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Just started working on this yesterday. Took me 2 days to get it all back to the shop. 14 loads with our 8x14 deckover dump trailer. 100% oak with a couple of walnut logs in there was well. Figure it is going to be around 12-14 cords when we are all done. There is a couple of monster burr oak logs in the back that are about 36" across.
no two ways about it!... that is definitely an impressive operation.
awesome! like the wintery setting!!
enjoyed seeing it, thanks for posting. when I am splitting oak firewood I like to have a small fire going, too. especially on a cold day. just seems to
'tune' the scene a bit! adds a bit of that Pacific NW flair I feel so connected to.
the other day I noticed some sawing sounds... later saw this pile of what appeared to be oak twigs out in front of my neighbors house, just couple addresses down from me. hmm
while walking my dog I see they had an oak trunk split in two and the winds had brot upper tree to its final efforts to 'remain aloft!'... and heavy tree pick up was a full month away.
all i could see was lots of oak firewood stix needing to be made.
so hauled it on down to my place for some soon-to-be splitting firewood fun. by the big pine trunk, pix is day before what I dragged in... nice free oak wood for the taking. very conveniently located. i see this stuff on regular basis. yesterday got the bigger stuff. bit bigger than I could handle alone so fired up my 026 and whittled it down to a mere
"ummph! uhh-h... grunt" mode. lol... trimmed off the limb crotches, decided to make chunks... rolled to road, the smaller stuff hauled in on yard kart with my 'prime mover' tractor... and the heavier stuff, these chunks are
real heavy! believe it or not... as fresh, green wood. ie, bit wet! dragged them on in... down 'loggers row'...then once I got all the chunks 'on property'... went back and culled the pile for the small stuff, nice firewood, but not needing to be split. plenty of it in there, too... well, enuff for my needs, all things considered...
hope some of you enjoy my firewood photo essay...
A Fall Season Firewood Gathering.