Cut or Stack

[thewoodlands]

Looks like I'll have Friday off so it's either stacking some Cherry I cut & split over the winter or bucking up some downed Beech on the side of the hill.

https://www.hearth.com/talk/threads/went-scouting-for-more-wood.84895/

Time to sharpen some chains!

zap

 

[smokinj]

I hate stacking, so I would choice the saw!

 

[thewoodlands]

I hate stacking, so I would choice the saw!

I think that the saw will be the choice, that hill the Beech is on faces the west so it's best I get it off before it gets hot out.

zap

 

[GAMMA RAY]

Buck em zap...sharpen those chains dammit...

 

[thewoodlands]

Buck em zap...sharpen those chains dammit...View attachment 64359

The chains will be done tonight after work. How is your supply of firewood doing for this coming heating season?
zap

 

[GAMMA RAY]

The chains will be done tonight after work. How is your supply of firewood doing for this coming heating season?
zap

Doing good zap....done....I got a few free scores for the following year and working a few others...Diggin this "scrounging" thingy....

 

[thewoodlands]

Doing good zap....done....I got a few free scores for the following year and working a few others...Diggin this "scrounging" thingy....

It's an art, that's for sure.
zap

 

[woodsmaster]

I like to stack what I have split before I buck more. If I cut, the split stuff just lays on the ground and sucks up moisture. It don't start drying untill it's off the ground IMO. I do like cutting more, but try to make myself stack after spliting.

 

[raybonz]

I must be weird because I like stacking.. Maybe it's the solitude or the quiet that a chainsaw destroys.. I don't mind a little wood to do on my own but it's so much easier to pay the money and get it c\s\d.. My wood is all set so I can move onto other things..

Ray

 

[Backwoods Savage]

Stacking is just one of those jobs that has to be done and I prefer to do the stacking right after the wood is split. I also hate it when it has rained a lot and the wood is just thrown into a pile. When you start stacking that, the outside tends to be dry but under that the wood is wet. I do not like stacking wet wood.

 

[thewoodlands]

The thing I learned is Beech once it's down will go bad before Cherry, I'll have the Beech off the hill this weekend along with the Cherry stacked by Wednesday.
zap

 

[Backwoods Savage]

You are right there zap. Cherry will do much better than beech once it is downed.

 

[firefighterjake]

I must be weird because I like stacking.. Maybe it's the solitude or the quiet that a chainsaw destroys.. I don't mind a little wood to do on my own but it's so much easier to pay the money and get it c\s\d.. My wood is all set so I can move onto other things..

Ray

I'm right there with you Ray . . . next to splitting, stacking is my favorite part about wood. I'm not sure if it's the quietness or simply seeing the pile of wood amass in front of me and being able to tell exactly how much wood I have processed.

 

[ScotO]

I don't mind stacking, especially when I know I got another tree to do and I know I'm gonna need the room for processing (don't have a ton of extra space at the house). I know I do like to see a nice neat stack versus an unorganized pile of wood IMHO....

 

[raybonz]

I'm right there with you Ray . . . next to splitting, stacking is my favorite part about wood. I'm not sure if it's the quietness or simply seeing the pile of wood amass in front of me and being able to tell exactly how much wood I have processed.

I enjoyed the splitting until I got a bad case of tenonitis in my elbows.. The electric splitter works well on oak and is quiet..

Ray