Ontario Firewood Resource
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At the house, I'm usually using the propane, but up at the cabin I always use wood.
Mostly we have Ash and Black Cherry up there, no Apple or Hickory. We are getting more Black Birch, so I will have to try that sometime.
I have also found some Hop Hornbeam ... supposed to be very high BTUs, but I don't know how it would be for cooking.
We also have various Maple up there (Stripe, Sugar and Red), but not as common as the Ash, or Black Cherry.
I do like stripping the bark off of the Stripe Maple and using it for railings ... really hardens right up and is easy to debark.
I suppose if I get creative I could use the bark strips as lashing. Sounds like a project to do with the Grandkids!
Hophornbeam is awesome! That's also called ironwood, no? We don't have stripe maple here
Ontario Firewood Resource
Ontario Firewood Resource/ Youtube
Well I think spring is here (well it was, snowing today, lol)
View attachment 896553Area we have been working is underwater most of the summer. Finished this area Thursday, was thawing out fast. Took excavator to upper landing to help the boss push the shop van up to the Hwy, one place had open water.
Wasn’t too bad going over but coming back forward movement stopped (when video ended) tracks spun out trying to get back up onto the ice/snow. Tried pulling myself out with the bucket, no go at first, dug some ice and snow out from in front of the tracks and made kind of a ramp and then was able to pull myself out. Sure was glad, started thinking about those pictures you see with an excavator buried and 5 other pieces of equipment stuck around it trying to get it out, lol.
Quagmire