kmcinms
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You should channel all that energy...cutting wood!! The proper length, mind you...:hmm3grin2orange:
Ya just gotta' love a man with a sense of humor!
In keeping with Colin's line of thinking, has there been any updates on what is happening with the wood? Any chance the discussion will make the national headlines or do you think it will stay here in the front lines on arboristsite.com? We need an update on the length of your wood!!!!
Page 8 yet?
Seriously? SIX FRIGGIN' PAGES!
Have you called the guy yet?
Cutting firewood to the same length isn't difficult or time consuming. It doesn't require tape measures, markers, gauges, strings, sticks, or any such. Simply use the bar attached to the saw (or the bar and saw if using a short bar), place some marks on it using automotive touch-up paint if you have to. Giving the saw a quarter-turn, and making a visual reference (such as a break in the bark, a bit of moss, even a stray saw chip) as you position yourself for the next cut adds zero time to the job.
...I can't figure out why a guy who talks about spending zero time on making sure all cuts are the same but then takes all that time to make those piles look so perfect.
Beechwood fires are bright and clear
If the logs are kept a year,
Chestnut's only good they say,
If for logs 'tis laid away.
Make a fire of Elder tree,
Death within your house will be;
But ash new or ash old,
Is fit for a queen with crown of gold.
Birch and fir logs burn too fast
Blaze up bright and do not last,
it is by the Irish said
Hawthorn bakes the sweetest bread.
Elm wood burns like churchyard mould,
E'en the very flames are cold
But Ash green or Ash brown
Is fit for a queen with golden crown.
Poplar gives a bitter smoke,
Fills your eyes and makes you choke,
Apple wood will scent your room
Pear wood smells like flowers in bloom
Oaken logs, if dry and old
keep away the winter's cold
But Ash wet or Ash dry
a king shall warm his slippers by.
Nothing to do with the length of wood, but I liked it.
Well, I've heard, or read, that comment before when I've posted that pic in other threads.
Seriously, it doesn't take "all that [much] time to make those piles look so perfect". I can stack like that just as fast as you can hand me the splits, or as fast has I can grab them from the trailer. Probably helps some that they're all the same length... but still, I can stack pretty darn fast. Really it shouldn't take any longer to stack neatly than it does to stack sloppy... and if you do it neatly, you only need to do it once. I just set one atop of the next, keeping the front edge flush as I go... don't take no time at all.
Well, I've heard, or read, that comment before when I've posted that pic in other threads.
Seriously, it doesn't take "all that [much] time to make those piles look so perfect". I can stack like that just as fast as you can hand me the splits, or as fast has I can grab them from the trailer. Probably helps some that they're all the same length... but still, I can stack pretty darn fast. Really it shouldn't take any longer to stack neatly than it does to stack sloppy... and if you do it neatly, you only need to do it once. I just set one atop of the next, keeping the front edge flush as I go... don't take no time at all.
Beechwood fires are bright and clear
If the logs are kept a year,
Chestnut's only good they say,
If for logs 'tis laid away.
Make a fire of Elder tree,
Death within your house will be;
But ash new or ash old,
Is fit for a queen with crown of gold.
Birch and fir logs burn too fast
Blaze up bright and do not last,
it is by the Irish said
Hawthorn bakes the sweetest bread.
Elm wood burns like churchyard mould,
E'en the very flames are cold
But Ash green or Ash brown
Is fit for a queen with golden crown.
Poplar gives a bitter smoke,
Fills your eyes and makes you choke,
Apple wood will scent your room
Pear wood smells like flowers in bloom
Oaken logs, if dry and old
keep away the winter's cold
But Ash wet or Ash dry
a king shall warm his slippers by.
Nothing to do with the length of wood, but I liked it.
Well, I've heard, or read, that comment before when I've posted that pic in other threads.
Seriously, it doesn't take "all that [much] time to make those piles look so perfect". I can stack like that just as fast as you can hand me the splits, or as fast has I can grab them from the trailer. Probably helps some that they're all the same length... but still, I can stack pretty darn fast. Really it shouldn't take any longer to stack neatly than it does to stack sloppy... and if you do it neatly, you only need to do it once. I just set one atop of the next, keeping the front edge flush as I go... don't take no time at all.
ok, man, very nice, but....who is the author?
I was wondering about that. Making an assumption here but from your "front side" the back side would be uneven/ragged?
Probably not as "uneven/ragged" as you're thinking Harry... The splits are pretty darn close to the same length, except for an occasional ooops.
Here's a pic showing the back-side of some of the stacks.
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