This thread will be an on going update of my winter firewood cutting and splitting season, mostly pictures after this opening post. I knocked out about 15 cords this summer/fall cutting stuff at my summer job at a local tree company. Now that school has started up again and my good buddy Roger has been laid off from his seasonal job, we have been searching locally for spots to cut at.
So far, so good. I have stuck various deals on different sites. One logging site that we have agreed to cut everything and take half. Second, a maple syrup operation that has been doing some thinning to promote sugar maple growth. We are paying a small fee for the wood, but access is great and the wood is almost all cherry; primo condition that will bring high dollars. Third, homeowner with a bunch of bean pole oaks and hickories, all free, but a half hour drive away. Fourth, local homeowner who has a various trees he wants gone and also has some thinning he wants to be done. The beauty of this last spot is that he is tied to a very large farm that could potential open up to many, many acres of tree lines and woods.
Here are some pictures so far. Taken on saturday, the piles have changed drastically. We split most of everything with mauls. If the season goes well, a super split will be in future soon.
The start of our work:
The workhorses. We don't need full size truck to get the job done. Will have some loaded pics soon, all of them are on my phone.
Mostly cherry in that pile from the syrup spot. Big elm rounds from my work, those are for the splitter
The splitter is a huge homemade unit. Over 7 feet tall vertical! The cylinder is off a Cat loader. Works pretty good.
Old gas-job Bobcat for a wood mover. Does a nice job for an older unit. I have been spoiled with the large diesel skids at my work.
Crazy dog named Duke. He chases everything and is lightning fast. Saw him running a deer on Saturday.
That is it for now. I will have some pics of the trucks and saws in the woods soon. Hoping to get a tractor or a skid steer in there too. For the older members, I hope to do just half the job Gypo did with his "tractor in the woodlot" thread!
So far, so good. I have stuck various deals on different sites. One logging site that we have agreed to cut everything and take half. Second, a maple syrup operation that has been doing some thinning to promote sugar maple growth. We are paying a small fee for the wood, but access is great and the wood is almost all cherry; primo condition that will bring high dollars. Third, homeowner with a bunch of bean pole oaks and hickories, all free, but a half hour drive away. Fourth, local homeowner who has a various trees he wants gone and also has some thinning he wants to be done. The beauty of this last spot is that he is tied to a very large farm that could potential open up to many, many acres of tree lines and woods.
Here are some pictures so far. Taken on saturday, the piles have changed drastically. We split most of everything with mauls. If the season goes well, a super split will be in future soon.
The start of our work:
The workhorses. We don't need full size truck to get the job done. Will have some loaded pics soon, all of them are on my phone.
Mostly cherry in that pile from the syrup spot. Big elm rounds from my work, those are for the splitter
The splitter is a huge homemade unit. Over 7 feet tall vertical! The cylinder is off a Cat loader. Works pretty good.
Old gas-job Bobcat for a wood mover. Does a nice job for an older unit. I have been spoiled with the large diesel skids at my work.
Crazy dog named Duke. He chases everything and is lightning fast. Saw him running a deer on Saturday.
That is it for now. I will have some pics of the trucks and saws in the woods soon. Hoping to get a tractor or a skid steer in there too. For the older members, I hope to do just half the job Gypo did with his "tractor in the woodlot" thread!
