Lumberjacking

Linda left for Pauline and Brent's house to babysit Julie, so Stacey and I had breakfast and went outside. We loaded the chainsaws in the back of the Mule and headed across the creek with the trailer hooked to the back. Daisy was in the back of the Mule too. We turned Daisy loose and let her run along as we drove to the tree I had cut down. I pulled the trailer as close as I could get to the trunk of the tree. I told Stacey to keep an eye on Daisy while I cut some more pieces off of the tree trunk. After cutting those, I took a break and called Daisy back to the area. She seemed a little bit afraid of the chainsaws even when they weren't running. I loaded the pieces onto the trailer and put Daisy in the back, but she freaked and jumped back out. Daisy would not get in the back with those chainsaws setting in the bed. I had to put the leash on her and put her in the cab between Stacey and me. We rode back to the barn, fed Daisy and put her in her stall. Then we drove to the wood shed and I backed the trailer up to the shed. I started the wood splitter and split one piece of the tree trunk and the splitter quit running. It was like it had locked up. I couldn't pull the cord and turn the motor over. I was HOT!. We left and went to town and ate, then stopped at the ATV shop and talked a while. When we returned to the farm, I went back and tried to start the log splitter again. It started and ran. I shut it off, added some oil, just a dab really and restarted the motor. It ran for at least an hour while I split all the pieces on the trailer and Stacey stacked it. We quit for the day as it was getting dark. We took Missy and went to Sonic for supper.