What's the best weather for firewood cutting?

[Mustang71]

Winter? Summer? Fall? Spring? Specific temp?


I like winter when the ground is frozen, all the poison ivy is gone, and no leaves. 25 to 30 degree day is good, sweatshirt weather. Spring splitting hopefully done before July.

 

[CaseyForrest]

I opt for winter, and usually will wait till its cooler so I can work in a Tshirt without sweating.

Last winter ruined that for me. It never really froze here so while I still prefer to work when its cooler, I don't wait anymore. Now I cut/split whenever I have the time to devote.

 

[aokpops]

winter

 

[ChoppyChoppy]

I do it year round. If it's pouring rain, windy (we get wind storms here, 80+ wind gusts), or cold (-30 is about my cutoff, too much hassle getting equipment running) I usually hunker down in the shop though.

Ideal is like today, high of about 55*

 

[Big_Al]

Winter is my favorite, as long as we don't get too much snow. Makes it hard getting up into the mountains & pulling logs

 

[ChoppyChoppy]

Winter is my favorite, as long as we don't get too much snow. Makes it hard getting up into the mountains & pulling logs

True. Sucks spending all day on the dozer just to open up roads and skid trails.

 

[turnkey4099]

Year round as long as it is dry and not too windy. I cut and haul rounds, stack them for split/stack in the winter time. I'm a little behind this year, spent most of the summer just clearing brush and dead fall from a willow patch a farmer wants disappeared. Have 6 trees ready to come out but had to wait till after harvest. They all will fall into the field. I took one down today as teh wind was in my favor.

 

[stihlguy]

winter cutting, early spring splitting, always a year or 2 ahead.

 

[Mustang71]

winter cutting, early spring splitting, always a year or 2 ahead.

Same here. I watch my neighbor cut wood as needed in the winter and split it. It seems odd to me.

 

[jrider]

I pretty much do firewood year round but I really like 40-50 and cloudy with no wind. Once I get moving, it's long sleeve t shirt weather. Sun going in and out or working in the shade one minute then full sun the next makes it hard to regulate temperature.

 

[Circle B MN]

I'm year round as well. Same as Turnkey, dry and not too windy. Always a different part of the process to work on to suit the current weather.

 

[JeffHK454]

Year around as long as it's dry...but I prefer warm weather, my body seems to work better when it's hot outside.

Cutting wood is last on my list of things to do , I'd much rather be camping or riding ATV's so I fit wood scrounging in when I can.

 

[cantoo]

My cutting area is locked in by field crops so I have to cut and haul logs around that so that means whenever the crops are off. Also access along a fenceline so in the winter when we get big snow I can't get there either. I keep about 175 logs stacked up in my field so that I always can play there but again snow can be an issue. Cutting to rounds, splitting and putting into crates is usually a summer job so over cast days are nice but I usually do it whenever I have time available.
This was a perfect day in the bush cold and just enough snow to make walking and skidding nice. Ground was frozen but not really hard so I only put a half load on. Bang that was the end of productivity for awhile.

 

[Mustang71]

I did the same thing last year since the ground didn't freeze I got the trailer stuck and had to unload it to get it unstuck then reload it.

 

[tnichols]

Late fall through early spring for me. Just about can't get me to start a saw when it's hot and humid, unless it's storm clean up.

 

[stumpy75]

Although I'm a local scrounger, I like working in cool and/or cold cloudy weather. What I don't like is higher heat(over 75) or high humidity. So I guess that makes it fall, winter or spring for me, and I like the winter the best.

 

[sunfish]

When the bugs are gone.

 

[Mustang71]

I will say spring/summer is usually the best time to find firewood that people have stacked by the road from winter storms or tree removal.

 

[greenskeeper]

whenever the local tree guy drops of my free rounds of wood

 

[johnnyballs]

today was great...65...no breeze...mostly sunny...shorts and tank top weather...cut grass ...weed wacked ...sold 3 face cords of ash...the ****** buffalo bills won...can't get much better than that...sorry about the cuss word svk...