Work Done In 2026

[Turbo89]

I did leaves today for the first time, then moved about a cord of wood to the house (stacked outside) and shop. Each got about 1/2 a face cord stacked inside.

While doing that I burned some debris and un-salvageable punky pieces in the outdoor fire pit. I also fills up a kindling bin for both with splitter slash and smalls. A bit too warm for a fire tonight, but I’m prepped for the rest of shoulder season now.

 

[thewoodlands]

I started helping a friend with some dead ash on his property, today was splitting & stacking day. I ended up getting a two full face cord of ash with some left.

The first picture is what's left.

 

[NickW]

I finally got to the Aspen stuck on the snapped off pine today. Just got it pulled off for today, then onto other projects.

 

[ctreitzell]

I just bought a battery powered pole saw myself and jeez it works great. I used it to do some pruning / trimming around the house and I was really impressed. Looks like yours is a keeper as well!

I do love my Echo pole saw, but, yeah, elec would be better…mainly it’s the exhaust which bothers me. I’m a pansy and have been wearing a mask and it seriously reduces the exhaust smell that sticks in my nose without a mask.

Yes, when the little Einhell dies, I will have to have another

 

[ctreitzell]

Well, this did just happen last weekend

Oh my, looking forward to stockpiling this quarry, not! Obviously the roof hip to my house is the pressing matter, literally. Surely this will just carry over to 2027 thread.

 

[MRD1985]

Neighbor took down a large red maple limb, I offered to take the wood which he obliged. Got about 3-4 heaping wheelbarrow loads of out of it. I was just saying maple was hard to come by lately…ask and you shall receive I suppose! All cut, split and stacked. Sorry no pics yet!

 

[Burnin Since 1991]

Well, this did just happen last weekend
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Oh my, looking forward to stockpiling this quarry, not! Obviously the roof hip to my house is the pressing matter, literally. Surely this will just carry over to 2027 thread.

I remember talking about this last winter. Didn't you do a thread on it?

 

[ctreitzell]

I remember talking about this last winter. Didn't you do a thread on it?

I didn’t do a thread, did I?
I thought I just posted to the work done thread for 2023…yes, just a long post
https://www.hearth.com/talk/threads/work-done-2023.196725/page-34#post-2702098

That particular wall was really leaning, we were expecting it to fall

But, man, I dunno if we will even be allowed to rebuild…laws are changing around here and my building is tied up in a pile of 600 similar cases and I dunno if anyone is working on the pile of cases. I do have someone working on that…I’ll see what happens. Still, I gotta stockpile the rocks or it will be impossible to control the jungle

 

[MRD1985]

Went and picked up the rest of the oak what was left that I got last week. Also found 2-3 sugar maple logs, nice surprise! Took those too. Total volume I got from this guy is 1.1 cord. I’ll be back next year

 

[Burnin Since 1991]

Really nice score! How much more do you need?

 

[MRD1985]

Really nice score! How much more do you need?

I really don’t “need” any of it lol. I’m around 3 years ahead. But I’ll take everything that’s “free” that I can find when I can find it. This stuff was all beautiful straight grain wood. Super easy splitting

 

[Dieselhead]

Really nice score! How much more do you need?

That’s like when people get mad at billionaires and scream “how much money do you need”! answer: all of it! 🤣

 

[stoveliker]

indeed, having a few years of firewood available makes one feel rich.

 

[NickW]

Got that Aspen css'd and another load of pallets. About 5/8 cord between that tree and a couple of miscellaneous aspen branches I had laying around.

 

[MRD1985]

Got that Aspen css'd and another load of pallets. About 5/8 cord between that tree and a couple of miscellaneous aspen branches I had laying around.
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Those are some nice pallets!

 

[NickW]

Those are some nice pallets!

Takes a bit of digging through the piles of pallets to get these monsters. I modify them to fit my split length and leave space between the stacks. I'm currently in the process of rearranging my stacks and optimize sunlight on both sides of the double rows.

 

[ctreitzell]

I’m really envious of the pallets. We get our wine deliveries on pallets and I hoard them.

What I have a fair bit of on my property is chestnut; not a lot, but lots of garbage from fences. The best thing about chestnut is it takes forever to rot in the dirt. Most of my chestnut is failed fencing that has finished it’s life in it’s previous role and I use that waste to prop the pine pallets up off the dirt to avoid rot.

Here’s my current working stack up where the oaks have been hitting the dirt. This pile behind is mostly oak that has been down about 3 years. I split when I get time; I just have too much plant control to do when I’m outside working. This year, the neighbors pine behind her house perished and fell and I spent at least a week clearing that…still not done

 

[John Lehet]

I do love my Echo pole saw, but, yeah, elec would be better…mainly it’s the exhaust which bothers me. I’m a pansy and have been wearing a mask and it seriously reduces the exhaust smell that sticks in my nose without a mask.

Yes, when the little Einhell dies, I will have to have another

Try Aspen 2 fuel if you want to avoid exhaust smell (and also the toxic hydrocarbons you are smelling). The alkylate fuel doesn’t have the complex cruddy components of regular gasoline. It’s amazingly better.

I got a new small limbing saw recently (Echo 3510, nice), and they put half a tank of I guess pump gas + oil in it. I couldn’t believe how stinky it was compared to what I was used to running my other saws on the Aspen. I had to burn every trace of the stuff away (refilling partial tanks with Aspen) before it stopped stinking.

Side benefit, you can store the equipment without worry, and it will start easily after storage.

(I have an electric Dewalt pole saw, and I wish it was gas, or else some kind of more pro level electric equipment. Underpowered and eats through batteries.)

 

[NickW]

(I have an electric Dewalt pole saw, and I wish it was gas, or else some kind of more pro level electric equipment. Underpowered and eats through batteries.)

Sounds like you resolved the underpowered and eating through batteries with a gas model, but laying decking boards I discovered that a 5ah battery lasted 4 times longer than a 2ah battery with much better power...

 

[John Lehet]

For a pole saw, all I have is the Dewalt, unfortunately. The 2 cycle gas machines are 3 chainsaws and a weedwacker. I do have a semi-pro level electric pruning saw with a 6” blade. It’s really quite good with a sharp chain. Pretty quick, very light. If I have to do a lot of limbing work, it’s a fantastic break to put the chainsaws down and use this little thing. For a while I was using it for anything up to maybe 2.5” diameter or so, but the Echo 3510 is so much quicker for limbing. Though not as light as the little Stihl, it’s pretty lightweight and super quick for small stuff.

 

[ctreitzell]

Try Aspen 2 fuel if you want to avoid exhaust smell (and also the toxic hydrocarbons you are smelling). The alkylate fuel doesn’t have the complex cruddy components of regular gasoline. It’s amazingly better.

Aspen 2 fuel? In France? I’ll have a look. I’m liking wearing FFP3 masks, helps on several levels. The machine which bothers me the most is riding mower…I usually do my whole place in 4 hours and after that, can’t get the fuel stink out of my nose, clothes and hair and the Iseki SXE220 requires Unleaded 98. I think, even if you don’t smell the exhaust, user is still inhaling exhaust for at least 4 hrs; mask fixes the potential health risk. I’ll look into alkylate fuel availability in my area

Oh, right! Yes, Aspen 2 is readily available here; it’s pretty pricey at €6.36/liter! That’s €24.00/gallonUS I think I can cope with wearing a mask to mow my property at €2.00/liter from the pump.

 

[Burnin Since 1991]

Really nice score! How much more do you need?

Too bad context and tone can be lost sometimes. A better question would have been something along the lines of; how many seasons of wood have you got put up? Or, How many cords or something like that.

I totally concur with need and want etc...

My wife used to say to burn up all the wood so we don't have to look at the pile all year round. (city girl) I've got her on the same page with me, now.

 

[John Lehet]

I’ve been taking down dying ash trees in a little grove behind my garage, many of which could have hit the building falling the wrong way. Got a lot of wood out of that but still some of the bigger trees left. I’ll probably deal with them next year. And then my neighbor asked if I’d follow up on the clearing I did last fall, sugar maples growing up into their view. I made a little gap last year, would I mind widening the gap. So last two weekends I took down a big sugar maple. Man that stuff is hard wood, harder than ash. Burying the 20” bar of the Echo 590, it kept chugging. Also got to try out some more aggressive chains I put on the smaller saws. Took one leader down in one direction, the rest of the tree yesterday. I’m well into 28-29 winter if not beyond and running out of the newly built wood shed.

 

[Megunticook]

September rolled around this fall and I was behind the game quite a bit on firewood (long story but no excuses). Not a great feeling as we heat primarily with wood, just 1 minisplit for backup/shoulder season.

So I got real busy for a few weeks. Broke down and bought an electric splitter on account of a nagging tendon issue in one of my fingers, have always been a proud handsplitter. Not nearly as enjoyable or satisfying as whaling away with a maul but that little Wen splitter saved my hand.

Couple cords of red oak for 2028 plus some ash, beech, and a little white pine. Have learned my lesson and aiming to get a season ahead of the game this winter.

 

[thewoodlands]

I split & stacked another 2 face cord of ash today, The first picture is the stacking, the second is what's left and the third is what I started with.