This is the time of the year I put up firewood for next year.
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I pick it up with John and dump the wood on some logs and cut them up
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Then fill the truck. Works ok, I do like to do firewood, It's a nice brake from sawing all week. It was so nice I let them out too. ;D
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And some hardwood saw logs I have to get to.
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Well lunch is over back to play :D :D :D ;D
Got all the wood I cut today split and stacked 6' wide 4 1/2' high 16' long and helped a customer too. not to bad for a 59 year old man ;D
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You're going to have eye lid trouble like Lyle over in Alberta. :D
Looks good Peter. I need to take lessons.
Most years I cut a little at a time all winter but this year I'm way behind. We got a wet snow early that had ice under it and then snows just kept pilling on top, now its warming and anywhere without ice is mud. I hope I can soon work at it without the mess.
Quote from: gspren on March 09, 2014, 08:07:52 PM
Most years I cut a little at a time all winter but this year I'm way behind. We got a wet snow early that had ice under it and then snows just kept pilling on top, now its warming and anywhere without ice is mud. I hope I can soon work at it without the mess.
It has been a hard winter. Good luck :)
Geesh!! Peter you gotta slow down. Your gonna make us chronologically challenged guys look bad :D
Peter,
I use the exact same setup when splitting a truckload of wood. I put the splitter behind the truck, on oil change ramps
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I takes about 4 splitting/throwing/stacking sessions to get my 14 ft. bed fully loaded.
Quote from: Peter Drouin on March 09, 2014, 07:45:20 PM
not to bad for a 59 year old man ;D
Peter,
You are just a sprite.
Quote from: WDH on March 10, 2014, 11:59:38 PM
Quote from: Peter Drouin on March 09, 2014, 07:45:20 PM
not to bad for a 59 year old man ;D
Peter,
You are just a sprite.
:D :D :D :D :D :D
Is that you in the new Sawmill and Woodlot mag top right corner page 3?
Don't know :). I have not seen the magazine. Is it a handsome guy? If so, must be me :D.
:D :D
All done last sat
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10 or so cords, I lost count :D
If I ever come to New Hampshire, I will want a "How to Cut and Stack Firewood" lesson :D.
Quote from: WDH on March 31, 2014, 11:50:40 PM
If I ever come to New Hampshire, I will want a "How to Cut and Stack Firewood" lesson :D.
:D :D smiley_thumbsup
My son and I just got a start on wood for 2015 to 2016 on Saturday.
I always keep 2 yrs ahead.
Still 12" or so snow in the woods but we skid to a central location to buck and split, so the logs are nice and clean.
Peter Is that a winters worth of wood?
Good job Peter. I have been cutting and thinning,but it's for the guy that buys some firewood from me.
Quote from: petefrom bearswamp on April 01, 2014, 09:36:49 AM
My son and I just got a start on wood for 2015 to 2016 on Saturday.
I always keep 2 yrs ahead.
Still 12" or so snow in the woods but we skid to a central location to buck and split, so the logs are nice and clean.
Peter Is that a winters worth of wood?
Yes, All I need, and the wife keeps the house at 7o to 80° all winter. :D :D ::)
Quote from: thecfarm on April 01, 2014, 09:38:14 AM
Good job Peter. I have been cutting and thinning,but it's for the guy that buys some firewood from me.
Thanks cfarm, How much firewood do you sell in a year?
No more than 6 cords. :) He saws and splits it up here.
That's nice of you to let him work at your place like that. Do you skid the trees to where he cut and splits it?
Yes,I do. My woods is not easy to get around in on a pick up. I lay down some trees, about once every 4 feet. Keeps the tree off the ground. You saw into the ground here and you will probably hit a rock. I do wish he would come get it before the end of Oct. ::) I have told him many times,dries better split and in a shed. Or at least in a shed. But each year in Oct,he is here. I did not fix the place up last year for his wood. So it's off to the side waiting for me to lay down some wood first. I almost did it last year,but did not know I would be thinning this area out that I have been wanting to do for 20 years. So now I have to re handle the wood again. So far maybe 2-3 cords.
Finally able to get in the woods and do some felling, and collecting of some logs for further processing.
All ash so far.
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Did you have a lot of mud? Here was not bad and was gone in a week.
Peter,still kinda froze here. I have stopped cutting wood in the thinning area for now. That is just about to break up. And with this rain today,just about might be here. The firewood yard has some mud in it. I was able to work around it. Yesterday was the last day for that. Only a few inches of mud there,but that will change. That whole area is full of bark and sawdust. So that keeps it soft longer.
BT,
Those ash logs would fit a LT15 very nicely ;D.
If you sawed the good stuff in that ash pile you would only be burning slabwood.
Quote from: thecfarm on April 08, 2014, 07:44:55 AM
Peter,still kinda froze here. I have stopped cutting wood in the thinning area for now. That is just about to break up. And with this rain today,just about might be here. The firewood yard has some mud in it. I was able to work around it. Yesterday was the last day for that. Only a few inches of mud there,but that will change. That whole area is full of bark and sawdust. So that keeps it soft longer.
Well in a week or two the mud will be gone, and you can get back in there, Maybe :D :D :D
Quote from: beenthere on April 07, 2014, 11:11:11 PM
Finally able to get in the woods and do some felling, and collecting of some logs for further processing.
All ash so far.
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Is ash all you cut for firewood?
QuoteIs ash all you cut for firewood?
For the most part, yes. Have been burning white ash for several years now. Have a lot of red and white oak, shagbark hickory, black walnut, and a fair amount of soft maple... but it is all ash for the time being.
Are those EAB casualties?
Danny
No, I haven't seen any dead ash around here - yet.
Likely the EAB is coming, and I won't have so many trees to be enticing the little buggers.
Quote from: r.man on April 08, 2014, 08:16:10 AM
If you sawed the good stuff in that ash pile you would only be burning slabwood.
Quote from: WDH on April 08, 2014, 07:52:09 AM
BT,
Those ash logs would fit a LT15 very nicely ;D.
That's what I thought too. BT, your firewood pile looks nicer than my sawlog pile. ;) ;) :D