First free wood (pic)

[mjhfoster]

The school where I teach has a sister nursery school (kindergarten) in the foothills of a local mountain with lots of cherry trees cut down and doing nothing. I was told to take as much as I want. I bought a chainsaw and this is the first load:

It is mostly cherry and will be stacked tomorrow, just as soon as I can clear some space for it. There is loads of the stuff and I will be visiting the nursery school every weekend until I get a few cords for next year. I must chop it up now.

This is my saw, an Echo GS35A, which cut up the logs with ease:

 

[SolarAndWood]

Nice score. I'd be headed there every day after school.

 

[raybonz]

Very nice looking stuff!! I would imagine firewood is a commodity there...

Ray

 

[jadm]

What a great find! That wood will smell really nicely when burned.

How cold does it get where you are in the winter?

 

[Tony H]

Keep some for the fireplace if you have one. get as much as you can cherry will store well for several years

 

[mjhfoster]

Oohh, cherry advice, thanks for that. I think I snagged about 1/10th or 1/15th of it today.

It does get pretty cold here. Mid-winter highs or about 4/5C (40F) and below freezing most nights. We only get a few days snow every year but that doesn't stop people putting snow tyres on their road cars.

Firewood is expensive so I'm glad of the free wood!

 

[quads]

Excellent! Cherry is my favorite firewood.

 

[Capt]

Excellent! Cherry is my favorite firewood.

Not the highest BTU's, but I will agree! I love everything about cherry. Smell, color, ease to split, etc.

 

[smokinj]

when you see wavy cut patterns usually means rakers are to hi

 

[Hurricane]

Welcome to the board, and what a great find. That wood will make you happy and warm. There is nothing like sitting by a warm fire on a cold night. I also like cherry for firewood.

 

[mjhfoster]

Hi Smokinjay,

If there are adjustments I need to make on the chainsaw or in my technique for sawing please explain further. It is a brand new saw with new chain and, I assume, set up how it should be. Could it be that Japanese chains are slightly different to those in the US? Let me know before I get back out with it on Monday (national holiday here).

 

[Birdman1]

Nice score bro!!
Feels good don't it.

 

[jtakeman]

Hi Smokinjay,

If there are adjustments I need to make on the chainsaw or in my technique for sawing please explain further. It is a brand new saw with new chain and, I assume, set up how it should be. Could it be that Japanese chains are slightly different to those in the US? Let me know before I get back out with it on Monday (national holiday here).

Rakers can be filed or ground with a dremal. You will need a raker guage that matche the chain. I use the file method.