Scrounging Firewood (and other stuff)

[MustangMike]

We got about 2" real late at night, plowed it this AM, and it hit 50 F today! Most of it is all melted already.

 

[95custmz]

We got about 2" real late at night, plowed it this AM, and it hit 50 F today! Most of it is all melted already.

We are supposed to get a mix of freezing rain and 5-8” of snow on Saturday and I just put up the snow blower for the year. Can’t wait! [emoji35]


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[95custmz]

It could be, I've just never seen one that big but I looked at the trunk on the one by the coop earlier and it could be, the buds still throw me off though.

Looks like a Hornbeam tree. The bark in the pics is woven and the pic of the buds is staggered. [emoji106]
Nice firewood!


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[woodchip rookie]

According to my inacurate BTU chart hornbeam is serious firewood.

 

[James Miller]

I kinda hope you get one just to see how my slightly MM one holds the rpms compared to yours in the cut.


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The work on my saw isn't anything wild. Ports widened, exhaust raised a hair, transfers untouched. I read on O P E that Randy doesn' touch the transfers on these saws either so they must be pretty good out of the box. Biggest change on my saw was squish it wouldn' touch sauder even with the base gasket pulled. After machine work it was at .014 took .006 of the outer edge of the piston to get .020. Don' know what compression is but the decomp actually has a reason to be there now.

 

[Cody]

According to my inacurate BTU chart hornbeam is serious firewood.

I'm not sure, looking into hornbeam I came across american chestnut and it looks awfully close to that but pretty rare find around here. He says it's 3' diameter, might see some more of it this weekend.

 

[row.man]

I got mad piles waiting a splitter. But I got some rounds that are 24". Looking at this one....

https://yardmax.com/product/gas-powered-log-splitter-half-beam-35-ton/

I've split oak and maple in the 24" range on my predator 20 ton splitter, the manual says 10" max one place and 12" max the other.
If you actually look at the piston diameter , pump capacity, and engine speed and HP, most splitters are overrated in tonage, and many of the bigger ton ones have the same pump, making them slower.
My 20 ton always got the job done, I expect the same from my new 22 ton.
I can't imagine what you would need a 35 ton for

 

[panolo]

Got my new toy put together today. Was really surprised how well it did on some burly sugar maple and elm. Now it needs to not be so muddy.

 

[KiwiBro]

they be good (but could be better), no doubt about it

 

[Cowboy254]

they be good (but could be better), no doubt about it

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That's not bad for one day's work. No doubt about it, Kiwi's punch above their weight.

 

[KiwiBro]

Done by lunchtime. On the 20th day.

 

[Marine5068]

So you’ve heard about our bubble? The median house price for an average house in an average suburb (which is nothing special) is $1.175m Aud ($900k usd). We currently have 350 cranes in Sydney building apartments. We’ve had 30 years of falling interest rates and currently hold the world record for length without a recession.
It can only end one way IMHO.
We bought our house ten years ago, at the time the median price was $580k. On paper when I do the math I’ve earned $1,144 per week on the appreciation.

That all sounds like the same that's going on in Southern Ontario near Toronto or similar high prices out in Vancouver, B.C., Canada.
I think average home price in Toronto is at about 750,000 CAD now. Whereas my house 3 hours East of Toronto has gained about $50,000 in assets in the ten years I've owned it.
Interesting to hear this topic from around the world...very interesting.

 

[Marine5068]

Was thinking about it 6+hours tho. Wife is having L5 S1 fusion next week so most likely hold off.
I did not even talk to her yet about making the trip

I had a friend that had spinal fusion and he's ok. That was a long time ago.
I hope all goes well with her surgery and I'm sure all other here feel the same.

 

[Marine5068]

View attachment 636563 does anyone know what kind of tree this is? View attachment 636565 it' growing out of this big piece that split off the main tree long ago. Iv seen mulberry do this but it' not mulberry.

Looks just like Cherry.
Good firewood and I burn lots of it.

 

[farmer steve]

happy birthday to fellow scroungers @Bobby Kirbos and @bigfellascott. hope ya get a new saw or at least some free wood.

 

[woodchip rookie]

If you actually look at the piston diameter , pump capacity, and engine speed and HP, most splitters are overrated in tonage, and many of the bigger ton ones have the same pump, making them slower.

It's just going to make me frustrated if I put 20" oak rounds under it and it wont split. The really big stuff is blocked into smaller pieces anyway so a smaller splitter might be ok. So what size cylinder/pump should I be looking for?

 

[farmer steve]

It's just going to make me frustrated if I put 20" oak rounds under it and it wont split. The really big stuff is blocked into smaller pieces anyway so a smaller splitter might be ok. So what size cylinder/pump should I be looking for?

22-25 ton should split 20" oak rounds unless it's narly crotches. heck some of guys here just use their fiskars.

 

[nomad_archer]

To quote @nomad_archer "it all burns just throw it in the stove".

Pretty much BTU's are BTU's. But that mullberry is some pretty good stuff.

 

[row.man]

Everything I've read says 22 ton is where, price, cycle time, pump volume all tend to meet.
Above that you can get similar cycle times, but start running into fluid line and fitting restrictions that limit what the pump can do, unless it is all up sized, which adds a bunch to the price.
Always look at cycle times, and pump volume, the higher tonnage models often suffer a speed penalty because the cost adds up so fast for non standard fittings, and lines, not to mention bigger pumps and motors

 

[farmer steve]

Pretty much BTU's are BTU's. But that mullberry is some pretty good stuff.

@James Miller and i dropped 2 big ones down in the pasture near the old tree stand. might be the spring GTG on the hill wood.