Work Done in 2019

[Woody Stover]

How is the hoop in real life?

I like it, works well. The brace holds the hoops apart, and width can be adjusted a little bit by angling the brace. It's also easy to sweep under.
I got it from a local stove shop that was moving it out. I remember thinking I got a decent deal but I don't recall the price. It's all wrought iron, no tubing, pretty nice. They come in various sizes..this one is 36".

 

[Woody Stover]

I mentioned that my nephew has hauled a couple loads back from his work buddy's property out of town. I checked out Saturday's (the last?) score. Oh, my! Looks like White Ash, River Birch and some type of Hickory. I'll have to find some small Pignuts here and see if the bark looks similar, or maybe it's some other type of Hickory? He out-did himself this week!
The River Birch has a very nice, sweet smell when burned.
The Sweetgum splits, and rounds on the right, are still left from last week..

 

[SpaceBus]

I like it, works well. The brace holds the hoops apart, and width can be adjusted a little bit by angling the brace. It's also easy to sweep under.
I got it from a local stove shop that was moving it out. I remember thinking I got a decent deal but I don't recall the price. It's all wrought iron, no tubing, pretty nice. They come in various sizes..this one is 36".
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I'll have to keep an eye out locally for something made of wrought iron. Most of what I see online just looks cheap and tacky. I do like Bushel's pipe rack as well. My wife and I plan on making a furniture quality wood holder after we have a full heating season with the cook stove installed.

 

[Diabel]

All bucked
All split
1/5 stacked

 

[thewoodlands]

I split and stacked some basswood this summer. It will be shoulder wood in 2 years. That will be my first time burning it. I’ve heard it’s like pine although still technically a hardwood.

Basswood is ok but I would rather burn pine or hemlock. I have a big basswood blocking a trail that we use for the snowmobiling but I'm not sure I'll use it for shoulder season wood, we have about seven years worth of pine for shoulder season, two years worth are stacked and we have five years in log form.

 

[heavy hammer]

Were still seeing temps in the 60's and 70's. No wood burning yet but between splitting and stacking I'm ready. We did have some cool temps in the upper 30's yesterday but it warmed up nicely. I would imagine in the next couple of weeks we will start burning. I usually have my first fire towards the end of the month depending on when we get that first cold weekend that rains and is just a nasty cold couple of days.

 

[ValleyCottageSplitter]

All my pallets and racks are full at about 5 cords. Just finished storing 1/2 cord of Ash for the fall.

I sampled some of the racks I might use this winter:

• Single row rack with tarp roof:
  • 1 c Red maple 1yr; 19-22% (incl big 10lbers)
  • 2/3 c Red oak 1yr; 33%! (I am passing next time on red oak!)
• Double row pallets and tarps:
  • 1.25 c shag hickory 2yr; most 18%, a few 25-27% ends exposed to rain
  • 1/2 c Red maple + sycamore 2yr; 15-17%
• Small open shed
  • 1/8 c Beech 2.5yr; 12%
  • 1/8 c red oak 2yr, 19%

 

[SpaceBus]

All my pallets and racks are full at about 5 cords. Just finished storing 1/2 cord of Ash for the fall.

I sampled some of the racks I might use this winter:

• Single row rack with tarp roof:
  • 1 c Red maple 1yr; 19-22% (incl big 10lbers)
  • 2/3 c Red oak 1yr; 33%! (I am passing next time on red oak!)
• Double row pallets and tarps:
  • 1.25 c shag hickory 2yr; most 18%, a few 25-27% ends exposed to rain
  • 1/2 c Red maple + sycamore 2yr; 15-17%
• Small open shed
  • 1/8 c Beech 2.5yr; 12%
  • 1/8 c red oak 2yr, 19%

Good to see you back! After your for sale post I thought you might be done for good!

 

[shortys7777]

Neighbor let me borrow his dad's splitter. Nice guy! Still have about 15 wheel barrels left to split. 95% oak.

 

[Diabel]

Good to see you back! After your for sale post I thought you might be done for good!

It is hard to leave “wood burning”. I have been here few years and as I recall one guy went from wood to pellet stove. Don’t remember his name but I have a feeling he regularly lurks here.....

 

[Medic21]

Started out opening up a trail for a neighbor. He is mid 80’s and can’t use a saw anymore. Started dragging out what was across the trail and went ahead and cut and split a pickup load for him. Got to spend time with the old man in the woods. Doesn’t get better than that.



there is probably about 3 cords of good dry wood down on or next to the trail I’ll be back to get over the next couple weeks. I need more dry wood for the year and he needs another load to get him by.

 

[thewoodlands]

Started out opening up a trail for a neighbor. He is mid 80’s and can’t use a saw anymore. Started dragging out what was across the trail and went ahead and cut and split a pickup load for him. Got to spend time with the old man in the woods. Doesn’t get better than that.

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there is probably about 3 cords of good dry wood down on or next to the trail I’ll be back to get over the next couple weeks. I need more dry wood for the year and he needs another load to get him by.

Good man @Medic21 , I see what looks like a pine, what other types did you get?

 

[Medic21]

Good man @Medic21 , I see what looks like a pine, what other types did you get?

the Pine I’ll just throw in my boiler, not worth much else. so far an Ash, Maple, and Hickory. Most of what’s down is Ash. It won’t last the winter and I don’t want it to go to waste. I won’t have to split any of it for me.

There are about 4 Ash trees that need dropped. And I need a small White Oak for a beam to replace one in his shed back there.

 

[shortys7777]

Finished the rest of my oak. Looks like more than I was expecting.

 

[Woody Stover]

Finished the rest of my oak. Looks like more than I was expecting.

Nice heap!

 

[thewoodlands]

Finished the rest of my oak. Looks like more than I was expecting. View attachment 248844

That's some nice firewood, how much do you think is in that pic?

Nice work.

 

[Woody Stover]

That's some nice firewood, how much do you think is in that pic?

That's gotta be two cords at least, doesn't it? Let us know what it stacks out to..

 

[thewoodlands]

That's gotta be two cords at least, doesn't it? Let us know what it stacks out to..

Pretty dang close, the only oak we ever had was from rounds the tree company left at this ladies house so since she wanted it gone, I cleaned up what was left which turned out to be a face cord.

 

[Woody Stover]

With Oak, if you don't quite "get it before it rots," only the sapwood rots..the heart will still be beating when you eventually get around to it.

 

[Woody Stover]

Actually, White Ash holds up pretty well for several years, as you have no doubt seen firsthand..

 

[SpaceBus]

A heap of wood is so satisfying to look at, but it always looks like so much less wood once you stack it nicely.

 

[shortys7777]

Agreed. I'm guessing close to 3 if my calculations are right from looking up how to calculate from a standing tree. I'll start stacking Monday probably.

 

[heavy hammer]

Nice job great looking pile!

 

[thewoodlands]

I took three utility trailer loads of pine branches and ash branches to the wood dump today. I almost have a new area opened up and cleared of downed branches where I can plow some snow back in the area near what we call the sandpit. Near the end of last winter, it was getting pretty tight for the tractor to turnaround but with this new area opened up, we'll have plenty of room for snow.

Tomorrow might be the day I take care of a nice size basswood across our trail we use for snowmobiling.

 

[thewoodlands]

In picture 9512 the dead pine branch was broken off and hung up in another tree so we felled a pine so we could bring it down, we did put a cable on the tree we were felling, just incase it got hung up.

Most of it was bucked up into rounds but I left a section so we can mill it for boards, hopefully by next Thursday that area will be picked up.