2018 Axe Cordwood Challenge

[Mustang71]

That's for sure. One year I have to much wood stacked the next I feel like I'm running behind. We had solid snow since the beginning of November this year which never happens. We also get a foot of snow then a warm up and it all melts then it snows again. Lol I'm west of you on lake Ontario about 30 miles east of niagara falls.

 

[Multifaceted]

I may have confused you via PM, we were heading north this past weekend and south next weekend. We will be seeing Joe next Saturday.

Probably, like I mentioned in those PMs I'm kind of all over the place with my dad's affairs. Too much going on, having trouble keeping everything straight. That being said, you sure do get around!

 

[Multifaceted]

Still a bit too windy today for windfall cleanup, so I decided to break out my Council Tool cruiser and add to the rick. Wish I had more time, but I'm confident that I can fill at least a 1/2 cord of axe cut wood by spring. A full cord by September should be doable as well.

 

[Multifaceted]

Bump!

Any new takers?

 

[Plowboy83]

Bump!

Any new takers?

Man this sounds like it could be fun only problem is all I have is a junk axe. I really want to try and do this. What kind of axe should I get? This is all new to me. Very cool thread wish I would have seen it earlier.

 

[rarefish383]

All of my wood racks are empty, the left over wood moved to the wood shed, maybe I'll set a 1/2 cord rack aside and start filling it, and see how far we get. It will be felled and bucked with an ax or hatchet, but not split. I'll be clearing out all of the little Gum saplings in my woods.

 

[Multifaceted]

Man this sounds like it could be fun only problem is all I have is a junk axe. I really want to try and do this. What kind of axe should I get? This is all new to me. Very cool thread wish I would have seen it earlier.

I'm not an expert, but I'm pretty sure that a serviceable junk axe will chop 100% more wood than no axe. Go ahead and give it a shot, we've got until September!

 

[rarefish383]

I used my 100 year old American Beauty on the first Gum.

 

[Multifaceted]

Joe @rarefish383 — why not split it too?

 

[rarefish383]

Joe @rarefish383 — why not split it too?

All the Gum I'm getting rid of are only 3-4 inches, not worth splitting. If I get some larger ones, can I duct tape a head to my wood splitter, like Red Green, and still count?

 

[Multifaceted]

All the Gum I'm getting rid of are only 3-4 inches, not worth splitting. If I get some larger ones, can I duct tape a head to my wood splitter, like Red Green, and still count?

Yeah, that still counts. If you don't need to split it, then you're done.

 

[rarefish383]

If I find some 18" long card board boxes, since I'm chopping my wood 18", can I fill them with all the chips and stack them and count?

 

[Multifaceted]

If I find some 18" long card board boxes, since I'm chopping my wood 18", can I fill them with all the chips and stack them and count?

Ha ha, I'm gonna go out on a limb and say probably not...

 

[rarefish383]

Ha ha, I'm gonna go out on a limb and say probably not...

Hey, shouldn't you be working?

 

[Multifaceted]

Hey, shouldn't you be working?

I am — I can multitask, brother.