Scrounging Firewood (and other stuff)

[MustangMike]

Siberian Nuclear Elm

 

[chipper1]

Siberian Nuclear Elm

Looks like they been hit with a bomb after a windy day, dang things are messy.
I have a branch about 2" in the front from one on the ground, anyone want to come get it, it's going in the fire pit .

 

[turnkey4099]

Decided it was a good day to start cleaning up the shorts/uglies pile and start filling the cage[/ATTACH] This is where shorts and uglies go to season. Just toss them in and forget about them. Got about 1/3 filled with that truck load. Theres at least one more truck load to go. The cage holds enough to heat the house for a couple weeks or more when full. Saves the good stuff for another time.

In the past I 'sorta' stacked them against a fence to season and then burned them first at the beginning of the season. Last year I cut around 16 cord and am still working at split/pile - still have about 3-4 to go. I got way more uglies than I can use so am tossing them on top of the 'sale' stacks. I'll have to explain to customers that that stuff is extra in addition to the cord(s) they bought. 2 years ago I sole over a cord of them to a new customer at leas than half price just to get rid of them.

 

[farmer steve]

Elm.

I think you have elm on the brain today!

 

[muad]

So, apparently, I’ve been using a 3/16 stihl file to touch up my 3/8 chains for the past year...

I noticed when I was sorting through my files, and the pack of brand new files I bought last summer say 3/16. Guy at the local dealer must not have had his glasses on.

Ugh.

 

[svk]

So, apparently, I’ve been using a 3/16 stihl file to touch up my 3/8 chains for the past year...

I noticed when I was sorting through my files, and the pack of brand new files I bought last summer say 3/16. Guy at the local dealer must not have had his glasses on.

Ugh.

They still work, maybe not quite optimum though.

 

[muad]

They still work, maybe not quite optimum though.

Indeed, they did. Looks like I’ll need to grab a pack of files when I grab my bar and chains from the other dealer I use.

Oh well. Such is life.

 

[muad]

Hoping we get this snow they’re forecasting. I’m sick of the rain and mud.

 

[woodchip rookie]

Cottonwood, those rounds will dry out to nearly white.

Seriously? So leave it?

 

[woodchip rookie]

Hoping we get this snow they’re forecasting. I’m sick of the rain and mud.

You ever get down to cbus?

 

[svk]

Seriously? So leave it?

The other guys seem to think it is elm. The siberian elm we have in southern MN never gets that big and the bark is different so I do not know what to say.

 

[svk]

Indeed, they did. Looks like I’ll need to grab a pack of files when I grab my bar and chains from the other dealer I use.

Oh well. Such is life.

I have come across a lot of 3/8 and .325 chains that look like the were ground on one of those tiny wheels for 1/4" pitch chain. Little tiny gullet about the size of a toenail's thickness. They cut much better once you square things up with the right wheel or file!!

 

[muad]

You ever get down to cbus?

Not too often. It’s about 2-2.5 hours south.

I drive around it when heading to southern Ohio, unless I’m going to Schmidt’s

 

[muad]

I have come across a lot of 3/8 and .325 chains that look like the were ground on one of those tiny wheels for 1/4" pitch chain. Little tiny gullet about the size of a toenail's thickness. They cut much better once you square things up with the right wheel or file!!

I was hunting for my last new 1/4 file for the 015L, which is how I noticed.

 

[Philbert]

So, apparently, I’ve been using a 3/16 stihl file to touch up my 3/8 chains for the past year...

I’ll need to grab a pack of files when I grab my bar and chains from the other dealer I use.

Consider it as an experiment. Let us know what type of difference you notice when cutting?

Philbert

 

[woodchip rookie]

Not too often. It’s about 2-2.5 hours south.

I drive around it when heading to southern Ohio, unless I’m going to Schmidt’s

In German Village?

 

[MechanicMatt]

Sorry to hear about your Dad.
Is that a cutting axe or splitting axe, bit looks rather slim to me?
I have the 36” and 28” version in the wedged shaped splitting axe, love them both. I bought the 28” for my oldest son but I have fell in love with it, it splits almost anything but the really large stubborn rounds. The 36” gets those big ones or the 261 does.


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It’s a chopper, handle is about 24inches. I think x17 is the equivalent. I love that thing!! I also have a 36in x27. The 28in I think is the x25

SVK is the guy to ask....

 

[chipper1]

I have come across a lot of 3/8 and .325 chains that look like the were ground on one of those tiny wheels for 1/4" pitch chain. Little tiny gullet about the size of a toenail's thickness. They cut much better once you square things up with the right wheel or file!!

You may want to get some files for them toenails .

 

[muad]

Consider it as an experiment. Let us know what type of difference you notice when cutting?

Philbert

Will do.

 

[muad]

In German Village?

Yup.

Awesome food, good beer, and the cream puffs are legit.