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Scrounging Firewood (and other stuff)
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Impossible to split and axes just bounce off of it.
Don't be hating because it was more than your wheelbarrow haulsPfffttt... it's not like you had it loaded with spruce front to back like @dancan
.I did split them all by hand
, and one night I stayed at a Holiday Inn 
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Doesn't sound fun, I'd just noodle it
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Up late tonight Steve 
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With a DBH of 16-18'' inches you would be wasting your time.Doesn't sound fun, I'd just noodle it
If it was all I could get, I'd do whatbi have too, but I am pretty picky about what I bring home.
They don't teach that here lol.1st rule of firewood cutting.
LEAVE GUM IN WOODS !!
I'm thinking both me and @farmer steve are up past our bedtime with different ailments keeping us awake.Up late tonight Steve
Everyone's up late tonight, and I have to hit the hay.
Good night everyone, big day tomorrow
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Good night everyone, big day tomorrow
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And one more post for @Backyard LumberjackI'm thinking both me and @farmer steve are up past our bedtime with different ailments keeping us awake.
. Yeah, that's how I was when the monkeypox was kicking full power
.Later!
Black jack is the prize of the woods here but it is hard to find anymore when most of the woods is full of sugar maples.
I had some given to me. I figured out to split it from the outside turning the round a 1/4 turn per split and it split way easier.
Hospital tv lineup suks tonightUp late tonight Steve
No scrounging or wood cutting today.
This morning i got a yard to mow and i have to get a replacement bar for my little echo it is the second time the sprocket nose blew out at the tip i won't be buying anymore bars with a single rivet holding the nose together.
This morning i got a yard to mow and i have to get a replacement bar for my little echo it is the second time the sprocket nose blew out at the tip i won't be buying anymore bars with a single rivet holding the nose together.
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Unfortunately I have a lot of black gum (tupelo) right next to my house that I want to remove, but I didn't know what it was when I made that decision. I dropped the largest one first and the 8 smaller ones are still standing in that little patch of woods. This all happened before I joined here.
After unsuccessful attempts to split, I identified the tree on an internet site that drilled down with a ton of questions. Then I searched the forums for black gum and and found out why people leave it in the woods. It burns OK, heavy wet wood that gets very light when dry.
The largest gum after I topped it. Four of the smaller ones are also in the pic.
Attempts to split.
Oodles of Noodles. I searched my toolbox for something hooked and found out that a spring stretcher tool works good for unclogging saws.
One day I got energetic and identified all of my trees in 5 similar pictures. At least 2 of the black gums need to be removed one of these days so I can clear the woods back and make mowing the steep hill next to my driveway easier.
After unsuccessful attempts to split, I identified the tree on an internet site that drilled down with a ton of questions. Then I searched the forums for black gum and and found out why people leave it in the woods.
It burns OK, heavy wet wood that gets very light when dry.The largest gum after I topped it. Four of the smaller ones are also in the pic.
Attempts to split.
Oodles of Noodles. I searched my toolbox for something hooked and found out that a spring stretcher tool works good for unclogging saws.
One day I got energetic and identified all of my trees in 5 similar pictures. At least 2 of the black gums need to be removed one of these days so I can clear the woods back and make mowing the steep hill next to my driveway easier.
Is the ash still alive in your neck of the woods, we've lost about 95% of them to the EAB. Some started shooting off water spouts at the ground and the rest of the tree died, and out of the 5% that lived are most have some damage, but seem as though they will now live, and there are a small amount that seemed to get no damage, some of those were sprayed and some not.Unfortunately I have a lot of black gum (tupelo) right next to my house that I want to remove, but I didn't know what it was when I made that decision. I dropped the largest one first and the 8 smaller ones are still standing in that little patch of woods. This all happened before I joined here.
After unsuccessful attempts to split, I identified the tree on an internet site that drilled down with a ton of questions. Then I searched the forums for black gum and and found out why people leave it in the woods.
The largest gum after I topped it. Four of the smaller ones are also in the pic.
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Attempts to split.
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Oodles of Noodles. I searched my toolbox for something hooked and found out that a spring stretcher tool works good for unclogging saws.
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One day I got energetic and identified all of my trees in 5 similar pictures. At least 2 of the black gums need to be removed one of these days so I can clear the woods back and make mowing the steep hill next to my driveway easier.
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Sad to see them go as many relied on them for firewood in the river bottom, and I know two people here locally that were injured/ died from them falling on them with no provocation, and the other was hit by a large branch while falling them for firewood. He had been cutting firewood for 60yrs, the smallest saw he ran was a 70cc
, he was a farm boy and it showed, tough guy for sure.
I can’t believe you have an Ash left. My friend counted at least 70 on her farm dead, mine bit the grit 2-3 years ago. Good wood, but once it hits the ground it rots fast. I might get a few more cords from my friends farm. Last time I brought 10’ logs home there was more half rotted, punky wood than good fire wood. Now we’re pushing the logs in the washouts caused by the flash floods coming off the hills where the Ash forest used to slow the water down and diffuse it.Unfortunately I have a lot of black gum (tupelo) right next to my house that I want to remove, but I didn't know what it was when I made that decision. I dropped the largest one first and the 8 smaller ones are still standing in that little patch of woods. This all happened before I joined here.
After unsuccessful attempts to split, I identified the tree on an internet site that drilled down with a ton of questions. Then I searched the forums for black gum and and found out why people leave it in the woods.
The largest gum after I topped it. Four of the smaller ones are also in the pic.
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Attempts to split.
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Oodles of Noodles. I searched my toolbox for something hooked and found out that a spring stretcher tool works good for unclogging saws.
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One day I got energetic and identified all of my trees in 5 similar pictures. At least 2 of the black gums need to be removed one of these days so I can clear the woods back and make mowing the steep hill next to my driveway easier.
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The tops are always what scares me. I opted to leave more than one of them in our woodlot and let mother nature do her thing. Just ain't worth the risk over a couple cords of wood.Is the ash still alive in your neck of the woods, we've lost about 95% of them to the EAB. Some started shooting off water spouts at the ground and the rest of the tree died, and out of the 5% that lived are most have some damage, but seem as though they will now live, and there are a small amount that seemed to get no damage, some of those were sprayed and some not.
Sad to see them go as many relied on them for firewood in the river bottom, and I know two people here locally that were injured/ died from them falling on them with no provocation, and the other was hit by a large branch while falling them for firewood. He had been cutting firewood for 60yrs, the smallest saw he ran was a 70cc
Most of the Ash around here is dead, and much of it rotted, but I felled two solid 28" trees last year that were solid and great for firewood (I posted the pics back then).
I have a small Ash tree (about 3" diameter) still alive on my property down here.
On my upstate 50 acres in the Catskills, they are all still alive unless storms have blown them down. Ash and Black Cherry are our primary firewood up there, but I'm seeing a lot more Black Birch and Red Oak recently as new Ash and Black Cherry seem to be on the decline. We also get some Red and Sugar Maple. Hard to dry the Sugar Maple as it seems you are always in the clouds up there ... things stay wet a lot longer than they do down here. We ALWAYS leave a good supply of wood inside the cabin to ensure we have dry wood for the fire.
I think they (the Ash) survive better in colder climates. My elevation is about 2,200 feet.
I have a small Ash tree (about 3" diameter) still alive on my property down here.
On my upstate 50 acres in the Catskills, they are all still alive unless storms have blown them down. Ash and Black Cherry are our primary firewood up there, but I'm seeing a lot more Black Birch and Red Oak recently as new Ash and Black Cherry seem to be on the decline. We also get some Red and Sugar Maple. Hard to dry the Sugar Maple as it seems you are always in the clouds up there ... things stay wet a lot longer than they do down here. We ALWAYS leave a good supply of wood inside the cabin to ensure we have dry wood for the fire.
I think they (the Ash) survive better in colder climates. My elevation is about 2,200 feet.
Always wear a helmet when felling, and at times I wish I also had shoulder guards! That said, it won't save you from the big stuff. One of my cousin's friends is paralyzed from a dead Elm limb that fell on him from the tree next to the one he was cutting.
