We have a wood stove that is the main source of heat in our home throughout the winter. This means that every year we have to go get wood to supply the means to burn the fires in that stove. A lot of locals also do the same. Josh doesn't like to go in the summer when it's super hot, but we have to go before it snows in the mountains, so we usually take the time to go get wood in the early fall. We always go about 10 miles up the road to the top of the mountain to a specific spot to get the wood.
This year, the boys were all such a good help, I don't think we'd ever gotten firewood so quickly before! Josh gave them all hatchets, and they worked on hacking off branches on downed trees:
Ammon also helped Josh cut down some of the taller trees:
He would push against the tree with a pole to help aim it in the right direction when it was falling:
After 14 years, our first chainsaw broke. So Josh purchased a new (and much bigger) Stihl chainsaw this fall. Josh LOVES the power and the longer arm on it so that he doesn't have to bend over as far to make cuts:
After Josh & Ammon cut down the trees, the boys cut off the branches on the logs, and I moved all the branches from walkways (and help the younger boys cut off large branches that were harder to remove), then Josh cut the logs into 6 foot lengths. Josh and I worked together to load the lengths onto the trailer that we pulled behind the truck.
We all worked really well together as a team! I was so proud of the way the boys all worked so hard together to accomplish the task! We took 2 trips in September and October to go get wood, and now we have enough to make it through another winter!
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