Work Done in 2021

[MissMac]

spent the afternoon stacking, and made some progress:





I think I can safely say that I'm gonna have to put another row of pallets down and go six rows deep to get it all stacked. I have a good cord of Manitoba maple that I need to add to the pile, so six deep it is I guess. Was a beautiful sunny day, and a great day for puttering. Two weeks today until shoulder surgery - I should have it all wrapped up in time so long as my joints cooperate

 

[Diabel]

Two weeks today until shoulder surgery - I should have it all wrapped up in time so long as my joints cooperate

I am sure everything will go well! Please take care and check in once you are back and running!
Btw stacks look perfect!

 

[thewoodlands]

Not pictured was a load of Ironwood from up top and a nice long ride with the wife when I dug up four bags of leeks for two neighbors.

I finally felled the last Yellow Birch in the sandpit area, it had a heavy peppermint smell to it, it's all bucked up and ready to split. I didn't cut my usual 12 face cord this spring but after spitting & stacking what I did cut, I should have a total of 52 to 53 face cord up.

 

[SpaceBus]

I changed the HST filter on the tractor yesterday. Before doing this I tried to find videos of other people doing this, some kind of literature about it, etc. The manual just says to remove the filter and put a new one on. I figured a bit of fluid would be lost, but I only got 2.5 gallons extra fluid to have on hand. Yeah, it just dumped everywhere once the filter started coming off. I even tried to get the filter side of the tractor higher in the air. So the tractor will be parked until the 10 gallons of Mobil 424 at $225 shipped arrives here. Not the worst day ever, but frustrating.

 

[NickW]

Started moving my firewood stacks on our property up north after the excavator said it will help drainage to take the little knob they are on down plus give me more fill.

Footings went in yesterday. Horrible time to be needing lumber - frustrations about that are in the lumber prices thread... already warned the wife that finishes and phase 2 (basement bedrooms and bathroom) will probably be delayed.

 

[MissMac]

Not pictured was a load of Ironwood from up top and a nice long ride with the wife when I dug up four bags of leeks for two neighbors.

I finally felled the last Yellow Birch in the sandpit area, it had a heavy peppermint smell to it, it's all bucked up and ready to split. I didn't cut my usual 12 face cord this spring but after spitting & stacking what I did cut, I should have a total of 52 to 53 face cord up.

I always wondered from your pictures how much wood you have on hand - so around 18 full cords? Wow - that's great!

 

[thewoodlands]

I always wondered from your pictures how much wood you have on hand - so around 18 full cords? Wow - that's great!

I haven't done the conversion yet but I'm thinking 18 full cord would be high but for not getting much firewood last fall or this spring, we'll take it.

We also burned 50 bags of pellets this past heating season, heating from the basement can be tough once the colder weather hits.

 

[thewoodlands]

I filled a face cord stack (the third stack in from the left) that was about 1/4 full before today, I added some Yellow Birch and Maple to it.

Before I did the above, I took a load of leaves up to the trail I've been working on, the boss raked them up yesterday. We're finally getting some rain, Accu has us getting about half an inch.

From left to right we have, a face cord of seasoned Ironwood, a face of Beech, a face of Beech, Sugar Maple, Soft Maple, Yellow Birch and the last stack in the front row is another face of American Hophornbeam or Ironwood.

 

[thewoodlands]

I always wondered from your pictures how much wood you have on hand - so around 18 full cords? Wow - that's great!

I just did the conversion, we have 16.83 full cords stacked, I'm thinking that the wood I cut this spring will put us pretty close to 18 full cord, so you're correct on the total.

The length of our firewood is just under 16 inches (15 3/4 ) our stack height is 48 inches and the length of a face cord stack is 96 inches, hopefully I did the conversion right.

 

[MissMac]

I just did the conversion, we have 16.83 full cords stacked, I'm thinking that the wood I cut this spring will put us pretty close to 18 full cord, so you're correct on the total.

The length of our firewood is just under 16 inches (15 3/4 ) our stack height is 48 inches and the length of a face cord stack is 96 inches, hopefully I did the conversion right.

That's great! Must feel really good sitting on so much well seasoned wood. I use this little cord calculator:

Office of the Maine AG: Firewood (Cord) Calculator

How much wood do you burn in an average winter?

 

[thewoodlands]

That's great! Must feel really good sitting on so much well seasoned wood. I use this little cord calculator:

Office of the Maine AG: Firewood (Cord) Calculator

How much wood do you burn in an average winter?

Hardwood between 10-12 face cord. Shoulder season wood we burn between 4-6 face cord of Pine.

I had forgot we had six face cord of shoulder season wood stack in a different area so your first estimate was pretty dang close.

We're loaded with White Pine after the clearing we did for the new garage in 2018, I can't burn it fast enough.

 

[MissMac]

Hardwood between 10-12 face cord. Shoulder season wood we burn between 4-6 face cord of Pine.

I had forgot we had six face cord of shoulder season wood stack in a different area so your first estimate was pretty dang close.

We're loaded with White Pine after the clearing we did for the new garage in 2018, I can't burn it fast enough.

Right on! It's so nice that you have access to so many different types of wood. I think I would fall even deeper into my firewood obsession if I had access to all those species, and could introduce that variable to my burning to fine-tune my operations depending on the weather and fire that I wanted. As it is, I'm so excited to get into the winter where I'll be burning my newly acquired ash, which I've never had before!

I love burning pine. It's just so easy to burn, and I love the smell of it. I will always always take pine when I can get my hands on it, and as far as scrounging/harvesting for myself, it's what's available up here. Nothing beats a pine fire for me, but ask me again in 3 years.

 

[SpaceBus]

Right on! It's so nice that you have access to so many different types of wood. I think I would fall even deeper into my firewood obsession if I had access to all those species, and could introduce that variable to my burning to fine-tune my operations depending on the weather and fire that I wanted. As it is, I'm so excited to get into the winter where I'll be burning my newly acquired ash, which I've never had before!

I love burning pine. It's just so easy to burn, and I love the smell of it. I will always always take pine when I can get my hands on it, and as far as scrounging/harvesting for myself, it's what's available up here. Nothing beats a pine fire for me, but ask me again in 3 years.

My wife usually can't stand the smell of smoke, but if a bit of spruce, fir, or tamarack smoke drifts out while I'm lighting the stove she doesn't mind, maybe won't even notice. On the other hand if a gust comes down the chimney while I'm lighting up hardwoods she can smell it instantly, even upstairs in the bathroom. The only pine I've burned in my stove is kiln dried carpentry scraps, but they do smell pretty good. I like to use it in my outdoor rocket cookstove. So far I've only burned the softwoods I mentioned, birch, hard maple, poplar, and a bit of cherry, hard maple smells like burning BBQ sauce.

 

[NickW]

Right on! It's so nice that you have access to so many different types of wood. I think I would fall even deeper into my firewood obsession if I had access to all those species, and could introduce that variable to my burning to fine-tune my operations depending on the weather and fire that I wanted. As it is, I'm so excited to get into the winter where I'll be burning my newly acquired ash, which I've never had before!

I love burning pine. It's just so easy to burn, and I love the smell of it. I will always always take pine when I can get my hands on it, and as far as scrounging/harvesting for myself, it's what's available up here. Nothing beats a pine fire for me, but ask me again in 3 years.

In 3 years I bet you'll be singing the praises of ash. Lights well, burns pretty hot, lasts fairly long, coals well. When it's really cold and I need a lot of BTU's, in the late afternoon or early evening I run a load of softwood to burn down the coals before the overnight load of hardwood. If it gets too late, I'll burn it down with bark instead. I usually keep a couple of crates of bark on hand for burning the coals down. Note that you'll have way more ashes from hardwood. It's not called ash for nothing...

 

[NickW]

Right on! It's so nice that you have access to so many different types of wood. I think I would fall even deeper into my firewood obsession if I had access to all those species, and could introduce that variable to my burning to fine-tune my operations depending on the weather and fire that I wanted. As it is, I'm so excited to get into the winter where I'll be burning my newly acquired ash, which I've never had before!

I love burning pine. It's just so easy to burn, and I love the smell of it. I will always always take pine when I can get my hands on it, and as far as scrounging/harvesting for myself, it's what's available up here. Nothing beats a pine fire for me, but ask me again in 3 years.

In 3 years I bet you'll be singing the praises of ash. Lights well, burns pretty hot, lasts fairly long, coals well. When it's really cold and I need a lot of BTU's, in the late afternoon or early evening I run a load of softwood to burn down the coals before the overnight load of hardwood. If it gets too late, I'll burn it down with bark instead. I usually keep a couple of crates of bark on hand for burning the coals down. Note that you'll have way more ashes from hardwood. It's not called ash for nothing...

 

[NickW]

Right on! It's so nice that you have access to so many different types of wood. I think I would fall even deeper into my firewood obsession if I had access to all those species, and could introduce that variable to my burning to fine-tune my operations depending on the weather and fire that I wanted. As it is, I'm so excited to get into the winter where I'll be burning my newly acquired ash, which I've never had before!

I love burning pine. It's just so easy to burn, and I love the smell of it. I will always always take pine when I can get my hands on it, and as far as scrounging/harvesting for myself, it's what's available up here. Nothing beats a pine fire for me, but ask me again in 3 years.

In 3 years I bet you'll be singing the praises of ash. Lights well, burns pretty hot, lasts fairly long, coals well. When it's really cold and I need a lot of BTU's, in the late afternoon or early evening I run a load of softwood to burn down the coals before the overnight load of hardwood. If it gets too late, I'll burn it down with bark instead. I usually keep a couple of crates of bark on hand for burning the coals down. Note that you'll have way more ashes from hardwood. It's not called ash for nothing...

 

[NickW]

Right on! It's so nice that you have access to so many different types of wood. I think I would fall even deeper into my firewood obsession if I had access to all those species, and could introduce that variable to my burning to fine-tune my operations depending on the weather and fire that I wanted. As it is, I'm so excited to get into the winter where I'll be burning my newly acquired ash, which I've never had before!

I love burning pine. It's just so easy to burn, and I love the smell of it. I will always always take pine when I can get my hands on it, and as far as scrounging/harvesting for myself, it's what's available up here. Nothing beats a pine fire for me, but ask me again in 3 years.

In 3 years I bet you'll be singing the praises of ash. Lights well, burns pretty hot, lasts fairly long, coals well. When it's really cold and I need a lot of BTU's, in the late afternoon or early evening I run a load of softwood to burn down the coals before the overnight load of hardwood. If it gets too late, I'll burn it down with bark instead. I usually keep a couple of crates of bark on hand for burning the coals down. Note that you'll have way more ashes from hardwood. It's not called ash for nothing...

 

[NickW]

Right on! It's so nice that you have access to so many different types of wood. I think I would fall even deeper into my firewood obsession if I had access to all those species, and could introduce that variable to my burning to fine-tune my operations depending on the weather and fire that I wanted. As it is, I'm so excited to get into the winter where I'll be burning my newly acquired ash, which I've never had before!

I love burning pine. It's just so easy to burn, and I love the smell of it. I will always always take pine when I can get my hands on it, and as far as scrounging/harvesting for myself, it's what's available up here. Nothing beats a pine fire for me, but ask me again in 3 years.

In 3 years I bet you'll be singing the praises of ash. Lights well, burns pretty hot, lasts fairly long, coals well. When it's really cold and I need a lot of BTU's, in the late afternoon or early evening I run a load of softwood to burn down the coals before the overnight load of hardwood. If it gets too late, I'll burn it down with bark instead. I usually keep a couple of crates of bark on hand for burning the coals down. Note that you'll have way more ashes from hardwood. It's not called ash for nothing...

 

[NickW]

Right on! It's so nice that you have access to so many different types of wood. I think I would fall even deeper into my firewood obsession if I had access to all those species, and could introduce that variable to my burning to fine-tune my operations depending on the weather and fire that I wanted. As it is, I'm so excited to get into the winter where I'll be burning my newly acquired ash, which I've never had before!

I love burning pine. It's just so easy to burn, and I love the smell of it. I will always always take pine when I can get my hands on it, and as far as scrounging/harvesting for myself, it's what's available up here. Nothing beats a pine fire for me, but ask me again in 3 years.

In 3 years I bet you'll be singing the praises of ash. Lights well, burns pretty hot, lasts fairly long, coals well. When it's really cold and I need a lot of BTU's, in the late afternoon or early evening I run a load of softwood to burn down the coals before the overnight load of hardwood. If it gets too late, I'll burn it down with bark instead. I usually keep a couple of crates of bark on hand for burning the coals down. Note that you'll have way more ashes from hardwood. It's not called ash for nothing...

 

[NickW]

Right on! It's so nice that you have access to so many different types of wood. I think I would fall even deeper into my firewood obsession if I had access to all those species, and could introduce that variable to my burning to fine-tune my operations depending on the weather and fire that I wanted. As it is, I'm so excited to get into the winter where I'll be burning my newly acquired ash, which I've never had before!

I love burning pine. It's just so easy to burn, and I love the smell of it. I will always always take pine when I can get my hands on it, and as far as scrounging/harvesting for myself, it's what's available up here. Nothing beats a pine fire for me, but ask me again in 3 years.

In 3 years I bet you'll be singing the praises of ash. Lights well, burns pretty hot, lasts fairly long, coals well. When it's really cold and I need a lot of BTU's, in the late afternoon or early evening I run a load of softwood to burn down the coals before the overnight load of hardwood. If it gets too late, I'll burn it down with bark instead. I usually keep a couple of crates of bark on hand for burning the coals down. Note that you'll have way more ashes from hardwood. It's not called ash for nothing...

 

[kennyp2339]

@NickW I think your enter button is broke

 

[NickW]

@NickW I think your enter button is broke

It was important. I figured I'd post it twice...

 

[thewoodlands]

Right on! It's so nice that you have access to so many different types of wood. I think I would fall even deeper into my firewood obsession if I had access to all those species, and could introduce that variable to my burning to fine-tune my operations depending on the weather and fire that I wanted. As it is, I'm so excited to get into the winter where I'll be burning my newly acquired ash, which I've never had before!

I love burning pine. It's just so easy to burn, and I love the smell of it. I will always always take pine when I can get my hands on it, and as far as scrounging/harvesting for myself, it's what's available up here. Nothing beats a pine fire for me, but ask me again in 3 years.

We haven't burned much Ash either but since EAB hit our county, I started felling them. We have 24 face cord of Ash that is seasoned and ready. We still have some nice trees that are still up and look good, I hate felling them but I've seen videos of dead Ash being felled after the EAB killed it, it shatters like glass when it hits the ground.

 

[kennyp2339]

Ash being felled after the EAB killed it, it shatters like glass when it hits the ground.

It sure does, the inner heart wood separates from the outer layers, its also fairly dangerous to drop them dead, you need to notch then plunge cut, never notch and start from the back like typical trees

 

[thewoodlands]

I took another load of leaves, pine needles and some bark up to the trail I've been working on, after that I picked some Ironwood up that I cut after putting in a new trail early this spring.

I grabbed another Ironwood that was starting to rot on the backside, that pretty much made a full load which I brought down to the new splitting area until I open up an area for stacking a face cord.

The second picture is the Ironwood I felled.