Scrounging Firewood (and other stuff)

[MustangMike]

Sometimes there seems to be little to no smell, other times it is more noticeable, and not always the same.

I think the piss oak reference is mostly used when cutting Pin Oak, but I could be wrong.

I initially heard the phase from my first Father In Law, who was a tree guy back when they all ran Homelite XLs. I remember him saying … "Smell that … that's piss Oak"!

 

[Deleted member 117362]

I've cut my share of red piss oak. The smell is in your nose for days.

 

[svk]

Cutting / splitting them wet or dry?

Philbert

Cutting and splitting them wet, they do not smell too bad. The splits are now stacked and smell pretty fragrant!!

 

[svk]

I have never cut any oak that smelled bad but willow sure smells like piss. And cottonwood rounds once drying smell like ****** diapers.

 

[svk]

I have cut plenty of American elm and a bit of red elm and siberian elm. Nothing ever smelled like urine either. Just the smell of elm.

 

[farmer steve]

Sometimes there seems to be little to no smell, other times it is more noticeable, and not always the same.

I think the piss oak reference is mostly used when cutting Pin Oak, but I could be wrong.

I initially heard the phase from my first Father In Law, who was a tree guy back when they all ran Homelite XLs. I remember him saying … "Smell that … that's piss Oak"!

That big oak log I had for the GTG was a piss oak Mike. I think there was to much 2 stroke smoke in the air for anyone to notice

 

[woodchip rookie]

Rural King is a dealer also

 

[Short timer]

Finished it up.

 

[turnkey4099]

I don’t care who sells it, but they make such a big deal about their dealers in their ads. I have seen them sold in farm stores and hardware stores where the sales people didn’t know a bar from a chain. Only could quote the prices on the stickers. I guess that ‘someone’ in those stores knows enough to qualify for a dealership, but they are not always there.

Philbert

John Deere dealer selling Stihl is just a bit over a 1/4 mile from me. I quit going there for service. Chainsaws work was always on the bottom of the 'to do' list.

 

[turnkey4099]

I have never cut any oak that smelled bad but willow sure smells like piss. And cottonwood rounds once drying smell like ****** diapers.

Willow comes in different types. The common one out here smells nice, not very strong though. I did cut some willow growing in a swamp once. that smelled bad when green but not when cured.

 

[djg james]

Finished it up.

But it's not finished until it's stacked. Man I'd like to see that splitter in action.

 

[Short timer]

But it's not finished until it's stacked. Man I'd like to see that splitter in action.

Like I mentioned earlier, without two people, you’re not utilizing it’s speed. They used to come full auto cycle, forward and back till someone lobbed a finger off and sued the company.

 

[djg james]

Like I mentioned earlier, without two people, you’re not utilizing it’s speed. They used to come full auto cycle, forward and back till someone lobbed a finger off and sued the company.

I'd put tracks on it, hook up a bucking saw and connect it to my smart phone. Then you could just drive it along the side of a log and watch it go to work while you sit in a comfy chair and sip your favorite beverage .

 

[LondonNeil]

quercus robur, common oak, english oak. its not american white oak but i'm sure its close. just look on wikipediea. @Cowboy254 may be intersted in this

In Australia
English oak is one of the most common park trees in south-eastern Australia, noted for its vigorous, luxuriant growth. In Australia, it grows very quickly[citation needed] to a tree of 20 m (66 ft) tall by up to 20 m (66 ft) broad, with a low-branching canopy. Its trunk and secondary branches are very thick and solid and covered with deep-fissured blackish-grey bark.[12] The largest example in Australia is in Donnybrook, Western Australia.[13]

i guess many oaks do this, but spend a bit of time splitting green english oak and it stains your axe head black very quickly.

 

[Philbert]

Nothing ever smelled like urine either.

You have so many cats that you are probably immune to that smell.

Philbert

 

[svk]

You have so many cats that you are probably immune to that smell.

Philbert

Hell no. I can smell cat piss from a mile off!

There are a lot of Semi-feral male cats in town and one was marking under the deck at work for a while. Stunk!

 

[svk]

Willow comes in different types. The common one out here smells nice, not very strong though. I did cut some willow growing in a swamp once. that smelled bad when green but not when cured.

I remember you saying that. All of the ones that grow here stink, unfortunately. I know I’ve cut at least three deferent species of willow.

 

[Be Stihl]

@Maud
That sure looks like smooth bark Hickory or pignut. I don’t see any rays that would point to Oak. I have cut some of that for next year and it is super hard and heavy.


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[MustangMike]

Storm coming … better hide!!!

Yea, I got me a Limmy, and she is ported … with 32" 404 that I square filed!

 

[Philbert]

Just got hit with 4+ inches of heavy, wet snow. Dug out the Toro. Bought a few gallons of ethanol-free gas. Started on the second pull.

Philbert