Scrounging Firewood (and other stuff)
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Going with propane heat in my garage. I just didn't want to give up the floor space needed for a wood stove. My son is a gas fitter so we are doing it ourselves.
Was all set to sit my lazy butt on the couch this afternoon but two of my boys said "Come on Dad, let's get that wood stacked". You don't turn that down even if your back is sore! Got the last 3 facecord stacked under the deck for this winter. Total of 10, I burn 7-9 depending on the winter. It's a good feeling to be set for the year!
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Was all set to sit my lazy butt on the couch this afternoon but two of my boys said "Come on Dad, let's get that wood stacked". You don't turn that down even if your back is sore! Got the last 3 facecord stacked under the deck for this winter. Total of 10, I burn 7-9 depending on the winter. It's a good feeling to be set for the year!
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I use 28” and 36” most of the time, I only recently switched to the 28” after using the 36” for a long time. With the 28” I sometimes can’t finish the cut from one side. Both allow better reach so I don’t have to bend over as much.
I thought that's what kids are for. "Junior go out and stack that wood" and you supervise from the couch. I guess it makes a difference how old they are.
Certainly you are working much larger wood than I am!
I have a 24” on the 394 right now for noodling. A 28” is better for noodling IMO because you can stand up and just let the last 12” of bar do the work at a 45 degree angle so the noodles stay manageable.
Other than noodling, nothing up here needs more than 20” for 95 percent of my cutting. I also have the 8500 set up for noodling with a 28” and the XL-925 wears a 24” solely for the photo op.
I went out early this morning and got 2/3 load of hedge. The tree guy showed up and in conversation said he was going to push it into the fire. So I went home, unhitched the trailer and went back for 2/3 load in the pickup. I left the 20" trunk. Just too big for me being hedge. I had to sharpen every 10 cuts or so. So now I've a pile of the yellow stuff on my driveway to take care of. It all goes in a covered bay by the house once I rotate that wood into the garage racks.
Sweet!
That will be some good stuff for those real cold days/nights.
I've only cut smaller ones, does it pull sand up I to it, or does it dull your chain primarily because its so hard.
Hot Dog! Lol.Going with propane heat in my garage. I just didn't want to give up the floor space needed for a wood stove. My son is a gas fitter so we are doing it ourselves.
Was all set to sit my lazy butt on the couch this afternoon but two of my boys said "Come on Dad, let's get that wood stacked". You don't turn that down even if your back is sore! Got the last 3 facecord stacked under the deck for this winter. Total of 10, I burn 7-9 depending on the winter. It's a good feeling to be set for the year!
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That looks great. Do you use double wall for the exhaust pipe on those?
I'm so glad we got our wood done for this season and next and all in the woodshed this spring, and all the help made it much more pleasurable too. Awesome the kids helped you out, and even cooler that the suggested it
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I found some the last time I was cutting. It was pretty dark and she just stopped cutting, I knew to just shut the saw off and pack up. Well I didn't get a chance to sharpen it until today when I wanted to run it, nothing 15-20 strokes won't take care of
.But better than that guy @U&A chains look like when he gets done with them
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Yes it's an insulated exhaust pipe.Hot Dog! Lol.
That looks great. Do you use double wall for the exhaust pipe on those?
I'm so glad we got our wood done for this season and next and all in the woodshed this spring, and all the help made it much more pleasurable too. Awesome the kids helped you out, and even cooler that the suggested it
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I found some the last time I was cutting. It was pretty dark and she just stopped cutting, I knew to just shut the saw off and pack up. Well I didn't get a chance to sharpen it until today when I wanted to run it, nothing 15-20 strokes won't take care of
But better than that guy @U&A chains look like when he gets done with them
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Hay hay hay
I swear there was a railroad tie in that log or something.
Yah thats it.
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Hard! Some cracks in the pith contain garbage, but mostly because it so hard.
The small ones I've cut were probably pretty tender, I know that stuff has some awesome btu's
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I've never installed one, but they sure are nice. I found one the other day that was very reasonable, but I should probably get a barn built first lol.
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Todays load of very solid messmate. I think I overloaded the poor old ute.
Tough to get to. it was about 25 meters up a hill. At least the carrying was all downhill. Also got more of these coloured bum nuts from a farmer on the way home.
Tough to get to. it was about 25 meters up a hill. At least the carrying was all downhill. Also got more of these coloured bum nuts from a farmer on the way home.
Is it just me or is your car squatting pretty good?
Sitting in the cabin and I heat CRACK outside. Sure enough another balsam broke off in the high winds and hung in some other trees. I’ll clean that up in the morning.
Made a nice birthday haul
