Work Done In 2026

[Turbo89]

Fixed my chinesium saw and went to get the rest of that ash, which was a little less than a truck load. Not too bad for some free wood, that left piece near the tailgate gives some scale, that’s Half of the bottom slice of the tree.

 

[bigealta]

Had this red oak taken down by the tree guys, it’s the third or fourth big oak that’s died from either Oak Will or some other oak disease. It died within a few months after it flushed out in the spring and was dead before Midsomer. It’s been standing dead for a year. Was too close to the house for me to mess with.

 

[bigealta]

I’m using the CRV too. Got about a cord or so. I transported to my house, re cut, split and stacked. A little bit of a problem was the tree guys cut it all up into random sizes I would’ve much preferred them to just leave it and let me cut it, but they came a week early and I didn’t know until they were already done with the job. They also were supposed to put it up by my driveway, not drop it and leave it kind of down the hill, which was a big PITA..

Oh yeah and you can see in pic 1 that they also dropped a big limb on my 8x8 patio borders which knocked a few rows of pavers loose. This tree guy worked here years ago and did a great job. I know him, he's been in business for probably 40 years at least. Guess he sent the B team crew to do this hack job.

 

[djlew]

It felt good to finally get the fiskars maul, chainsaw, and splitter out after battling some lower back pain. The pain is still there, but I am learning to stop and not push it... it helps! A good motivator was knowing that if I don't get to splitting soon, the fires are going to be lackluster this coming season. I probably got a third of a cord split and stacked over the weekend. Slowly but surely...

 

[bigealta]

It felt good to finally get the fiskars maul, chainsaw, and splitter out after battling some lower back pain. The pain is still there, but I am learning to stop and not push it... it helps! A good motivator was knowing that if I don't get to splitting soon, the fires are going to be lackluster this coming season. I probably got a third of a cord split and stacked over the weekend. Slowly but surely...

It sounds crazy but hand splitting actually helps my lower back. I use a very light maul with curved wood handle (basically an Axe handle). It's easy to swing and you can whip it around fast if you want to swing hard. The heavy mauls don't work for me.

Also i try to not bend over to stand up splits that need to be resplit. Use feet to prop them up. Split right on the ground rather than picking up and putting on blocks or stumps.

 

[djlew]

It sounds crazy but hand splitting actually helps my lower back. I use a very light maul with curved wood handle (basically an Axe handle). It's easy to swing and you can whip it around fast if you want to swing hard. The heavy mauls don't work for me.

Also i try to not bend over to stand up splits that need to be resplit. Use feet to prop them up. Split right on the ground rather than picking up and putting on blocks or stumps.

Funny enough, I noticed that it felt like a really good stretch while splitting. I went to PT briefly, and learned some good techniques like the "golfer's lift" for stuff like picking up the splits. Also... not overdoing it helps a ton! lol

 

[bigealta]

I did not know the golfers lift move, but i do almost always use the maul as a support when picking up splits to stack or toss in my SUV. Gonna try adding the leg lift part now too. Thanks

 

[Turbo89]

A neighbor had a big ash tree dropped, i talked to the tree guy and he dropped it right by my wood pile, probably 1.5-2cords worth. I guess I’ll be burning a lot of ash next year, lol.

 

[weee123]

Moved some firepit wood over to the rack with the 8n over the weekend.

 

[NickW]

Last week I scored some oak and red pine from a friend. Obviously way more interested in the oak, but I had plenty of room for the pine in the truck and trailer so I got it out of his way. Trailer is oak with a couple of pieces of pine on top, truck is all pine. Figuring about 3/8 cord oak and 5/8 cord pine. We'll see what the yield really is when I get to css it. Got it unloaded and stacked on pallets.

Red pine according to the BTU charts is way better than white pine or fir and I have a stack to burn this winter to test it out mixed with aspen & black ash.

 

[Turbo89]

busy day in the wood yard, I split all of that big ash I got, less the one piece those few big chunks sitting beside the splitter. Easily 1-1/2 cords worth (on the other side of the splitter in this pic). I then stacked some rounds by the splitter, and then cut all of the limb wood with my chop saw. This was a big ash tree I got from the neihbor. Lots of littles, so I guess I’ll have no shortage of kindling this season.

 

[Toasty-Yote]

It felt good to finally get the fiskars maul, chainsaw, and splitter out after battling some lower back pain. The pain is still there, but I am learning to stop and not push it... it helps! A good motivator was knowing that if I don't get to splitting soon, the fires are going to be lackluster this coming season. I probably got a third of a cord split and stacked over the weekend. Slowly but surely...

Same here. During the early stages of COVID when I was barely active my spine recovered from Brazilian Jiu Jistu but every other joint in my body got more painful from the lack of activity. Keeping it moving is the best way to keep pain at bay in my experience.

 

[Toasty-Yote]

busy day in the wood yard, I split all of that big ash I got, less the one piece those few big chunks sitting beside the splitter. Easily 1-1/2 cords worth (on the other side of the splitter in this pic). I then stacked some rounds by the splitter, and then cut all of the limb wood with my chop saw. This was a big ash tree I got from the neihbor. Lots of littles, so I guess I’ll have no shortage of kindling this season.

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Sounds like a fun day. I love using a mitre saw on the smaller stuff. Never have to sharpen and it goes really fast. You just have to make sure you cut in a way that won't bind.

 

[Toasty-Yote]

A neighbor had a big ash tree dropped, i talked to the tree guy and he dropped it right by my wood pile, probably 1.5-2cords worth. I guess I’ll be burning a lot of ash next year, lol.

I feel like most people that gather their own firewood on the east coast will be burning a lot of ash for the next ten years or so until the bulk of it dies off.

 

[Turbo89]

I feel like most people that gather their own firewood on the east coast will be burning a lot of ash for the next ten years or so until the bulk of it dies off.

Agreed. My area I littered with dead ash trees, in fact I have 4 I should take care of, and probably will this fall.