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  1. Philbo

    What axe do I want?

    I have used a handful of different tools for smacking wedges when felling. Fiskars X7 hatchet has seen the most use recently, but only because it's small and I already have it, and I don't feel like dragging anything long through the woods. It performs ok in small to medium trees, but really...
  2. Philbo

    New soapstone

    Love our soapstone stove. The heat is very cozy, indeed. Will probably fire it up for 1st time of the season tomorrow evening. Congrats on the new stove. What model is that? We considered hearthstone before we bought the Woodstock Fireview refurb directly (nearly 1/2 price of new and was...
  3. Philbo

    Buying log length now

    Good advice there ^
  4. Philbo

    Buying log length now

    I would think any time outside of snowy/icy conditions would warrant some dirt on the logs from skidding, but it really wouldn't be dirty on the entire log. Especially if it's grapple skidder; mostly just the tail end that was dragging the ground and it shouldn't be that bad unless they're...
  5. Philbo

    My firewood moisture readings... And fresh cut dead white oak

    Gotta love locust! I have the same moisture meter (from lowes, I think) and it has surprised me on more than one occasion. Standing dead locust, freshly felled and split I have seen around 15-16% before with that meter. Downed (for years) white oak limb, freshly split has measured upwards of...
  6. Philbo

    Buying log length now

    Cut for firewood to burn this winter, you mean? I would say that is a bad idea as the logs you get will almost certainly be green and freshly cut and still have quite a bit of moisture in them. Great idea to buy now to work up for next year's wood supply, but even still I would wait until...
  7. Philbo

    Selling Logs to a firewood buyer

    Do you have a good way to efficiently unload 16' +? log length at home? By that I mean a pretty stout loader with grapple/thumb or at least pallet forks? And do you have room for stacks of logs at home before/during processing? If not, I would just stick to splitting on site in the woods as...
  8. Philbo

    Selling Logs to a firewood buyer

    Who wants to take the time to mill out of tops? Usually pretty marginal wood for sawing. IMO, the tops are by and large, by definition, the part of the tree that is no longer producing saw logs. Tops are perfect firewood, though. Is he picking them up or are you delivering? Maybe he needs...
  9. Philbo

    Score, power company took down a tree

    Black gum is about the worst wood I've had the displeasure to split….worse than hickory and doesn't burn anywhere close to hickory. Free is free though. Hard to pass up at the end of the street!
  10. Philbo

    Firewood Pallets w/ Welded Wire or Field Fence?

    100' roll of welded wire is $60-75 and I can make 8 or 9 baskets with 1 roll which is roughly 3 cords worth.
  11. Philbo

    Firewood Pallets w/ Welded Wire or Field Fence?

    I use welded wire fencing (4' tall, 4"x2" spacing) for mine. Stapled directly to pallet (oak pallets can be a pain to staple) and am using heavy duty zip ties to fasten the ends together, but you could also use T-post "clips" or just snip the ends of you extra fence overlap and tie/wrap it over...
  12. Philbo

    Pallet fork grapple build...

    SWEET! That looks great. Nice looking welding, too. I use pallet forks quite a bit to load logs on a portable band mill and sometimes really wish I had that setup to hold the logs back a bit.
  13. Philbo

    Finally got to try out the new wood hauler.

    Gotta love the flatbeds! I love mine and wouldn't think of having it any other way with a 1 ton truck. Very versatile especially with hideaway GN ball….though I'd love to have mine be a dump bed and have hideaway hitch. Don't know how well it would tow though with a dump bed. Must be pretty...
  14. Philbo

    A few pics kiln hoop shed processed wood

    Keep em coming! Always good to see pics of folks' operations. How long does the hoop shed wood sit and season before it gets sold? Who do you normally sell to and do you bundle or sell bulk?
  15. Philbo

    Moveable/stackable wood boxes made from pallets?

    What is the 850 rated to lift with 3 pt? 1/3 cord of seasoned oak likely weighs 1600-1900# by my internet research and estimation, but I wonder what your oak tote really weighs. Either way, that's great that it'll lift her no prob! Do you have any counter weight on the front end besides just...
  16. Philbo

    Moveable/stackable wood boxes made from pallets?

    They normally go for around $50-100 each in these parts. If they were under $20, I'd be buying all I could get my hands on and stacking em everywhere!
  17. Philbo

    Moveable/stackable wood boxes made from pallets?

    To update this thread for anyone interested, I've been making these recently. Pretty quick and relatively cheap to make. If I could find the empty tote containers (stackable) for super cheap like some of y'all, I'd probably go that route. Stackable would be nice. 4' tall, 4"x2" spacing...
  18. Philbo

    Sold 036 Pro

    Wasn't trying to start anything, but glad that the seller is vouched for and known around these parts. best of luck with sale!
  19. Philbo

    Sold 036 Pro

    No offense, as that looks like a nice saw and you may be as honest as the day was hot today, but most folks are gonna be more than a bit skeptical buying from someone with no previous posts on this site. Not really much you can do about that other than hang around, introduce yourself and become...
  20. Philbo

    Looking at new Wood Stoves.....

    Two other brands/models we were really looking at before we settled on Fireview were Pacific Energy T-5, T-6 and Jotul Oslo, F-118. In the end, I think we would have been happy with any of those, but still glad we chose the Fireview.
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