3.17.14 Ward Wood Service Project

You can hold almost any size for just a few seconds

These men cut over half that pile they split A LOT of wood! Thank goodness for hydraulic presses!!!

We are blessed to experience 4 seasons. One of those seasons happens to be really cold with two others being sometimes cold. This means there has to be some means of additional heat to make homes comfortable and safe. One way to do this is by burning wood. We were able to participate in a ward service project were we cut, split and stacked wood to cure over the summer and then can be used by anyone that needs it when the cold weather comes again.

It was awesome to see how many people showed up. We had been tricky and called it a ward DONUT PARTY/ service project bring gloves and chain saws... My responsibility was food and workers. I headed out at 9 to Nyssa to get the valley's best donuts. My crew was up and assembled and we had even located gloves for everyone. We made it back to town with just a minute to spare assembled the group and headed to the location. A farmer had cleared all the trees from his land to install some pivots. These trees were all piled together some cut, some pulled, some hauled, some split, and some took pictures and watched little people (me). It was a good day for all. The camaraderie that is created and the atmosphere of good will is unlike any other experience.

These two were great sports, these logs were just right to roll with their little bodies.

This father son team split all day long they were great workers.

Getting started clearing the brush from the trees.

This splitter has a scope function that allows the operators to lower the bar and roll the log on, then roll onto the splitter. The kids ran this for about 2 hours!

Better with two!

Because they were full size trees the limbs were sometimes cut up for kindling and little hands to move. It took all sizes to get the project done.

Elder Taupo is Tongan he didn't even break a sweat with these big heavy chunks of wood. No one else was able to hoist them onto their shoulder, we rolled and cradled.

 

The wood was drug out of the pile with the tractor. It takes all kinds of power and know how to get jobs done.