Weekend scrounge score
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ErikR
Burning Hunk
Well the story goes like this. I work on a 4000 acre farm and have access to tons of trees. The landowner doesn’t allow us to cut anything standing, however once it hits the ground it’s fair game. I’m a city guy who moved out to the country to work on a farm 2 years ago. I got bit by the firewood bug about a month after moving out here and have been hand splitting and stacking ever since. All that wood was hauled by the Kawasaki mule you see in one of the pics. At least 35 trips over two days to get it here. I’ve learned a lot from the people on this site, namely get as far ahead as possible with the wood splitting and stacking. Initially this load was just a Hickory I bucked and split, however during the hauling process I kept noticing more and more down trees. I can’t seem to help myself. It’s a great hobby and this site has shown me that I’m not as crazy as my wife thinks I am. Or at least not alone in my firewood madness.
Will do, it’s my first time dealing with Hickory. From what I’ve read on this site it sounds a little temperamental. I’m planning on splitting and stacking this weekend if the weather holds.
Lakeside
Minister of Fire
Dima1973
Member
weatherguy
Minister of Fire
You have way to much. I'll take some if that off your hands so you wont be spending all your free time splitting, I'd preferably take that nasty black locust off your hands.
Hahaha, I hear ya weatherguy. If you would have caught me a few years ago when I was still a city slicker I would have handed that Locust over without a second thought. Now that I’m a country boy, I know the value of that wood. Unfortunately it appears that something is killing all the Black Locust around here. Not sure if it’s a bug or a blight. Might be hard to come by in a few years.
Wonderful score! That Ash will be ready way before 3-4 years though if needed.
I agree. This particular Ash fell in the spring of 2017. It lay suspended off the ground on top of a big rock until last weekend. The splits I’ve made so far are very dry.
wooduser
Minister of Fire
<<Fine you dont like this particular solution. It may never result in a viable fuel but we will never know if we dont look into it. And personally i would rather the us be on the cutting edge so we can benifit from the rewards instead of simply following others. Things will change no matter what you want.
I worry about that guy! He may not live to see that wood split and cut! That looks like a LOT of WORK!
I keep imagining that this wood burning thing is something that the wives ought to love. Not only do they wind up knowing that their husband has a perpetual date with the wood pile, but it ought to transform him into a hunk they can work their way upon.
And for those wives who insisted on 50/50 sharing of those 2 AM feedings for the infants, isn't this their opportunity to step up to the woodpile and do 50/50 of the splitting and stacking? I'm sure that must be how it works...
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It sounds like you have a good deal going for firewood. Where I lived for 15 years 5 miles from here Until this summer I hauled all of my firewood with just my ATV and a Polar trailer. Hardwoods are plentiful up here and I didn’t have to go far to find dead or down dead trees on neighbors land and I’d ask if I could take it and 9 times out of 10 they’d say take it. Now I’ve moved and I’ll see how it goes here. I’m still in the country so I expect it won’t be bad and tomorrow I have a good sized dead standing elm to take down and cut up. It’s only 200 feet from my lot here. Anyways, you have it good, good for you!
weatherguy
Minister of Fire
You must be single!<<Fine you dont like this particular solution. It may never result in a viable fuel but we will never know if we dont look into it. And personally i would rather the us be on the cutting edge so we can benifit from the rewards instead of simply following others. Things will change no matter what you want.
I worry about that guy! He may not live to see that would split and cut! That looks like a LOT of WORK!
I keep imagining that this wood burning thing is something that the wives ought to love. Not only do they wind up knowing that their husband has a perpetual date with the wood pile, but it ought to transform him into a hunk they can work their way upon.
And for those wives who insisted on 50/50 sharing of those 2 AM feedings for the infants, isn't this their opportunity to step up to the woodpile and do 50/50 of the splitting and stacking? I'm sure that must be how it works...
weatherguy
Minister of Fire
All kidding aside that's an awesome score, especially if theres more in the future.
ValleyCottageSplitter
Feeling the Heat
That is awesome! Sounds like a crazy amount of trips. Can you rent a trailer or something? Maybe skid some longer logs out with the UTV then load them in a pickup or trailer? I'm always looking for ways to optimize my process with limited amount of time.
I agree it’s not the most efficient system. I’m looking at getting a small trailer for the mule. Thanks for the tips, this load was kind of time sensitive as a few other employees were also eyeing the down trees. I made my move before they could. It took a lot of work but it was worth it. Got to love the free t u’s.
Todd67
Minister of Fire
Take a look at JRHAWK9’s Polar trailer in the thread ATV+trailer in the gear forum. It’s a nice tandem trailer. You might not need as nice a trailer and Polar makes other nice ones. The also sell a metal rail kit for around $100 that builds up the walls so you can haul more if your UTV can pull the weight. And their trailers swivel and dump and are rated at 1200-1500lbs.
