The Daily Firewood Picture Thread

[Don P]

I'm playing the same, where's the shade game  
This is shady in the morn


 

But across the drive is the afternoon spot


 

If it gets too hot I go to the deep shade and have a Ray moment. I think they make baby rocks that grow back here.



 

[thecfarm]

Can't really tell the size of them rocks. 
I was outside and found some more I want to move. Just have to find the time do it.

[Don P]

That's about a 5' flake off the one on my left, it finally broke up and moved along today. well, pretty much all of those in the pic are around 5-6'. A big saw would be cool. There's one behind me in the pic that's bigger than the dozer. There are a number back there that are keepers, they aren't going anywhere.

[thecfarm]

I have many, many rocks that are not going anyways too. 

[Hilltop366]

This fellow Nova Scotian has come up with a DIY PTO power pack for his new Tajfun firewood processor, using a VW engine.

HOMEMADE 53 HP PTO POWER UNIT - YouTube

That should work good and sip fuel, maybe I missed it but did he say what he was going to use for a governor? 

[jimbarry]

I think so.

[Hilltop366]

I see he updated the layout and used two steady bearings which makes more sense, trying to go with no governor as well.

I’M READY- finally. PLEASE weather- I’m ready, maybe you could cooperate??? - YouTube

[Al_Smith]

I got around to splitting that cottonwood,about 3/4 of a cord .What a pain in the posterior that is .That stuff is as stringy as elm .I'll do a wee bit more with 
that stuff and move along on some better stuff .I've got my 4-5 cords already which is what a normal winter takes .However with this warming trend may not need that much .

[Corley5]

It's been a steady summer for firewood. No real slow downs. I was just about caught up and took some time for bush hogging and a bit of field work on the estate and now I'm back up to close to a 100 face cords on the list. Winter's coming. Some pics of loads that have come in when I've been there and thought to take pics. A view of Little Traverse Bay where I filled a 25 face cord order.



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[711ac]

How many cords are on that load? Great pictures!

[Al_Smith]

Not nearly as much as above .About 2 cords of cotton wood .Not the best but it all burns .Dang is that stuff stringy almost as bad as elm .I don't think I'll cut any more for a couple of years . It might be dry by the end of the heating season or not ,time will tell .

  

[doc henderson]

cotton wood is being used at the axe/hatchet/tomahawk throwing venues.  I have an order for 2 x 10 x 48 inch. for 8 buck or about a dollar a board foot.

[Al_Smith]

It makes good outrigger pads for line trucks,bucket trucks etc .It gets lighter as it dries .I think oak gains weight it never seems lighter but then again I've never been this old before .

[GRANITEstateMP]

Corley5, you sure are going through a whack of wood there!  What do you do with your sawdust?  I mix a lot of mine with cow manure, some horse stall clean outs, and chips. When I get the mix right it makes a nice loam. When its not right, it makes nice crappy loam!

How is the truck working out?  I figure you've put enough loads through it at this point to know what ya really like and don't like.  I forgot if you ended up keeping your old rig to repair...in your spare time  :D.  I'd love to add 1 more dump trailer to my mix, but I'm not impressed with prices so it can wait, more of a want than a NEED

[Al_Smith]

Again it's not much but it is a picture .59 feet of log plus another 30

 of top still in the woods .Good old Ohio shagbark hickory .The two saws ,modified Stihl 038 Magnum plus stock Partner 5000 plus .I've got the Partner running just like it's reputation which was the fastest 3 cube on the market at the time .The Stihl I tweaked around 10-12 yeas ago but it needs some attention .I think the Bing 48 carb needs rebuilt because on a hot start it tries to drag me though the recoil starter .185 PSI static with leaky check valves will hurt you .  

[doc henderson]

Al I cannot believe you skidded that log out with the zero turn.  Nice!   8)   :D ;D

[SwampDonkey]

Well, as you know I already have 11-1/2 cord squared away and dry by now. That will not all be burned, simply because at the start and the end of the season it's not that cold so a little nudge from the electric side of the furnace is sufficient. Only seems to add $50 to the electric bill. Mostly aspen and fir here in the pile. More wood is better than not enough of it. Love cut'n the stuff and not even hard labour to split. Aspen , nor balsam, isn't stringy at all, more like white birch. One wallop for halves, for the longer burns, 2 more for quarters for fire starting. No kindling needed, just a couple leaves of news print and a match. Never was easier. I will hit next year's wood after CDN Thanks Giving. 8-10 cords ain't nothing compared to Corley's piles, but looks like a mountain when split and stock piled in front of the porch. I split the wood where she falls on the ground, toss to the trails and later haul it all out with the SxS to the pickup. More handling, less input cost and no mess of wood chips, bark and slivers to clean up on the yard. Good exercise and enjoy the fall woods.

[cutterboy]

Hey Al, good job putting your zero turn to good use. There are more important things in this world than mowing the lawn. ;)

[cutterboy]

 More wood is better than not enough of it. 

A simple yet profound truth.
People who heat with gas or oil will buy what they need but many people who heat with wood will buy or cut one less cord than they need.

[Al_Smith]

Al I cannot believe you skidded that log out with the zero turn.  Nice!   8)   :D ;D

I used the Ferguson tractor but the zero turn for no larger than it is is like a tiny bull dozer .I can use it to move the splitter that weighes about a half a ton .When ole Al builds something it's battle ship stout .Now had I been able to raise the front of the smaller log up off the ground the Toro could have moved it .As it is I just use the mower as a little doodle bug to carry my saws ,wedges etc .It will fit between the trees the Fergy can't .It's 54 inches the tractor a shade over 60 inches . 

[SwampDonkey]

What? No David Bradley? :D

Trying out the David Bradley - YouTube

Not sure, but maybe the path was too narrow for the old tractor. That thing looks like a leg or ankle breaker to me. :D

[Al_Smith]

With the front of those teeny pecker poles digging in that guy will never drag them .

[doc henderson]

SD looks like a Man Killer as we called it in the day.     maybe an axle with a set of wheels back a third of the way.  seems like ground friction caused most of your trouble.  a neat toy, but something you need some good mechanical common sense to run.

or a trailer tongue with two wheels like a log arch and pull with that.  

[SwampDonkey]

Yeah Al I agree, and good jilpokes to do harm. He probably never used a skidding cone before.  Was a popular device with winch sleds and pulley or ski-doos on private woodlots, maybe more so in Europe. Seen very few cones and sled winches used here, all I saw was at woodlot demos. The family here used horses, then the skidder. Had to make a living and not fart around. ;)

I think the old fart parks some of that stuff in the bushes over the years and takes a notion to make a video about it, never really making practical use of it. I'm sure he started out using some of that old stuff and gradually graduated to equipment better suited. He's always got multiple mechanical projects under way, an old VW bus, bikes and his old M37 and relics keep him occupied. :D

[cutterboy]

Not very practical but it does look like he is enjoying himself.