Not Bad For A Day's Scrounging

[PacificGuyInCNY]

Allrite, maybe not exactly scrounging but I get a call early this morning from a buddy that does field clearing. Says he's clearing a big lot for a guy who decided he didn't want to screw around trying to sell the cleared wood and just wants it out of there ASAP. How much ya got? I ask to which the answer is "I dunno, maybe 50 - 60 face cord, ash, maple, cherry and some oak." Call my bro-in-law, round up our teen boys and we spend the day cutting and carting. (Man I can see now why in the olden days the farmers went for raising a ton of boys, nothing like good hard-working conscripted labor). We're headed back tomorrow to pick up where we left off. BTW, the lot is less than 5 miles from my house, life is just good sometimes.

 

[Hogwildz]

Allrite, maybe not exactly scrounging but I get a call early this morning from a buddy that does field clearing. Says he's clearing a big lot for a guy who decided he didn't want to screw around trying to sell the cleared wood and just wants it out of there ASAP. How much ya got? I ask to which the answer is "I dunno, maybe 50 - 60 face cord, ash, maple, cherry and some oak." Call my bro-in-law, round up our teen boys and we spend the day cutting and carting. (Man I can see now why in the olden days the farmers went for raising a ton of boys, nothing like good hard-working conscripted labor). We're headed back tomorrow to pick up where we left off. BTW, the lot is less than 5 miles from my house, life is just good sometimes.

Jackpot Nice

 

[Roospike]

Nice score ...............ya'll sleep well tonight.

 

[nshif]

Nice Sawbuck! Now have at it before the weather gets worse.

 

[PacificGuyInCNY]

Roospike, sleeping well will be the least of my worries. Will be lucky if I can stay awake through the rest of tonite's episode of "24".

Nshif, the sawbuck is a hot tub pallet that I cut in half and screwed together. Took exactly four minutes start to finish.

 

[ourhouse]

Nice score how much did you end up with?

 

[drbond]

GREAT score! I'm waiting for the frost here myself to do the same. Have to cross a field, and it's just to darn wet and muddy yet. Just waiting on winter so the ground freezes!
You played the lottery too that day??????

Bondo©

 

[PacificGuyInCNY]

Earthharvester, a wild guess would be around 10 face cord but who knows, once I get it cut up we'll see. All I know is we moved maybe 20% of the stack and the guy still has more to be cut.
Not included in the picture is the 4 truckbeds full that we dropped off at my bro-in-law's place.


DrBond, maybe by week's end you and I will both have some frozen ground to make things easier to work with. And I didn't play the lotto but come to think of it I did pick up a scratch-off that's still sittin' in the truck, hmmmmm ...

 

[hardwood715]

What's that white stuff all over the wood and ground??? Whatever it is, we don't have it here!!

 

[wahoowad]

Too bad you are so far away. I'm nearing my quota for next year (as well as space to store it) but could use some time on the saw

 

[PacificGuyInCNY]

Wahoowad, my sister-in-law's family is comin' up here from Lake Anna Va. next week and they'd be happy to give you a lift both ways. Bring your saw, I'll even buy the Labatt Blue. :roll:

 

[BrotherBart]

Wahoowad, my sister-in-law's family is comin' up here from Lake Anna Va. next week and they'd be happy to give you a lift both ways. Bring your saw, I'll even buy the Labatt Blue. :roll:

I think I am beginning to know Wahoowad. I think he will do it. And leave the saw at home.

 

[frwinks]

hahaha.. my weekend went pretty much just like yours...at the end of it I ended up with this

 

[jldunn]

Let me know if you need any help finding a home for some of that. I'd love to load a pickup or two for next year.

 

[Roospike]

Got about 8 cords ready for the splitter , this wood is going to be for the winter of 2008/2009 - 2009/2010

(wood: Elm , Hackberry , Walnut )

 

[Gunner]

NICE...but splitter, aahhhh leave em as rounds the summit can handle it.

 

[PacificGuyInCNY]

NICE...but splitter, aahhhh leave em as rounds the summit can handle it.

Gunner, the Pacific Summit is the only stove in existence capable of burning a round even bigger than its firebox. With a hot bed of coals its blastfurnace-like nature will burn a good inch or two off the diameter just in the process of slidin' it in. At least that's the word on the street. :cheese:

Jeremy - seein' as how you're fairly close I'll keep tabs with my logging buddy and let you know if 'n when he has another job he needs to unload. My bro-in-law heats three large greenhouses with wood so between the 2 of us we'll easily go through this present cut.

 

[jldunn]

Thanks for the consideration. I've just started burning and haven't found much in the way of sources yet.

 

[Roospike]

Oh yeah , We'll keep a lot of the wood as rounds and being 2 + years a head on wood is what ya have to do to even season rounds , I think the 36" ers + might have to be split at least once tho ;-) ........a .............so we can carry them to the house and all. Elm burns different/funny and coals odd so normally we don't keep too many Elm rounds but Oak , Hackberry , Walnuy, Hedge and Mulberry do great as rounds as long as you have at least a minimum of 2 years on them.

 

[Roospike]

Split piles / 80% 2 years seasoned , 20% left of 3-4 year seasoned .

The "rounds" pile is in the lower 40 with also the Hedge pile down there too , I like to see hedge go 3 years actually so its in its on pile.

reference: Stack shown are 6' tall from the top of the pallets.