Who is cutting wood?

[crashartist]

Ha, yep that is getting serious if for firewood.

I've got enough seasoned for this coming winter, but my saw is having issues.

[bodywhomper]

Im betting this will be a logging job where the timber company hauls out the timber to market as a "trade" with the property owner for removing the dead trees.

I still need to get my bigger saw working right. My big downed pondo and oak trunks aren't going to buck themselves.

[bodywhomper]

https://vimeo.com/177195399
Gently dropping one of the limbs of our poor oak

[XXX-er]

http://www.canadiantire.ca/en/pdp/ya...ontent=Default

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OomvYvdTo90

Used this exact m/c several times at a BC lodge here in BC, runs off 115V power, no fuel cost, zero maintenance, no motor to take care of, easy to transport cuz it didnt take up much room in a chopper instead of slinging, 629$ list price but I have seen them at < 500$

With the 2 speeds It takes big pieces no problem, that guy in the vid is pretty slow you never gona split enough wood fast enough so what we did is raise the splitter up on a box so the bed is at waist height and its screwed to a post in the shed, jam the safety button so its always running and just use the lever to select between high ram speed less power/ low ram speed high power

I did hand splitting a while back when I was heating with wood here in town but I personaly did not find splitting a winters worth of wood by hand fun in any way

But one guy loading the splitter bed one guy running the splitter one guy pickingup/stacking the wood, we probably split 10 cords of wood in < 2 days, filled a very large wood shed , with an electric splitter you maybe get a blister on your little finger, maybe get a blister on your thumb

[~mikey b]

I see what you did there

[XXX-er]

also had 2 fallers and somebody driving the sled & skimmer going non stop ... that aint working thats the way you do it

edit : and the most important member of the team ... the cook

[DougW]

If the wood is easy to split then you could hand split in about the same amount of time though a lot more effort. But then again I don't have to split that much wood has not that much big wood on property and the slash piles I have be frequenting this year almost nothing needs to be split as ranges between 3" and 7". The big stuff in the piles, most of that would be too big 18-22".

But if most of your wood needs to be split then getting or renting one makes sense.

[bodywhomper]

My neighbor's patch before:

After (4 days later; photo taken from the same spot):

[Buster Highmen]

We laid in 2+ cords last weekend, splitting a whole cord by hand and moving another cord+ from a pile we gotten using a splitter. So we can make it through the winter. I've got a couple more logs I need to buck up once I get the chains sharpened and after those get split, then we'll really be set.

[sb]

2 cords delivered this AM, I will haul and stack today. Still have just under a cord left over from last year.

[XXX-er]

2 cords delivered to the GF which I helped her stack, the machine they use leaves a few big pieces so i had to recut a few with my saw and we have put in a couple days of cutting ski run at the ski hill

[Buster Highmen]

We're half big leaf maple (a big one came down across my inlaws fence; part of it is rotted, but there's a bunch of good solid wood there too). The other half is mostly doug fir that has a few dryrot chunks as well as a smattering of wild cherry.

[DougW]

I'm done done done, almost to the point that one more piece of wood my wood shed might explode like the guy in Meaning of Life with the mint. Put in one more row than usual and stacked that 9' high. So should have 17.5 cords altogether, so 4 years worth.

[XXX-er]

I forgot to mention I did a one day chainsaw operation/safety course put on by a pro & paid for by the ski hill, lots of good tips & info before you start running what is a very dangerous power tool

[~mikey b]

Anyone have any experience with Pacific Energy stoves? Or their economy line True North?

Replacing a 35 year old Efel cast iron stove that was cracked when we bought the house 8 years ago. It's worked fine up to now, but now it won't shut down.

[Meadow Skipper]

I forgot to mention I did a one day chainsaw operation/safety course put on by a pro & paid for by the ski hill, lots of good tips & info before you start running what is a very dangerous power tool

Want to share the best tips? Like the top three?

[BCMtnHound]

Want to share the best tips? Like the top three?

Hmm, how about 1) always mix your own gas, 2) always turn off the saw before sharpening & 3) suspenders over a belt for falling pants

[Meadow Skipper]

Hmm, how about 1) always mix your own gas, 2) always turn off the saw before sharpening & 3) suspenders over a belt for falling pants

I'm going to have to remember #2.

[crashartist]

Hmm, how about 1) always mix your own gas, 2) always turn off the saw before sharpening & 3) suspenders over a belt for falling pants

#3
Curious as to why? I wear suspenders, but basically because after a summer in the woods I would have to punch extra holes in my belt to keep my pants up.

I've got 2.5 cords of madrone cured for this winter, and in the process of stacking the madrone I cut this season. I probably only go through 1.5 cords in a winter where I'm at. Don't have to fight the freezing temps.

[Bronco]

I think there's a safety aspect as suspenders will give if snagged where a belt won't. Also, easier to carry the weight of your wedges and scrench in your pockets with suspenders.

[BCMtnHound]

I was mostly replying tongue in cheek. But I never seen an industry faller without suspenders, and my personal preference is for suspenders because of the weight of the pants. That and how else are you going to boldly display your saw brand of choice?

[crashartist]

I was mostly replying tongue in cheek. But I never seen an industry faller without suspenders, and my personal preference is for suspenders because of the weight of the pants. That and how else are you going to boldly display your saw brand of choice?

Ha. Around here I'd say it's 50/50. The white guys were suspenders, the Mexicans often don't. Plus this is stihl country here. Rarely see anything else in the woods.

[XXX-er]

Want to share the best tips? Like the top three?

whole bunch of little things but really its all about acting like a pro and being smooooth :

proper gear and that means caulk boots, helmet with ear protection & face mask,cutting chaps, hi vis shirt, gloves, carry an easily accessible compression bandage so before you start cutting let your buddy know which pocket its in don't put it inside the top of your helmet cuz you might lose your helmet in an incident , if you put a cut in the kevlar of your chaps they are done so buy a new set

cover the 3 accepted safe ways to start a saw, keeping the saw close to you instead of reaching is way easier on the back/arms, know where the kickback zone is, know which is compression wood and how its liable to react when you cut it is pretty important

put the chain break on by rolling your Left wrist not hitting it with your right hand ...you might miss and grab the moving chain

How to properly sharpen a chain, buddy recommended carrying 2 or 3 chains that you prepped at home, just swap them at a break instead of fucking with your saw in the middle of the woods for smoother running and so I have started carrying/swapping 2

Check & maintain your saw after every day of running, clear the saw of sawdust & smoo, deal with the bar the chain or chains and unless you are a pro you should probably use a filing guide

run premium sure its mo money but we are talking about spending a couple of bucks extra vs fucking with a saw that won't start...not the place to save money

run the best oil that the mfger is recommending

clean your air filter daily

buddy asked me what music do you listen to, i listed off lots of stuff but when i mentioned reggae he said right think of buffalo soldier when you are running saw becuz smooth is fast mon

[bodywhomper]

Anybody know how to tell if you need to replace that ropey stuff that makes the gasket on a stove door?

Currently, we have about 1/3 a cord of pine and manzanita bucked, split, and stacked. I have about a cord of mixed walnut, cedar, oak, and pine scattered around that is bucked but not split, but dry/seasoned. I'm just now starting to buck our 15 pines that the power company dropped on our property due to pine beetle death. My bigger saw is almost usable again (hopefully, just need to tune the carb now!), which will make the bucking easier than using my new 16" bar saw. I plan to rent a splitter sometime in November. Also, plans to split and haul some free oak from a tree that a friend of a friend felled on their property. Also need to buck up the sick oak that we felled on our property in the summer. Hopefully, our land trust will due "firewood day" again this November on one of their large parcels.

[Meadow Skipper]

whole bunch of little things but really its all about acting like a pro and being smooooth :

proper gear and that means caulk boots, helmet with ear protection & face mask,cutting chaps, hi vis shirt, gloves, carry an easily accessible compression bandage so before you start cutting let your buddy know which pocket its in don't put it inside the top of your helmet cuz you might lose your helmet in an incident , if you put a cut in the kevlar of your chaps they are done so buy a new set

cover the 3 accepted safe ways to start a saw, keeping the saw close to you instead of reaching is way easier on the back/arms, know where the kickback zone is, know which is compression wood and how its liable to react when you cut it is pretty important

put the chain break on by rolling your Left wrist not hitting it with your right hand ...you might miss and grab the moving chain

How to properly sharpen a chain, buddy recommended carrying 2 or 3 chains that you prepped at home, just swap them at a break instead of fucking with your saw in the middle of the woods for smoother running and so I have started carrying/swapping 2

Check & maintain your saw after every day of running, clear the saw of sawdust & smoo, deal with the bar the chain or chains and unless you are a pro you should probably use a filing guide

run premium sure its mo money but we are talking about spending a couple of bucks extra vs fucking with a saw that won't start...not the place to save money

run the best oil that the mfger is recommending

clean your air filter daily

buddy asked me what music do you listen to, i listed off lots of stuff but when i mentioned reggae he said right think of buffalo soldier when you are running saw becuz smooth is fast mon

Not bad.