our firewood craziness.......

[mn woodcutter]

So many of my friends and family joke about my firewood craziness. They make fun of my love of chainsaws and for pointing out dead standing hardwood when I am out and about. Anybody else get this?

 

[svk]

Yes

 

[longbowch]

You have a problem....lol

 

[svk]

I now have two long time friends who send me pictures every time they make firewood. Birds of a feather lol

 

[mn woodcutter]

What are some of the things that your friends and family make fun of you for? My kids make fun of me for being on a firewood forum.

 

[svk]

What are some of the things that your friends and family make fun of you for? My kids make fun of me for being on a firewood forum.

My obsession with making wood. Most people don't understand. It provides great mental clarity at least for me.

 

[tla100]

Yeah, every dead standing tree makes me think, instant heat. To me it is fun, I don't dread cutting or splitting. The right equipment makes the difference too, much more enjoyable bucking logs with my MS440 than the old Super XL Auto. That thing would get so hot the gas would boil. Just picked up a MS660 powerhead, can't wait to get it together and go to town!!! I got a couple firewood buddies too, wife just shakes her head when we get together and talk wood.....lol

 

[Backyard Lumberjack]

I think it pays good tribute to our pioneering forefathers. I am glad I have no competition for the downed oak where I live... I drag most of it home...

 

[Shagbark]

My workout equipment is manufactured by Kubota, Husqvarna, Stihl, Iron & Oak, Ford, CAM Superline, Fiskars, Wetterlings, Plumb, and makes me sexy for my wife. My teen kids have Stihls instead of video games. Not one of them is lazy.

 

[Backyard Lumberjack]

Urban Forestry

dragging some of it home...

several oak trunks, and some old raspy roots. had to pre wash all of them, but ok for outdoor use... and cut into stix nicely...



bit more than an afternoon job!

 

[turnkey4099]

Even my freinds who also cut wood think I have a problem. With some 80 cords in the stacks already, I am still out ther cutting every chance I get.

"No, officer, I am just out here 'wooding'".

That got taken wrongly for some reason.

Harry K

 

[Brewz]

I wander off to the garage to play with saws, sharpen chains, mix fuel, dress a bar, there is always something to do, and my wife says "off to visit your mistresses in the garage again?
I also tend to seek out more firewood than I can handle. Several large tree's blew down on my parents property recently and I have cut most of it up.
My old man told me he didnt want me to wear out my saws and I said "Its fine...... that just means I get to pull them apart and fix them.

I find both the cutting of the wood, splitting it and working on the saws therapeutic. Probably because I grew up on the land and now spend my days cooped up in a small room under lights behind a computer at work.
Its just me, the saw and the wood and I enjoy it.

My wife tells me I am crazy but also says she wont mind too much come winter when we will be warm as toast!

 

[farmer steve]

Yeah, every dead standing tree makes me think, instant heat. To me it is fun, I don't dread cutting or splitting. The right equipment makes the difference too, much more enjoyable bucking logs with my MS440 than the old Super XL Auto. That thing would get so hot the gas would boil. Just picked up a MS660 powerhead, can't wait to get it together and go to town!!! I got a couple firewood buddies too, wife just shakes her head when we get together and talk wood.....lol

i wonder if the girls talk wood when they get together?

 

[Brewz]

They likely discuss length and girth, the same as we do

 

[square1]

They likely discuss length and girth, the same as we do

DBH?
I have always been crazy, it keeps me from going insane!

 

[x308]

Some people can walk through the forest and not see the firewood.

 

[babybart]

I keep my addiction secret, except here! Anybody know where I can score a dime piece of oak, red or white doesn't matter....

 

[autoimage]

Yes..and i made the mistake of telling my wife i wanted to be buried with my 372...never hear the end of that

 

[TimberWolf530]

My kids make fun of me because every time we're out and I see a dead tree, I usually mutter something about it. Now they beat me to the punch, and point them out to me. It's become kind of a game of "who can spot the firewood first".

 

[svk]

My kids make fun of me because every time we're out and I see a dead tree, I usually mutter something about it. Now they beat me to the punch, and point them out to me. It's become kind of a game of "who can spot the firewood first".

That's awesome.