Filled trailer with 7 chunks of oak

[wishlist]

Worked more on this bur oak this morning. Took 7 pieces off and ended up with a fair amount in the trailer. Tomorrow it will be split and stacked!

I think the last of this oak with all the knots I will use for the Advanced Backwoods Savage Vertical Splitting class. Note to myself, bring red milk crate.

Also, took a stroll on this property I'm clearing and eyed up some sugar maple, ash, more oak, apple, elm, and a bunch of medium sized thorny trees? Not sure on a few so pics will be coming for some id in the future.

 

[basswidow]

Yeah - that's a good trailer full of pie cuts! Nice job. Those suckers look heavy.

Yeah, that last of the trunk has some branch knots. Cut the rounds alittle smaller - they'll bust open.

 

[smokinj]

Those splits are going to get tough for sure!

 

[Gary_602z]

Love it Wishlist 63 posts and you allready know about the milk crate! :lol:
Great looking load of wood also!

Gary

 

[wishlist]

Love it Wishlist 63 posts and you allready know about the milk crate! :lol:
Great looking load of wood also!

Gary

I was a "lurker" for a long time. Good people on this site who seem more than happy to help anybody with a question no matter how trivial.

This wood is so dang heavy, green of course, and I've been burning mostly ash and elm the seasoned wood feels comparable to basswood! Of course, as I sit in shorts and a tee shirt drinking ice tea the other nite when it was 12 degrees outside I knew better......

 

[Gary_602z]

Better watch out you might get banned for being a tea drinker! :lol:

Gary

 

[wishlist]

[quote author="Gary_602z" date="1323746626"]Better watch out you might get banned for being a tea drinker! :lol:

Gary[/quote

Uh oh? Better do some searches and find out why? Tks Gary!

 

[Jags]

Its easy - beer.

And that wood looks just like the stuff that I have been working up this past weekend. "Heavy" is an understatement.

 

[smokinj]

Its easy - beer.

And that wood looks just like the stuff that I have been working up this past weekend. "Heavy" is an understatement.

Agree, produce a stack cord is a very tall order.

 

[Jags]

Its easy - beer.

And that wood looks just like the stuff that I have been working up this past weekend. "Heavy" is an understatement.

Agree, produce a stack cord is a very tall order.

1/2 cord and I was done. BUT it happened pretty quickly.

 

[Backwoods Savage]

For sure that is some heavy stuff. Vertical splitting makes it easy and we have no red milk crates here (at least I don't think so). Most of ours are blue or wire crates. Does color make a difference? Maybe red is warmer to sit on and I wouldn't need the hot seat?

 

[Backwoods Savage]

Forgot to add, those thorny trees very well may just be thorn apple. We have plenty of them here.

 

[wishlist]

Forgot to add, those thorny trees very well may just be thorn apple. We have plenty of them here.

Tks Dennis. The thorns are sure wicked. I looked for any signs of hedge or locust but none found. I would assume thorn Apple is a hardwood then? Part of this property at one time was a small orchard.

 

[Backwoods Savage]

Yes, hardwood. Also very smelly when cut. You won't like it. The thorns are not good to have around either. Not sure how many tires I've fixed over the years.