Who is cutting wood?

Finally started splitting the last load of wood I brought home from the National Forest for the winter. My splitting maul is about 5 years old and it is still getting the job done. From splitting wet cottonwood, which is a pain in the ass because the mail just sinks into the wood to stringy elm it has seen some tough chunks of wood. That said the vast majority of the wood I have left to split is hard maple red oak. When done I'll have more than two cords for the winter with another cord or two cut for the cottage.

done about 5 cord this year with this guy:

http://www2.fiskars.com/Gardening-an...6#.VGgfb4ctY7A

easy work.

Threw a new chain on my Husky Rancher 65. Oh yea!!! It flies through the wood, that saw is the best $150 I ever spent on a used saw. Its been helping me heat my house for 15 years now. It filled my bank account a few times but that is way too hard work so I don't do that shit anymore.

I found a stash of standing dead larch today about 7 km from home. I overloaded my truck and trailer with a bit more than 1.5 cords in 3 hours returned to the house.

I'm amazed at how many people I know are scurrying around trying to scrounge this winter's wood in mid-November.

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Originally Posted by telemike

I'm amazed at how many people I know are scurrying around trying to scrounge this winter's wood in mid-November.

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Me too.

Your 7-11=my Cumberland farms.

My my kindling comes from construction site dumpsters.

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Originally Posted by Beaver

I found a stash of standing dead larch today about 7 km from home. I overloaded my truck and trailer with a bit more than 1.5 cords in 3 hours returned to the house.

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Which reminds me of doing that a couple of times with the roomies truck a while back, it cost him for a transfer case on his F-350 the next week

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Originally Posted by thewon

Your 7-11=my Cumberland farms.

My my kindling comes from construction site dumpsters.

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have done that, well my own offcuts but now just use branches of the trees I cut down and just stuff them in garbage cans

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Originally Posted by XXX-er

Which reminds me of doing that a couple of times with the roomies truck a while back, it cost him for a transfer case on his F-350 the next week

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I was going to call BS on that but did the sums and if you could get a cord of wood in back of truck , green wood would be 4000lbs which would over load a 1 ton. I'll stick to my 14,000lb utility trailer for hauling wood.

A cubic meter of buckskin western larch is around 600kg. A cubic meter is approx 1/3 of a cord (but that is all based on a solid piece of wood - no spaces). So ya, that dry larch approaches the 2tonne mark. But at only 7km from the homestead, I would risk the wear for standing seasoned wood that splits itself upon hitting the ground - it's the only wood standing dry that's worth throwing into the chamber in the current season. And if you don't take as much as you can in one go, no guarantees any will remain for a second trip. Some of the shenanigans that went on chasing stashes of buckskin larch when I was in the firewood game would make for a prime time reality show.

A windstorm 2 weeks ago ripped a big trunk off a broadleaf maple, so I spent some quality time with the little stihl.
Now got to split the stuff so it has a prayer of drying before March.

It's been cold here and the wood stove really makes it tolerable...

I do wonder about the environmental efficacy and get the environmental finger wagged at me for burning wood because gas is !so! much cleaner, but the thing about wood is that for me it's local, doesn't require refining and is a surface resource, meaning it doesn't have to be extracted from some prehistoric layer.

As skiers, it's really hypocritical to worry about it when we burn so much fossil fuels to do our thing....all I can do is plant my 40-50 trees a year: cedar, Sitka spruce, Douglas fir and hope for more public as well as pubic transport.

Got into the big boys today!

I mean big!

Action shots.

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Originally Posted by DougW

I was going to call BS on that but did the sums and if you could get a cord of wood in back of truck , green wood would be 4000lbs which would over load a 1 ton. I'll stick to my 14,000lb utility trailer for hauling wood.

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F-350 powerstroke with the 8ft box, with the tailgate down stack the uncut 8-10ft lengths in a crib till they are 2 feet higher than the box, overload the trailer in a similar manner which is BTW made from an old ford 8ft box on the original frame so its fucking heavy, to get out on the unfrozen winter road chew thru 6-12" of gumbo mud and the transfer case shits the bed 1 week later ... coincidence or overload ?

Live oak is a common hardwood by me. A seasoned cord can weigh over 2 tons.

Hey bodywhomper - that oak I told you about is spoken for.

Thanks for the follow-up, Mike. Cheers

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Originally Posted by telemike

I'm amazed at how many people I know are scurrying around trying to scrounge this winter's wood in mid-November.

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Same here. The last split of my 15/16 wood was stacked almost 6 weeks ago. I think I've picked up the Fiskars two or three times since then to make some kindling, but I'm not doing anything with firewood beyond loading the stove again until May, 2015.

FS just opened up Rim Fire closures this morning so all the scramblers are out in force today - certainly not worth competing with a bunch of folks even if there is a lot down - I loaned one of my buddies my saw for a few days so his girlio won't freeze this winter - and CalFire lifted the burn ban so it's time to drop my big cedar and burn some fkn piles

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Originally Posted by glademaster

Same here. The last split of my 15/16 wood was stacked almost 6 weeks ago. I think I've picked up the Fiskars two or three times since then to make some kindling, but I'm not doing anything with firewood beyond loading the stove again until May, 2015.

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good feeling, ain't it? 16/17 has started for me with the bulk/rest of it coming March/April.

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Originally Posted by thewon

good feeling, ain't it? 16/17 has started for me with the bulk/rest of it coming March/April.

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Yes it is. I would have spent more time working on 16/17 this fall, but I don't have room for much more than 12-13 cords of wood on my lot at least without doing to grading, and I burn about 5-6 a year. Where I live in the Wasatch my yard is full of snow well into May, although by early May the driveway is usually dry enough to be a usable workspace.

Last fall and winter were a struggle, as I didn't move into my place until early October, which didn't give me much time to gather wood. Lots of burning less than seasoned wood and dealing with smoky fires. This year has been smooth by comparison. I acquired an old apple bin for indoor wood storage too, which has really cut down on the mess, and lets me keep 14-21 days worth of wood in the house. It's really nice waking up on a -5 degree morning and being able to load the stove for the day in my underwear.

Does that apply to la ganj?

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Yes it is. I would have spent more time working on 16/17 this fall, but I don't have room for much more than 12-13 cords of wood on my lot at least without doing to grading, and I burn about 5-6 a year. Where I live in the Wasatch my yard is full of snow well into May, although by early May the driveway is usually dry enough to be a usable workspace.

Last fall and winter were a struggle, as I didn't move into my place until early October, which didn't give me much time to gather wood. Lots of burning less than seasoned wood and dealing with smoky fires. This year has been smooth by comparison. I acquired an old apple bin for indoor wood storage too, which has really cut down on the mess, and lets me keep 14-21 days worth of wood in the house. It's really nice waking up on a -5 degree morning and being able to load the stove for the day in my underwear.

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Silver fork?

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Originally Posted by thewon

Silver fork?

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Yup, in the north facing part of the neighborhood to, so the snow really has some staying power.

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Originally Posted by glademaster

Yup, in the north facing part of the neighborhood to, so the snow really has some staying power.

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Mmmm, you got it good. I always thought that'd be an amazing place to reside.

It is a truly amazing spot to live, if you like seeing snow in your yard 8 months a year. You definitely need to be prepared for that and truly love winter and snow. I have plenty of friends who ski a lot, but tell me they could never handle living somewhere so snowy.

For me, however, residing up in BCC plays a big part in making Utah livable.

I hear that. Also nice to be above the commotion and smog.

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It is a truly amazing spot to live, if you like seeing snow in your yard 8 months a year.

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Say hi to klaus for me - in the last house.

Bob

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Originally Posted by Meadow Skipper

Say hi to klaus for me - in the last house.

Bob

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Almost up in Silver Fork proper off of Church? I know the house and the man, if that's the case.

I turned this...
http://i.imgur.com/I4C7n63l.jpg

Into this today.
http://i.imgur.com/T8nKtrIl.jpg

Stacked 2 rows deep... probably about a half a cord - maybe a bit more.

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Almost up in Silver Fork proper off of Church? I know the house and the man, if that's the case.

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Yep, the Silver Fork hermit is legendary.

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Yep, the Silver Fork hermit is legendary.

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If I had his spot I would be a Silver Fork hermit too.

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I do wonder about the environmental efficacy and get the environmental finger wagged at me for burning wood because gas is !so! much cleaner, but the thing about wood is that for me it's local, doesn't require refining and is a surface resource, meaning it doesn't have to be extracted from some prehistoric layer.

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You are overlooking a very simple point-

When a tree dies and rots it releases co2 into the atmosphere. Burning only accelerates the process - the carbon in the tree will be released no matter what unless it's sequestered somehow (preserved like frozen, submerged in water or buried)

When burning fossil fuels we dig up sequestered carbon and burn it. This a way worse because not only is it releasing carbon - it's adding to the total amount of carbon on the surface only compounding the problem.

It's not the carbon. It's the pm10 particles that are really bad for you and your neighbors.

Not such a big deal away from population centers, but there is a reason they banned the things in Missoula. And it isn't because they want to see the mountains. Of course if you live downwind from a Coal plant, it might all be a wash.

I may have missed this in the thread, but this would have made cutting firewood a lot quicker.

https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v...813969&fref=nf

Damn! That thing is a monster! Not too sure I'd liking sitting in that cab. Front row seat for sure. I'd be checking the tightness of that blade on a regular basis. Wild design.

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Originally Posted by lynchdogger

Damn! That thing is a monster! Not too sure I'd liking sitting in that cab. Front row seat for sure. I'd be checking the tightness of that blade on a regular basis. Wild design.

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Treehugger Farm in Westmoreland, NH has one of those. Very impressive.

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Originally Posted by lynchdogger

Damn! That thing is a monster! Not too sure I'd liking sitting in that cab. Front row seat for sure. I'd be checking the tightness of that blade on a regular basis. Wild design.

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if anyone would get fucked up by running that rig, it'd be you. stay away lynchy, stay away:D