Looks like WAY MORE this winter.

[mikefunaro]

We just need to cut down on the CO2 emissions a wee bit...

 

[Slick]

I'm in the same boat...new OWB this year, was really piling the wood up until my CB was delivered then every free minute went to hooking it up...then it was cold...I still have some good seasoned wood left but probably not enough, been trying to get something dead every weekend and throw in a green branch or two every load on top to try and save some seasoned stuff...don't want to get to the point of nothing but green...ugh...won't happen again next year but I have to hide behind the fact that this is the first time I've ever burned wood...no idea how much I needed and just ran out of time...

 

[LumberjkChamp]

This year I brought in 6 cords, split, dry, and stacked. Four are almost gone. Looks like collection time in late March or early April in order to get through. Heckuva winter shaping up, and it just started three weeks ago. Good grief!

Yup, I too might have to look for some prospective standing dead trees. I'm pretty much done cutting for '09-'10 but that stuff is so green you can smell the sap when you walk by it. I hope it dries out a little though. Maybe I could mix some with my seasoned stuff. And its almost hard to believe that we are not even a month into it.

 

[chainsawaddict]

Yup, I too might have to look for some prospective standing dead trees. I'm pretty much done cutting for '09-'10 but that stuff is so green you can smell the sap when you walk by it. I hope it dries out a little though. Maybe I could mix some with my seasoned stuff. And its almost hard to believe that we are not even a month into it.

Here's to a warm February!:greenchainsaw:


I cut some standing ash that still had a little life in it about three weeks ago, got it split and stacked fast. Its been dry here, cold, but dry and windy. I think I could burn that stuff, pretty suprised how fast it has dried.

 

[mantis]

Climate Change is the correct term.

Is that what the dopes call it now

 

[chainsawaddict]

Is that what the dopes call it now

well, thats what I call it.:monkey:

 

[logbutcher]

Cold fall, colder early winter. It's the norm here for Steve( Zodiac) and I living in Paradise. Don't know about others cutting their own, but winter is the best time for me to get out and harvest.....even in close to zero F temps as long as the wind is down. The only PITA is the gear, getting the engines to start and oil to work without splilling on your pants.
For our mixed woodlands and wet areas, some snow--maybe under a foot, and hard ground make easier going and felling. Oh yeah: no bugs, no heat, no nosy bears. We get all of next winter's butts piled well before the spring thaw and black flies later in May.
We're barely into the third cord with winter not 1/2 over. It looks as if it will be a good 6-7 cord season. Damn wood stoves do feel good. opcorn:

 

[Zodiac45]

Cold fall, colder early winter. It's the norm here for Steve( Zodiac) and I living in Paradise. Don't know about others cutting their own, but winter is the best time for me to get out and harvest.....even in close to zero F temps as long as the wind is down. The only PITA is the gear, getting the engines to start and oil to work without splilling on your pants.
For our mixed woodlands and wet areas, some snow--maybe under a foot, and hard ground make easier going and felling. Oh yeah: no bugs, no heat, no nosy bears. We get all of next winter's butts piled well before the spring thaw and black flies later in May.
We're barely into the third cord with winter not 1/2 over. It looks as if it will be a good 6-7 cord season. Damn wood stoves do feel good. opcorn:

That's for sure LB! We're able too get close too the stuff we sometimes can't except dead of summer and who wants too cut wood then! I will say the last few days I had no desire too even think about it but 20's, oh yeah. With this light snow coat frozen hard, this is great harvesting. late Feb and March are my biggest month for bringing home the rounds.

 

[logbutcher]

That's for sure LB! We're able too get close too the stuff we sometimes can't except dead of summer and who wants too cut wood then! I will say the last few days I had no desire too even think about it but 20's, oh yeah. With this light snow coat frozen hard, this is great harvesting. late Feb and March are my biggest month for bringing home the rounds.

The weather can really screw things up in Downeast woods: too much snow to get the gear out to the stumps, too wet or soft ground sometimes in Late Feb or March with higher sun.
So I get out when the chance comes: some snow, hard ground. Some of the loggers I know here cut in near zero F with no long u-wear :jawdrop: , cotton sweats....that's it. Me, give me clothes that I can take off when working. Though you have to watch out for fuel getting on bare skin: at singles or below, gas will freeze skin. It's the silly viscosity thing with bar oil though: it pours like solids. (NO oil thread here, have no fear ) I might try the veggie oil thing, but will it stick to the bar and chain ? I mix regular chain oil ( 30 ) with engine 5W-30.
Really, you adapt fast to cold after a day out. Just put on the right layers, protect your face, hands, and feet. With no wind and sun, it's actually nice.
For you south of the M-D Line: did you know that urine will freeze out of the tap at _______ degrees F ?:monkey: Just so you know.

 

[Wet1]

Add a touch of kero to your bar oil, she'll flow nicely.

 

[logbutcher]

Add a touch of kero to your bar oil, she'll flow nicely.

I've used old diesel to mix with the oil when we get into the singles and below. Any negs on this ? The 5W-30 works well mixed with the standard 30 bar oil.