Alright.. Fess up.. Who's NOT ready?

[bluestem]

I still have some room in my woodshed for this winter. I'm not too worried about it as I also have about 4 different trees at work that I know I can go cut up this fall still that will easily get me what I need. I also have wood ready for next year if need be, I don't really want to break into those stacks though.

 

[jcl]

I'm a little different 6 cords cut and stacked sitting pretty new wood doctor that I ordered in may not here???
They keep telling me they don't have a full truck load going east yet to send it. I'm not happy!

still waitiing!! ABF fright picked it up fri in south dakota

 

[wendell]

Hmmm, logging or goofing off...................... That's a hard one.
When is the GTG and where? Guess I need to look for the thread on it. If you have not guessed by now, never even thought about it.

It's next Saturday. Thread is in the Chainsaw Stickies forum.

 

[Henry and Wanda]

Hello,
I'll confess.....I'm not ready yet !!!!!!! It's been raining so much here that it's hard to get any outside work done !!!!!! However, the weather report says that it should be a nice week coming up, so I'm hoping to get more dead standing stuff dropped and bucked. Also, Wanda is ready to help me run the splitter and get it stacked. I hope it will be a productive week !!!!!!!!


Henry and Wanda

 

[StephieDoll]

View attachment 201376Got a little closer today. Tree company droped off a couple years ago. Mix of Mullberry, maple & sycamore, small leaf elm. Cut and split this load today.

 

[ptabaka]

wood

that was when i started my first year burning all i did was burn green after that year i was 2 years ahead some years you get lots of wood some years less just get more then you use no problem after that not to be smart just my 2 cents

 

[Jaberwky]

Holy hell! How big is your house?

Mine is 4000+ with 2 blowers. I go through 12+ cords a year in NW Minnesota. My son & I cut & stacked over 5 cord this weekend and there's at least 3 cord cut in a pile, plus at least 3 cord in log length still. It was over 80 degrees here today (Oct. 2 - WOW!!!) so not a fun day to be dressed in full cutting gear and tossing big hunks of wood around.

BUT - it could be worse. It was a really nice weekend and I got to spend it outside with the dogs.

 

[spike60]

I'm fortunate because I've never been this fat with wood. Got 3+ years here, and I can get as much more as I want. Logger/buddy doing a woodlot 5 miles from the house. Doesn't get any better than that.

 

[KsWoodsMan]

ready ? hmmm short answer , No.

Long answer is 'sort of'.

Mine's been cut to stove length and stacked since last fall, 5+ cords. I couldn't get in to haul it out for one reason or another. Wet last Fall so I walked in to cut, Never froze good in the bottom land without snow so there it set all winter. Spring was wet when I had free time. Summer I couldn't cross cropland to get there and wasn't fighting the blazing heat after harvest. Fall well, here we are and I'm looking at the 1/4 cord left from last year. Barring bad luck and wood thieves finding my stash I'm 2 years ahead. I have some of a 2 1/2 cord takedown from a dead Elm on the trailer for next year. The rest is waiting for me to make time to go after it. I'll feel a lot better once it is all safe and secure at home.

Who's up for splitting some nice Elm , by hand ?

 

[timberdollars]

READY "ok"

well just to add to the mix, I'm ready!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I cut 20 cords last year, I burn 7-8 a year.

Problem alot is rotting as most is stacked outside, woodshed (s) only hold 11 cords. And a horrible rainy snowy last winter.summer!!!!

Guess I'll cut another two years worth!!!!!!!

 

[AIM]

Thanks a bunch Timber. If you were closer I'd just come steal your wood.:biggrin:

 

[Rio_Grande]

I am not even close to being ready. This was going to be our first year cutting all our own wood. In years past I would buy a couple cords and cut a few. Usually around 6 cord for a winter. Well I bought my own place and decided I was going to cut all the dead stuff from the property. Well it hasnt added up to near as much as I thought it would. A quantity of it is in our bottoms and i havent got the road cut that far into the property yet. I am going to spend some time on the loader this weekend and see if I can get cut on back to at least the second ridge top, but that is 3 times the road I have gotten cut all summer.

I may buy 3 or 4 cords to get us going. then try and be ready for next year.

 

[ts39136]

Whew... I measured three times... I'm pretty almost definite that I have enough, but in a week or so I'll probably be sure that I don't then go out and get more.

 

[Locust Cutter]

ready ? hmmm short answer , No.

Long answer is 'sort of'.

Mine's been cut to stove length and stacked since last fall, 5+ cords. I couldn't get in to haul it out for one reason or another. Wet last Fall so I walked in to cut, Never froze good in the bottom land without snow so there it set all winter. Spring was wet when I had free time. Summer I couldn't cross cropland to get there and wasn't fighting the blazing heat after harvest. Fall well, here we are and I'm looking at the 1/4 cord left from last year. Barring bad luck and wood thieves finding my stash I'm 2 years ahead. I have some of a 2 1/2 cord takedown from a dead Elm on the trailer for next year. The rest is waiting for me to make time to go after it. I'll feel a lot better once it is all safe and secure at home.

Who's up for splitting some nice Elm , by hand ?

Piss Elm or Red?

 

[Photog95]

Piss Elm or Red?

If it's piss elm I would be happy to swing a maul to help out. Red elm? PASS!!!

 

[AIM]

Got back to the woods after work yesterday. Concentrated on blocking up big stuff for the splitter. Looks like I have about a truckload of small stuff left till it's time for the splitter. Then I would guess about 4 truckloads ready to split. 6-7 if I go after this big sycamore that is down.
(to explain a bit) The way I typically cut is to drop the trees and load the stuff that is to small to split. After I have a bunch of big stuff lying around the woods The wife and I take the splitter back and clean up all the trees. The I'll start all over dropping trees and loading the tops. I don't know if this is the most efficient method but it seems to work out for me.
About that sycamore. It fell last fall from a wind storm. Bil and I cleaned up the top and the BIG base is still laying there. I'll bet 2-3 truckloads maybe more. The dilemma is all the ash that is there. Don't know if I wanna spend the time with the sycamore or just let her lie there and rot and get the ash.

 

[KsWoodsMan]

Piss Elm or Red?

Oh I wish it was Red Elm ! I think it was a Siberian Elm to be honest. The bark was darker than what I call American Elm. Structure was similar to Red Elm, straight with few forks, and didn't have a dark heartwood or that cinnamon smell when cutting rounds.

It's dry enough it doesn't tear apart. Between a couple different axes I have and the maul it won't stand a chance, when I make time for it. The first couple'o whacks bounce off then you hear the tell tell 'POP' and I know it's owned.

We are a long ways from me worrying about going cold this winter

 

[Toddppm]

Better late then never. I just started splitting last week. Luckily for me most of my wood is from dead oak and locust that's been cut for a while. Still needs to be split to dry the rest of the way. Only about 7 or 8 more cords to go!