Work Done 2025

[thewoodlands]

We put in two loads of ash today, when I was done filling the trailer on the second load, I heard a loud bang. The power went out for just over an hour so that gave me a chance to run the generator.

 

[MRD1985]

Refilled the porch wood rack. Oak, maple and some ash. But light on the ash compared to oak and maple.

Trying to figure out how much I burned. Around 4.5 pallets of of average 3.5 high, a plus about a face cord and another maybe 1/4-1/3 of a cord of other stuff. Maybe around 2.5 cords?

 

[stoveliker]

45 rounds of red oak
11 rounds of white oak
4 rounds of pine
Two rounds of cherry

Still a 6 ft log of white oak and a 6 ft log of cherry to go
And six 6 ft long 30ish dia logs of red oak to go.

I'll be dragging the ones from the top with a rope tied to a tree 50 ft away and a come along, so I'm out of the way when they go. I was able to roll the rest of the top with my peavey while being far enough off the side that my legs were safe.

Tomorrow my friend with a larger saw and bar will come over to help if the weather cooperates.

 

[MRD1985]

45 rounds of red oak
11 rounds of white oak
4 rounds of pine
Two rounds of cherry

Still a 6 ft log of white oak and a 6 ft log of cherry to go
And six 6 ft long 30ish dia logs of red oak to go.

I'll be dragging the ones from the top with a rope tied to a tree 50 ft away and a come along, so I'm out of the way when they go. I was able to roll the rest of the top with my peavey while being far enough off the side that my legs were safe.

Tomorrow my friend with a larger saw and bar will come over to help if the weather cooperates.

Some nice firewood there! Most of it very clean

 

[mpaul]

Tomorrow my friend with a larger saw and bar will come over to help if the weather cooperates.

I don’t think that weather is going to be very cooperative for us. Not sure how things are out on the island for you but were expecting 8” here in the Hudson Valley. That’s not good weather to be working with a chain saw in my opinion.

 

[stoveliker]

Some nice firewood there! Most of it very clean

Yes, except for all the sand and rocks in the ridge in the bark of the red oak .
A lot of cut offs and knots are going to the neighbors.
I'm not looking forward to splitting all this.

 

[stoveliker]

I don’t think that weather is going to be very cooperative for us. Not sure how things are out on the island for you but were expecting 8” here in the Hudson Valley. That’s not good weather to be working with a chain saw in my opinion.

They say 3-5" here. We'll have to see.
Once we roll down a log it has to be cut up in order for us to move it so that my wife can get in with her car after she comes home from the hospital.

I'm fine sawing on a flat (shoveled) surface but are not going to do that if it rains.

 

[stoveliker]

This stuff in front of the logs will all go to the older neighbors - once it's split

 

[mpaul]

This stuff in front of the logs will all go to the older neighbors - once it's split

That’s the crap I always hate splitting. The rest of what you cut up is beautiful. Just going to be a bear maneuvering it to split it.
Are you using an axe or hydraulics to split all that?

 

[MRD1985]

Yes, except for all the sand and rocks in the ridge in the bark of the red oak .
A lot of cut offs and knots are going to the neighbors.
I'm not looking forward to splitting all this.

That white oak sure is nice. Almost too nice to use as firewood (the stuff that doesn’t have metal in it anyway). It’ll be worth it when it’s done! Hydraulic or axe?

 

[stoveliker]

Yep. Normally these three.
But for the big ones I'm not sure it'll be enough. Gotta make them into manageable size before I can move them. But I don't know if this (maul) + three wedges will be enough to have them. The big ones are red oak, so that's good. But I've never done ones like this.

I have two friends with hydraulic ones, and I have enough to share so maybe I can rent one for a nice load (all heart wood) of splits....
We'll see.

I was bait and switched as I was supposed to get a tree and a few logs, he had texted a pic and they were less than 24" dia with no crotches...

Edit,.adding pics of the tree and few logs he said he'd bring...
Quite different.,

 

[MRD1985]

I have the same arsenal but have an 8lb Wilton sledge.

Big guys I cheat with the saw. Then do the rest with the axes

 

[Turbo89]

Insulated 75% of my shop ceiling today, now the stove can keep up! I saw 74 in there, in the 20s outside.

 

[stoveliker]

I am going to burn some of next year's wood soon, because I have less BTUs in store for then, and I have some oak left over from this year.
So I brought in some spruce that is already dry. (Hence work done, fill the garage rack before the snow.)

First time burning that (soon).

Being used to wheel barrowing oak, this spruce is like paper. Lift large (8*5") splitz with 2 fingers, load the wheelbarrow to twice its height, and still only one third the weight of oak...

I don't know how long that'll burn...
I'll burn oak when it gets below 25, but for the rest it'll be spruce after a last few days on a full red oak diet.

 

[MRD1985]

I am going to burn some of next year's wood soon, because I have less BTUs in store for then, and I have some oak left over from this year.
So I brought in some spruce that is already dry. (Hence work done, fill the garage rack before the snow.)

First time burning that (soon).

Being used to wheel barrowing oak, this spruce is like paper. Lift large (8*5") splitz with 2 fingers, load the wheelbarrow to twice its height, and still only one third the weight of oak...

I don't know how long that'll burn...
I'll burn oak when it gets below 25, but for the rest it'll be spruce after a last few days on a full red oak diet.

difference is massive with oak and pine as well. The pine does not last long at all.

 

[stoveliker]

The cords of pine I've burned lasted well. 16 hrs etc.
There were a few splits of pine in the spruce, and they were significantly heavier than the spruce.

We'll see

 

[all night moe]

Today started with the GF and I taking a 1.5hr round trip to grab the plow truck for the forecasted storm. Hope it misses us.....

When we got back I used my roofer's torch/weed burner to blow heat at the underside of the bilco doors. Did this at 3 separate intervals trying to thaw out the tarps and EDM rubber on top of the doors. Ended up bringing the torch outside to finish the job. Took some heat, scraping, and pulling on the tarps but I triumphed with success. Next I used my top handled saw to cut up the limb woods of ash in the truck. Tossed down into the lair with each cut. 3 pieces of the ash top I brought home need splitting. 8'' in diam or better. I drove them over to the other side of the house to the processing pile.

Next I loaded a heavy face cord in the truck and drove back over to the lair's stairway. GF came out and helped me toss down the splits. A light days work.....so far. I hope that storm misses us.

 

[Pinesmoke]

Chipped brush from around the pile in front of the house for 4 hours and brought 5 loads out I cut 2 weeks back. It was nice to work in a t shirt, it was 70 today. The spin on that is is been warm all last week so I was....... watching for Copperheads while I was pulling the brush. Get the root ball out and small cleanup and it's ready to brush cut through and it's done!

 

[clancey]

You people are working fools..lol lol . I have been working too and I have a question or two for you all. Is it possible to insulate from the outside wall where the stove room is and I did call up a insulator man and he will look at the job on Tuesday and just wanted to be prepared with a little knowledge about all of this. How much difference will this make on my wood burning stove when I use it again..The inside walls are insulated and "dry walled" with the concrete hard stuff on the inside and the room has three windows--one of them has a air conditioner in it with a box type outside window protection to keep it warmer in the stove room and protect the air conditioner as well. Funny note here I spoke to this real estate man and he offered 325 thousand for my house--then I told him my price 400 thousand and never heard from him again..lol Now old clancey tells everyone of you to slow down and smell the breeze and wl that goes for you double as well as that "old fool" just kidding here--anm and ps too..clancey

 

[clancey]

This is in regard to PS--My girlfriend from long ago (1890' about---that she and her brother used to walk behind their wagon in preparing for the fields or something and they would pitch fork snakes into the wagon--could you imagine they were about 10 years old or something...snakes scare me..clancey

 

[Pinesmoke]

This is in regard to PS--My girlfriend from long ago (1890' about---that she and her brother used to walk behind their wagon in preparing for the fields or something and they would pitch fork snakes into the wagon--could you imagine they were about 10 years old or something...snakes scare me..clancey

Clancey, snakes don't really freak me out but I have a lot of respect for the ones that can punch holes in me.

 

[Dieselhead]

You people are working fools..lol lol . I have been working too and I have a question or two for you all. Is it possible to insulate from the outside wall where the stove room is and I did call up a insulator man and he will look at the job on Tuesday and just wanted to be prepared with a little knowledge about all of this. How much difference will this make on my wood burning stove when I use it again..The inside walls are insulated and "dry walled" with the concrete hard stuff on the inside and the room has three windows--one of them has a air conditioner in it with a box type outside window protection to keep it warmer in the stove room and protect the air conditioner as well. Funny note here I spoke to this real estate man and he offered 325 thousand for my house--then I told him my price 400 thousand and never heard from him again..lol Now old clancey tells everyone of you to slow down and smell the breeze and wl that goes for you double as well as that "old fool" just kidding here--anm and ps too..clancey

What kind of siding do you have on the outside walls?

 

[clancey]

D. I have about 3/4 aluminium siding and where the porch is its like real hard wood covering it like each piece of siding about 4x8 pieces-very hard type of outside house covering and it is painted and I will try to put a picture on here if my memory holds with "how to do this", for I am working with a windows 7 computer and a digital camera and this will "maybe take some time for me to figure out how to do this my friend", but I will try..lol lol so that you can see this the outside porch walls. thanks...clancey

 

[Dieselhead]

Sounds like it would be difficult for the insulation guys but not impossible. Vinyl siding or cedar shakes would be one of the easier, it should be interesting to see what they come up with.

 

[clancey]

I will deep you updated on what they say...Oh My---here we go on another adventure of house fixing...lol When you own a home nothing ever ends in fixing it...it goes on forever...old clancey