The guy forgot to mention the Sycamore that he had cut and stacked, mixed in with the Ash and Locust [emoji2961] Didn’t take any of that.
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Scrounging Firewood (and other stuff)
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I mowed in front of the house just to give the mower a shake down test. Sadly it shakes some. Gonna have to inspect a little closer. Hope its just something minor.
Haven’t cut a tree since December and ran a saw once in January to check the ice thickness. Plan to cut a couple dead trees out of the yard tomorrow.
Get to it. Need to get that testosterone flowing and run some saws. Gets rid of that cabin fever. [emoji106]
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Also the evidence suggests that your testicles (and old fella) shrink if you don't run a saw often enough
.We had a cold front go through yesterday and I've had a chance to burn some of that locust I picked up. Man, it seems ashy. By weight it seems comparable to my other stuff but it's just caked in white ash as it burns. Is that what it does in the northern hemisphere? Maybe it is different down here or maybe it picks up more non-combustible minerals in our particular area, who knows.
Blue gum is pretty ashy too and I think that helps it burn longer than less ashy species of the same density like red gum since the ash coating slows oxygen access to the combustible material underneath. But then you have the ash build up in the heater that pi$$es me off
. I plan to put a peppermint round in beside a locust round in the morning to compare and will report back. In fact, I might try a few different species comparisons for interest's sake.
Also the evidence suggests that your testicles (and old fella) shrink if you don't run a saw often enough
We had a cold front go through yesterday and I've had a chance to burn some of that locust I picked up. Man, it seems ashy. By weight it seems comparable to my other stuff but it's just caked in white ash as it burns. Is that what it does in the northern hemisphere? Maybe it is different down here or maybe it picks up more non-combustible minerals in our particular area, who knows.
Blue gum is pretty ashy too and I think that helps it burn longer than less ashy species of the same density like red gum since the ash coating slows oxygen access to the combustible material underneath. But then you have the ash build up in the heater that pi$$es me off
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I have not burned Locust yet. Just scored some and will be burning this winter, after seasoned. Will let you know.
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You should try spruce then. Softwoods leave less ash
If only we had that wonderful spruce in our area!
I'm still having some mileage issues with my 2.7, but no power issues. They had my lane blocked doing line clearing. I was going slightly up hill with my trailer and mower on the back. The flag guy waved me on and I guess I was taking off too slow, so he started waving the flag for me to get going. I kind of stomped on it and just fried the pass tire.
I've mowed 4 times too. Doing my yard every 4-5 days. My customers that get mowed once a week, the grass was going to hay. I usually mow at 3.5 inches and had to go up to 4 inches to keep from making wind rows. Told them we might have to start mowing every 5 days for a while.
I mowed once, 2 days ago right before the rain … good timing! Cold and windy today (mid 40s), what a change!
Any of you guys in Ontario being affected by the flooding ?
Not me. Despite my muddy yard we are on high ground. Bracebridge and Ottawa Valley are getting flooding.
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Ran about a tank through the 142 today. Cut down a dead jack pine, balsam that was broken off halfway up, and bucked two small black ash that I cut down last year.
Same as inheriting a pile of money, not every one is lucky.
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Scrounged up a truckload from a Facebook marketplace ad for free firewood. There is a lot more there but it is mostly tulip poplar so I dont know how much of it I actually want. Glad things are drying up a bit so I can finally get out and cut a little more.
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I see that it's time for drastic measures in the bad areas
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/snow-removal-flood-pump-ile-bizard-1.5110054
It’s not bad wood. I don’t really scroung. I have 3 farms I can cut standing dead Oak on, so that’s about all I burn. But for free, I’d burn it. I actually like Poplar better for milling.
I don’t know if @Whitespider comes around much any more but here’s a CO-OP brand bias ply still in use on my neighbor’s grader.
