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[nola mike]

Made friends with a local tree service 10 minutes from my urban home. A case of beer every so often gets me good access. Not done splitting yet, but 4 pickup truck loads, probably 1.5 cords, which should put me 3 years ahead. Not sure what I got, and kind of stopped caring a while ago (not having to scrounge wood/easy access > > wood type). But I'll post a few pics anyway since I'm not sure about some of it. I thought it was all ash and oak, plus some nice straight large pine logs, but I got a good bit of what I think is poplar. Stacking the mystery wood/pine separately for quick dry/quick start/shoulder burning. I'll take a pic when I thaw out.

 

[nola mike]

Here we go, as promised. I think I have ash (large round) and poplar (split). The ash (?) is a bit stringy. The poplar (?) splits very easily and make me feel like superman. Made one stack with poplar(?)/pine, and another coming along with oak/ash(?).

 

[EbS-P]

Here we go, as promised. I think I have ash (large round) and poplar (split). The ash (?) is a bit stringy. The poplar (?) splits very easily and make me feel like superman. Made one stack with poplar(?)/pine, and another coming along with oak/ash(?).

That’s yellow/tulip poplar. It burns fast. Dries fast. I’d take pine over poplar. Less ash more heat.

 

[bigealta]

Comon bud, with all those choices you picked Tulip Popular?
Save that for last,

Keep Getting the oak and use your time and energy on that. After u get about 10 cords of oak and the other nice hardwoods cut split and stacked in your yard then you can diddle around with the Tulip.

 

[nola mike]

Tbf there wasn't much oak. I thought it was ash until I started splitting it . And I needed to cut it anyway to get it to other stuff. And a lot of those logs were too big for my 14" bar. And... And ...And I like burning poplar, ok? Can pack it into the stove nice because they're so straight. And burn fast and hot.

 

[ScottLewis]

I like ash, I'm burning ash this week.
I don't use poplar.

 

[bigealta]

With that availability of logs i'd look into a saw upgrade. There are usually decent saws on marketplace for reasonable prices. It will save u time and make cutting much easier. Something good with an 18" bar is capable of cutting 35" rounds. I've done it with my stihl 029 saw on oak rounds. Just need to keep the chain nice and sharp. If your funds are low you could always sell a cord or 2. That would get you a nice rippin saw. You've got rare easy access to the motherload, get it while the gettin's good. You never know when the guy will quit or decide to stop giving you access. People can be fickle and things change.

Good Cuttin my friend.

 

[nola mike]

Sadly I have no room to store anything else. The bar size is on purpose, more torque. Saw came with an 18 or 20". Also the chances of me moving or lifting a 36" round on my own are slim.

 

[EbS-P]

With a good maul and a 14” bar I could break down anything straight grained up 36” pretty quickly in to 1/4s I did get a poplar butt that was unsplittable. Wet squshishy stringy. It sucked. If you see the flair leave it.

 

[bigealta]

Split the rounds on site. Problem solved.
No storage - still a problem.
Good luck.