It’s not always the case that everything lines up for a special project. I had an idea to build a covered pavilion for my wedding venue, The Gardens of Castle Rock, and a few logs to do it. Mentioned this to a friend who had just purchased a track of land that would be combined with another field. The spruce trees were part of a shelter belt on an abandoned farmstead on this land. The site was being cleared to bring the full acreage into production. The trees were mine for the taking, what was left would end up on a burn pile. Felling the trees was fun and easy. The wind was blowing from the gravel road towards the open field. The hundred foot plus spruce trees seemed like slow motion as the came down. The Stihl 066 is a very powerful chainsaw and was an asset to the harvest. I had a rough idea how many timbers needed, and I cut a few extra. Wish I would have taken them all, but this being my first hewing project and large-scale post and beam build I didn’t. The skid loader handled the logs with ease. I just had to get used find in the center of the log and moving such long material. Several trips were made to transport the logs back to the yard. The project had begun…
