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12-04-2016, 08:26 AM | #1 |
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Went out and cut a Christmas tree, yesterday
I got a $10 tree permit to cut (or dig up) a Christmas tree out on Forest Service land.
My daughter and I went out and had a fun time 4-wheeling the snow-covered roads in the mountains, then found a little tree for the house. The snow wasn't very deep, but it was covering a layer of ice that would now allow the tires to dig through for traction, so there were some spots that were fairly inaccessible, but it didn't matter - there were lots of trees up there.
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12-04-2016, 08:34 AM | #2 |
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That is half the fun of Christmas getting your own tree like that.
We were not the best kids in our younger days. Nice tree landscaped factories out by the highway were our tree getting places. Mom gave us $5.00 to get a tree and off we would go for a free one. Dragging it miles back we put the needle less worn off side against the wall. God will forgive us some day.
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12-04-2016, 08:50 AM | #3 |
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Wife would always clog up the vacuum cleaning up the needles after Christmas.
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12-04-2016, 09:03 AM | #4 |
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When you get snow on top of ice about the only things that works are studded tires or chains.
In Indiana you can run studded tires from Oct 1 to May 1. But I've never ran them that long. I usually put them on about December 15 - March 1. They do tear up roads and also they wear out fast on dry roads. So I don't run them any longer than necessary. Looks like a nice place to get a tree.
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12-04-2016, 09:47 AM | #5 |
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I'm going to go walk around my place and try to locate a tree this morning. I'll take the kids out after I find one to help me "look" for one. It makes it a whole lot faster that way.
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12-04-2016, 11:51 AM | #6 |
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I also have a winch and bumper for the front, but am waiting until I get back from a trip to mount them. I'll get better gas mileage without the extra 200 lbs. of weight on the front. |
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12-04-2016, 01:06 PM | #8 |
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I have a winch mounted on a plate on that is welded to a 2x2 receiver bar.
And I have an outlet on the rear of both my truck and my SUV for the winch. I've found that usually when you get stuck you are better off pulling yourself out to the rear. I haven't gotten around to putting a receiver hitch on the front of my vehicles yet. It would probably be difficult to do on my Buick Enclave. |
12-06-2016, 08:53 AM | #9 |
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Got ours yesterday afternoon. Let the baby "find" it and the boy cut it down.
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12-06-2016, 02:21 PM | #10 |
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My Christmas tree is 4' tall, artificial and I never take the decorations off of it. I comes out of the closet, the plastic bag comes off and then it sits on a 1' tall stand in the corner. I plug it in...and Ta-Daaaaa. Finito!
A real tree...and... the the cats will NOT leave it alone. Gotta crawl up inside and tip it over. It's what cats do. The furballs leave this one alone.
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