Scrounging Firewood (and other stuff)

[nomad_archer]

It all goes on pallets or 4x4's after its split. It usually doenst spend much time on the ground but for ease if unloading which usually happens around dark the ground just makes things easy. Speaking of pallets I have to go and scrounge up some of those this weekend as there is probably more wood there than I have pallets for.

Left overs from last year

 

[mainewoods]

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It never ceases to amaze me what people throw away. No splitter, and too lazy to split by hand would be my guess. Or possibly a local tree service dumping them off.

 

[svk]

It never ceases to amaze me what people throw away. No splitter, and too lazy to split by hand would be my guess. Or possibly a local tree service dumping them off.

Well after seeing the tiny trees people will hire a service to drop, its not a surprise that good wood gets thrown away too. Although I guess if someone doesn't burn wood, its all garbage.

 

[Philbert]

Archer, great wood pile, just be sure to get it off the ground when you split it.

Something tells me that nomad_archer would really like the 'split-in-a-tire' technique.

Philbert

 

[DFK]

Hay A. Fart.
Your logs look more like Osage to me.
Is that White, Sticky sap I see running out around the edges??

David

 

[nomad_archer]

Something tells me that nomad_archer would really like the 'split-in-a-tire' technique.

Philbert

I will take the easy way out ---- hydraulic splitter for me if at all possible. Otherwise I just split on a stump or round. No need to get tires involved.

 

[Philbert]

The bungee cord 'trick' is a close relative to the tire technique.

Philbert

 

[MustangMike]

Learn something every day! I will have to bring some bungees the next time I split! (I love the way those Fiskars split most wood)

 

[Philbert]

I will have to bring some bungees the next time I split!

Lots of tire splitting videos on YouTube too.

I like the tire up on a stump or round, instead of a pallet, both for height and support (less bounce).

Philbert

 

[4x4American]

Hay A. Fart.
Your logs look more like Osage to me.
Is that White, Sticky sap I see running out around the edges??

David

I second, dont look like locust from my house

 

[winland]

A guy responded to my CraigsList ad wanting logs/firewood.
He said he had a tree service cut down two trees in his lawn and the trunk portions where available for free.
There were about 10 BIG rounds that ended up being 3 full loads for my truck and trailer.
The saw is a 394xp with a 34" bar.

 

[audible fart]

I second, dont look like locust from my house

I third the motion. Once i got it home i had doubts. Tough to tell for my untrained eye when i'm dealing with just the log and no leaves sometimes. The reason i took is i cut a round then hit it with my X27 to test. It split, so i took it. It does have the white sticky sap around the edges and is pukey yellow green inside. I don't usually find this stuff, maybe it's osage.

 

[4x4American]

Got word in from a friend his pops has a pickup load or so of oak on his property I can come get whenever I want. Also has some trees to drop there, might turn out to be a good scrounging weekend

 

[MustangMike]

Don't know that I have ever had Osage, but it is supposed to be very high BTU.

 

[mainewoods]

Osage is one of the highest BTU fire woods. Great scrounge noisy flatulation!!

 

[audible fart]

Osage is one of the highest BTU fire woods. Great scrounge noisy flatulation!!

It is absolutely unbelievable the sheer tonnage of oak, maple, pear, apple, and everything else thrown away around here. That's what happens when 1 out of 300 people (wild guess) burn yet everybody has trees that they're having cut down.

 

[mainewoods]

Old hacksaw didn't throw wood away!

 

[nomad_archer]

The bungee cord 'trick' is a close relative to the tire technique.

Philbert

Ok Ok I kind of like that alot. I may have to get one of those fancy fiskars as well. The 8lb maul well pretty much sucks the big one when it comes to splitting.

 

[4x4American]

From my point of view, fiskars are over rated. The bits are soft, and when they break, they are throw aways. Sure you might say well they're cheap enough just buy another, but look at that throughout your lifetime, the price of how many times you're gonna buy a new fiskars vs put a new wood handle on an old bit. There's just something to that for me. Keeping it sharp, and using it throughout your lifetime, and then passing it on. All shiny from being work polished. Plus you can always make a handle from a sapling or a branch if need be. Anyways, that's just me.

 

[svk]

Alright, after much deliberation, I've got the mental work order all set for the weekend. With only one day of good weather predicted, I'll accomplish what I can.

1) Big blowdown Norway pine that is getting bucked and will sit in rounds until either fall or next spring.

2) Big yard aspen that could give my sauna building serious problems if we had a strong south wind. If I can fell it to the east, the crown will be a good ways into the thick woods and I won't have to do any cleanup.

3) Smaller mixed species trees along my driveway that try to grab my mirrors. They need to go sooner or later so they may as well go straight into my woodpile.

4) Blowdown aspen along another hunting trail to round out my first load.

5) Still debating between removing the last balsams from around my buildings or going for higher quality wood to round out this year's wood pile. They have to go sometime but I just hate dealing with them.