The Daily Firewood Picture Thread

[jimbarry]

Nothing gets wasted. Even the hardwood ends get sold.

20220907 Firewood hardwood ends - YouTube

[Al_Smith]

That mention of fruit wood rings a memory .On the home place where my niece now lives was a big fat apple tree that eventually dies at well over 100 years old .As a kid of about 10 or 11 I built a tree house in it and nailed it .At over 60 years old I dead wooded it and hit those danged nails .The old tree got even with me . The wind eventually got it  .That wood is all in the barn now saved for smoking wood .

[Tom K]

I'm going to miss that ash .I might get another 4-5 years out of dead falls for fire wood then it's all gone .

You must be having better luck then I am then. I dropped a couple dead standing ash last year that were not even worth cutting. Just soft and punky. Around here at least there is very little ash worth cutting, either standing or down. The only ones that have been solid are the smaller 6-8" trees, I'm assuming they made it through the first flush of EAB and were killed by a later group.
I do agree I'm going to miss it. Has been my favorite wood to cut & split.

[stavebuyer]

I tried several different styles of pallets. I ended up deciding a concrete pad was the best solution for me.
Issues I had with "stacks" are the single stack pallet is unstable to move. Even if you band it the wood shrinks and the bark slips as it dries. Double stacked pallets the inside face will not dry if the stacks are tight and will be unstable if they are not. Crates work fine but that's a big investment in a container for a low value product.

A grapple or even a fixed bucket with teeth to get the wood rolling into the bucket stored and loaded off concrete is an efficient way to go. It's not cheap but neither is the time and money to build and stack on pallets. If you sell measured dump it into a measured truck, trailer, or "measuring box" at sale time. Wood spilts in a large pile on concrete will season. The stuff underneath does not get as much air but doesn't get wet either.

[jimbarry]

Concrete would be nice but wicked expensive. For us, customers seeing rows and rows of crates with wood drying sells itself. 

20220908 2 cord loading and delivery - YouTube

[Al_Smith]

The downed ash at least from my perspective will remain solid unless it's right down in the mud . The sap wood could be punky but the heart wood is solid and hard as rock .Very very few still standing and those are less than 12 inches .The hundred footers fell over years ago .The roots give away and the wind takes them .I've got a lot downed 4 to 6 inch stuff .It takes a lot of cuts but you don't need to split them . 

[jimbarry]

Did this four times this morning. In total, 256 cu ft.



 

[Bruno of NH]

Your firewood operation is very neat and organized. Mine is a mess right now

[barbender]

Mine too, Bruno. Mine too.

[jmur1]

I am guessing it pays to keep everything clean.  I tripped over a small chunk of wood last year that resulted in a meniscus tear in my knee.  This led to minor surgery that has taken close to 1 year to get back to where I was before I tripped on the wood.  This getting old sucks...  However very nice looking worksite!  

[Corley5]

I got a train load of 100" red oak in yesterday while I was working on getting out wood for the train load that came in today.  I told the guy I'm working with I'll run the forwarder through next Friday and then I am back to firewood.  I've close to 400 face cords on my list.  Winter's coming.



 

 

[Al_Smith]

Mine certainly is not the amount shown by any means .I added about a cord and a half from wind blown linden trees .Not good firewood but it all burns .As the logs got larger the rounds 

 got too big for me to handle some " noodling " was needed .Saw is a Stihl 038 AV I forgot I even owned .I gave it the "treatment" 10-12 years ago and for 60 cc's it does very well .

[jimbarry]

Earlier today...

20220917 1 cord delivery to New Glasgow - YouTube

[Hilltop366]

Always a good sign when it sounds like bowling pins coming off the truck.

[barbender]

That's a great setup you have, Jim👍

[cutterboy]

Yes Jim, really nice set up. And that bag of kindling is the cherry on top.

[Al_Smith]

Some of this stuff will be firewood .Maybe some will be out rigger pads . 100 foot cotton wood a tad over 5 feet .084 Stihl and a 70 year old Oliver dozer on a one inch nylon rope to tip it .I mapped out the lay and only missed it by about 1 foot .
Dang thing up and died on me and this one could do a lot of damage and it could have hit my house ,not good .
I was on  the dozer and missed the look on these kid's faces but Georgia said it was priceless .They may never see something like this ever again but I'll bet they will always remember it .

  

[Al_Smith]

I guess this is related to firewood but more so to a splitter .So Tom who gave me a hand with the cotton wood owns a tree service .They also sell firewood during heating season .He has three splitters and recently bought another .Looks brand new .Yard Max whatever that is , 30 ton .Danged thing would not build pressure but the cylinder would move just no split .I knew it related to the control valve .Sure enough somebody had it apart and got an o-ring in the wrong place .Easy fix,20 minutes .I wish they were all that easy . ;D I ran a couple of rounds of white oak and it went through them like hot knife through butter .Nice machine .

 

[Al_Smith]

I discovered something today I never knew .I cut on some of the top dead limbs from that monster tree and they were hard as dry maple .Sounded like bowling pins if you clank  them together .I had never cut a cotton wood before except a few hazard trees .I had no idea they could get hard as a rock .If that's the case it might take me 6 months to cut it up but my word I'd have three years of firewood .

[cutterboy]

Slabs cut up in the slab rack. It's all ash.


 
A bucket load of slabs ready for transport to the barn to be stacked.


 
Stacked in the barn and will sit there till this time next year. Then it will be moved to my basement.


 
Below is some of the firewood cut from the tops of the ash trees. It will be split and stacked in the barn in December or January.


 
There is still a lot more firewood on the ground in the woods I need to get. After I finish sawing the logs I'll go after them. The work never ends.

   Keep on cutting.....Cutter

[SwampDonkey]

I intend to hit'r on Monday, weather permitting. I've got to run the clearing saw a short while to clean up the main trail of hardwood suckers and weeds. Perhaps lay down some corduroy in a couple spots. Then full speed ahead. :D Best time of the year for woods work my friends.

[jimbarry]

Good Saturday mornin' all.

20221008 Crackin' and Stackin' on an October Saturday - YouTube

[Hilltop366]

Jim my brother was in New Glasgow this week and said how many trees were blown down from hurricane Fiona, I suspect your area is the same. Will their be a glut of firewood in the future?

[jimbarry]

Jim my brother was in New Glasgow this week and said how many trees were blown down from hurricane Fiona, I suspect your area is the same. Will their be a glut of firewood in the future?

The amount of trees down wouldn't put a noticeable dent in the overall demand. If anything, the harvesting of the trees blown down in the forest might be a bit more difficult. If it takes the harvesters longer to pick through the mess they might charge more, in turn, we pay more and therefore would have to charge more.

[jimbarry]

0ºC at 7am. Perfect weather and time of day to be blocking.