Time-saving tips for wood collection?

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ADK_XJ said:
So, you're getting 7 cords of wood delivery in log form for how much? That would probably break the wood bank for me. My aim is to cut and carry wood that is zero cost at least in terms of the wood itself. Ancillary expenses to get to it, maintain equipment and add year to the stockpile are write-offs as far as I'm concerned.

That's an awesome haul at anyone time, though. I'll admit I'm jealous.
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I had a logging truck load delivered for $1800 just about finished about 20 cords or 40 pickup loads.I think It would have cost me more in gas never mind falling limbing and loading.
 
Poindexter said:
Lots of folks use felling wedges rather than splitting wedges to keep the bar from getting pinched when bucking big rounds. Plastic, significantly more gentle taper than a splitting wedge, lots cheaper, won't hurt the chain if you bump it with the saw.

Stout enough to take hammer hits, the more expensive ones have a metal cap Worth a look if you are getting pinched a lot.
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I keep a half dozen of these plastic wedges in my "woods" toolbox. I always stick one in each back pocket when I get off the tractor and grab the saw. They are a real timesaver when bucking 30" and larger stuff; I will typically start 6 cuts about 2/3 of the way through the log, shut down the saw, pop a plastic wedge in each kerf, finish the cuts and start the next set. As someone here noted, experience is a great teacher, and with time pinched bars are a rarity.
 
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jaoneill said:
I keep a half dozen of these plastic wedges in my "woods" toolbox. I always stick one in each back pocket when I get off the tractor and grab the saw. They are a real timesaver when bucking 30" and larger stuff; I will typically start 6 cuts about 2/3 of the way through the log, shut down the saw, pop a plastic wedge in each kerf, finish the cuts and start the next set. As someone here noted, experience is a great teacher, and with time pinched bars are a rarity.
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Bought my first set of those at the local dealer last week. Came in very handy on a couple awkward cuts in a huge downed ash I was working on.
 
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