I've been looking for something fast drying that I might can burn this winter. I've got about a fourth of a cord of seasoned oak but I figure I'm going to need more than that. I haven't stumbled upon any ash, mostly "just" oak. My option for fast drying wood appears to be pine. As for pine burning...I'm not really keen on the smell of what I am accustomed to as being pine smoke. My experience is of folks burning off plantation pines (mostly pine straw and brush burning) or either burning windrows from where clear-cutting or thinning has been done. I don't think burning in the wood stove will give as strong of a smell as these scenarios so should I still be worried about the smell? Or will it be a much more pleasant smell than the smell of the pine land being burned off?
Below are some pics of a pine I mentioned earlier in another thread. It's on a friend's property and was cut about 3-4 months ago by the power company when they ran a new line to a nearby dwelling. I placed an empty coca-cola 12-pack carton in the picture to give some idea of size. The carton measures roughly 5"x15" on each side. Where the drink carton is laying on the tree the tree is roughly mid-chest high.
Anybody want to give some pointers on how to attack this tree? I'm figuring on starting from the top-end at about 10" thickness, limb down several feet, buck that section, and repeat. Cutting compression side of limbs first. I'm a bit concerned with the tree shifting so I'm thinking of anchoring it to my Cherokee with a chain and cut on the opposite side from the vehicle. I haven't cut anything that's standing off the ground like this one so any suggestions are appreciated.
I'm hoping to get on it in the morning before the blast-furnace cranks up.
Ed
Below are some pics of a pine I mentioned earlier in another thread. It's on a friend's property and was cut about 3-4 months ago by the power company when they ran a new line to a nearby dwelling. I placed an empty coca-cola 12-pack carton in the picture to give some idea of size. The carton measures roughly 5"x15" on each side. Where the drink carton is laying on the tree the tree is roughly mid-chest high.
Anybody want to give some pointers on how to attack this tree? I'm figuring on starting from the top-end at about 10" thickness, limb down several feet, buck that section, and repeat. Cutting compression side of limbs first. I'm a bit concerned with the tree shifting so I'm thinking of anchoring it to my Cherokee with a chain and cut on the opposite side from the vehicle. I haven't cut anything that's standing off the ground like this one so any suggestions are appreciated.
I'm hoping to get on it in the morning before the blast-furnace cranks up.
Ed