Peckerwood?
Scrounging Firewood (and other stuff)
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Erik B
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That is what you get when you use Viagra for fertilizer
I've had to consult with the wife about this and she knows the lay of the land around here and is more than pleased ,but , she had some apprehension about the cowboy's wood , you know , killer spiders , poisonous ants and all ...
Well, it has been a week, and I have to say I am pleased with the results, even though it got rained on one day, most other days have been good sun & warm for this time of year.
I tested the end on the South Side (facing the Sun) and got a 0 reading on each piece! Then I tested the North side end on several pieces, and only got a reading of above 12 on one piece. Most were 10-12. This seems to be working even better than I thought it would. I will sell this wood for this year.
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Split a piece and see whats in the middle.
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i have started scrounging again since production is down in the wood lot due to a lack of trees worth cutting. already found some i just need to get it cut.
@mainewoods 1200 pages. 
great thread Clint. thanks.
great thread Clint. thanks.Not reversing it but for sure trying to keep what I have. I'm now quartering what I used to lift in one chunk a few years ago.
Working smarter , not harder !
i did today. not liftin no heavy crap so i made some noodles. i bought a pile of wood cheap but i wasn't lifting any heavy rounds. took 2 tanks of fuel to make this pile . i swept it all in a pile for the owner.
Plenty of firestarter there !
probably will. oak and ash hot stuff.
i showed the owner how to noodle and he was all excited. all he has is a 025 Stihl. here's some pics of the wood. you can see the big oak in the one pic that is yet to cut up.
Do you use noodles as kindling? How do you dry and store it?
Either a paper bag or cardboard box work best, so it can breath & dry. It takes a lot of volume, but lights great!
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couple glugs of waste oil works good also.
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I got a 35gal trash can and put noodles in it. The stuff was already dry but if it was wet I would just leave the lid off on dry days and put the lid on for wet days.
Noodles make good chicken bedding. I have some cedar and pine I keep on the pile and noodle a few pieces when I need to. Dry elm noodle burn like crazy!
Just lost another mouthful of coffee. My dad used to use that term. I wish he was still around to see that picture. I could tell him I finally figured out what he meant. Dad could be pretty creative at twisting words or switching the first part of a word with another. Like absotively posalutely, I think this practice is called a "Spoonerism". Anyway, to Dad, a "Peckerwood" was any fly by night tree hack, as in, "Some dumb azz peckerwood tried to trim that tree". He also called Pileated Woodpeckers, Red Headed Pecker Birds". Funny how one little word can bring back a flood of memories, Joe.
Reading all this stuff about lifting heavy rounds, and squashing my finger last week, has lead me to a conclusion. But first a quote from Plato, my friend likes to use: "A wise man speaks because he has something to say, a fool because he has to say something". I'm going to modify that quote a little: "A wise man noodles big rounds, a fool leaves his 660 in the garage", Joe.
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Brilliant.
