While I am disappointed that our neighbour half a mile over has decided that he will be waiting a few years to replace his uninsurable wood furnace I am very pleassed to be the recipient of his very sizable stash of 4 foot lengths of assorted firewood.
This morning a friend and I will be starting to tackle the task of cutting, splitting and loading our first wave of wood from this stash.
There are at least a dozen cords of wood in this stash and possible more.
It is an assortment of woods ranging from willow to oak and did I say that it is a half mile from our yard?
We will be tucking into this feast with 2 saws and using my friend's Wallenstein processor as a splitter and loader as the chute on the splitter fits nicely into the back of the truck and the trailers we are using.
Because of how long the wood has been down and stacked we know that not all of it will be anywhere ready for this year but there is a sizable portion of it that is close to ready.
Of course pictures will be forthcoming of the before, during and after.
The only wrinkle is ..... It is raining steadily this morning so we are going to be bug bit and soaking wet in the process...... Nothing is perfect but this situation is darn close.
This morning a friend and I will be starting to tackle the task of cutting, splitting and loading our first wave of wood from this stash.
There are at least a dozen cords of wood in this stash and possible more.
It is an assortment of woods ranging from willow to oak and did I say that it is a half mile from our yard?
We will be tucking into this feast with 2 saws and using my friend's Wallenstein processor as a splitter and loader as the chute on the splitter fits nicely into the back of the truck and the trailers we are using.
Because of how long the wood has been down and stacked we know that not all of it will be anywhere ready for this year but there is a sizable portion of it that is close to ready.
Of course pictures will be forthcoming of the before, during and after.
The only wrinkle is ..... It is raining steadily this morning so we are going to be bug bit and soaking wet in the process...... Nothing is perfect but this situation is darn close.