2012 Firewood Season - Good So Far..

Just a couple pictures of firewood this year. I got a slow start because of work and everything else going on. This is the third load of the season, but it was a good one. Everything in the load is red fir, load came from two and half standing dead red firs in a small cluster. Took about 4 hours to get everything on the road and bucked up. Everything was felled with my 372XPW and worked up with a combo of the 372 and my 346XP. I didn't bring the other saws this trip.

Just as a note, wood is being stored in my new wood cover I built last year and I'm planning another to be built this fall some time.



The wood cover is built mainly with 2x6's, and 2x4's with metal sheeting for a roof. Total cost was about $300 or so. It holds almost 4 cords when full. There is another one a bit smaller without a roof directly behind it. I set my truck canopy on that one for a cover.

My Oslo heats my home said:

Looking real good. Love the looks of your sheds and the fir must be a dream to split!

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Compared to hardwoods yeah it is. Most of the time it only takes 1-2 hits with my x27 to get it to break apart. I can't say the same for hardwoods and I understand why hardwood cutters prefer having a splitter.

bogydave said:

Nice wood hauler. Handles a big load with ease.
Like the wood shed too, no rain or snow on your wood is nice.

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1986 F250 with no rust. Gotta love the PNW where they don't use salt and we have almost no humidity. Trucks here last forever if well maintained.

My Oslo heats my home said:

I'll always prefer the hardwoods to soft, they are plentiful where I live. And yes, most definitely like the splitter when it comes to the hard stuff.

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Red Fir and Tamarack (larch) have most of the heating value of most hardwoods and the benefit is they split easier and are much easier to prepare and buck most of the time. I'd take hardwood if it was easy to get to, but it's generally less effort here to drive up and find 1 or 2 big trees than to hunt down hardwoods. On a good day when I have trees spotted I can have the trees down, bucked and loaded like in the picture in about 2-3 hours. There is something to be said for a single straight log to buck up.

Picked up another load this weekend. Wasn't quite as easy as last week, the first tree of the day dropped right in a nest of hornets and I got stung a few times getting the damn log hooked up and dragged up the hill. I hate hornets.



On the plus side finding trees this year hasn't been too bad. When I get the wood rack full of splits I'll take a picture of it as well.

infinitymike said:

Looks like you may want to put a racket strap across the top of the railings to keep them from bowing out.
I'd hate to see you lose a load on a turn.

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Actually when I'm moving it has a rope on it and there isn't that much pressure on the racks when it's loaded since I tend to neatly stack things in the truck. Although that isn't a bad idea to go snag a set of good ratcheting tie-downs.