linus6948 Posted September 21, 2014 Report Posted September 21, 2014 As this past year has been a busy one for me with half of it lost to health issues, treatment and recovery. Then to have a serious relapse of "old car fever" which has only gotten much worse, has caused me to get seriously behind in firewood production for this fast coming Winter. So I`ve had to start in earnest to play catch-up for about a week now. The gypsy moth caterpillar came thru a few years ago and killed a lot of the oak trees around here, I `ve been dropping them and splitting the wood small to dry in a haystack pile in the sun. This oak once dry makes great firewood, it burns long and hot almost like coal. Quote
linus6948 Posted September 21, 2014 Author Report Posted September 21, 2014 (edited) That`s a beauty, I use a chinese fel and a grapple I use it to move rocks also Edited September 21, 2014 by linus6948 Quote
Young Ed Posted September 21, 2014 Report Posted September 21, 2014 Ok so you might have us beat in the wood hauling dept. Thankfully we are just doing it for campfires. The cabin got hit by a huge storm thats why there's a surplus of wood. 1 Quote
_shel_ny Posted September 21, 2014 Report Posted September 21, 2014 It doesn't show in these pictures, but I'm a bit green with envy. You guys got all the fancified firewood processing/hauling equipment 2 Quote
Plymouthy Adams Posted September 21, 2014 Report Posted September 21, 2014 Shel got the right stuff...his requires so much personal energy that you never get cold and that way you have need for little firewood... 1 Quote
Young Ed Posted September 21, 2014 Report Posted September 21, 2014 Until the big storm a few summers ago we were doing the splitting by hand. Still had chainsaws though. The ~30 trees down at once resulted in the splitter 1 Quote
bobjob55 Posted September 21, 2014 Report Posted September 21, 2014 What do you need all the firewood for?? ..50 isn't that cold !! Oh yeah your on the other coast ..and north ..guess you don't have many people trying too cross the border there.. Quote
_shel_ny Posted September 21, 2014 Report Posted September 21, 2014 Shel got the right stuff...his requires so much personal energy that you never get cold and that way you have need for little firewood... Firewood usually warms me 3-4 times before it is in the stove 2 Quote
Don Coatney Posted September 21, 2014 Report Posted September 21, 2014 I drove past the Michigan International Raceway today and observed several hundred young folks paired up in teams of 2 both male and female carrying logs about the same size and in the same manor as pictured below.. I don't know what was going on but it looked like something I would not attempt today. 1 Quote
BigDaddyO Posted September 22, 2014 Report Posted September 22, 2014 I think they were jockeying for Pole Position. 2 Quote
linus6948 Posted September 22, 2014 Author Report Posted September 22, 2014 I got a trailer load of white oak today from a friend that doesn`t burn wood. Quote
DJ194950 Posted September 22, 2014 Report Posted September 22, 2014 (edited) Wood for heating- what a novel concept! In Ca.these days there are so few allowed burn days that most people don't even bother to have wood for their fireplaces anymore. When they used to clear out older almond and walnut trees from an orchard you could buy some trees to cut and split for your use. Then big companies came in and would clear, cut up and sell the firewood for use, clear everything up at a more reasonable cost to the farmer. Prices went up-up-up. Then the clean air crash! The big companies still do the work But- most cuttings go to a wood chipper to be used in a co-generator electric producer that has the clean air filters. What Ca. does follows up later in the other states in a few years-Enjoy while you can! Myself I love a fire in the fireplace! Always had one going in the winters even here, In the Old days! DJ Edited September 22, 2014 by DJ194950 1 Quote
_shel_ny Posted September 23, 2014 Report Posted September 23, 2014 I guess I better get the wood stove fired up, and use this before the laws change here. Hopefully after I am dead, but NY has started to pride itself on foolish laws, so the end could be nearer than I think Some areas have local ordinances covering the use of outside wood fired boilers. 1 Quote
BigDaddyO Posted September 24, 2014 Report Posted September 24, 2014 My dad always had me stack the firewood near the out house. 1 Quote
linus6948 Posted September 27, 2014 Author Report Posted September 27, 2014 (edited) Dropped another long dead white oak that had a tree-top full of "widow-maker" limbs. Edited September 27, 2014 by linus6948 Quote
linus6948 Posted September 27, 2014 Author Report Posted September 27, 2014 I usually wait till the wood burner is going before I start singing this to the Bride, she just loves this old country tune... 1 Quote
Plymouthy Adams Posted September 27, 2014 Report Posted September 27, 2014 (edited) but...does she really get up and "put another log on the fire" if not..it's only wasted lyrics... I go now and bring my newly primed items back inside the garage and try to behave myself Edited September 27, 2014 by Plymouthy Adams 2 Quote
Don Coatney Posted September 27, 2014 Report Posted September 27, 2014 Smoke, Smoke, Smoke http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dbKQklwNScA 2 Quote
BigDaddyO Posted September 27, 2014 Report Posted September 27, 2014 Toasted by the sun... ▶ Merle Travis - So Round, So Firm, So Fully Packed (1947) - YouTube.html 2 Quote
linus6948 Posted September 28, 2014 Author Report Posted September 28, 2014 The weather has been good so I`ve been splitting while the splitting is good, the Bride just told me to take a break from the wood and cut the grass. Quote
Plymouthy Adams Posted September 28, 2014 Report Posted September 28, 2014 rule 23...when the BRIDE has sense enough to realize a need about the place that requires attention then she should also act upon it herself.. 1 Quote
Dave72dt Posted September 28, 2014 Report Posted September 28, 2014 rule 23...when the BRIDE has sense enough to realize a need about the place that requires attention then she should also act upon it herself.. Hmmmm. I think she did when she told him to mow it. Definitions of "act upon it " may vary by participant. 3 Quote
Plymouthy Adams Posted September 29, 2014 Report Posted September 29, 2014 you guys bow where you may.....I will not laugh or point fingers... Quote
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