Who is cutting wood?

**XXX-er** · 10-26-2017, 06:58 PM

Had a jack mormon tennat one winter and he used to say "fire wood is money"

**bodywhomper** · 10-26-2017, 07:01 PM

I once bought firewood from a guy with my minivan. He laughed about the van until he saw how much it would hold. It only took the kids a little while to get all the black widows out.

Kidding

**MrMan** · 10-26-2017, 07:16 PM

If acquiring wood wasn't as easy as picking it up for free off of the side of the road, I wouldn't bother heating with wood, but since it's so plentiful here....

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**Meadow Skipper** · 10-26-2017, 08:16 PM

Originally Posted by bodywhomper

I once bought firewood from a guy with my minivan. He laughed about the van until he saw how much it would hold.

That 4Runner carries about 1/3 of a cord, which is about all I care to cut, carry, and stack shy myself in a day. It's green wood, kind of heavy.

**bodywhomper** · 10-26-2017, 09:08 PM

I've loaded my cruiser to the gills and my utility trailer with some wood graciously donated to us by our neighbor. About half was bucked. It was a full day event to drive, load, unload, buck, and stack. Splitting was a whole other event.

**~mikey b** · 10-26-2017, 09:32 PM

Originally Posted by bodywhomper

I've loaded my cruiser to the gills and my utility trailer with some wood graciously donated to us by our neighbor. About half was bucked. It was a full day event to drive, load, unload, buck, and stack. Splitting was a whole other event.

PT Cruiser?

**bodywhomper** · 10-26-2017, 09:35 PM

Land cruiser

**~mikey b** · 10-26-2017, 09:48 PM

Phew

**bodywhomper** · 10-26-2017, 10:01 PM

I had a rental pt cruiser once for a work trip in Santa Monica. Faux wood siding and all. Rollin in style to my meetings.

**skieurmalade** · 10-26-2017, 10:06 PM

My goal is 3 cords. I haven't started, my only running saw is a MS 180 16", and this year I only have a Honda Element. Gonna be a sporty wood season.

**DougW** · 10-27-2017, 10:17 AM

Originally Posted by XXX-er

Had a jack mormon tennat one winter and he used to say "fire wood is money"

Last winter I sold 3 cords to people who hadn't really prepared. Used to buy a pair of skis.

Its strange how location and equipment circumstance change what people will do. Here collecting firewood in fall is crazy as its been raining for 2 weeks. No wood not under cover would be any good this winter. I can't even light a brush pile as its just too wet. I modified my trailer sides so I can pack 2 cords in there now as opposed to 1 and a bit maybe 1.25. I would use just my truck to pick up some cedar for kindling but not firewood.

**XXX-er** · 10-27-2017, 11:31 AM

i think using a vehical for a purpose that it was not intended is fine ... until its not

a while back we went to pickup some stems off a woodlot that had been abandoned on the landing, not enough for a load to the mill or sft sez roomy but anyhow it was a real easy gig, chain saw them into 8-10 ft pieces & 2 man over the ditch into the truck.

Roomy had a full on heavy duty F-350 4x4 diesel with good tires and we were towing a trailer made from another ford 3/4 ton box & frame both all cribbed up over the side of the box

It was pre winter so the road was instantly an unfrozen muddy mess, buddy was in 4 low and we just barely churned outa there and I think we did that twice to get 2 loads except we ditched the trailer for the second trip ...roomey was a little freaked

a week later buddy blows the transfer case out on a road trip,

coincidence or the result of over stressing the vehical... always wondered?

**~mikey b** · 11-08-2017, 11:34 PM

Z-bo...

I thought he died in the same helicopter crash as Tanner Hall

**DougW** · 11-09-2017, 09:31 AM

Cedar makes fantastic kindling, easy to chop into thumb sized pieces. I buck into 11.5" long so can fit into a wine box. Put a bow on it and you have a Xmas host gift.