Work Done In 2026

[vatmark]

Me and my son got the rounds we cut last time split during the week and it filled part of our empty rack. My husband and I went out today to take care of more of the mess from Helene. Not a ton of rounds but there was so much to take care of before getting to wood that was worth taking. Had to cut so many branches and then drag them down further into the holler. So it was constant up and down the mountain. My husband had to cut stuff over his head which was a bit scary but we got it done. The rounds in the picture are branches from one of the trees. The tree is big. Getting those rounds up to the wood stacks was all up hill. My son and I will get those split during the week to fill the rack. Pretty sure we will be feeling it tomorrow.

 

[stoveliker]

We cut two white oaks at my friend's place. They were heavy leaners. About 75 years old. Not too big, a little less than a cord.

It is satisfying when they fall exactly where you aimed. Between a row of fruit trees and a deck.

 

[Tar13]

I have been cutting and splitting up white oak tops leftover from a logging operation...been a minute since I processed white oak and I had forgotten how heavy it is! lol

 

[Jsjac1]

Not too great of a picture. That was a week or so ago. Split a bunch more since the picture.
I will take a lates picture and post it shortly.

I got a couple daylight pictures

 

[weee123]

Driveways complete!

 

[GG Woody]

Another couple loads...

Thought I was maybe shutting down for the season, I'm ready to move on to spring stuff. Weather started dropping yesterday evening (-3c) so I took the chance to shovel some ash and vacuum the catalyst.
My BK works so much better right after I vacuum the catalyst, I really need to get more diligent with it...
I almost have my new overflow wood storage full, and I'm almost out of must salvage blown down trees.

 

[Dieselhead]

We’re down to mostly overnight small fires this time of year so I restocked the tote halfway with resplit spruce and maybe a dozen hardwood pieces resplit to much smaller than usual pieces. Anything not burnt will be brought camping or nice nights at home around the fire pit.

 

[NickW]

Did some wiring in the garage the other day so I could get building my indoor wood storage area. Mostly done now... just have to get some pallets, add wall protection over the drywall on the left side and add some lateral bracing to the trusses. Should hold about 4 cord if I stack 7' high. Left side is 66" wide and right is 44". Both are 8' deep.

 

[thewoodlands]

This was the ash from a friends house I grabbed late last fall. When I woke up on April 1st, I noticed this, I stacked it again the next day.

 

[NickW]

Cleared part of one of my tangle messes, then hauled some of the brush to the township brush pile, came home with a good haul of logs, css'd them. Verified that the one barkless log was oak as hoped, will go back with the saw and wheelbarrow for the rest. Got probably between 1/8 and 1/4 cord. Mix of red maple, white ash, red oak and birch.

 

[shortys7777]

1/4 mile down the road. It was cut into sizes too big for my stove so I had to cut them smaller than my prefered size, but can't complain about free dead oak right by the road. Filled my little trailer. Probably another half load hopefully I'll get Friday.

 

[NickW]

Today I brought another load of brush over to the township brush pile; grabbed the rest of the oak along with a couple big chunks of sugar maple, 1 stick of ironwood, 1 black ash, and several sticks of red maple. Photo I took of the trailer load didn't save so I'll get one tomorrow of the rounds. Stupid wheel barrow tire wouldn't hold air so I had to lug it out by hand about 150' 🤪.

 

[Stelcom66]

Stupid wheel barrow tire wouldn't hold air so I had to lug it out by hand about 150' 🤪.

That's a long haul! I had a few wheel barrows with tires like that. The one I got about 10 years ago has those foam(?) filled tires so that no longer happens. It's heavy duty overall, cost a bit more but worth it.

 

[NickW]

This is the rounds. All split and stacked. I'm guessing it ended up a little under 1/2 cord, but it's hard to tell because I added to existing stacks. Nice stuff, super excited to have found some premiums. Just need to get caught up with the crap wood and regular hardwoods. Maybe in fall...?

 

[thewoodlands]

I moved & stacked a face cord of Beech firewood to a better area earlier today, by the time we burn it this coming heating season it'll have been up 3 years.

 

[thewoodlands]

Picture 2337 was a topped off Maple, not much good wood from that, in 2338 there's a Cherry that I used a plunge cut so it wouldn't barber chair, that worked out perfect, 2341 & 42 is the one pile of Cherry rounds and 2347 is something Mother Nature took down, not much good firewood from that either.

 

[Tar13]

I have been splitting like a mad man every weekend...I stumbled into the deal of a lifetime by answering a ad on facebook market place..2 younger guys were cleaning up their parents property after a logging operation..mainly white oak with some red and black oak thrown in...after talking to them they agreed to let me drop off my 6.5x 14ft. tandem trailer..I ripped some 3/4 in plywood sheets in half to stand on edge around the perimeter of the trailer...they are loading the trailer with rounds cut to 16 in. for me by stacking and rounding the rows off and then they call me to come get it..so far i am averaging 4.5 rick per load all for $100...yes you read that right! They are very well aware of current firewood market prices in our area...they just want it gone! I am fast becoming friends with them as they are good people..I told them I am good for at least 8 more loads...they dont know it yet but they are going to be getting a good bonus from me..my large lean to is 9 ft. wide by 7.5 ft. tall by 24 ft. long and is just about full...

 

[Jsjac1]

When cutting wood this fall I dumped a couple of buckets of cut,split wood in the shed.
Today was the day to stack it. We had to move it fist. Then stack it. It goes fast when the wood is right next to where it is getting stacked.

Before and after pictures
About a half a cord or so.

 

[stoveliker]

A bit late, and of course on the first day we hit 75 ...
I got a 20 yard truck of wood dumped. Mostly locust, some big. Many vines. I don't think the truck was really full as a 20 yard truck would get 4 cords or so? and I don't think this is that much. Which is good. 2-2.5 cord for me, and the rest (1 cord or so) for my elderly neighbors.

Apart from the locust quite some maple, and a bit of cherry. I was not home when they dumped it, but they dumped it well.

I dislike the vines. I am able to peel them off, but I can't get all the "soil" out of the deep crevices of the locust bark.
The (echo 4910) saw ate thru the maple with big, big chips. But when I got to the locust, it quickly needed sharpening. Two 8 ft 8" diameter pole of dead, barkless locust already made that happen (hard and dry, <20%), and it got worse when I cut the first 16" dia stick from which I had taken the vines off and brushed the bark. (the stick to the right and behind the cherry piece in the first picture, and all the way to the left in the second picture)

It is what it is. All free.

The biggest locust one is 32" diameter measured on the end just visible in the second picture (the end on teh first pic is larger b/c of a flare).
Going to pull that down with a come along tied to a tree 50 ft away, so with me far away when it rolls down...,

Cut two tanks of gas, and all the stuff in front of the tall pile in the first pic is cut up and ready to split.

(That shed there is my "emergency" stock. Big shed with 3 bays of 2 cords each in the back. This winter I used stuff from the emergency shed. And the big blocks in the shade there are red oak - I like to have a few like that that take 4-5 years to dry and then burn looooong .)

 

[all night moe]

A bit late, and of course on the first day we hit 75 ...
I got a 20 yard truck of wood dumped. Mostly locust, some big. Many vines. I don't think the truck was really full as a 20 yard truck would get 4 cords or so? and I don't think this is that much. Which is good. 2-2.5 cord for me, and the rest (1 cord or so) for my elderly neighbors.

Apart from the locust quite some maple, and a bit of cherry. I was not home when they dumped it, but they dumped it well.

I dislike the vines. I am able to peel them off, but I can't get all the "soil" out of the deep crevices of the locust bark.
The (echo 4910) saw ate thru the maple with big, big chips. But when I got to the locust, it quickly needed sharpening. Two 8 ft 8" diameter pole of dead, barkless locust already made that happen (hard and dry, <20%), and it got worse when I cut the first 16" dia stick from which I had taken the vines off and brushed the bark. (the stick to the right and behind the cherry piece in the first picture, and all the way to the left in the second picture)

It is what it is. All free.

The biggest locust one is 32" diameter measured on the end just visible in the second picture (the end on teh first pic is larger b/c of a flare).
Going to pull that down with a come along tied to a tree 50 ft away, so with me far away when it rolls down...,

Cut two tanks of gas, and all the stuff in front of the tall pile in the first pic is cut up and ready to split.

(That shed there is my "emergency" stock. Big shed with 3 bays of 2 cords each in the back. This winter I used stuff from the emergency shed. And the big blocks in the shade there are red oak - I like to have a few like that that take 4-5 years to dry and then burn looooong .)

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Seems any dead black locust is murder on chains. Sand in the bark of green don't help either....LOL.
Ivy vines?

 

[stoveliker]

Yes, regular ivy (Hedera).

 

[Stelcom66]

That's a lot of free wood! My saw wouldn't be big enough for the 32" diameter logs. I guess if there's a will there's a way.

Yeah vines are a pain, even free ones. Good deal getting the load now for next year. Or maybe late this year?

 

[all night moe]

Haven't done much in the way of wood. Truck bed is showing it's weaknesses. I don't think it's wise to do a good haul with it. Will need a bunch of patchwork with a welder to restore some rigidity. At this point it doesn't matter as much anyways. Company I contract climbed for the most went belly up last Jan. That just throws a wrench in the works. All will work out in the end. Work wise I'm still staying busy. Works picked up the last 2wks......thankfully!

This is the spring I place priority on the 1-ton dump. Found a 1/2'' thick hitch plate for $30. It'll tie the frame back together and make the truck usable again. I do have to figure out how I'm going to get the body off 1st for the repair work.

 

[stoveliker]

My echo 4910 has a 20" bar so that'll work.
Last year I had 36" red oak. Worked ok too.

This is for '28/'29