Sav it's Good!

[thewoodlands]

When I took Dennis for a ride when they stopped by he told me to get this before it went bad so when I picked up the last of the Sugar Maple I decided that I would grab this birch on the way out, total rounds today fom the two trees was 45.




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[bogydave]

Good save.
Get it split fairly quick, rounds I've left unsplit have went punky in a year or so.
Good wood IMO.

 

[thewoodlands]

Bogydave, the plans are to have it split & stacked this weekend. Just thinking about tomorrow, have some cherry that need to come down, both are in the same area an should give us another 60 - 80 rounds.

If I hear rifle shots in that are in the morning then I will call it off. This will be the first birch we have taken.



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[Gasifier]

Nice work ZAP. That should burn nice if you get it s/s so it will dry out soon. It was a nice day to be outside today. Wasn't it? I split and stacked five cord of my pile of rounds today. Pictures to come when the pile is history tomorrow. Splitter is a little slow, but it makes it relaxing. Back is a little sore now though. :smirk:

 

[woodchip]

Funny that, I've been splitting birch this morning.

My favourite wood for splitting.....

 

[thewoodlands]

Nice work ZAP. That should burn nice if you get it s/s so it will dry out soon. It was a nice day to be outside today. Wasn't it? I split and stacked five cord of my pile of rounds today. Pictures to come when the pile is history tomorrow. Splitter is a little slow, but it makes it relaxing. Back is a little sore now though. :smirk:

Gasifier, sure is nice weather so we can get more work done. Looking forward to the pictures of the splitting & stacking.



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[thewoodlands]

Funny that, I've been splitting birch this morning.

My favourite wood for splitting.....

My neighbor was just telling me last week how he liked some birch to burn, we have one in the area I plan on working today that needs to come down.



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[Backwoods Savage]

Glad you got that mossy old thing zap. Lots of good wood there.

Hey, I told you it was to warm up and warm up it did! We got to 59 degrees yesterday! Wow! Of course, rain/snow in the forecast now too.

 

[thewoodlands]

Glad you got that mossy old thing zap. Lots of good wood there.

Hey, I told you it was to warm up and warm up it did! We got to 59 degrees yesterday! Wow! Of course, rain/snow in the forecast now too.

Sav, do you remember the cherry near the back line when you went on the ride, growing like a leaner so you mentioned it should come down, heading out in 30 minutes to grab it.



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[Backwoods Savage]

Zap, I do remember that tree. Go get it! Wish I had some like that but we have so many ash still waiting to cut. Will be starting in a few days now.

 

[bogydave]

Zap, I do remember that tree. Go get it! Wish I had some like that but we have so many ash still waiting to cut. Will be starting in a few days now.

Be careful, drink lots of water, Working in that heat can be dangerous

 

[NH_Wood]

I have a lot of 2 year old yellow birch rounds, about 8 inches diameter - no sign of rot at all. Kept them for all-nighters. I'm not sure if all birch rot as quickly as white and gray. Black also seems to be much more rot resistant. Cheers!

 

[thewoodlands]

Funny that, I've been splitting birch this morning.

My favourite wood for splitting.....

woodchip, I take it the birch splits real easy.


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[firefighterjake]

I have a lot of 2 year old yellow birch rounds, about 8 inches diameter - no sign of rot at all. Kept them for all-nighters. I'm not sure if all birch rot as quickly as white and gray. Black also seems to be much more rot resistant. Cheers!

I think you'll find yellow is better than white birch both in density, burn time, rot-resistance and it has the benefit of a very pleasant smell when split.

 

[woodchip]

Funny that, I've been splitting birch this morning.

My favourite wood for splitting.....

woodchip, I take it the birch splits real easy.


zap

Easiest wood I have ever split, love it. I'll be cutting and splitting more tomorrow from the weekends scrounge ;-)

 

[thewoodlands]

Funny that, I've been splitting birch this morning.

My favourite wood for splitting.....

woodchip, I take it the birch splits real easy.


zap

Easiest wood I have ever split, love it. I'll be cutting and splitting more tomorrow from the weekends scrounge ;-)

I'll be splitting one round of birch tonight, some think it's yellow others think it's white, so we'll do a identification.

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[woodchip]

Looking forward to the pictures zap ;-)