Work Done 2025

[stoveliker]

I have spruce that has now been stacked for one summer and it's at 16%. I had planned to burn it next year, and I'm keeping to that. But I think it'll be ready in one year.
My (pitch)pine is down to 14% in one year, and from splitting my spruce I think the spruce is more open than the pine.

 

[thewoodlands]

I cleaned up about two or three inches of snow off the driveway this morning along with another four walking trails.

 

[Dieselhead]

Spruce should be good and ready by fall I would think. I use quite a bit of low BTU woods in my tube stove during shoulder season and to burn down coals when it's super cold.

I have spruce that has now been stacked for one summer and it's at 16%. I had planned to burn it next year, and I'm keeping to that. But I think it'll be ready in one year.
My (pitch)pine is down to 14% in one year, and from splitting my spruce I think the spruce is more open than the pine.

I would like for it to be ready, it does get some nice breeze right through the stack the way it’s facing in the yard.

 

[MRD1985]

Finished splitting what I could with the ax today. I’ll have to get the rest with the saw next week probably. Spent a couple hours out there today. Good amount of wood

 

[Pinesmoke]

Yesterday I had a guy that has done a bunch of dirt work for me come by to talk about getting rid of root balls I have in this mess. After I cut a bunch of of the pile a couple weeks back I hit a point where it's going to be a PITA to go deeper. Other than random oak trunks the pile is mostly pine that is on the edge of going bad. I asked what he would charge to get rid of it all while he was here and he said 800 bucks. Done deal.

As he pulls it apart I'll touch of on stuff with a saw and keep anything good .

He told me my neighbor, who drives for him, is talking down a big oak that I'll take the big wood from.

 

[vatmark]

Yesterday my son and I got 2 firewood racks put together and set in place. One was 4ft and the other 12 ft. 4 ft wasn't too bad getting in place. The 12 ft was another story. With not much flat land it required lots of digging and landscape blocks to raise it up at one end.

My son taught me how to use the chaninsaw sharpener so I sharpened 4 chains today so they are sharp for the tree we need to cut. We have a tree that is laying on another uprooted tree's big root ball. Both went down during hurricane Helene. They actually fell uphill. I believe it is oak. It is only a partial tree as the rest was cut off my neighbors garage. You can see the tree in upper righthand corner of attached picture. Not sure we will touch the other tree as it actually is not ours but we shall see. Do not think the neighbor will do anything with it.

 

[stoveliker]

Be careful, trees on top of each other can be dangerous to cut. Do know what you're doing and wear safety gear.

 

[vatmark]

Be careful, trees on top of each other can be dangerous to cut. Do know what you're doing and wear safety gear.

We have cut trees before. Not experts but not novice. My husband has chainsaw chaps and steel toed boots. We also have safety goggles. We will access things tomorrow. If things seem sketchy we will just leave it.

 

[stoveliker]

We have cut trees before. Not experts but not novice. My husband has chainsaw chaps and steel toed boots. We also have safety goggles. We will access things tomorrow. If things seem sketchy we will just leave it.

Okay. I thought novice because of the chain sharpening remark.

 

[vatmark]

Okay. I thought novice because of the chain sharpening remark.

My son and husband know how to sharpen the chains. I wanted to learn how so my son showed me today. I will not be wielding the chainsaw. LOL.

 

[all night moe]

We have cut trees before. Not experts but not novice. My husband has chainsaw chaps and steel toed boots. We also have safety goggles. We will access things tomorrow. If things seem sketchy we will just leave it.

Beware of that root ball on the oak. As the top of the tree is lightened, the weight of the root ball will want to stand the trunk back up vertically. I usually cut the ball off first.

 

[all night moe]

Oh, and if you do cut the root ball off 1st, make that cut a few feet up the trunk. The roots may disturb the ground one is standing on.
Be safe.

 

[Pinesmoke]

Oh, and if you do cut the root ball off 1st, make that cut a few feet up the trunk. The roots may disturb the ground one is standing on.
Be safe.

Yeah, that's always exciting.

 

[Wood1Dennis]

Yeah, that's always exciting.

One of the reasons I like cutting firewood in the winter. Around here, most years, if it is frozen up good those root balls will not move, until the spring thaw when I am no where near! Go back in summer and I often find the root balls and bit of remaining trunk standing back upright!

 

[vatmark]

Just to clarify the tree we are cutting is the one on top of the root ball. It already has most of the top cut off. I'd say more then half the tree is cut off already. The root ball for this tree is not big and not up out of the ground very far. We plan to cut closer to the root ball and then roll it off the other root ball. But we will see how things go.

 

[Stelcom66]

One of the reasons I like cutting firewood in the winter....

I'm splitting wood - it's about 26º now. Taking a quick break. To me, splitting wood on a sunny day in the mid 20s is a good day.

 

[MRD1985]

I'm splitting wood - it's about 26º now. Taking a quick break. To me, splitting wood on a sunny day in the mid 20s is a good day.

I did the same this past week. Wind chill was in the teens. With a heated vest I was just fine, even sweated a bit. Way better than doing it when it’s 80!

 

[Turbo89]

I split some of the green beechwood I picked up last week, while I was waiting for my shop to warm up. Definitely a bit chilly this morning… and it was snowing on me, but good to get some of it done! Still a cord or two worth of rounds to split and stack… hoping to get through it by spring, lol.

 

[vatmark]

Success and no one died. LOL It is some kind of Oak but not sure what type. It did a number on the chain. My son and I will split it tomorrow. The other tree that is there is above our pay grade. It is way to big for us to deal with.

 

[MRD1985]

Could be white oak. Definitely not red oak. Reguardless great firewood when seasoned

 

[Gearhead660]

Made a box of kindling. As a bonus, I got a trailer load of split elm!

 

[vatmark]

Got the wood split and stacked.

 

[thewoodlands]

We're getting more snow with a possible storm coming in on Thursday so we put in two loads of ash with another two loads of beech coming in tomorrow.

I filled the truck up with gas along with getting another 10 gallons of diesel for the tractor. I'll be making the New England Clam Chowder tonight, another two or three soups I'll make that I promised the wife.

 

[weee123]

Bucked up the logs I drug out of the woods and got to splitting some wood that I hadn’t yet gotten to.

Anyone know what kind of wood this is? Picked it up off the side of the road. It tears more than splits and put up quite a fight for my 25 ton splitter. I’d hate to have to split this by hand.

 

[NickW]

Bucked up the logs I drug out of the woods and got to splitting some wood that I hadn’t yet gotten to.

Anyone know what kind of wood this is? Picked it up off the side of the road. It tears more than splits and put up quite a fight for my 25 ton splitter. I’d hate to have to split this by hand.

Basswood...? Looks like the wood fibers from a big hollow basswood I split in fall. Shoulder season wood. Very light once dry.