Firewood season

[BargeMonkey]

Never heard of that, but as long you get paid for , why not.  I assume it's cash before you dump. 

In Michigan we submit an invoice to Dept. of Human Serv. after the delivery is complete and receive a check in the mail sometime later depending on how fast the local social worker gets their paper work submitted to Lansing.

They tried that game with us for quite a while, waiting 30-60-90 days. Nope.  :D Quite a few yrs ago everyone got together and basically froze them out. We get paid, in full, long before the load is even put on the truck. The only thing is, the customer is responsible for any difference from the price and the check, thats where we can get screwed. I believe it starts for us the 2nd week of November. I plan on selling every stick I can lay my hands on this year.

[timberlinetree]

That is a really nice set up!

[Stephen Alford]

 Here you go cfarm, shear in action. The red maple seems happy just to be wanted.  :D

  

 

[thecfarm]

Happy it is-or was.  ;D

[lopet]

So  you're shearing the small stuff and block the bigger ones with the chainsaw and after the splitting it all goes on the conveyor and gets mixed ? Can you tell us a little more about your outfit ? If you already have done so, I must have missed it.

[Atlantic Trader]

Stephen
Could you post a couple of pics of the grapple add on you made for pucking up grabs of split firewood. I want to make one really good idea.

[Stephen Alford]

 

  

  

 

   Just a piece of pipe 20$ cut in half with a couple of tabs. Now that I have access to a plazma cutter I would serrate the lower lip.   


Got to scoot lopet but will be back. Shear is a bit like firearms. Got to pay attention.   

[lopet]

I like your help you self ideas.
Btw  hope you don't mind I copied your vice idea. If it was yours, i owe you. If it wasn't, we both owe.

[Atlantic Trader]

Thanks Stephen

[Stephen Alford]

   Well lopet firewood season never really ends.  Shear wood has been discussed before and it is not every ones cup of tea.  But for me it works.  Land owners I deal with want very little waste. It also is a great way to deal with wood that comes in contact with our clay. Because of early settlement our woodlots in general are not in great shape. So any improvement work or harvesting of any sort yields firewood. For example this is a lot clearing just started...


  

 
The wood is sorted and the shearwood is handled on the right and the larger dia on the left.


 
The shear wood runs between 20 and 30%. It has been referred to as smasher or shovel wood. But it sure dries quick and most folks like the kindling. Looks better on the truck.   :D


 

[lopet]

Hey everybody has got their own way. Most important thing    it works for you.
I bet that took some time to build.
Thanks for re posting.

[BargeMonkey]

 Thats some beautiful round firewood, we get about 10% thats nice like that.