D
Deleted member 149229
Guest
You’re lucky, most “free” wood ads around here consist of people wanting their yards cleaned up of broken limbs and branches after a storm by labeling it as “free firewood”, more like kindling.
Scrounging Firewood (and other stuff)
- Thread starter mainewoods
- Start date
Help Support Arborist Forum:
They had a few trees cut down, one was the largest Bradford Pear I've ever seen. They have an area about 50x75' that is a pile of branches. I will return to get more of the Cherry branches. I saw a bunch of them 2 to 8" in the pile. I told them I did'nt want the BP trunk laying in the pile but I might get some branches,them logs would weigh 100#s
should work good wading thru the spruce chips.No wood scrounge this weekend yet again
But , I did scrounge up a pair of these
View attachment 668221
20$
SWEET!!! as in black cherry.
D
Deleted member 149229
Guest
Pear any good for smoking? Never tried it.
D
Deleted member 149229
Guest
Never mind, just found some info that says it makes meat taste bitter.
True. It’s hard to know when there’s that much of a difference.
I watch the local ads , I've bought several pair , usually around 50$
I've given a couple of pair to friends and family .
I also picked up a pair of like new Opinel #8's today , one in Sandvik 12C27 and one in carbon steel for 18$ , Awesome slicers
https://www.opinel.com/en/pocket-knives-and-tools/tradition/stainless-steel/n8-stainless-steel
The airport chapel gets all confiscated sharps and sells them to raise money for the chapel .
Today was a good day. This morning I and my 79 yo dad shot clays w my new/used Weatherby SA-08 and it functioned flawlessly. I was worried it might have problems and it was bought "as is" and no returns. We stopped by my brothers on the way back from shooting and he told us he got a nice, brand new log splitter yesterday, horse trading with a friend of his who bought it 2 years ago and a medical condition has prevented him from ever using it. This afternoon I went to get the wood that looked like Red Oak from the cl pic of the sawed top of the 20' trunk laying on the ground and it was cherry. I've never burned wild cherry except for random campfires.
Cherry is great for campfire and smoking meat
Cherry goes great in the woodstove too. Coals up nicely.
Cleaned up a little at FIL's property today. Was good for him to get out for some exercise and I think he enjoyed it. I did the cutting and he ran the tractor and helped load a bit. Went back for another load of deadfall in the Gator to fill the truck. Good day overall.
....dead Dogwood is hands down the best firewood for a campfire here in N.C., even wet once put on a fire It burns like coal w hot, long lasting coals perfect for cast iron frying and dutch ovens and almost no smoke. Back in the day I would search for it and drag it back to our campsites from 100s of yards. I have some in my yard now and I ration it now and then to get a fire going in the fireplace w my almost seasoned firewood.
Dogwoods are planted over here as ornamental trees and they are quite pretty. Previously, I would never have burned one even if it was cut up and dropped off in my driveway. @Philbert made the observation over in the woodpile thread that most of the 'arguments' occur where people are cutting different woods under different conditions. I previously assumed that the local eucalypts here were automatically better than the imported species. It never would have occurred to me that some might be as good or better than the mid-range density eucalypts that grow in my immediate vicinity. I'm going to try to snag a few different introduced species when I can and see how they go. Chances are that most of the locals think the way I used to and will happily give them up.
Cowgirl doesn't like it so much when I inflict dutch ovens on her.
Not sure if this is a northern hemisphere thing or not, but here is the definition, Down Under...
"dutch oven; The act of trapping a person under bed covers after releasing vile ass fumes"
woodchip rookie
Addicted to ArboristSite
woodchip rookie
Addicted to ArboristSite
woodchip rookie
Addicted to ArboristSite
woodchip rookie
Addicted to ArboristSite
Great pics!
Split up one of the geriatric aspen that came down earlier this summer. I’ve been cutting what I refer to as “geriatric” trees for the last nine years (more or less when I joined AS) and not counting the ones along my driveway I only have a half dozen left on the outskirts of my yard. These trees are all original reprog from the logging that was done 100-110 years ago and are well past their prime. Usually are loaded up with “conks” on their trunk and core rot.
I’m noticing the trees growing in sandy/clay soil are significantly larger in diameter than their counterparts up the hill in gravel/rock but usually are much more full of core rot as well.
This tree split like a dream, from the stump to the crown there was only one half of one round that needs noodling.
I’m noticing the trees growing in sandy/clay soil are significantly larger in diameter than their counterparts up the hill in gravel/rock but usually are much more full of core rot as well.
This tree split like a dream, from the stump to the crown there was only one half of one round that needs noodling.
