It only pays to experiment when it does not count … no close house, road, electrical wires, etc.
But even out in the woods, it is no fun to play with hung tree!
But even out in the woods, it is no fun to play with hung tree!
Scrounging Firewood (and other stuff)
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I've noticed that most of the dead Ash trees down here have been pretty solid, some even surprisingly hard.
Up at my property (in the Catskills) the Ash goes punky much faster. Seems it is more humid up there, with the mountain often being in a cloud.
Up at my property (in the Catskills) the Ash goes punky much faster. Seems it is more humid up there, with the mountain often being in a cloud.
Joe, I agree your cart looks fabulous! It's on a par with that off-road log truck Dan built I reckon!
I’ve got a quick noodling project this morning before work. May not have time to do much over the next few days but it’s good to be making progress again.
These were the only aspen rounds I had left prior to the new cutting project that I started earlier this week. Noodled them up so I can start splitting this weekend. I’ve probably pulled 5 cords of blowdown wood out of the area over the past five years provided by a series of summer storms. Assuming the first storm damaged the roots and successive storms finished them off.
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Just curious svk why are ya noodling that aspen?
Aspen rounds that have sat in the sun become much more difficult to halve by splitting axe.
If those trees were freshly cut they’d halve in 2-3 hits. Once the ends check, ten plus.
Plus I have large saws that need trigger time.
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Bobby Kirbos
Scrounger of Cellulose Based BTUs
If there were 3 or 4 rounds I would just work through. With 20 plus rounds, that is a lot of extra energy expended, certainly more than 10 minutes worth of noodling!
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Maybe with a protractor and string!Got anything in your yard I can practice on.
So make the face cut, then put the protractor in the notch and use the string to find where it will fall, or are we using the protractor as a weight on the string like a plumb Bob to fund the lean/side lean of the tree lol.
I'd like to have more to practice on for sure.
I been stung twice in the past 10 days. First one still hurts.
Had a load of Red Oak dropped off today from a friend in the tree business. Second pic is of the Ash that I’m still working on cutting and splitting. Final pic is of my brush fire that’s been burning for the past 3 days. [emoji1787]
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You burned all your wood up
Had a load of Red Oak dropped off today from a friend in the tree business. Second pic is of the Ash that I’m still working on cutting and splitting. Final pic is of my brush fire that’s been burning for the past 3 days. [emoji1787]
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.Looks like you have been gathering a good bit.
This is what a search for brush fire brought up, maybe you’re overstating the situation. Ha ha ha.
Looks like its running a little rich, crank that high side in a bitThis is what a search for brush fire brought up, maybe you’re overstating the situation. Ha ha ha.
Had a nice fire down by the river tonight. To bad the fishing wasn't as good as the fire.
Selling brats and hot dogs at the Lions club sale today and tomorrow. Hope to get after the aspen rounds on Sunday.
I’ve got to get back up to my place in WV. The Stihl dealer that sold me the big Homelites for ten bucks a piece, had several medium sized Echos with bad modules that the customers just left. One is a 500 series and has been sitting by the front door for a year. He said if they were still there the next time I came by I could have them. Been by four times since Covid and he hasn’t been in.
I thought you were going to tie the protractor on the end of a string, throw it over a limb, to pull the tag line through?
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