Scrounging Firewood (and other stuff)

[H-Ranch]

In before the lock!

Saw the neighbor walking on the road this morning and he mentioned that he wanted a few of the the large rounds from the windfall oak. So I took the 441 with the 25" bar and made 14... uhhh... I mean 12 rounds. Had to cut the last one from both sides with a little start to root flare a couple feet from ground level.

 

[sean donato]

Dang, we poked the hornets nest! Wood shed row three, nearly full. This is the 2 cord row. Everything behind it is a bit over, and everything in front will be a bit under. Should have the shed up to approximately 5 cord. Its kinda hard to figure out exactly. The floor of the shed taper down to the back, and the roof tapers up. I do nice stacks till I hit the rafters, then stack the next row, then toss on top till it hits the roof.
I had to take a break from the pile and clean up around my bucking and splitting area. Got a fire going and burned all the punky stuff I could before the rain set in. Got the splitter moved in close to the shed. Not my preferred spot for it, but I need room to drag logs out of the back of the pile. That Poplar from the neighbor has the pile out in front of the house. I still have a load from my parents place to get, and I need to get ahold of my logging buddy and get a time to get with home to grab a few load of logs from him.

 

[bob kern]

I got the older version because they were on sale, I think they have a 2.0 version out or in the works. I'll have to look at their site again and if not I'll drop them a line.

Better get that Beech cut up. I had a nice beech log I was using foe timing chains, set up off the ground about 3 feet, that went to crap in under a year. I was pretty ticked off about it. One of my more favorite woods to burn. Not necessarily split, it's wavy grain as all get out, but it burns great.

I love beech. Great burn like you say and almost no mess.

 

[pdqdl]

I've never touched beech. It doesn't grow much around here; I've only found one beech tree in all my years of tree service.
That being said, it was a magnificent tree. I don't know why there aren't more of them.

On the other hand, some of you guys have never burned any Osage orange. Now that's some firewood!

 

[LondonNeil]

WTF! Someone's messed with the thread title!!

 

[pdqdl]

Why don't you just re-name the thread (Scrounging Firewood and other stuff),

HE done it!

I'm just a tool around here, anyway.

 

[sean donato]

HE done it!

I'm just a tool around here, anyway.

We thank you kindly for your services.

 

[Kodiak Kid]

Exactly.

 

[sean donato]

I've never touched beech. It doesn't grow much around here; I've only found one beech tree in all my years of tree service.
That being said, it was a magnificent tree. I don't know why there aren't more of them.

On the other hand, some of you guys have never burned any Osage orange. Now that's some firewood!

Wouldn't know it if I saw it. Don't think it's a native to the north east.

 

[pdqdl]

My impression of the only one I've seen was that it was much like a white oak, but with extra muscles.

 

[Vtrombly]

Wow I was about 20 pages back. Thanks @MustangMike for taking care of the topic problem. Yesterday went to see @Brufab for the afternoon and chat and pick up some firewood it was greatly appreciated and I got to spend time with him and his dad. Today I got it stacked and split and the weekend blew by. Great fall colors on our drive so a great fall weekend.

 

[sean donato]

My impression of the only one I've seen was that it was much like a white oak, but with extra muscles.

I meant the Osage orange not the Beech lol. They grow like weeds around here.
It's got a fun twisty grain to it, unlike oak. I prefer oak for burn wood, just because it's easier to split.

 

[Kodiak Kid]

HE done it!

I'm just a tool around here, anyway.

I find the posts from most all the others on this thread interesting and enjoyable to read. Especially a lot of the "off topic" stuff that has to do with lifestyles and hobbies. There are folks on this thread from clear across the other side of the planet! As mentioned just a bit ago. It always comes back to the "scrounge". I'm not mad at you. I'm just donating my two cents.

 

[pdqdl]

Hot!

Osage orange burns hot enough to melt down the occasional wood stove.

 

[bob kern]

I've never touched beech. It doesn't grow much around here; I've only found one beech tree in all my years of tree service.
That being said, it was a magnificent tree. I don't know why there aren't more of them.

On the other hand, some of you guys have never burned any Osage orange. Now that's some firewood!

Osage is near the best.

 

[Brufab]

HE done it!

I'm just a tool around here, anyway.

Thanks pdqdl! Once hunting season over it will be back to 90% firewood

 

[chipper1]

No doubt about that. Let's just keep the dead critters off this thread, ok?




Done. In fact, I'm restoring as much as I can. Pissing off a few folks isn't as bad as doing it to everyone.

So now that the thread title change has happened are dead critter pics okay.

Maybe not jumping the "gun"( ) in the first place would be a good idea. Most the normals in this thread have let you as well as others(including the owners)know where we stand on other topics being discussed here. It's one of the most popular threads on this site, and if the general consensus is that the topics are fine(which to me is proven to be true by the number of replies folks get on the seemingly "offensive" posts), then what's the problem.

I've never touched beech. It doesn't grow much around here; I've only found one beech tree in all my years of tree service.
That being said, it was a magnificent tree. I don't know why there aren't more of them.

On the other hand, some of you guys have never burned any Osage orange. Now that's some firewood!

Let's stay on topic .

I'm just a tool around here, anyway.

Name calling is not acceptable here on AS, but in this instance I'm going to just give you a "verbal" warning.

 

[pdqdl]

So now that the thread title change has happened are dead critter pics okay.

I'll ask management.

 

[chipper1]

I'll ask management.

It's been done for many yrs, it's nothing new here.

 

[Logger nate]

So now that the thread title change has happened are dead critter pics okay.

Maybe not jumping the "gun"( ) in the first place would be a good idea. Most the normals in this thread have let you as well as others(including the owners)know where we stand on other topics being discussed here. It's one of the most popular threads on this site, and if the general consensus is that the topics are fine(which to me is proven to be true by the number of replies folks get on the seemingly "offensive" posts), then what's the problem.

Let's stay on topic .

Name calling is not acceptable here on AS, but in this instance I'm going to just give you a "verbal" warning.