Scrounging Firewood (and other stuff)

[KiwiBro]

The log yard is full of Maple now, mostly Hard Maple. I don't cut any recently because I tried to burn some and it just sizzled even though dry. I'm lucky, I've got all the Oaks, Hickories, Cherry, Locust and hv Black Walnut I can manage. But do you scroungers burn Hard Maple?

Sorry, can't answer that but wanted to add a similar question for the panel.

Of the four trees along the aforementioned boarder fence I managed to drop and clean up yesterday, they were alder, elm, sycamore and, having never burned any of those species before, none of the wood strikes me as potentially good firewood. It looks like it'll just smolder. Maybe make good coals if mixed in with other good burning wood. Can anyone up there please advise if I should bother cutting and splitting any or all of these species or just pile it all up in heaps and burn it once the fire ban is off here.

Thanks for any help with this.

On a positive note, I've the go-ahead to flatten every tree down that border and replant with liquidambars. So, that will not only make the job so much easier (once I get Nemo home) but eventually that fenceline of trees will look prurdy.

 

[djg james]

It's crap! Send me your address so I can come make sure it's properly disposed of!

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I wish some one else could use it; he's got more piled up than he can burn. Too green.

 

[djg james]

I've burned Red Elm,but not piss elm (name?). Too stringy to split. Sycamore too much like a sponge.

 

[JustJeff]

I burn a lot of elm and it's good wood. Let it season in the round for a year and it splits much easier.

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[Haywire]

Sorry, can't answer that but wanted to add a similar question for the panel.

Of the four trees along the aforementioned boarder fence I managed to drop and clean up yesterday, they were alder, elm, sycamore and, having never burned any of those species before, none of the wood strikes me as potentially good firewood. It looks like it'll just smolder. Maybe make good coals if mixed in with other good burning wood. Can anyone up there please advise if I should bother cutting and splitting any or all of these species or just pile it all up in heaps and burn it once the fire ban is off here.

Thanks for any help with this.

On a positive note, I've the go-ahead to flatten every tree down that border and replant with liquidambars. So, that will not only make the job so much easier (once I get Nemo home) but eventually that fenceline of trees will look prurdy.

Alder's good for smoking salmon.

 

[svk]

That term is hilarious lol

 

[svk]

Got the 154 running. Fuel line leaks so that’s next.

Stupid eBay seller of my new clutch assembly turned out to be Chinese. Drum and bearing were too small for the shaft. Clutch was too small for the drum and bore was way too small for the saw.

As a warning. If you are buying parts and they are shipping from California it’s probably Chinese crap.

Anyway here’s the saw.

 

[svk]

My cousins 290 to 390 is coming along. Apparently I’ve lost the throttle lever so it looks like I’ll be running to the cabin soon again.

 

[KiwiBro]

Thanks fellas. Hmm, might block it all up, put it to one side just in case the zombies clean us out of gum and wattle.

 

[MustangMike]

Hard Maple is a premier burning wood, right up there with the best Oaks. But like White Oak, in needs time to season (Red Maple and Silver Maple season much faster, but don't give you the BTUs).

Don't split it too large, and let it season, and I think you will like it.

 

[mountainguyed67]

might block it all up

What does that mean?

 

[KiwiBro]

What does that mean?

Cut it into rounds

 

[Cowboy254]

Well shucky darn. Truck failed again...at least this time it was the mechanic driving. Changing the ignition module only fixed it for a bit. The started to bring it home and it died on them. Still back in the car hospital being studied.

I had to cancel a planned day at Jim's on hte little locust scrounge, Need the truck to pull trees.

Put in anohter 3.5 hours at Von's cutting/piling brush from the big tree. Top is solid wood but trunk will be no good. Looks like about another 3 hours to finish cleaning up the brush. Figure a possible 1 cord off the big one and maybe another 1/2 cord off the top of the tree that came down with the big one.

Everything seems to be recovering well but the legs, they are still rubbery and I have to be very careful moving around.

Sounds like you're able to get the saw started these days, that's good.

Now listen. I think you should be taking periodic breaks during scrounging. You need to give the old body a break now and then. To give yourself a chance to recover as you rehabilitate. You need to rehydrate. Re-oxygenate. Re-inebriate. Etcetera.

You could, for example, while idle during these small rest times, take pics which can then be uploaded onto the interweb for others' perusal, admiration of your 80 cords of wood, critique of felling jobs and such and such.

This is my recommendation. Trust me, I'm a perfessional.

 

[Cowboy254]

The log yard is full of Maple now, mostly Hard Maple. I don't cut any recently because I tried to burn some and it just sizzled even though dry. I'm lucky, I've got all the Oaks, Hickories, Cherry, Locust and hv Black Walnut I can manage. But do you scroungers burn Hard Maple?

If it sizzled then it's not dry. Either you need to split smaller or season longer.

I have some yellow box in the shed - the doesn't float in water type of wood - that was cut two years ago. I split a decent sized split in half and the interior was wet as. Needs longer to dry. Some species do.

 

[Cowboy254]

Cut it into rounds

Over here it means "Drink until you're ready to run down the main street naked".

It's funny how in different dialects it means different things .

 

[KiwiBro]

Over here it means "Drink until you're ready to run down the main street naked".

It's funny how in different dialects it means different things .

Here it could mean a 'midnight autos' escapade - put the car on blocks and steal the wheels.

 

[mountainguyed67]

Cut it into rounds

So, you didn’t have one of these when you were a child?

 

[KiwiBro]

Misty watercolour memories...

 

[mountainguyed67]

We actually say “cut it into rounds”. Or “buck it up”. When you said “ block” I thought you were cutting all the sides square.

 

[KiwiBro]

Acshully we say ring it. We cut it into rings. Bucking is what the sheep do but that's another story...