Dropped about 5 cords of standing dead this weekend.

[Cedrusdeodara]

All was standing dead, mostly Black, willow, and southern red oak, swamp/red maple, and sweet gum. My brother cut 2/3 of the trunks and I pushed them over with our skid steer. Standing dead cutting can be very dangerous, but machines can help (skid steer has 3/4 enclosed metal cab in case a widow maker drops during knock down). I am now burning some Acer rubrum (red/swamp maple) and it is HOT! Using an EPA efficient insert, I am zero carbon footprint heating by burning already dead trees

 

[BIGDADDY]

Zero carbon footprint? Are you still exhaling?

 

[Cedrusdeodara]

Haha, no just sweating!

 

[Paulywalnut]

Man that sweet gum is some tough splitting stuff. You sound busy. Good luck with all that.

 

[My Oslo heats my home]

nothing like getting a seasons worth of wood thats already dried.

 

[Cedrusdeodara]

paulywalnut, yes sweet gum is not my favorite splitting wood. That stuff can be stringy mess. Thankfully, only a few trees were sweetgum! My Oslo: I am too lazy to do it right, so I have to find dead stuff to cut. Plus, I'm a bit of a tree hugger so I'd rather not kill them if I can find dead stuff first. Cutting standing dead stuff is still very dangerous and I am lucky that our family business has a skid steer to make the takedown a little safer. Otherwise I would probably stay away from standing dead trees (figuratively and literally).