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[Keith B <bartermn AT epix.net>]

Hey Gene,
We cut them in the spring, May of 1996, and started de-barking as soon 
as they were moved to the mill, about July, I think. I remember getting 
squirted in the face with sap and my hands were covered in it all summer 
long. By September the bark was easier to remove. My logger Uncles 
always preferred to cut in the fall, less sap.


Gene GeRue wrote:
> Keith, were those pine logs all cut about the same time of the year? Were 
> the easier ones cut later or was the sap just dried out? I'm looking for 
> optimal time of year to cut, to make debarking easiest.
>
> At 06:02 AM 9/15/2005 -0400, you wrote:
>
> > Yeah, I pealed over 300 red pine logs for our cabin. 
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