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[EbS-P]

So that sucks with stacking.

Price was right. Saved the tree company a tipping fee. It’s about 65$ for a single axle here. I have the same issue with a few pieces. I’ll sort them out for an N/S burn in my F400.

 

[stoveliker]

Yes. I will give the shortest pieces to my elderly neighbors once split. They have a real small stove.

 

[clancey]

That's so nice of you and I just bet they really appreciate them...clancey

 

[heavy hammer]

This is some ash a friend of my brothers had taken down. He didn't want the wood so we ended up with it since the tree guys wanted more money to haul it away. The 660 has a new 3 foot bar on it for this tree.

These are 2 big piles of locust I have had sitting for the last couple of years. With all the new ash I'm getting I wanted this cut and stacked and I have room since I have moved a lot of wood closer to the house. These pics are from a couple of weeks ago I was in Florida for vacation so I'm behind.

 

[stoveliker]

That's so nice of you and I just bet they really appreciate them...clancey

I can't speak them, but I appreciate them. And given their limitations, this seems to be a right way to show said appreciation.

 

[clancey]

I repeat I think it is so nice of you to give your neighbors the short pieces because they have a smaller stove. At least you had " them"--the neighbors in your thinking and thought of them and it made their lives a bit easier especially to have some free wood. I wish my neighbors would think of me and give me some "free wood" even if they were smaller pieces.. clancey

 

[kennyp2339]

wow @heavy hammer, nice haul, actually a bit surprised another species other then locust was allowed on the property lol.
Heads up, I see the mighty Atlantic is starting to produce spinning circles of overtime again.

 

[MissMac]

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View attachment 280874View attachment 280875View attachment 280876View attachment 280877View attachment 280878View attachment 280879View attachment 280880View attachment 280881View attachment 280882View attachment 280883These are 2 big piles of locust I have had sitting for the last couple of years. With all the new ash I'm getting I wanted this cut and stacked and I have room since I have moved a lot of wood closer to the house. These pics are from a couple of weeks ago I was in Florida for vacation so I'm behind.

That's a good lookin' saw right there! And some great wood - man, you do quite well for yourself in your wood scrounging. Awesome!

 

[EbS-P]

Tree service dropped a long leaf pine ( same btus per cord as red oak) a few houses down. I got 30’ of mostly straight grained limb free 22-24” at the base. Parked trailer at my hair and we rolled it all down to the back yard. More than a half cord less than one when it’s all split and stacked. Didn’t even have to buck it. Will be dry in a year.
Evan

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I split Everything in the foreground. About 1/2 of the entire load. 3 mornings 20-30 minutes at day. Fiskars maul swinging HARD 4-5 swings to split down the middle and then two more to quarter the rounds and then The X27 after that.

 

[heavy hammer]

kennyp2339 I see that storm forming down there. We have had some pretty good storms here this week. I'll probably work 16's till sat or longer. The ash is a nice score it can't hurt to burn a little something different here and there. Thanks MissMac, it is hard work sometimes but worth it once the cold comes back. I love that saw, but I would like to run a 661.

 

[Gearhead660]

Had some storms come through earlier this week with strong winds. Grabbed a load of locust from a friend's neighbor. Got a couple more to get.

 

[thewoodlands]

I grabbed another two loads of Birch rounds out of the gully this morning and finished off the front and the back, the back stack needs some smaller rounds that will finish it off, we have some Ash, Maple and Birch rounds that will finish off the back rack.

After the above is done, I'll move the chit wood near the blue tarp over to the outside fireplace and get our stacking areas ready for the fall felling.

I stopped to take a picture of the first load after it was split and the fawn came running by and then stopped to eat at the base of a small Ash I felled last fall.

 

[EbS-P]

Put up a new rack. Have to stack off the ground here if you want to burn the bottom 2’ of the stack. It’s. We’ll see how I like this setup. It was fast and cheap. $1.50 a block, 3.30 a 2x4 and 5 for the landscaping timbers. 16’ long and stacking two rows. Decided to split it up. In to two 8’ sections. We will see how high it stacks stably.
Evan

 

[thewoodlands]

This is the big Maple that came down, I walked down from the top when I went for a ride today. I'm thinking the easiest way I can get this to an area I can split it will be rolling it down the hill.

 

[kennyp2339]

Worked 4 aft 16hr shifts in a row 8pm to noon, got some lazy napping on Sunday, mowed then pulled crab grass zilla from the one garden that got away from me this year.

 

[Gearhead660]

Put up a new rack. Have to stack off the ground here if you want to burn the bottom 2’ of the stack. It’s. We’ll see how I like this setup. It was fast and cheap. $1.50 a block, 3.30 a 2x4 and 5 for the landscaping timbers. 16’ long and stacking two rows. Decided to split it up. In to two 8’ sections. We will see how high it stacks stably.
Evan

I like using pallets on the ends also.

 

[Gearhead660]

Worked 4 aft 16hr shifts in a row 8pm to noon, got some lazy napping on Sunday, mowed then pulled crab grass zilla from the one garden that got away from me this year.

How is it that no matter how little rain we get, crab grab has no problem growing like mad?

 

[Gearhead660]

Been helping friends clean up from the storm last week. And as a bonus, got a bunch of premo firewood! Oak and locust. Will work on this over the winter.

 

[thewoodlands]

Except for the top of the second Pine and some branches that I'll take over to the outside fireplace, this area will be ready for some snow storage this winter instead of being just off the corner of the driveway.

I took two loads of branches and dead Pine over to the outside fireplace and then split & stacked all the Pine I had bucked up.

The first picture is what it looked like before I took down three smaller trees the other day and two Pine today.

 

[Gearhead660]

More storm clean up. This time a load of Maple. The shed is full, 3 yr rotation all set. Now what? Build another shed?

 

[EbS-P]

More storm clean up. This time a load of Maple. The shed is full, 3 yr rotation all set. Now what? Build another shed?

I’m about out of space too. I Missed a drop off from a tree service I lined up. Should have been about 2 cords. Glad I missed it now.

 

[SpaceBus]

The pile of slabs I cut up recently and a one cord shed I started yesterday. Today is rainy, but I hope to finish it tomorrow. The floor is 6x8 (roughly 12-14" between rows), roof in the front is 6' tall and 5' tall in the back, 16" OC 2x4 floor and 16" OC 2x6 (actually 5.75") rafters, and the corner posts are tamarack 4x4's with spruce 4x4 beams. All of the lumber is rough cut I've been working on this year. The rafters are held to the beams with wooden blocks nailed into both and the 4x4's have something similar. I have some 18' live edge boards to make the side walls and add some bracing. The roof deck will be 1/2" CDX for now with a plan on clear corrugated plastic in the long term. It's just sitting on some blocks so I can move it in the future. The other small shed is where I keep my chainsaws and is the only outdoor storage I really have right now. This winter I hope to build a greenhouse and I'll use that for some tool storage as well. The wood line in the background of the photos will get pushed back another 25' or so and the greenhouse will go behind where the slab wood is piled up.

 

[MissMac]

A few days ago I moved all the wood I've been slowly splitting onto some pallets in front of my wood shed, up against my uglies bin that I'll be burning this winter. I used the big quarters from that spruce tree I scored to line the edges, so I could just hurl the smaller poplar splits without having to worry about them flying off the back of the pallet.


With the exception of the wood in the uglies bin, I moved all that wood over the course of one day, which for me was a big win with my shoulder. I was able to get it all covered up before the big rains yesterday.

I still have a bunch of poplar rounds to split, which I will slowly keep picking away at this fall, and add onto the new pile.


I couldn't help but try and take a shot of all my processed wood in one frame. Feels good heading into winter



There's a bunch of trees down in town from the storm yesterday. I am kinda sad that I cant grab the saw and go out scrounging, but looking at what I've got here does give me some comfort. You all have a great weekend!

 

[BCC_Burner]

Finally got the chance to fire up the new Husqvarna battery saw (540i XP) today. Two fully charged batteries turned this pile:

into this:

and this today.

Not a bad Saturday in the slightest.

 

[clancey]

Such a pretty picture with the mountain behind such a beautiful pile of wood--good for you--and so glad the battery "thing" worked out so well...Just beautiful--thank you..old mrs clancey