Piling up the firewood

[Zodiac45]

Here's a couple of pix of the growing firewood pile and the old picker off loading the trucks. Been a busy few days. Just cold and dry (due too heavy winds) enough for the trucks too get this stuff out of the woods.

 

[cjcocn]

Nice pics, thanks for posting.

LOL ... I am looking for an 18' or so to pull behind my F250 PSD - kind of pales in comparison to your operation!

How do you process the firewood from that point on? Also, is the firewood for your own use or do you sell firewood?

Thanks!

 

[stihl sawing]

Nice load and not a whole lot of splitting either.:greenchainsaw:

 

[Zodiac45]

Nice pics, thanks for posting.

LOL ... I am looking for an 18' or so to pull behind my F250 PSD - kind of pales in comparison to your operation!

How do you process the firewood from that point on? Also, is the firewood for your own use or do you sell firewood?

Thanks!

Well, actually this is work. I do my firewood just like most of us. Pickup/trailor etc. We're primarily loggers. The firewood has always been a sideline, albeit a bigger one last few years. I do have the advantage of getting ends and crooks, splits and the like, that are left behind on the sites. We don't process at this time. Only sell tree length 3 cord minimum.

 

[Hugenpoet]

Great pictures-thanks for sharing.

Glad to see that your ground in Maine has dried up enough for big trucks, as I have been away from home for over a week (my wife and I were baby sitting two of the grandchildren in New Jersey) so I haven't tried to get inside the tree lines with the tractor since before Easter. Two weeks ago the mud was still really bad-rear tires, which are filled, were making 12-18" ruts. Maybe we'll have dried up and I can have some fun when I get back to Western Mass. tomorrow/ Need to make some progress on the wood pile.

Thanks again for the pictures.

 

[blackdiesel]

How many cords in a laod like that? I bought sevral loads last year, we just run mainly pole trucks down here, and they will cut up around 25 cord. I've been giving $450 a load. Hows that conpare in price?

 

[Zodiac45]

Great pictures-thanks for sharing.

Glad to see that your ground in Maine has dried up enough for big trucks, as I have been away from home for over a week (my wife and I were baby sitting two of the grandchildren in New Jersey) so I haven't tried to get inside the tree lines with the tractor since before Easter. Two weeks ago the mud was still really bad-rear tires, which are filled, were making 12-18" ruts. Maybe we'll have dried up and I can have some fun when I get back to Western Mass. tomorrow/ Need to make some progress on the wood pile.

Thanks again for the pictures.

I was down in western Mass for Easter HG,

Berkshires where I grew up. I'd forgotten just how much nice hardwood you guys have down that way! Really nice! By the way, I took those 2 pix this morning and at about 1pm it started raining then changed to snow! Got about 2-3" on the ground lol.....Well won't last but mud seasons about to return I'm thinkin.

How many cords in a laod like that? I bought sevral loads last year, we just run mainly pole trucks down here, and they will cut up around 25 cord. I've been giving $450 a load. Hows that conpare in price?

There's probably 16-17 cord on those "doubles" trucks, Black. You can get up too 20 on but thats really pushing it. We use a Mack single with grapple too deliver to customers and those take about 8 cords a load. Do you mean25 cord for $450? That is a great deal depending on the wood type? But even if you mean a truck load full, that's still pretty good. That stuff we piled this morning is maple and it's selling for $90 a cord/3 minimum. Over the next two months that pile will be about 80 yrds long and 25-30 feet high.

 

[Hugenpoet]

I was down in western Mass for Easter HG,

Berkshires where I grew up. I'd forgotten just how much nice hardwood you guys have down that way! Really nice! By the way, I took those 2 pix this morning and at about 1pm it started raining then changed to snow! Got about 2-3" on the ground lol.....Well won't last but mud seasons about to return I'm thinkin.

Thanks for the heads up on the weather change. I was looking at the forecast on line and the weekend looks like a wash out. Maybe I can get some wood next week.

 

[blackdiesel]

I'm sorry I wrote 25 cord and meant 25 rick, alittle over 8 cord. and yes $450 a load (that around $60 per cord). an it's 90% red oak. then hickory and other oaks (post and white).

 

[FlynnFlamForest]

can you help me?

Well, actually this is work. I do my firewood just like most of us. Pickup/trailor etc. We're primarily loggers. The firewood has always been a sideline, albeit a bigger one last few years. I do have the advantage of getting ends and crooks, splits and the like, that are left behind on the sites. We don't process at this time. Only sell tree length 3 cord minimum.

I WANT TO KNOW HOW MUCH WOOD IN TREE LENTH CAN FIT ON A LOG TRUCK THAT IS ATTACHED TO A CAB,,,SAY ABOUT 30 FOOTERS,,SOME SAY 6 OR SO CORDS,,,OTHERS TELL ME 8 OR SO WHAT DO YOU THINK> ALSO IF THE STUFF IS BIG SAY 22 INCH,,,I DO GET MORE RIGHT?

 

[Zodiac45]

I WANT TO KNOW HOW MUCH WOOD IN TREE LENTH CAN FIT ON A LOG TRUCK THAT IS ATTACHED TO A CAB,,,SAY ABOUT 30 FOOTERS,,SOME SAY 6 OR SO CORDS,,,OTHERS TELL ME 8 OR SO WHAT DO YOU THINK> ALSO IF THE STUFF IS BIG SAY 22 INCH,,,I DO GET MORE RIGHT?

Yep 8 is max and needs too be well stacked and straight wood. 6-8 is an average for our delivery Mack flat bed trucks with grapples up over the cab.

 

[Industry]

where you out of, and how far will you deliver for $90/cord?

 

[blackdiesel]

Heres a pic of my pile from a coupla years ago. They burn all that plus some over the winter :jawdrop:

I've had this contract every year for 3 or 4 years now. Got to do it all again this year

BTW, i was 15 in that photo and this aint my daddys job!

 

[Zodiac45]

Nice Black! That's a whole lotta splittin goin on!