Scrounging Firewood (and other stuff)

[farmer steve]

Locust?

Or hickory. You know how us PA wood snobs are.

 

[MustangMike]

IMO, Cherry coals up a lot!

 

[U&A]

IMO, Cherry coals up a lot!

Yup,

Black locust and cherry coal a LOT. Crack the door and full open damper. Get some heat out of them.


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[turnkey4099]

Well, darn, snowed out. Was out splitting big willow rounds for next year's sale... if it dries enough. Cut like a crazy fool all summer on the willow clearance project trying to beat a guy before he built fences. Hauled big chunks and stacked, working now on the split/pile. Almost finished cord #8 with what looks like 6 or 7 to go.

It was spitting snow when I went to the morning coffee club, came home to no snow so rea paper until 10 then figured I couild probably stand to split one garden wagon load of chunks (6-7 big rounds/chunks). It started another snow shower about the time I finished the second load. Came in with shoes soaked, gloves soaked, hoody jacket soaked. Fired up the stove and it is now ringed with chaird holding stuff to dry.

Temp here finally dropped back to normal season. hi's/lo's right around freezing.

Great. Nice day to split, 30 degrees, slight breeze, all dressed up, moved load to splitter and the starter recoil packed it in, drags, pawls don't catch. Back to split by hand for that load.

Removed the starter, something dragging badly and the pawls don't move. Last 'fix-it' guy in town quit about 15 years ago. I'll have to do some research for another guy.

I did discoverthat we are just now getting into winter and my so-called 'condition' has gone to ***** all ready. One load manual split and I couldn't face another one.

 

[James Miller]

Locust?

Or hickory. You know how us PA wood snobs are.

Or mulberry. Theres a little of all of the above on the porch right now.

 

[chipper1]

Or mulberry. Theres a little of all of the above on the porch right now.

That would do it too .

 

[chipper1]

Or hickory. You know how us PA wood snobs are.

That would also work. I hardly get any, and when I do it's half rotten so I just toss it on the pit .

 

[Smacktooth]

So I landed a pretty big score this past week! A friend of a friend’s brother passed away recently, and was a pretty extreme hoarder, mostly of cars but also wood. his family is working to clean out his property and get ready for an auction in the spring, a monumental task by the looks of it. Anyway, there’s covered stacks of wood all over the place, and they want it all gone. It’s mostly oak, a bit of poplar and other random bits, some is rotted and useless, but the majority is mostly seasoned just needs to be split. There’s also an old splitter in a shed with a bunch already split wood. I may try to fix it up and get it working. These pics are load #2, there’s probably at least 3 more, if I pack it in more.

this is my dads work truck, obviously not ideal. I am on the look out for a cheap truck, buuuut that’s another story...

 

[Philbert]

You will do them a favor by sorting out the good and bad wood. Then, maybe, leaving them a neat pile to haul away or burn in a bonfire, along with some cleared out spaces.

Philbert

 

[chipper1]

So I landed a pretty big score this past week! A friend of a friend’s brother passed away recently, and was a pretty extreme hoarder, mostly of cars but also wood. his family is working to clean out his property and get ready for an auction in the spring, a monumental task by the looks of it. Anyway, there’s covered stacks of wood all over the place, and they want it all gone. It’s mostly oak, a bit of poplar and other random bits, some is rotted and useless, but the majority is mostly seasoned just needs to be split. There’s also an old splitter in a shed with a bunch already split wood. I may try to fix it up and get it working. These pics are load #2, there’s probably at least 3 more, if I pack it in more.

this is my dads work truck, obviously not ideal. I am on the look out for a cheap truck, buuuut that’s another story...

What's up buddy.
Nice score.
As Phibert was saying I'm sure they will appreciate whatever you can do to help.
If you need any help getting the splitter going just let us know, lots of knowledgeable folks up in this thread.

 

[MechanicMatt]

SVK, this is for you. I know you love your axes. Seen this over in WTF thread

 

[dancan]

It was our anniversary yesterday, so I went out for dinner. Had peppercorn Tuna (rare), and it was real good!

Cowboy, those almost look like little Blue Fish, and the description matches! The are great fighters, but not the best for eating! They also have razor sharp teeth, and they will go for you!

Congrats Mike !
Celebrated ours yesterday as well

 

[svk]

SVK, this is for you. I know you love your axes. Seen this over in WTF threadView attachment 780635

Nice, I saved that one!

 

[svk]

With extreme cold tomorrow, I emptied 5 gallons of ash and coals out of the boiler. Would have liked to let the coals burn down a bit more but didn’t feel like flipping back to propane for another 24 hours. The old ash bucket is out in the middle of the driveway in 8” of snow so all of the coals can safely burn out.

 

[Smacktooth]

What's up buddy.
Nice score.
As Phibert was saying I'm sure they will appreciate whatever you can do to help.
If you need any help getting the splitter going just let us know, lots of knowledgeable folks up in this thread.

thanks! Yeah I will definitely be looking for help if I decide to try and make the splitter a project. I think they said it was a 10-ton, that's kinda puny, yes?

 

[Hinerman]

What's up bud.
Nice scrounge.
I like the heavy duty mesh on the trailer. I've considered putting something on the sides of mine, but I wanted to be able to put straps through it and plywood or aluminum wouldn't work well. I think that mesh will, need to start watching for some.

I get straps through mine. I guess it depends on the size of the strap. You could remove a bar every so often to make room for a larger strap

 

[MechanicMatt]

It’s a little on the small side, but it beats breaking your back....

thanks! Yeah I will definitely be looking for help if I decide to try and make the splitter a project. I think they said it was a 10-ton, that's kinda puny, yes?

 

[KiwiBro]

Nobody around here has the machinery to flatten this wide, or if they do they have zero time/motivation to say yes, so...time to build a bigger router sled. Used the sawmill rail extensions as the bed, and the rails as the rails for the sled. Doing some rough maths, at under an inch coverage per pass, and over 12' long = might get it flattened by the night before xmas.

 

[JustJeff]

Came home today and hopped in the shower before going Christmas shopping. Shower was.... invigorating! Boiler was flashing an error code. Tried to reset to no avail. Opened the burner cabinet and dang! Warped plate and burned parts. Tossed a couple serious chunks in the stove as we are obviously wood only for a bit. Forgot about damping it down for a few minutes until I smelled the stove! Gonna change my name to JeezJeff!

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[woodchip rookie]

With extreme cold tomorrow, I emptied 5 gallons of ash and coals out of the boiler. Would have liked to let the coals burn down a bit more but didn’t feel like flipping back to propane for another 24 hours. The old ash bucket is out in the middle of the driveway in 8” of snow so all of the coals can safely burn out.

Get a fry strainer and sift the ashes out and put the hot coals back in