F/B/S/S/B - All in a days work.

[woodsman416]

Fell, buck, split, stack, burn.

I had a couple of things on my "to do" list today. One was to fill my wood rack by the house with wood from my piles. Another was to fell and buck a dead oak in the woods. It was long dead and about 35 feet tall with no branches. I figured if I had time I'd get some splitting done too.




So I split the first round off the stump in half and took a reading and...

 

[Woody Stover]

Nice stick there!
Man, if this weather keeps on, I'm gonna have to start cutting in the snow myself. I need to get some of this soft Maple for my SILs stacked now. Also got my trailer tied up with a load of that stuff. They want to split, and one has off the end of this week so I'm hoping it's not too cold. I will be the designated stacker.

I think you get a more accurate moisture reading if you warm that round up first, then split and test it....

 

[woodsman416]

With the wood at just under 20%, I'm thinking why stack it since I need to fill my wood rack anyway I might as well just use this stuff. So I loaded my sled up and dragged it off to the chopping block. I use this log hook for lifting. It makes it easy on my lower back.

 

[paul bunion]

With the wood at just under 20%, I'm thinking why stack it since I need to fill my wood rack anyway I might as well just use this stuff. So I loaded my sled up and dragged it off to the chopping block. I use this log hook for lifting. It makes it easy on my lower back.

I hope that red snow isn't your blood.

 

[woodsman416]

This is the set up I use for splitting. I know there's been a lot of talk about splitting on the ground versus a block but I've slipped a disc twice splitting on the ground so most of my splitting is done on a block. Anyway, three rounds lined up in a row with a 17" tire on top.



The tire is attcahed to the outer rounds with a large nail and washers so it doesn't move. The center round is not attached and can be slipped out and replaced if it gets too beat up.



I lift the round with the log hook and give it a flick and pop it into the center of the tire.



After it's split I don't have to bend over and pick each piece up off the ground. NICE!

 

[woodsman416]

I hope that red snow isn't your blood.

LOL!! It's blood but it ain't mine!

I was deer hunting on Friday and used the sled to take a deer out of the woods. I washed it out with snow before I started loading wood. Good eye!

 

[woodsman416]

Loaded the splits right back into the sled and up to the house to fill up my rack.




Loaded up the stove with some fresh split oak and....



Oh yeah!....it burns real nice!

 

[red oak]

Looks like it burns nice but why is there a deer in your stove?

 

[jatoxico]

Nice pics and good job. Been meaning to a get a tire for a long time. FYI your meter is probably reading low in the cold. Even if it is 22-23% burns ok in my stove.

 

[bmblank]

That's the dead deer he brought out of the woods in the sled.

 

[Paulywalnut]

Nice oak. Wow right from the woods to the stove. What did you do cut yourself? Blood in the snow there.
We don't miss anything

 

[Paulywalnut]

Oops I see your explanation. All purpose sled.

 

[gzecc]

20% right from the stump. Impressive.

 

[nrford]

I got some news for you that is Soft Maple not Oak.

 

[wapiti39]

Looks like it burns nice but why is there a deer in your stove?

That's an Elk!

 

[STIHLY DAN]

I got some news for you that is Soft Maple not Oak.

That's what I was thinking too.

 

[mikey517]

What kind of sled is that??

 

[firefighterjake]

What kind of sled is that??

Looks like it could be one of the many similar utility sleds out there -- Otter sled, Viking untility sled, Jet sled, Nordic sled, etc.

 

[woodsman416]

Looks like it could be one of the many similar utility sleds out there -- Otter sled, Viking untility sled, Jet sled, Nordic sled, etc.

That's right. I bought it at Cabela's about 6 or 7 years ago. It might be Viking. I'll take a look later and see if it has a name on it.

 

[Jags]

Yeah, that bark screams Maple, not oak.

 

[Backwoods Savage]

I got some news for you that is Soft Maple not Oak.

Dang, you beat me to it. So did Jags. Yes, that is soft maple and if you cut some green now it will be ready to burn in the fall. Its about the fastest drying wood I've ever found.

 

[jaychino415]

Woodsman,

Your saw must have went through those logs like a hot knife going through butter.

Fell, buck, split, stack, burn.

I had a couple of things on my "to do" list today. One was to fill my wood rack by the house with wood from my piles. Another was to fell and buck a dead oak in the woods. It was long dead and about 35 feet tall with no branches. I figured if I had time I'd get some splitting done too.




So I split the first round off the stump in half and took a reading and...