The Daily Firewood Picture Thread

[cutterboy]

Scott, lots of firewood in those big rounds and they should split easily too. I spent Thursday splitting up a pile of big rounds and had a lot of split wood by the time I finished. No outside work yesterday or today because of the cold and wind. Tomorrow will be better and maybe the ground has frozen up enough to get the tractor back in the woods.

[woodroe]

After a 3 week lull due to cold and snowy winter conditions got 
back into the bucking and splitting. Gaining stacking space as the bolt pile dwindles.
Temps in the 30s make for decent working conditions.



 

[ajschnitzelbank]

 

 

 

 

NYS DEC cleared a parking area for the Wildlife Management Area that boarders my property. They sold me the cut timber for $10/cord. I think it wound up being a bit more than the two cords they estimated because I told them I’d take fairly small stuff too. I don’t mind burning limb wood. So I moved it out of their way and in to a pile using my Kubota L4701 and Frost Bite grapple. What a useful tool! Though I definitely need some practice to make a neater pile. 

[beenthere]

How much time do they give you to remove the wood in your piles? 

Looks like a great place for a buzz saw to be put to good use. 

[ajschnitzelbank]

How much time do they give you to remove the wood in your piles?

Looks like a great place for a buzz saw to be put to good use.

They said I had until April to move it, but I got it out before mud season. Yeah I’d like a buzz saw! My buddy has a second smaller tractor that he uses to run his buzz saw. That seems to work well. If I get another tractor though my wife will kill me. Hahah. 

[John Mc]

ajschnitzelbank - how do you like that Kubota L4701?

I was shopping for an upgrade a couple of months ago when I cracked my New Holland TC33D in two. I ended up repairing the TC33D, since I would have gotten very little for it in it's broken condition.

I'll still probably upgrade at some point. My tractor is great for getting in to tighter spaces, but it's really on the small side for some of what I'm doing with it. I was looking at the L4701 (it's hydraulics are much better protected than the several L3902 tractors the dealer had in stock). The dealer was trying to sell me on the MX5400 - certainly a great tractor, but too big for my needs and won't fit in my garage when the ROPS is up (once I add the limb risers and falling object protection, that ROPS is not folding down again).

[Wlmedley]

Started splitting up a white oak cut last fall.  Worked until I got my splitter cod locked with split wood.The longer I worked the less energy I had to throw wood away from splitter. I gave out about the same time I ran out of room

 

[Al_Smith]

Although it was a very mild winter to me it's been a long one .The temps lately have been from high 20's night to mid 50's day time .It makes it a chore how to fire it to keep from having two over 70 years olds sitting around in their undies .I figure maybe two,possibley three weeks I'll let the fire go out and run the propane . 

[SwampDonkey]

Been a couple warm days here, but the rest of the week is suppose to be frigid, so will burn some wood to make up for it. Another snow storm Thursday night. Drive way about all melted out the last 2 days, some ice along the edge, but brittle ice.

[SwampDonkey]

@Wlmedley Lots of time, it's not a race to the end.

[beenthere]

It makes it a chore how to fire it to keep from having two over 70 years olds sitting around in their undies

Less wood, equals less heat.

Wood Fire 101.  

[Al_Smith]

No picture but either I thought I had more wood cut than I did or it was colder than I thought  .I thought it was 8 cords with about 2 of cotton wood .I'm just about down to that with very little oak and ash left .Since that stuff only weights about half of oak it makes sense it would take twice as much of it .Takes more bundles but they are light not those 50 pound bundlles of oak .With only maybe 2-3 weeks to go I'll make it .Got about a cord and a half left .

[doc henderson]

I started a theoretical thread, and would like to invite you all to chime in.  

https://forestryforum.com/board/index.php?topic=121556.msg1965867#msg1965867

[SwampDonkey]

Been cold here, near zero every day for a week, no burning during the sunshine, windows heat the place. Window even up some days in the sunshine. But I only burn a wheel barrow all day, I load the furnace once at night and once in the morning. It's after 4:00 pm here now and 14F outside, was -3F this morning, been no wood added to the stove since 7:00 am. 77F upstairs and 74F downstairs now. I started with 10 cords of aspen mostly in October and I've got 5 cords left. Plus 10 more outside the door to stack in spring. Looks like it's about to snow here before dark, snow coming over the Masardis hills in Maine. I don't burn as much wood as the neighbors, they have fires on all day long. A lot of them burn green stuff, blue smoke, less heat. I burn 12-16% stuff, 12% stuff in the basement. If burnt wood like that it would be 100 degrees in here and I'd be a grease spot on the floor.

[ajschnitzelbank]

ajschnitzelbank - how do you like that Kubota L4701?

I was shopping for an upgrade a couple of months ago when I cracked my New Holland TC33D in two. I ended up repairing the TC33D, since I would have gotten very little for it in it's broken condition.

I'll still probably upgrade at some point. My tractor is great for getting in to tighter spaces, but it's really on the small side for some of what I'm doing with it. I was looking at the L4701 (it's hydraulics are much better protected than the several L3902 tractors the dealer had in stock). The dealer was trying to sell me on the MX5400 - certainly a great tractor, but too big for my needs and won't fit in my garage when the ROPS is up (once I add the limb risers and falling object protection, that ROPS is not folding down again).

I like it so far. But I haven’t used many tractors to compare it to. It replaced my Kubota B2301 that was smaller/less capable than I wanted. The b-series also felt so tippy to me all the time. I would have liked to get an MX5400, mostly for the added loader strength and larger front tires, but I couldn’t pass up the 84 month 0% loan on the L4701. 

[Al_Smith]

This firewood business I can see a light at the end of the tunnel and about time .I find the older I get the less enthusiasm I have towards the end of the heating season .I don't think I could cut the mustard in North Dakota or Maine and certainly not in Alaska .

[thecfarm]

You could do it in Maine Al. 
You're not like those 20 year olds and want someone else to do it. 

[Al_Smith]

The end of the season is the worst. Day temps might be in the 50's but at night in the 30's . You bank the fire in day light and it might take you 4 hours to get it coaled up enough to make it until day light again .The heat is in the charcoal not the burning wood long time .I've done it so long but it's still a pain in the behind .

[jimbarry]

Kickin' off the 2023-/2024 season.



 

[711ac]

Moving (hopefully) the last rack
for this season before Saturday's snow. 

The racks hold about 90 c/f +/- single row cut at 26" for my indoor boiler. 

I almost lost this one, the temperature was above freezing and the snow on the forks was like grease against the wood.
We're burning some hemlock slabwood during the day, we're in the "shoulder" season, at least during the sunny days. This rack was was processed 4-21 and it's moved into a lean to just outside of the boiler room. Beech is my primary firewood and the boiler likes it after drying on these single row racks after 1 year top covered with rubber roofing. 

Saturday's storm on next year's wood.