Scrounging Firewood (and other stuff)

[svk]

Almost two tanks full cutting one big tree and two smaller ones. About 5 cuts left on the trunk of the big tree and I started to cut pretty crooked. Couldn’t visual any issues with the chain but when I put the file to it you could tell it needed some cleaning up. About to head back out.

 

[U&A]

Almost two tanks full cutting one big tree and two smaller ones. About 5 cuts left on the trunk of the big tree and I started to cut pretty crooked. Couldn’t visual any issues with the chain but when I put the file to it you could tell it needed some cleaning up. About to head back out.

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Must be in a place that you cant hook your truck up to it and get it out of the weeds?


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[chucker]

Must be in a place that you cant hook your truck up to it and get it out of the weeds?


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you are so right! as I have cut with steve and its some where between a rock and a hard place!! lol mostly rock hard place....

 

[U&A]

you are so right! as I have cut with steve and its some where between a rock and a hard place!! lol mostly rock hard place....

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My woods are WAY WAAAAY overgrown this year. Record rainfall. Farmers are asking for disaster support from the government.
You cant safely run a chainsaw in my woods right now. Lucky i got a lot of wood bucked before all the rain hit. But im going to be scratching for wood in a few months.


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[chucker]

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My woods are WAY WAAAAY overgrown this year. Record rainfall. Farmers are asking for disaster support from the government.
You cant safely run a chainsaw in my woods right now. Lucky i got a lot of wood bucked before all the rain hit. But im going to be scratching for wood in a few months.


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same here what wood I do have down is probably ready to float away as the lake next to my cutting property is backing up or over flowing..... its about ankle deep the last time I was there 2 weeks ago and more rain!

 

[U&A]

same here what wood I do have down is probably ready to float away as the lake next to my cutting property is backing up or over flowing..... its about ankle deep the last time I was there 2 weeks ago and more rain!

We got a wek of high 80’ and no rain right now. Its making a BIG difference.


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[svk]

Must be in a place that you cant hook your truck up to it and get it out of the weeds?


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you are so right! as I have cut with steve and its some where between a rock and a hard place!! lol mostly rock hard place....

Correct! This was below my sauna on clay soil with mixed quicksand. If I tried to skid it I’d wreck every sapling in the area as the tree would need to be turned 90 degrees and it would probably hit my well also.

 

[svk]

Well I don’t know what the hell was in that trunk but I barely made it through the last 6 cuts before I needed to sharpen again, which worked out well because it was time for Italian meatloaf sandwiches for dinner.



Ironically the other trees I’ve cut nearby had no issues at all with dulling chains.

 

[svk]

Done. Both of these trees were 20” plus DBH and tall. I’m sure the first truck sections will need to be noodled to get started but the rest should split by hand. Plus three smaller aspen that were collateral damage over the previous wind storms. As you can see by the second picture, I don’t have far to move it.



@chucker @U&A that wet spot in the foreground isn’t a puddle, it’s quicksand oozing out of the ground.

 

[Deleted member 150358]

We're on sandy loam so it drains good but the slough is wetter than its been in nearly 25 years. Which of course runs kitty kat through the woods.

Had to help the neighbor who got stuck discing the other day. He had to leave about 5 passes till it drys out a little more. Came out ok didn't even break anything.

 

[chipper1]

Wonder what this guy is up to? Never seen one around here until today.

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He really looks hungry Steve, I've heard they like lead

Have you thought about giving them an injection a few months before you plan to cut it to let it die and dry out a bit standing up?

I've never fed one that way, they get pretty angry in the cage .

Just watch you buildings, they like burrowing under them and cause structural grief...

I typically trap a half dozen or so per year just to keep up. Speaking of which...

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They will do some damage for sure. My neighbor has the not so friendly trap he sets if he sees ones been digging and if he doesn't get them I usually do.
Got one I think it was Monday with the .17. Woke up and went the bathroom, looked out and there it was , then.
I've "relocated" I think 25 moles already this yr, I think I'm gonna have no problem going over 30 .

 

[turnkey4099]

it rolled through here from 10 am till 3 pm leaving an inch of rain … happy with this round, but don't need anymore rain for a couple weeks!

Started here about 5pm Wed night, on-off t-showers during the night, scattered light showers this morning. Didn't stop work on the 2 loads of logs dropped off by the local tree service - bucking/splitting/stacking. Poplar. I don't need it, don't really want it, have no room for it but he has dropped good stuff off before. I need to call him and tell him no more until further notice. I just don't have room for any except what I myself harvest. I have already committed to removing 2 big Oaks from a farmer's field. I got 3 full cords off just the top of one I removed thee last year.

 

[KiwiBro]

Tell me this is a standard plank of wood and those marks are shadows or planer marks...I dare you. Go on, you lot, assume this is a regular hunk of timber. I've got this weekend earmarked to prove otherwise.

Does anyone else see what I see?



10 points to the first person to ID what species of timber this is. Another 10 points if you can pronounce it.

She who must be obeyed considers herself qualified enough to diagnose me as certifiably insane for getting goosebumps and freaked out over a "bit of firewood". I should do one of those ancestry kits because maybe there's something in my family tree that points to some sort of genetic predisposition towards being drawn to and moved by, timber. That or the insanity runs deep in my lineage. Even if it's the latter, IDGAF. Sanity is overrated.

Channelling and paraphrasing the great Mr T, I pity the fools who can't get excited about timber.

 

[farmer steve]

Nope Chincoteague island.

pretty far to drive to scrounge firewood!!!! BTW we hit 95* yesterday here.

 

[James Miller]

pretty far to drive to scrounge firewood!!!! BTW we hit 95* yesterday here.

The weather is taking a few days to let us know summer can still be miserable.

 

[Cowboy254]

Tell me this is a standard plank of wood and those marks are shadows or planer marks...I dare you. Go on, you lot, assume this is a regular hunk of timber. I've got this weekend earmarked to prove otherwise.

Does anyone else see what I see?

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10 points to the first person to ID what species of timber this is. Another 10 points if you can pronounce it.

She who must be obeyed considers herself qualified enough to diagnose me as certifiably insane for getting goosebumps and freaked out over a "bit of firewood". I should do one of those ancestry kits because maybe there's something in my family tree that points to some sort of genetic predisposition towards being drawn to and moved by, timber. That or the insanity runs deep in my lineage. Even if it's the latter, IDGAF. Sanity is overrated.

Channelling and paraphrasing the great Mr T, I pity the fools who can't get excited about timber.

Hmmm. Not sure what it is exactly, but I know it's from Shebangabang.

 

[Cowboy254]

Still have a bit left .
Around 6 loads gone out... anyone need some euch?

I love those pics. Looks like blue gum, should be reasonable firewood...and it looks like you've got lots of it! Very nice, more pics as you go, please.

 

[md1486]

Another two pickup load of 14-16” beech tree logs. Gonna give about 1.5 face cord. Hope my small 9 tons splitter gonna make it.

 

[U&A]

Done. Both of these trees were 20” plus DBH and tall. I’m sure the first truck sections will need to be noodled to get started but the rest should split by hand. Plus three smaller aspen that were collateral damage over the previous wind storms. As you can see by the second picture, I don’t have far to move it.
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@chucker @U&A that wet spot in the foreground isn’t a puddle, it’s quicksand oozing out of the ground.
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Last year we had a spring pop up in my woods. Not there this year surprisingly. But there was a constant flow of water. It was cool.

Quick sand though..... that aint cool[emoji1787]


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[MustangMike]

Nothin special, just a Red Maple, felled, limbed and bucked up. The bottom was just a little bigger than the 20" bar will go through.

Used my MMWS 362 (mostly), as I have not used it for a while … it did just fine! Red Maple makes your saw look good, nice large chips!