Mixed bag. Any and everything. Plenty of big stuff as it was usually big stuff that people were getting worried about it falling on the house.Quote:
Originally Posted by powder11
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Mixed bag. Any and everything. Plenty of big stuff as it was usually big stuff that people were getting worried about it falling on the house.Quote:
Originally Posted by powder11
At the in-laws place- built the little shed out of scrap from a new garage and filled it up with snags and deadfall from around the property. Pretty good day's work and I am now the unquestioned #1 son-in-law.
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I spend a lot of vacation time doing work outside other people's summer houses. Gotta have a hobby.
otherwise you are in the house chatting with folks that you'd rather not be chatting with
it's half the reason I cook at every event - I stay busy - I can drink - people stay outta my way
good on you lad - nice wood
Don't forget the British Properties was/is probably Canada's MOST expensive zip codeQuote:
Originally Posted by shirk
Maybe this has already been discussed but any of you ever buy a firewood permit from the Forest Service? Just did it for the first time this year and it worked out nicely. $10/cord and the wood is just laying there on the side of the road (mainly from clearing I think). A lot of it is pretty big (20" +dia) so you have to do some splitting on site, it's slow going on the FS roads and most is pretty green but still a great deal. Two spots in western WA (North Bend & Enumclaw) but I'm assuming they do it elsewhere. My F150 and little trailer could only handle about 1.5 cords so I'm heading up again next weekend. I think I have enough to last me this winter so this will be seasoned beautifully by next fall. These parts it's almost all doug fir.
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can I charge extra for that?Quote:
Originally Posted by XXX-er
you probably could
my Gf moved straight there from england (where else does a brit move?) she said it was a shitty place for a kid to move there is nothing up there but a church and a country club ... no chinese grocery store to buy penny candy
In CO, some districts let you take standing dead on the FS permit. Great with all the 4-5 year old beetle kill out here. Straight off the splitter I can barely get the stuff in the stove without it catching fire in my hand.Quote:
Originally Posted by Zesty Not Spicy
In WA it has to be down, can't even take standing dead. Plus you only have a 50' window on either side of the road to harvest. But right now there is probably a couple hundred cords already cut and stacked just sitting on the side of the road.
gotta be down and dead in most NF's in CA
I get FS permits for green (standing) piñon and juniper here in NM, $10/cord.
kinda hard to squish yerself with a pinion or juniper
Yeah, it's win/win.
so now you can make shitloads of pesto and gin?
$5 / cord for deadfall and standing dead here (MT). Standing dead is significantly more fun. A few minor restrictions (no cedar, no larch in the winter, etc.). Picked up most of a cord yesterday; some larch and some crappy fir that was already down and easy to grab.
In Inyo National Forest, California, it is $14 a cord and it has to be on the ground. As far as I am concerned leaners count. I have been done cutting since May 4th and split by hand all summer. Between my neighbor and I we have 12 cords split and stacked.
Whoever took made that owl thing has ay too much time on their hands or too many mushrooms in the freezer. By the time stacking comes around all I want to do is be done.
In the Nicolet-Chequamegon National Forest it is $20 for 4 cords and you can take standing trees as long as they are dead and less than 18 inches DBH. I've cut 5 loads so far this fall with three being brought home. I need at least one more load. I've got a lot of oak, but have been finding more dead maple the last two years.
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Cut, split with my Fiskars X27 axe, and stacked up-about 5 cords.
A lot of my neighbors use a hydraulic splitter, but I really enjoy splitting with an axe. It's great to do after a long day at work.
Bought myself a 3 1/2lb single bit with a clear grain hickory handle. $16.99. I'm fixin to get my moneys worth outta it.
Cut my last load of wood for the season. I tried an Oregon chain on my Stihl based on a recommendation. That will probably be the last time I do that. I was able to cut two links from a large oak before it started to significantly dull. I can cut two loads with a Stihl chain before it gets as dull as the Oregon chain did off of two cuts. Now it's time to split the wood. I got a head start on a few pieces that still had some moisture but now I'll be able focus on splitting.
I split a bit with an axe its fun to do stuff like ash and small maple but for the big stuff and birch but we have a badass splitter. 7-10 cords of hardwood per year. The splitter makes life easy(er)Quote:
Originally Posted by bovine
Grange - I've been running Oregon chain on my Husky w/ no noticeable difference
We've always used Oregon (Huskies)Quote:
Originally Posted by telemike
Dirty/muddy wood skidded during a wet summer will dull a chain very quickly.
That's the brand the person who recommended Oregon chains uses.Quote:
Originally Posted by telemike
What's your favorite splitting tool?
Mine is an 8lb. Splitting maul with a Fiberglass handle. I got tired of replacing hickory handles every two years, and the 6lb. mauls don't split like a heavy maul does.
I see a lot of people splitting wood with an axe, Axes are for chopping wood (cutting a log in two pieces), Mauls are for splitting rounds.
8lb. splitting maul with fiberglass handle for me as well.
Good question but this was discussed at great length last wood-splitting season:Quote:
Originally Posted by refried
http://www.tetongravity.com/forums/s...splitting-mags
that was last year, who wants to read old threads. you don't have to read this one if it bothers you having a new thread about woodsplitting.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mr. Multiglisse
Wood-splitting devices don't change much over the years, it wouldn't kill you to find and bump a year-old thread. There's a lot of people out there splitting wood with their grandfather's axes. I could have given you the "search function JONG," or even "tech talk JONG" reply but I was trying to be helpful. Anyway, this thread was originally about cutting wood, not splitting wood. Splitting hairs, I know.Quote:
Originally Posted by refried
Carry on, I am sure I will read whatever you talk about.
listen asshole I don't care if your using the wrong tool for the job (a jack of all trades usually sucks at everything and will use the wrong tool), but I saw someone else post that they had bought a new ax to split wood and I was wondering how many other people were doing this.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mr. Multiglisse
^^^ Buddy, we're talking about about firewood here. Take a chill pill. If you have an axe to grind, take it somewhere else. Otherwise, let's bury the hatchet and move on.
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Well my season is over, only done 20 or so cords, bout 60 short of a good year.
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Your season is over because of that? Doesn't look that bad... You catch that in with the maul or what? I feel like I come close to doing that whenever I'm out splitting kindling after a few.Quote:
Originally Posted by karpiel
I'm sure I'll be back to it in a month or so, ~20 ton hydraulic log splitter, went clean through, that little flap near my thumb is all that's holding it on. Could be way worse, but hand surgeon is still saying he might have to remove it.Quote:
Originally Posted by stfu&gbtw
Fuck.
Ouch
Most woodchucks around here have quit chucking wood for the season.
Karpiel, dude, that was awesome!
I thought it was pretty neat, though not one of my brightest moments. :rolleyes2Quote:
Originally Posted by Meadow Skipper