Aquiring Wood: An illness

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Eric Schaefer

Eric Schaefer

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Aug 28, 2012
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Lakewood, WA
So I'm moving. It's late september, I may be gone in a month. But I still brought another cord home and getting it ready.

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I mean it's reasonable, I MIGHT be here for a few more months, I doubt it, but why not prepare, I mean it was free, minus gas and oil of course. Besides, my neighbor has helped out so much with things, and he burns too, so why not do the work, and give him a little too.

Doesn't this look like a Poulan advertisement? This little saw has surprised the hell out of me. Those logs was the 14ft piece from my avatar, finally got it back home. That's a 7'x18' trailer btw, plus the 2ft dovetail you can't see in the picture, which is also covered.

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I just love c/s/.. no love for stacking though.
 
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Nice haul
 
sweet pics. do you have any kind of side for your trailer? i just got a similar trailer and looking for some ideas.
 
Nothing wrong with being prepared, but that wood may be hard to burn this year if you just now are cutting and splitting it.

I don't look at wood collecting as a problem, it seems I'm driven by a hidden force of nature to do it.....kinda like eating! ;)
 
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that is a good size load, wishing i had a trailer that size.
 
It won't be burned this year more than likely, if it did at all, it'd be March or April. That tree's been down since last winter, but still in trunk form, sitting in some swampy stuff until I pulled it out on some dry ground about 2 months ago, then brought it home the other day, and rounded and quartered it yesterday. There's still a bunch left, I've brought a bunch home this past spring. All from this one tree.

punchy said:
sweet pics. do you have any kind of side for your trailer? i just got a similar trailer and looking for some ideas.
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No sides, the idea of making some removable ones crossed my mind a few times, but it's a car hauler and gets used for that quite a bit. There are 2x4 shaped pockets on the sides, but they're meant for straps or chains for cars, and no bottom to sit a 2x4 on them, unless you drilled out a hole or two for lag bolts. I did think of using pallets all the way around, screwing them together, screw a 2x4 to them, and into the pockets.
 
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that is a good size load, wishing i had a trailer that size.
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Ya it was super heavy. A few thousand pounds I imagine, it felt no different on the trailer than when I pull my K5 on it, and in my avatar pic, when I pulled that log out, I barely could. It was 14 foot long, and the end was 37" in diameter.
 
Nice even pieces -well done
 
Nothing wrong with continuing to collect wood . . . if something happens and plans change and you stay you've got wood . . . and if you end up moving you can perhaps sell the wood and use some of the money to help with the new house/moving.
 
Beautiful haul for sure,three of those fit comfortably in my Bking.Nice.
 
I guess I've got the illness too...still working on some large oak trees(probably another 3 truck loads to go) and answered a CL ad today about some trees that the electric company cut down and property owner wants removed. Going to look at them in the morning. I guess there are worse things I could be addicted to, right?
 
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I guess we all get addicted to wood. I got addicted in 2 months. I went out and purchased mauls / wedges / chainsaw and next purchase will be a pick up as I'm get tired of throwing everything into my outback and plus it doesn't hold much
 
No way you cut a 37" trunk with that tiny poulan? It must have a 20" bar if so?
 
NYLife said:
I guess we all get addicted to wood. I got addicted in 2 months. I went out and purchased mauls / wedges / chainsaw and next purchase will be a pick up as I'm get tired of throwing everything into my outback and plus it doesn't hold much
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I (I am the wife, my husband is worse) piled about 1/3 cord into my Forester yesterday. Could not resist. A wood burner was moving, wanted to get rid of his C/S/S cords. Um, yes, please? Actually my husband thought I was a little crazy till I walked him through the current cost of seasoned wood (this is semiseasoned, c/s/s about 9 months) and the fact that this person split their wood TINY, I mean 16" long max and 2-3" thick. Awesome. Think it will be 2-3 cords total once we pick it all up.
 
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mfglickman said:
I (I am the wife, my husband is worse) piled about 1/3 cord into my Forester yesterday. Could not resist. A wood burner was moving, wanted to get rid of his C/S/S cords. Um, yes, please? Actually my husband thought I was a little crazy till I walked him through the current cost of seasoned wood (this is semiseasoned, c/s/s about 9 months) and the fact that this person split their wood TINY, I mean 16" long max and 2-3" thick. Awesome. Think it will be 2-3 cords total once we pick it all up.
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I guess wherever we can put put wood into we do it. That's a perfect size and it burns so nice. I guess our Subaru come in handy sure is a great car just get frustrated making multiple trips and some times when I went back to get the other load it was gone
 
Nice haul.
With that trailer, you 'll be able to get the wood to your new location.
Great pics :)
 
TimJ said:
alot of unprepared out there in this addicted world that are just getting theirselve's going as it was a very hot summer.
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The neighbor just started cutting this afternoon. I guess he got cold last night.... And wouldn't you know, he is cutting red oak.
 
Ya it's a 20" bar, I forget the engine, close to 50cc. It was a struggle, had to cut as much as I could and roll it, and finish the cut. The little poulan pro that could, that's for sure. Average homeowner diy chainsaws have come a long, long way. A lot of nifty features in that saw, like a primer bulb and a built in holder for the tool to tighten the nuts on the bar housing, and screw driver thing that clips up under the base where the handle is.

It is an addiction, to use the term loosely, but not in any derogatory sense. C/S/S and wood in general is a hobby if nothing else. I would much rather spend $20 in gas and oil for a day's worth of work that'll net me a month's full of free BTUs than $20 for a 2 hour movie, that's for sure. And that's no popcorn. :) But really it's $10 or less, since I didn't even use close to a gallon of gas. Filled the gas and bar oil twice. Would of used less if I spent more time sharpening the chain ;)

I'm glad I stumbled into this hobby and lifestyle, and this forum that supports it.
 
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Was curious so I looked at my manual. 50cc. One day I'd like to get a Stihl though, or anything really with a 36" bar. If Poulan made something with a 36" bar, I wouldn't hesitate. Granted it's not even a year old yet. So who knows, it could always go capaut at any time.

http://www.poulanpro.com/products/chain-saws/pp5020av/ it was like $250 or so at lowes.
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Sounds like you might be cutting some really big stuff Eric if you need a 36" bar! I'm glad I don't have to wrestle those around now.
 
Eric Schaefer said:
Was curious so I looked at my manual. 50cc. One day I'd like to get a Stihl though, or anything really with a 36" bar. If Poulan made something with a 36" bar, I wouldn't hesitate. Granted it's not even a year old yet. So who knows, it could always go capaut at any time.

http://www.poulanpro.com/products/chain-saws/pp5020av/ it was like $250 or so at lowes.
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You got a good start there in your wood supply.Great job.

Yes,Poulan used to make saws much larger than 50cc.Nothing over that now though.I owned from April '94 to last November,a 475 that I bought new with 77cc/6HP engine & several longer bars.Made by Jonsered in their Partille,Sweden factory after the Electrolux takeover,it was a rebadged 2077 in a different color.One helluva saw,was rated to pull a 42" b/c with no problem.I had a 36" on it here,kept that bar & several chains,sold the saw on Ebay.Only thing I didnt like about it was as I got older it was a real arm breaker to pull that starter rope with 175+lbs compression & no decompression valve....!!! My 'mid sized' saw which sees 80% of all the use is the Super 380,62cc/4.5HP & 13,500RPM.Its a rebadged Pioneer/Partner saw,also a result of the Elux takeover in the early-mid '90s.Bought that new 12 1/2 yrs ago,it ran circles around the McCulloch ProMac 610 that it replaced.Same displacement & HP,1/3rd less weight & 30% more RPM's.

They sure don't make 'em like they used to.....
 

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