We took 35 trees and cut them into 74 logs. Each one needing their bark removed…by HAND! It took 10 days to complete the job. Over 80 hours total. I had some help for sure. Kevin and Dave…thanks! As well as Neal, Craig and several others…thanks! We used Cedar Spuds as tools. I would start in the morning peeling approximately one each hour…later I slowed down considerably. I used the winch on my jeep for moving the logs into groups after peeling. Finally my pretty little jeep wasn’t a ‘poser’ but now carried its weight for sure!
There are only two ‘windows’ in a year you can fall trees and expect to have any luck peeling due to the sap ‘running’ under the bark. One is in mid-April and the other is late summer. April is best because you then have the summer to build. The late summer would then force you to build in the more rainy and cold season of fall. It is important to note that you have only a few weeks to peel the bark because of bugs and the bark drying thus causing much more effort.
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