Oak Scrounge

[JSeery]

Saw some black oak on craigslist nearby. Long, straight small/medium logs I could quickly cut and throw in the car. Got there to see some guy beat me to the good stuff. Fair enough. There was a large twisted trunk he wasn't going to touch, and I already had my saw with me so I figured why not. Took a lot of cutting, noodling, some intermediate splitting to get chunks into the car, and two trips with the scrounge sedan. Some hard work for sure, but the Echo wanted a workout. The other guy was using an MS-291 and my CS-590 was cutting circles around him. I've never used one of those but it made me feel good about getting the Echo. I guess it just goes to show it's important how you maintain/use the saw.

 

[toddnic]

Always great when you get some good free wood! Now 2 to 3 years to season and it will be ready to burn!

 

[StihlKicking]

Nice score, Extra points for having a scrounge sedan![emoji16]


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[HisTreeNut]

Very nice...

 

[JSeery]

Always great when you get some good free wood! Now 2 to 3 years to season and it will be ready to burn!

Yeah, this is going in my 19/20 pile. The plus side of having to split/noodle before i could get these into my car is that they should already start seasoning, but I'll split them down to stove size and stack this fall/winter.

 

[Soundchasm]

Wow, you got that in a car in a few trips! I've been lucky enough to get standing dead so I was able to start feeding the stove the same year I got it. Good work.

 

[Jeffm1]

Saw some black oak on craigslist nearby. Long, straight small/medium logs I could quickly cut and throw in the car. Got there to see some guy beat me to the good stuff. Fair enough. There was a large twisted trunk he wasn't going to touch, and I already had my saw with me so I figured why not. Took a lot of cutting, noodling, some intermediate splitting to get chunks into the car, and two trips with the scrounge sedan. Some hard work for sure, but the Echo wanted a workout. The other guy was using an MS-291 and my CS-590 was cutting circles around him. I've never used one of those but it made me feel good about getting the Echo. I guess it just goes to show it's important how you maintain/use the saw.View attachment 198774

Also whether the chain is sharp or not...

 

[JSeery]

Also whether the chain is sharp or not...

Good point. That's probably what made the biggest difference.