Not Bad For A Day's Scrounging

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PacificGuyInCNY

PacificGuyInCNY

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Dec 21, 2006
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Central Square NY (FrozenTundra North of Syracuse)
Allrite, maybe not exactly scrounging but I get a call early this morning from a buddy that does field clearing. Says he's clearing a big lot for a guy who decided he didn't want to screw around trying to sell the cleared wood and just wants it out of there ASAP. How much ya got? I ask to which the answer is "I dunno, maybe 50 - 60 face cord, ash, maple, cherry and some oak." Call my bro-in-law, round up our teen boys and we spend the day cutting and carting. (Man I can see now why in the olden days the farmers went for raising a ton of boys, nothing like good hard-working conscripted labor). We're headed back tomorrow to pick up where we left off. BTW, the lot is less than 5 miles from my house, life is just good sometimes.
 

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Allrite, maybe not exactly scrounging but I get a call early this morning from a buddy that does field clearing. Says he's clearing a big lot for a guy who decided he didn't want to screw around trying to sell the cleared wood and just wants it out of there ASAP. How much ya got? I ask to which the answer is "I dunno, maybe 50 - 60 face cord, ash, maple, cherry and some oak." Call my bro-in-law, round up our teen boys and we spend the day cutting and carting. (Man I can see now why in the olden days the farmers went for raising a ton of boys, nothing like good hard-working conscripted labor). We're headed back tomorrow to pick up where we left off. BTW, the lot is less than 5 miles from my house, life is just good sometimes.
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Jackpot!!!!!! Nice
 
Roospike, sleeping well will be the least of my worries. Will be lucky if I can stay awake through the rest of tonite's episode of "24".

Nshif, the sawbuck is a hot tub pallet that I cut in half and screwed together. Took exactly four minutes start to finish.
 
Nice score how much did you end up with?
 
GREAT score! I'm waiting for the frost here myself to do the same. Have to cross a field, and it's just to darn wet and muddy yet. Just waiting on winter so the ground freezes!
You played the lottery too that day??????

Bondo©
 
Earthharvester, a wild guess would be around 10 face cord but who knows, once I get it cut up we'll see. All I know is we moved maybe 20% of the stack and the guy still has more to be cut.
Not included in the picture is the 4 truckbeds full that we dropped off at my bro-in-law's place.


DrBond, maybe by week's end you and I will both have some frozen ground to make things easier to work with. And I didn't play the lotto but come to think of it I did pick up a scratch-off that's still sittin' in the truck, hmmmmm ...
 
Too bad you are so far away. I'm nearing my quota for next year (as well as space to store it) but could use some time on the saw
 
Wahoowad, my sister-in-law's family is comin' up here from Lake Anna Va. next week and they'd be happy to give you a lift both ways. Bring your saw, I'll even buy the Labatt Blue. :roll:
 
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Wahoowad, my sister-in-law's family is comin' up here from Lake Anna Va. next week and they'd be happy to give you a lift both ways. Bring your saw, I'll even buy the Labatt Blue. :roll:
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I think I am beginning to know Wahoowad. I think he will do it. And leave the saw at home.
 
Got about 8 cords ready for the splitter , this wood is going to be for the winter of 2008/2009 - 2009/2010

(wood: Elm , Hackberry , Walnut )
 

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NICE...but splitter, aahhhh leave em as rounds the summit can handle it.
 
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NICE...but splitter, aahhhh leave em as rounds the summit can handle it.
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Gunner, the Pacific Summit is the only stove in existence capable of burning a round even bigger than its firebox. With a hot bed of coals its blastfurnace-like nature will burn a good inch or two off the diameter just in the process of slidin' it in. At least that's the word on the street. :cheese:

Jeremy - seein' as how you're fairly close I'll keep tabs with my logging buddy and let you know if 'n when he has another job he needs to unload. My bro-in-law heats three large greenhouses with wood so between the 2 of us we'll easily go through this present cut.
 
Oh yeah , We'll keep a lot of the wood as rounds and being 2 + years a head on wood is what ya have to do to even season rounds , I think the 36" ers + might have to be split at least once tho ;-) ........a .............so we can carry them to the house and all. Elm burns different/funny and coals odd so normally we don't keep too many Elm rounds but Oak , Hackberry , Walnuy, Hedge and Mulberry do great as rounds as long as you have at least a minimum of 2 years on them.
 
Split piles / 80% 2 years seasoned , 20% left of 3-4 year seasoned .

The "rounds" pile is in the lower 40 with also the Hedge pile down there too , I like to see hedge go 3 years actually so its in its on pile.

reference: Stack shown are 6' tall from the top of the pallets.
 

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