My First Tri-Axle

I've lived in towns where they would have a hissy fit for putting it on the road but maybe they'll never even see it. I spose you would tell them just like you said, you got home and it was left there.

That's a nice load of wood, now you gotta get to work and get it off the road.

How many face cords did the company guarantee (estimate) and how much was the cost? Just curious because me and a buddy may get one ourselves and split it between the 2 of us. Thanks...Great Oak!

bobdog2o02 said:

i'm the last house on the street before the cul-de-sac. Thats where i normally park my cars......... not any more in the way than my cars.

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You're in good shape then.....

Looks like you are soon to be knee deep in dust and chips!

Like my friends here on the Woodshed said to me: "Quit takin' piuctures and get ta cuttin'!"

Looks like 6 to 8 to me.
The first pic looks like the 2-21/2 cord piles I was cutting on dumped in a friend's yard in January and February.

jjhhpplll

By the by sir, you folks up yonder in Lancaster, Pa. must be some real friendly and understanding folks cause if I had wood dumped on the street like that everyone with in a 2 mile radius would have a ticket or be in jail!

I think that guy walking by is casing your logs!! They might just be in front if another house tomorrow morning! Lol

bobdog2o02 said:

I got home yesterday to find my first Tri-Axle load delivered in front of my house... Holy $hit is that a lot of wood. It is supposed to be all white oak but i see a few species i'm not familiar with and am not so good at figuring it out without the leaves on.

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I do see a couple of red oaks in there. No problem; all great firewood.

Get yourself a peavey or cant dog and a 6' metal pry bar if you don't have one now. If you have to move those logs manually you will be much happier with a little leverage.

You have a gold mine there. White oak.

There is just nothing like that feeling of getting your first grapple load. Sort of like your first truck or first chain saw.

I split my second grapple load 100% by hand - in my crazier days.

fire_man said:

You have a gold mine there. White oak.

There is just nothing like that feeling of getting your first grapple load. Sort of like your first truck or first chain saw.

I split my second grapple load 100% by hand - in my crazier days.

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My neighbor did that last summer, 10 full logger cords of Maple and Ash. He's in a "little" better shape than I am too!

bobdog2o02 said:

I did buy a Stihl Cant hook yesterday. The dealer even threw in a log jack attachment for free

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A prybar will be your friend also. A good friend at that. It can be even be better than a cant hook if you need to lift a log to get it off another. Some people like the log jack part, some hate them. Personally I'm not a fan. I get my logs laid out flat on stringers (at most one log nested on top of two others) and then roll them one by one onto 6x landscape timbers and cut in my driveway. If you are cutting close to the ground another trick it to put a piece of 2x or plywood under your cut. It will allow you to cut clean through the log without rolling it and will save you from that 'oh $h1t!!' moment of dinging your chain on the pavement. Handy on lopsided logs that don't want to roll.

Please when working on the pile be quite cognizant of the potential for getting crushed by a log if it shifts. Think before every cut and when you are prying it apart. (Another reason why I get my logs laid out flat.)

Oh man scroungers heaven, 8 cord just sitting on a public street. I would be doing the town a favor 1 truck load at a time. To bad its a couple of miles past my scrounging limit.

bobdog2o02 said:

Yea i was reading about a guy in canada that scrounges like that. I live by the rule, if it aint yours dont take it. Smith and Wesson agree.........

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I've heard of people taking logs from loggers stacks here in Wisconsin. In fact I got a couple of cords of Maple last summer from a logger I know. He had put it aside for himself but told me to hurry up and take it since someone else was helping themselves. I would have put a game cam up for awhile. It's a small town and someone would have recognized them I'm sure.

bobdog2o02 said:

Yea i was reading about a guy in canada that scrounges like that. I live by the rule, if it aint yours dont take it. Smith and Wesson agree.........

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Easy now that's what the winky guy was for. I also live by that rule, but the rule is becoming obsolete with each generation. I don't think smith and Wesson would agree on anything being stored on public property. Just sayen.