The Daily Firewood Picture Thread

[jimbarry]

Some of our summer's work. 

20220826 firewood splitting drive thru - YouTube

[doc henderson]

Jim I hope that is a go pro I see on top of your head in your profile/shadow, and not a Grinch inspired man bun!   :D :D :D

[jimbarry]

Go pro indeed. 

Any man that wears a bun is in transition. 

[GRANITEstateMP]

That's a heck of a spread ya got there Jim! And, it's super clean too!

Cutter, I ran some ash through the processor the other day and thought of you and the ash your working up. I was pretty envious of yours, mine was covered in poison ivy vines!

[cutterboy]

Jim, all those racks of wood sure do look good sitting there in nice neat rows. It's almost a shame you have to sell them.

Granite State, poison ivy is no fun. I've had one ash tree so far with poison ivy but other than that it's been bittersweet and grape vines.

[thecfarm]

I had a bunch of aspens that had grape vines growing up them. Sometimes I had to cut the vine so the tree would fall.
It was just about the same size, about a foot across. Would have made some great cabins logs. But I was young and had no idea about that stuff. Just wanted the grown-up pasture back. I think this was the first field that I claimed back.

[Wlmedley]

I had a couple dead white oaks already blocked up and some room in the wood shed so I figured I would split them up and stack today.l got the splitting part done and that's all I wanted for one day.I always try to keep two years ahead for one thing I like dry wood and the other thing you never know what might happen to keep you from being able to cut.I can't believe the volume of wood some of you produce.I always thought after I retired I might sell a little firewood.I believe I'll have to find another way to make extra money.Not sure without stacking but estimate about 3/4 cord here.

 

[beenthere]

To me, I'd estimate 1/3 of a cord. But when you do all of the work, it does seem like a lot more.  8)

[doc henderson]

depends.  how long are the sticks?

[Al_Smith]

You get a little here ,a little there .Keep at it long enough you have a stack .It's only a race if like some you sell it .

[Wlmedley]

depends.  how long are the sticks?

Sticks are between 20" and 24".I've got a big stove.I'd hate to sell beenthere any wood.He'd probably make me pay him to take it 😂

[beenthere]

 :D :D
I don't buy wood,   ;) ;)

[Al_Smith]

Back decades ago when I wore a younger mans clothes I sold some firewood .When asked about the price my response was the wood was free the price was for the labor involved .

[doc henderson]

I occasionally say "I don't pay for it", but not everyone gets the reference.   8)

[Al_Smith]

Another partial day in the woods .This is just an example of simple HS physics, a cable, pulley and eye nut and a 5 inch hydraulic cylinder. There was  a time I was  strong enough to set it up but those days are over . Some times you have to think outside of the box .I use a boat winch to lay it back down .

 

[Wlmedley]

Good idea Al I might have to use it on mine before long.

[Ventryjr]

 

 

 

[Al_Smith]

Another one of my brain storms .A short tongued any thing is hard to back up especially behind

 a tractor with no power steering .The Toro has a big double framed hole in it about the right height for a trailer ball so that's what I did .A zero turn is about like a bulldozer .It will spin on a dime and give you back 9 cents in change .Now I can put it in any hole I want to with  ease .Should have done that years ago .

[Corley5]

Another 10 cord of 100" this morning.  The hardwood pulp markets are tough right now.  Arauco, and Weyerhaeuser in Grayling are paying very well for it as well as PCA (Packaging Corp. of America) in Manistee and to top it off the new owners of the paper mill in Escanaba are now buying hardwood pulp from the N. Lower Peninsula.  There's not enough production to keep up with demand.  Mark's got me down for whatever he can get me whenever.  After this load of mixed white wood, he's got red oak from a job east of Lewiston.  Long haul to Wolverine and I'd rather sell a sugar maple mix but I'll take what I can get.  I've got a standing order in with another producer and another I've never dealt with is supposed to have me a train load of maple in a week or ten days.  Maybe two weeks.  Another supplier who I've bought a lot of wood from has their self loader down.  Pat their driver had a widow maker heart attack on a landing just as he was throwing a chain over the load.  He went down in the dirt and with no cell phone signal they loaded him in the crummy and met the ambulance.  Probably a good they didn't have signal and didn't wait.  I talked to him a few days ago after his first cardiac rehab therapy and the Drs say he won't drive for 3-6 months.  And his boss can't find a driver for the truck.  The rest of his rigs are cribs with no loaders and he's hauling into the mills in Grayling.  Never a dull moment ;D

[jimbarry]

 

 

[Al_Smith]

Good heavens just looking at those massive log piles makes my back hurt just looking at them . That's a whole bunch of work there .

[Peter Drouin]

I spilt some hard Maple for fire wood today.


I load the 1 ton with John

 cut to 20" wood'
Tip the body up, let them roll to me. Drop on top of the splitter,  Then turn and stack. Later I'll be moving it in.

[Al_Smith]

I've got more than enough firewood so now it's testing a few saws .There's a saw fest thing in mid October and I just wanted to bring a few that most people have never seen 

 but some of them had not been started for several years .So far most of them fired right up .
So this is a few wind blown linden logs .Four to be exact .Left to right modified Stihl 038 magnum ,McCulloch Titan 70 ,McCulloch SP 1000 (Partner P-100 ) McCulloch 805 with an early 850 engine .The small saw is a modified Stihl MS 200 T.
I once thought the Titan 70 had about as much power as Stihl 044 but it does not .It runs very fast but does not have the torque to crowd it so if you drop the reins it does okay .The other ones you can crowd hard and the Partner probably sit on it and not stall it . 
BTW Linden/bass wood is not very good firewood but it does burn ,just takes more of it .

[thecfarm]

Those saw look good!!
I just came in from getting a bucket of "firewood".
If I showed it to you guys, you would know I don't know nothing.  ;D  
Just a load of limbs that fell out of the trees.

[breederman]

The farm, it's not just you, I brought down some yesterday that probably should have been left in the woods. It'll burn!