Scrounging Firewood (and other stuff)

[Jeffkrib]

Last Sunday I finished delivering a second load of Zoggerwood and got paid

That scrounged wood paid for a new front tire on the Yanmar
After I unloaded I shot over to the pit and loaded a weeks worth of wood from our oldest pile , a mix of maple , spruce , fir , birch and tamarack .
Some of the wood is getting on the soft side , it's been there for at least 5 years but with this cold blast we're having , 12F out there with a stiff breeze making the windthrill -7F I can still keep the house at 72F with the draft only open an 1/8th of an inch
Since there's a couple of cord of that older stuff I'll burn it up first before I touch any of my few sticks of wood at home , I don't want to run out , have to ration you know ,,,,, Lol

Dancan can you tell me a bit about that little Makita, I’m thinking about buying a cordless tophandle to replace my 009. I had been thinking of the Stihl 161T when it arrives in Aus. I had read the Makita has issues with chain tensioning.

 

[dancan]

So far I've not had any issues with it but I don't have a ton of hours on it .
I bought mine from a pawn shop as a bare tool but I already had the battery stuffs so it made sense to buy it .
I've seen vids of the Dewalt rear handle having tensioner issues but I think some issues may be simply that a lot of this stuff is non chainsaw people buying tools from drill companies .
If I was going to buy a whole new complete setup and was going to use it a lot , I'd seriously be looking at a tool from a chainsaw company .

 

[JustJeff]

A friend has a Husqvarna battery saw. Don’t know what model off hand but it seemed pretty good. His wife was using it to cut pallets which it did with no problem. Even feels like a real chainsaw in the hands.

 

[al-k]

8 degrees out this morning, new record low for this date here. So much for global warming.

 

[MustangMike]

My local Stihl dealer says they are selling the electric chainsaws to the local police, so they don't have to call the Hwy Dept every time to remove minor stuff. Guess it would also be good to have in emergencies (clearing a crash site, etc).

 

[Logger nate]

Hope everyone had a great thanksgiving/day/week. Very thankful here. First full work week I’ve been able to take off in 11 years. Really enjoyed some time hunting with my sonHe brought me a nice birthday gift from Montana And have been having a great time with the granddaughter!!Burned some scrounged woodAnd split up some lodge pole to fill the wood box before our first good snow this weekend (supposed to get about 8-10”)

 

[Deleted member 150358]

8 degrees out this morning, new record low for this date here. So much for global warming.

We got into the 40's today. Would like to get out for a while but my oldest daughter is sposed to "maybe" drop by today. I might sneak out and make a couple rounds quick if the forecasted rain holds off. Wouldn't hesitate but haven't seen her much since she moved back in state. New job, school, living life ECT...

 

[chipper1]

I filled the wood box with my splits from yesterday put the rest in the shed. Then split another bucket 3/4ths oak 1/4 punky elm. Put me right close to 6 cord in the shed. Room for another bucket or so then I need to acquire more pallets.

Let me know how you like those chains, supposed to be a nice grind on them, I want to get a few to see what they are all about.
I need some pallets myself. Now that I have the siding on the west wall of woodshed I have a small pile of black locust to split up, then I will put the siding on the east side and a little on the back behind the wood storage areas. After that I'm going to fill a side for next years wood, I've grown tired of digging around for wood under a frozen tarp with a bunch of snow on it .

 

[chipper1]

My local Stihl dealer says they are selling the electric chainsaws to the local police, so they don't have to call the Hwy Dept every time to remove minor stuff. Guess it would also be good to have in emergencies (clearing a crash site, etc).

They need to do that out here, there's always ash laying on the shoulders and many times into the lanes. Think I shared this in the summer, but last yr there was a guy who was killed on the main rd that runs from my town(Lowell) to the next(Ada, home of Amway) along the river. Its sad all the wood just rotting along the roadsides when there are so many who would be more than happy to take it, thousands of cords just laying there ..
I've sold saws to cops who want them in their cruisers, but not in Michigan.

 

[Philbert]

My local Stihl dealer says they are selling the electric chainsaws to the local police, so they don't have to call the Hwy Dept every time to remove minor stuff.

As long as they give them some basic training too. Chainsaw is something that 'everyone' knows how to use, and electric chainsaws are 'safer'.

I understand the idea, but wonder if it would be better for them to call the highway department, local DNR, local fire, etc. if it is not something they can move by hand. I can see a cop without PPE getting cut and . . . .

Maybe just being a curmudgeon . . .

Philbert

 

[LondonNeil]

I was thinking the same Philbert

 

[pdqdl]

Here is a new concept:


I kinda doubt that the PNW loggers will like this, but it might be handy for the smaller deciduous trees that really need a wider opening to be effectively wedged. Long ago, I decided that wedging a tree wasn't very effective on short deciduous trees with a wide crown. It just takes too many stacked wedges to get the tree to reliably move over-center and fall.

I wonder how much torque that big screw can take?

 

[turnkey4099]

Don't you have a 200-year stash?

Near about but I don't sell off my "retirement stash" of around 60 cord of black locust.

 

[chipper1]

Near about but I don't sell off my "retirement stash" of around 60 cord of black locust.

Do you use the Willow to burn the coals down when you get overcoaling during the coldest parts of the season.

 

[LondonNeil]

that probably works neatly as a splitter too. I bet it costs a bomb though!

 

[LondonNeil]

hmm, not so bad as I thought for this vrsion
https://www.shizll.com/product/jonko/

 

[turnkey4099]

Do you use the Willow to burn the coals down when you get overcoaling during the coldest parts of the season.

I haven't tried that. Usually just opening the ash pan door does the job nicely.

 

[chipper1]

Here is a new concept:


I kinda doubt that the PNW loggers will like this, but it might be handy for the smaller deciduous trees that really need a wider opening to be effectively wedged. Long ago, I decided that wedging a tree wasn't very effective on short deciduous trees with a wide crown. It just takes too many stacked wedges to get the tree to reliably move over-center and fall.

I wonder how much torque that big screw can take?

Looks great to me.
I can see some guys just running it in and snapping hinges .

 

[chipper1]

I haven't tried that. Usually just opening the ash pan door does the job nicely.

On my epa stove I get a lot of overcoaling. It loads north south, I pull the coals to the front(right by the lower air holes), then I place a shorter split across the front on top of the pile of coals, open the draft all the way and shut the door. It burns very hot and puts off great heat, sometimes I repeat this again if there are a lot of coals. The other way is to burn a smaller load of ash(wood type) or another low coaling wood real hot, but sometimes I don't have any available.
All these struggles with black locust and all our other hardwoods would disappear if I had a large stash of spruce.

 

[chipper1]

hmm, not so bad as I thought for this vrsion
https://www.shizll.com/product/jonko/

That isn't bad, I'd buy one.
What does that convert to in USD.
I'm sure I could find other uses for it too.
Better make sure the batteries are charged before making that back cut .