the after noon, Yesterday was such a fine day. Now, I cann't wait till Christmas, and I don't have to worry about the weather and my crops.:w00t2::clap:as they will be safely in storage.

We were looking so good here too.

Down and out, Kirk
 
If your buildings are intact, the trees are just a PITA. Seen a lot of wind damage this year as well. Must be the jet stream is moved up North a little.
 
On the bright side is no building damage found so far. This storm was a bit different, the gust front was bad, but did not last all that long. It came from the West, south west. The second time it picked up it was from the North West, and was the back side inflow to the thunderstorm. It was the arse kicker at 70 mph or there abouts for 45 mins or so. Damage at both ends of 2 farms, but little in the middle. 2 farms 2 miles west recieved no damage at all. So yes your right, the trees were a PITA.

The heavy rains were to the south of me, 2-5" on top of what they don't already need. In the central and Nothwestern 2/3 of the state, things were in very good shape. At the CBOT, corn just keeps going down durring all the flooding, and loss of acers. Goldman Sachs must have called for a correction in commodities, and when they speak investers listen. It was "pump" time months back, gasline/diesel included, and now it's "dump" time for the "investors" of these things.

I digress....

Kirk

What is kicking me is the extra time and effort we to to cut fire wood out of a hard maple tree. I hope it makes good wood, we have a good supply. You know if it is good to burn in a wood stove, cured of course? We put it in an old corn crib to dry. Seemed like a shame to waste it...though lately we have layed waste to 15 or so large white DEAD pines, in a fire a couple of days ago. By the time we got to soft maples in back of the house it became much more mechanical...

Love my Stil chain saws a 390 and the new little one...
 
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