Work Done In 2026

[NickW]

Two afternoons cutting later.

Fresh locust is heavy ...
Had to noodle the big one because it isn't round enough to roll the rounds, and it was too heavy to pull/slide.

Almost there.
Well, then the splitting...

Yeah, I scored some honey locust a year and a half ago at the tree service I scrounged at for the the old place. 2 monster rounds that I thought were about 250lbs each turned out to be one just under and one just over 400lbs when I weighed the 1/6th's I vertically split them into. Couldn't run equipment on site. Rolled them to the trailer and flipped them in. Retroactive hernia...

 

[stoveliker]

I see 58 lbs per cubic foot for green BL.
A round of 30" dia.and 17" long then is 7 cubic foot, so 400-ish pounds.
Last year I had bigger red oak. I calculated the weight then and if I recall correctly, rounds were 500-600 lbs.

 

[NickW]

I see 58 lbs per cubic foot for green BL.
A round of 30" dia.and 17" long then is 7 cubic foot, so 400-ish pounds.
Last year I had bigger red oak. I calculated the weight then and if I recall correctly, rounds were 500-600 lbs.

Oh, my back!

 

[Stelcom66]

it was in the upper 80s yesterday, too much too soon. But I'm not ever a fan of hot weather. Put away the wood rack in the living room, cleaned and vacuumed where it was and put a fan in it's place. Usually do that in May. Will probably use the stove again as Sunday & Monday night are predicted to be at or below freezing. Will use several 5 gallon buckets to hold the wood.

Last week got 2 'scoops' as the wood supplier calls it. That will not quite fill the 8' bed of my truck. Photo below is it unloaded. The supplier is honest, asked how I'll store it (outside) since it will need seasoning. I'll split many pieces again.

 

[stoveliker]

All cut up and out of the way as much as possible.
One log left that I may try to cut into lumber later. (Just playing, no mill here)

Tomorrow rain,.so nothing will happen then.

 

[Stelcom66]

The town stopped by my house recently to determine if a dead spruce (I thought it was a pine) tree was on my property or theirs. I lucked out, was told it 'straddled' the town property line, so they took it down. It's been dead for a few years, I was eventually going to have it taken down myself, because I really thought it was on my property. I was leaving for work this morning and saw the trucks. Spoke to one of the crew members to ask if they could leave some of the larger pieces for firewood. They did and even removed the limbs from the higher and smaller diameter portions of the tree. I realize it's far from ideal firewood, but I've burned seasoned wood of the pine variety many times over the years.

 

[Dieselhead]

Spruce is great, I’ve burnt tons of it the last few years. As long as you don’t split large and top cover it could be ready for this upcoming winter if you get after it now.

 

[shortys7777]

Ash trees snapped behind my parents in a storm. Tried out the 034 that I bought for $50 and needed an air filter and fuel line. Threw a 20in bar on it. Did a good job. This thing was probably 26in at the base. Had my helpers. Dad and 2 sons.

 

[Stelcom66]

Spruce is great, I’ve burnt tons of it the last few years. As long as you don’t split large and top cover it could be ready for this upcoming winter if you get after it now.

Well that's good to know. Thanks.

 

[NickW]

The trim order finally got here Friday. Banging away on that (of course now that the weather is improving...😜). Guessing it will take at least 3 weeks to install, longer if I get distracted on other things; which I accept I likely will. Sorted through it the same day. Only a few things that won't be until the end stayed in the garage. Piles of stuff everywhere inside.

 

[Stelcom66]

Quite a project ahead! Maybe there will be leftover pieces of wood for kindling?

 

[NickW]

Quite a project ahead! Maybe there will be leftover pieces of wood for kindling?

Bonfire supply only, ordered pre-finished with conversion varnish.

 

[Dieselhead]

Amongst other outdoor yard work I cleaned out the tote of bark and slivers, cut up pallets, got both barrels going with 55 gallon worth of oak bark from last years splitting party, the cut up pallets and other misc wood junk I’ve had hanging around.

 

[djlew]

It's been a long time, probably close to a year, since I got out and did some work in the wood shed. I have a lot of oak that needed to come down that I need to get started drying. I got the Fiskars maul and my splitter out and started to go to town. These rounds have been sitting for a while. I try to tell my family all the time... the rounds have been sitting but I bet the wood is soaked inside. Lo and behold, stringy and wet still! Maybe they will listen to me this time when I say I bet the wood is still wet. 🤣

It felt really good to get out and start chopping again. I have been fighting some lower back pain and plantar fasciitis so it has been tough to get my strength back again. Something about getting outside and chopping almost makes the pain go away (and then come back later when I'm sore!).

 

[thewoodlands]

Since the cooler weather is suppose to last until the 15, we put in 2 loads of pine and some hardwood.

We did have 9 bags of pellets left from almost 2 years ago, we had been burning those so we have 1 bag left.

 

[Gearhead660]

Spent the afternoon getting the garden planted. The farmers are out getting crops in, safe to get our crops in!

 

[Stelcom66]

I wanted to move a few rounds I cut from a tree taken down in my yard to where it will season a while. One round I finally split in half, was able to lift both of those pieces. For the other rounds, I forgot my son borrowed my truck ramps. Found this plank, worked just fine to roll them up. I know many others have done this, but it worked better and easier than I thought.

 

[weee123]

Picked up a truck load and thinking one more should do it to replace what was burned last season. Add to it the other dead trees that have to come down in the back should be sitting pretty.

Also added a lean-to to the side of the pole barn to store the ford and log splitter. Made more room in the garage. Also made a ballast weight for the front of the ford as well.

 

[stoveliker]

All cut up and out of the way as much as possible.
One log left that I may try to cut into lumber later. (Just playing, no mill here)

Tomorrow rain,.so nothing will happen then.

So all of that is split and stacked, except for the little bit of maple next to the steps. That's all straight no knots (except for two rounds) so will be easy .
Bummer is that I only have three of the five stacks in my two cord bay filled. So I need to get me more wood delivered.
I did take all the bark off of the locust, which was a lot of work and took quite some volume away.

This week travel for work.

 

[MRD1985]

Been super busy with side work since late March, haven’t had much time for wood. Still not done yet with side work…

I got the stove shoveled out and mostly clean, I just have to sweep the chimney and firebox, blow out all the dust from the blower motor and air passages then I’ll be good till the fall. Going to have to replace some firebrick on the bottom of the stove, and I’ll probably also replace the secondary air tubes. Fair bit of rust of them. The blower was also making a bit of noise last season so I’ll check the bearings on that and order a caged blower if needed. Expensive now though at $250.

I picked up about 1.5 cords of ash (no pictures of that right now), got it all split and stacked. Also found some nice big red oak roadside in my neighborhood. I took as much as I could (Mother’s Day) so I had very limited time. I was planning on going and getting the rest the next day but the tree service truck came and took it. Missed it by a couple hours. Was nice straight grain wood. Split the big rounds by hand. (26” diameter).l and got it all stacked. Bummed, oh well. Pictured is what I was going to come back for. Still got a decent amount of wood from those big rounds

I also have a ton of mulberry to pick up at a co workers house when I have time. Probably won’t be for at least 2-3 weeks. Those are the last pictures

All of it good “free” heat.

 

[clancey]

mr--your pushing yourself just too hard--need to learn to relax more and those tree companies are fast at removing something when you don't want them too--ugh--you will get even better ones next time...now take a nice hot shower and put your feet up and enjoy something--heck have a nice cup of coffee,, old clancey

 

[MRD1985]

mr--your pushing yourself just too hard--need to learn to relax more and those tree companies are fast at removing something when you don't want them too--ugh--you will get even better ones next time...now take a nice hot shower and put your feet up and enjoy something--heck have a nice cup of coffee,, old clancey

No time for that right now unfortunately! I’ve been the busiest I’ve been in a very long time between everything I have going on. This summer things will slow down some, lots of vacations.

 

[clancey]

I know what you mean for I have been so so busy too and just had a carport put up in case we get some hail later on in the year and at least my truck has some protection.., now I am thinking about a small part time job..ugh---but at least have a cup of coffee and put your feet up to relax sometime during the day...and think about non working things--lol lol...Bless you clancey..

 

[Isaac Carlson]

We have been building firewood totes and filling them. We made 11 so far and filled 9, for a total of 4.5 cord css. Only about 50 cord left to go. The totes hold just shy of a half cord. Any bigger and I would have trouble lifting them with my bobcat. Wet honey locust and ash get pretty heavy.

I also put a cheapo depot spray job on the splitter today after putting “new” tires on it. The tires looked a bit too sporty for a rusty splitter, so I used up a bunch of old partial spray cans. The rims were supposed to be black, but the can of grey primer I grabbed was silver paint…. It looked ok so I left it. I used a chunk of cardboard to reduce overspray, but it didn’t work as well as I hoped it would.

My wife says she likes it, and my son said there isn’t a thing wrong with it, so it gets the green light. I’ll paint the front half when I get the new table and split chute made for it.

 

[Stelcom66]

We have been building firewood totes and filling them. We made 11 so far and filled 9, for a total of 4.5 cord css. Only about 50 cord left to go.

What a great setup. The splitter looks good with silver wheels IMO. When temperatures were in the 90s here for a few days this week here I was wishing for Wisconsin weather.