Time for redemtion! - This weekends wood scrounge

[Hills Hoard]

After last weekends pathetic attempt at a wood hoard, I have booked myself a date with my uncle who has is giving me the remaining wood seen in this pic....its hard work to process, but well worth it!...

 

[Backwoods Savage]

Working weekend?

 

[Hills Hoard]

Working weekend?

i'll be working all Saturday on this for sure....then a friend has some wood for me to pick up but they have started texting playing down how good the wood is now....it may not have been stored properly out in the open

 

[Auzzie Gumtree]

.it may not have been stored properly out in the open

i am trying to burn some wood like that i got it last year. It burns but not very well. It will take me a couple of weeks and then i can get to the good stuff. I find it hard to find 'free' wood scrounges this time of year as everybody else has just realised its getting cold and i need some wood fast Get as much as you can of that good stuff. How easy is it to split? can you get through it with the hand splitter?

 

[bogydave]

After last weekends pathetic attempt at a wood hoard, I have booked myself a date with my uncle who has is giving me the remaining wood seen in this pic....its hard work to process, but well worth it!...

Cool
What type of wood is it?

 

[Hills Hoard]

i am trying to burn some wood like that i got it last year. It burns but not very well. It will take me a couple of weeks and then i can get to the good stuff. I find it hard to find 'free' wood scrounges this time of year as everybody else has just realised its getting cold and i need some wood fast Get as much as you can of that good stuff. How easy is it to split? can you get through it with the hand splitter?

yes, im like a man possessed right now...ive got a vision of how much wood i want lined up along this fence and im only like 10% done...hahha....the wood im picking up tomorrow is yellowbox....really tough to split and i do it all by hand..i remember last time i split and stacked 2 ute loads and i was sooo sore the next day...its hard as nails.....then the other old wood im getting is stringy bark...did you see i ended up getting 12 pallets last night for my new pile!....very happy

 

[Hills Hoard]

Cool
What type of wood is it?

its predominantly yellow box...its a very hard wood and burns fantastic...from memory that pile of wood also has another type of wood that was pretty good too...but im there for the yellow box...

 

[Woody Stover]

Cool
What type of wood is it?

its predominantly yellow box..

Eucalyptus...good stuff. From the looks of it, it could be fairly dry already. I think you are stacking for next winter though, correct?

 

[Hills Hoard]

Eucalyptus...good stuff. From the looks of it, it could be fairly dry already. I think you are stacking for next winter though, correct?

Yep im pretty much all set for 2013 so frantically hoarding for 2014 and beyond...but you are right, the wood i collected and split from that same pile early this year burns sweet already after spending a few hot months out in the sun... . I will put some on stand by if i run out this year...

 

[Beer Belly]

Dude....that is some big wood

 

[PA. Woodsman]

I can just imagine how that dulls the chains! Wow, what a job!

 

[PA. Woodsman]

Dude....that is some big wood

What does your wife's sexual comments to you have to do with-oh, wait......

 

[Hills Hoard]

Dude....that is some big wood

Unfortunately thats the first time someone has said that to me....haha...

 

[Hills Hoard]

I can just imagine how that dulls the chains! Wow, what a job!

How spoiled am I though. last time i scrounged there my uncle actually turned up with his monster stihl and did the hard work for me cuz ive only got a toy of a chainsaw...A lot of that wood is cut to length. i will have to do some cutting today though and the chain is sharpened and ready...

 

[Hills Hoard]

ok boys....we have had redemption! two loads of yellow box with a few bits of stringy bark....im no expert but suspect if the wood had of been laying out in the open much longer it might have gone to waste. but i split it all today and seems quality and half dry.... damn its gnarly wood to process but burns so good so my sore back tomorrow will be worth it. I plan on stacking on my 2014 pile tomorrow, will get picks then.

Had some nice guests when i arrived and they didn't seem to fussed about me sawing and splitting wood. Kangaroos are awesome, beautiful animals..

EDIT. looking back at the shot of kangaroos, there are actually two in that shot. One is just harder to see...

 

[Beer Belly]

Unfortunately thats the first time someone has said that to me....haha...

Comin' from another dude...that's a good thing

 

[Beer Belly]

ok boys....we have had redemption! two loads of yellow box with a few bits of stringy bark....im no expert but suspect if the wood had of been laying out in the open much longer it might have gone to waste. but i split it all today and seems quality and half dry.... damn its gnarly wood to process but burns so good so my sore back tomorrow will be worth it. I plan on stacking on my 2014 pile tomorrow, will get picks then.

Had some nice guests when i arrived and they didn't seem to fussed about me sawing and splitting wood. Kangaroos are awesome, beautiful animals..

EDIT. looking back at the shot of kangaroos, there are actually two in that shot. One is just harder to see...

Dude....that's a lotta wood

 

[TimJ]

nice bit of work and nice stack...........hope you enjoy your fires

 

[OldLumberKid]

ok boys....we have had redemption! two loads of yellow box with a few bits of stringy bark....im no expert but suspect if the wood had of been laying out in the open much longer it might have gone to waste. but i split it all today and seems quality and half dry.... damn its gnarly wood to process but burns so good so my sore back tomorrow will be worth it. I plan on stacking on my 2014 pile tomorrow, will get picks then.

Had some nice guests when i arrived and they didn't seem to fussed about me sawing and splitting wood. Kangaroos are awesome, beautiful animals..

EDIT. looking back at the shot of kangaroos, there are actually two in that shot. One is just harder to see...

Looks like you got it in the 'nick of time; can't let good wood go to waste [seen enough of that happening post Sandy, it would bring a tear to your eye].

Sometimes upover it's hard to imagine it ever gets cold in Melb'n. Say hi to my rels in Adelaide, mate, and erm Go Crows!

 

[Backwoods Savage]

Amazing how much alike the hide is on the roos vs whitetail deer.

 

[Hills Hoard]

Sometimes upover it's hard to imagine it ever gets cold in Melb'n. Say hi to my rels in Adelaide, mate, and erm Go Crows!

Ha ha...it does get cold. Thats why i love melbourne. Stinking hot summers, cold winters, beautiful changes of season. Where i live is an hour out of the CBD up in the mountains....We get some pretty lame snow but not every winter. But mornings in winter are often around zero and doesn't feel like it gets much warmer throughout the day....

Only been to Adelaide once and have got some crazy stories to tell about that place. It can get pretty wild over there!

 

[Hills Hoard]

Amazing how much alike the hide is on the roos vs whitetail deer.

Although i dont like eating kangaroo, they are very nice to eat too...