Cutting/Splitting/Scrounging Weekend w/pics

[afblue]

Guy sold his saw mill 2 years ago and has at least 300 of these 4ftX4ftx12ft long bundles of slab wood. Mostly Beech, Maple and Oak. In the picture they are stacked about 12ft tall and 3 rows deep. Dont know if I can call this a scrounge because I did pay $20 for it. Guy said that he couldnt load my enclosed trailer, but take whatever I could fit!! I think I ended up with about 6,000 lbs before I figured thats all the trailer could take.
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Over to my dads land to finish cutting and splitting. This is 1/10th of what was pulled out. ready for cutting and splitting.
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Ripley the 3 year old Vizsla
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The Wifey on here first splitting experience. She was proud of what we split in a 3 hours.
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And finally the saws of the family. My Dads Husky 357XP 16"bar, Dads 1980 FarmBoss 041 w/ 20" bar, and My MS440 with a 18" ES bar
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[Capt]

Nice Vizsla! As an owner of several bird dogs, I have to comment on your dogs before the wood! Do you hunt with him/her?

 

[afblue]

I havent trained him to hunt, most of the land around us is heavily wooded so we mostly just deer hunting. He does alot of his own exploring.

 

[smokinj]

I'd say thats good enough for a scrounge

 

[afblue]

I made a saw buck and stacking the slabs up and buzzing through about 10-15 at once, seems to be going pretty quick. If it all goes smooth cutting and stacking I am going back for another load next weekend!! Guessing by the weight and stacking in my trailer I think its about 1 1/2 cords 2 years seasoned, and 2/3 of the bark has fallen off.

 

[JustWood]

Glad you liked the slabs. See you at the mill yard next weekend!

 

[BrowningBAR]

Guy sold his saw mill 2 years ago and has at least 300 of these 4ftX4ftx12ft long bundles of slab wood. Mostly Beech, Maple and Oak. In the picture they are stacked about 12ft tall and 3 rows deep. Dont know if I can call this a scrounge because I did pay $20 for it. Guy said that he couldnt load my enclosed trailer, but take whatever I could fit!! I think I ended up with about 6,000 lbs before I figured thats all the trailer could take.

$20 bucks for all of that wood is 'scrounged' in my book. Good find!