Scrounging Firewood (and other stuff)

[CaseyForrest]

Don't ya love it when they fall so you can trim and delimb without having to bend over.....

This one was leaning pretty hard to the right. So I made the backcut leaving meat on the left of the hinge

Love it when a plan comes together.

sent from a field

 

[MustangMike]

Looks like Black Walnut. Gonna turn it all into firewood?

 

[jr27236]

Don't ya love it when they fall so you can trim and delimb without having to bend over.....

This one was leaning pretty hard to the right. So I made the backcut leaving meat on the left of the hinge

Love it when a plan comes together.

sent from a field

What's that grey growth in the middle of the tree? Lol
That's some good board wood for sure

 

[CaseyForrest]

Looks like Black Walnut. Gonna turn it all into firewood?

Yep. My milling days are long past.

sent from a field

 

[CaseyForrest]

What's that grey growth in the middle of the tree? Lol
That's some good bard wood for sure

It's going to keep us warm in a couple years.

sent from a field

 

[Haywire]

 

[JustJeff]

Got that one lined up for the Texas heart shot!

 

[farmer steve]

Got that one lined up for the Texas heart shot!

my favorite shot.

 

[dancan]

No scrounging for me today , had to work the selling wood pile .

My buddy was splitting with my Super Split while I was blocking then when I had a big enough pile of rounds I'd run the splitter and he'd throw the splits in the truck , we got 5 loads done today and he's got enough rounds for 2 more loads .

Well , I guess it was kind of a scrounge because all of the little trimmed off bits are going to come home with me , waste knott want knott lol

 

[svk]

Well provided nothing goes wrong tomorrow a lot of sub-zogger wood is going to die. Finally going to get after my hunting trails. About a mile and a half total to do so I'm not expecting to get it all done in one day.

 

[benp]

Awesome scrounge day!!!!! Change of plans regarding tearing apart the old stove today. Ok, I'm in the woods.

I went after the big Sugar Maple from the pictures I posted yesterday.

First round of cutting and splitting done. The scrounging gods have smiled on me again with another great Sugar Maple. I've never been this lucky.

There were 3 loads from what's cut and split, along with the sugar maple top on the trail, and an elm that I found in my way as I was boon docking my way in.

The Elm and I am pretty confident it is elm because it laughed at the Fiskars.

An gorgeous day!!!! On to round 2 of cutting and splitting.

The 1 was hollowed out and 2 had a little bit of rot in the center that looked like brown mud. For the most part all of the wood was still excellent. You can see I stopped for the day were it was hollowing out.

Some of the rounds were big and one yielded 10 splits.

2nd round all split and only had to noodle one quarter. I got 2 loads out of this.

I got 5 loads out today and the tree is only half cut up. There are another 7-9 loads of Sugar Maple in that immediate area and I can park the trailer in the same spot.

This stuff tried me and I'm wore out. It had a bunch of burls on it which made splitting a challenge to say the least.

Fantastic day though.

 

[cantoo]

Duncan, you need an old hay or grain elevator.

 

[svk]

Looks good Ben. Red elm I'd assume?

 

[benp]

Looks good Ben. Red elm I'd assume?

It was reddish color on the ends so I would assume red elm. Wanted nothing to do with being split and they were only 6" diameter.

 

[svk]

Good stuff. I'm at the cabin from now through next Saturday and plan to drop one of the mystery elms to see what we have. Worst case is Siberian/Red cross and best is rock elm.

 

[Wowzer]

got a couple rounds of a pine tree, and a couple cedar poles. cut them up and loaded them up in the dump trailer yesterday. just wishing it wasn't raining today or i would go and get some more tops.

 

[woodchip rookie]

Big easy ash today but this is the last tree I cut till I get real saws. The little 33cc14" poulan isnt enough for bucking but too big for trim/limb. The crappy 50cc/20" is ok but getting parts is harder than Stihl. I bent the bar. If it were a Stihl I could have went to the Ace that was literally within sight of the tree I was cutting and get a bar. I need a 30cc(ish) top handle and a 70cc 24/25" (ish) for bucking.

 

[dancan]

The Echo top handles are good value for the money , not a hotrod but they are dependable and affordable .

 

[Wowzer]

No scrounging for me today , had to work the selling wood pile .

Well , I guess it was kind of a scrounge because all of the little trimmed off bits are going to come home with me , waste knott want knott lol

What's up with the orange tail on your saw, I seen the Stihl dealer had a bunch on the shelf yesterday too, do you use that as a gauge to cut your firewood at or?

 

[dancan]

I've got it set at 4' with the 14" bar , it makes for blocking up wood at 8' fast and no tape or measuring stick required .
Back in the 70's pulpwood was sold in 4' so one length then cut .