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.