Scrounging Firewood (and other stuff)

[JimR]

Thanks, I'll be burning ash for years. My oldest son has expressed interest in making firewood to sell. I'll have a good stockpile of logs for him. I think I will have the nicer logs milled. It would be nice to have a supply of lumber with the way things are now.
Hopefully I'll be able to get out tomorrow and get a few more out.

Ash is the fastest drying wood out there and it burns nice and hot. There is very little ash left behind if you can get rid of the bark.

 

[MustangMike]

Anyone wear wrist braces or support while running there saws? My wrists are shot and was wondering if that has helped anyone.

My advice, start doing hand grips to strengthen those wrists.

It is always very important to work on what ever your weakest link is!

 

[Oletrapper]

Some cool bug art when splitting oak. Any ideas on what kind of bug? I only saw a few pockets of tiny ants in other rounds from the same tree.

View attachment 972230

Putting my money on the red oak borer. OT

 

[chipper1]

Thanks, I'll be burning ash for years. My oldest son has expressed interest in making firewood to sell. I'll have a good stockpile of logs for him. I think I will have the nicer logs milled. It would be nice to have a supply of lumber with the way things are now.
Hopefully I'll be able to get out tomorrow and get a few more out.

Just get it off the ground and where it can stay dry/low humidity as it will rot.
That's awesome he's interested . I agree on milling the nicer ones, especially if you have a nice supply of wood/woods available to cut down the road.
I plan on getting out my little ms200 rear handle today and maybe the ported 359. I have the top of one locust I dropped into the edge of the woods I need to pull out and clean up, and a larger BL branch that broke off in the wind a while ago that can be seen from the house. Then I may drop another dead standing BL into the opening I just cleared to help fill the woodshed. If that all goes well I have another BL down out behind the house in a section of the woods I'd like to get cleaned up before the ground thaws this week. The good thing is we will have more light tonight, the bad thing is that we have our church meeting tonight lol. It's currently snowing here, but I'll get out in the next couple hrs.
Have a great day.

 

[chipper1]

Anyone wear wrist braces or support while running there saws? My wrists are shot and was wondering if that has helped anyone.

No, but I'd agree with what mike said, also using smaller/smoother saws could help.

 

[chipper1]

If you burn it hot enough there is no problem. One good hot fire a day will burn off the creosote in the chimney.

I believe in the same. Daily chimney fires , or at least real hot fires to burn the creosote out.

Ash is the fastest drying wood out there and it burns nice and hot. There is very little ash left behind if you can get rid of the bark.

Is it, what about black locust, cherry, walnut? I find those dry faster myself.
Cut late winter/early spring before the sap flows and split right away and they are ready the next burning season .

 

[Marine5068]

I wonder how well your firewood will dry with closed in sides?

All the soffit and rafter areas are open as well it has 1/4" gaps in between all the horizontal siding boards for air flow. It may tale longer without the sun to season some woods, but they'll stay dry continuously until they are seasoned.
The small shed area is for a future woodsplitter.

 

[Marine5068]

View attachment 972741
I was three trees short of my goal. Oh well, it was a great day in the woods. I took a long lunch to warm up and thaw the ice out of my beard. It was 8° when I started and got up to 17°.

Looks like some Ash

 

[H-Ranch]

The ground is frozen this morning and just a light snow still coming down so I figured I should haul a few rounds that appeared. Will try to get more in today around some vehicle work.

 

[chipper1]

The ground is frozen this morning and just a light snow still coming down so I figured I should haul a few rounds that appeared. Will try to get more in today around some vehicle work. View attachment 972959View attachment 972960View attachment 972961

You're right, somebody needs to do something around here .

Is that pine, you'll burn your house down, even though it's 75' away from the OWB.
I'm heading out soon to do something, just waiting for it to warm up a bit more .

 

[Zaedock]

The ground is frozen this morning and just a light snow still coming down so I figured I should haul a few rounds that appeared. Will try to get more in today around some vehicle work.

Still getting to know everyone here, but your wheelbarrow has more miles on it than my ATV trailer.
Pushing through the snow - God bless you man!

 

[old CB]

The ground is frozen this morning and just a light snow still coming down so I figured I should haul a few rounds that appeared. Will try to get more in today around some vehicle work. View attachment 972959View attachment 972960

Wrrr-up, Wrrr-up, PINE ALERT, PINE ALERT. Chimney fire coming! House about to burn down.

 

[djg james]

Wrrr-up, Wrrr-up, PINE ALERT, PINE ALERT. Chimney fire coming! House about to burn down.

That's what I always thought until I read here a lot of you do.

 

[djg james]

I had four 6' x 10' rows of firewood sheltered under my deck for this season. I now have 1/2 a row left. Good thing it's mid March. I do have my 10' x 8' row of mostly Bk Locust in the garage but that's for really cold weather. This week I'm moving a half dozen wheelbarrow loads of Hackberry that fell out of a covered temporary pile. That will burn and the whole pile is slated to be moved to the under-deck racks for 2022 season anyway.
Luckily, we're moving into a warm up, but it was a little chilly overnight. Before I went to bed I tossed on a Hedge split. I love that stuff. Slow burning. Had enough coals to easily start the fire this morning.
I might have to reconsider going after all the hedge my neighbor is ringing in his woods. Despite the creek and a 60' elevation drop. I'll just cut them down and run a sky line across the creek up to a landing in his back yard..... Oops. I've been watching too much Ax Men (lol).

 

[Sawyer Rob]

Pine will burn your house down?? Then why is mine still standing? lol

SR

 

[chipper1]

Pine will burn your house down?? Then why is mine still standing? lol

SR

 

[MustangMike]

Got 2 pieces of bad news today.

1) The local pro firewood guy (I fix his saws and have sold him a couple) passed away. Real nice guy, but did not take care of himself. Was only in his 50s and very overweight. It is a shame, I will miss him, was always a pleasant guy to deal with.

2) The son of my Tree guy friend (who just graduated from HS and works for his Dad) lost the fingertip on his index finger to the log splitter. Be careful out there everyone! The saws and splitters can be very dangerous.

Another month and a couple of days and tax season will end and I can play with saws again! Been very busy this year, and I'm starting to slow down! Just don't have the drive to keep working till 11 or 12 at night any more!

 

[Lionsfan]

Began my 2022 season with a beautiful morning up in the hardwoods.

 

[chipper1]

Got 2 pieces of bad news today.

1) The local pro firewood guy (I fix his saws and have sold him a couple) passed away. Real nice guy, but did not take care of himself. Was only in his 50s and very overweight. It is a shame, I will miss him, was always a pleasant guy to deal with.

2) The son of my Tree guy friend (who just graduated from HS and works for his Dad) lost the fingertip on his index finger to the log splitter. Be careful out there everyone! The saws and splitters can be very dangerous.

Another month and a couple of days and tax season will end and I can play with saws again! Been very busy this year, and I'm starting to slow down! Just don't have the drive to keep working till 11 or 12 at night any more!

Wow that's a double bummer Mike. Always important for us to keep our head on straight when we're out there cutting and splitting thanks for the reminder.
Hope you get a break soon with the taxes I seen still need to get mine done for the year and can get back to cutting.

 

[CDElliott]

My mother was an OT, and she fixed up/bought light bars for some of her friends and clients. I just use full spectrum lights in a few places, if it's a really lousy winter - working outside (I shoe horses for a living) gets me as much sun exposure as possible in a Michigan winter, but some years that's not even enough.

Sounds like "SAD", Seasonal Affective Disorder.
https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases...fective-disorder/symptoms-causes/syc-20364651