Who is cutting wood?

[Skidog]

I'd save several pieces for BBQ. I've never used pear before so it'd be interesting to see how it flavors smoked meat.

I plan to as well as collecting the pieces around the splitting log. I asked if anyone had before in the what are you smoking or whatever thread. I read it should work well for fish and chicken as well as ribs. Should impart the same sweetness as cherry or apple. We shall see in the next couple weeks.

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[Grange]

Only one more load of firewood left to cut for the season. Today I split and stacked the half cord of maple I cut from the national forest yesterday. I've been taking full advantage of not needing a firewood permit from the national forest this fall. I'm hoping to cut some oak this weekend between my bird hunts.

[XXX-er]

I use a sharpening jig at home and I carry an extra chain to just swap out in the wood lot, stopping to sharpen wastes time and i don't think its as accurate as on the bench,

[bodywhomper]

Spent a few hours yesterday morning bucking and gathering some felled black oak from an rx burn site nearby. This will be for use in a year or two. Also swept the chimney.

[Grange]

I went to cut wood this morning but when I got in the woods there were sustained winds of over 20 mph and gusts over 40 mph. I decided that is a little too risky for my comfort and will cut another day.

[JimmyCarter]

My dad let me borrow his new gas splitter. Holy shit this is easier. Got through a few 24-30 inch rounds with it. Making progress on the pile.

[Hood26]

We cut about 5 loads for a total of 2.5 cord this week. Fir and maple.

My boys were super helpful.

[donutlynx]

Posted to The chainsaw thread - inexpensive 20" bar and chains...cut some moar wood!

https://www.tetongravity.com/forums/...37#post6229537

[bodywhomper]

Adding clearance at the tank.
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Fucking bowsaw

[XXX-er]

My dad let me borrow his new gas splitter. Holy shit this is easier. ]

yabut you are missing out on an important piece of Americana, swinging that Maul/ getting blisters and fucking up your back

even easier is just calling up Lars and having a couple of split n seasoned cords dumped in the back alley but its not very romantic

[BCMtnHound]

Swinging the splitting maul never bothered my back; it was the bending over and the twisting, picking up rounds and tossing em that tweeked the spine. Splitting was good for sore shoulders though. Then again, I haven't split cords for heating my house for almost 15yrs.

[Buster Highmen]

Been splitting last years maple and some fir. Next, tackle the fresh fir rounds and stockpile.
Got my son to do most of the splitting, but I still had to stack half of it.

Got 2 standing hemlocks to drop to fill the crib for the winter and next.

[bodywhomper]

Part of my September gasser splitting project is in my photo. Black oak.

[easyrdr]

Neigbors are clearing their lot to build. They were hauling everything out so I stopped the guys and had them dump the maple, oak, birch, and ash on my property. I got a nice little stack of tree trunks to cut up. Round 1.

[Grange]

First load for winter burning. 2/3rds oak and 1/3 maple. With the wood I have from last year I'll only need a couple more loads.

[XXX-er]

Swinging the splitting maul never bothered my back; it was the bending over and the twisting, picking up rounds and tossing em that tweeked the spine. Splitting was good for sore shoulders though. Then again, I haven't split cords for heating my house for almost 15yrs.

to really give one a small dick Lars from Houston mentioned he was in the bush so his wife did the 2 cords

which actulay means she can run a loader to feed the fire wood processor

life in the narth eh

[wendigo]

Have a hung up tree with a root wad attached.
My initial thought was to strap down the lower portion to separate from the wad, then deal with it like any other hung up mess.
What does the hive mind recommend?

[krp8128]

Cut the root wad, pull the hung up mess out with a winch.

Watch the forces and don't bind the saw. Those roots will want to flop back in the hole.

Come fell on the east coast. Unless I'm along a field or wider opening seems dragging out hangers is the normal. I've got an ash right now that's either rotten or infested, wants to come down on my back drive. Hung up in an oak and Im sketch out to cut the damaged trunk.

[easyrdr]

Thats scary. I cut one like that once...............and I'm to smart (or scared) to do that again. The thing bounced back and damn near wiped me out.

[donutlynx]

Face it opposite of the lean. Wide face. Vertical back cut (straight up) slowly until the tree starts closing the face. Then start nibbling. Strong stance, good posture - keep that saw away from your body w/ arms extended. When cut is complete, watch for the rootwad to settle back to the ground (sometimes quickly). Cut from the high side of the tree. Then chunk it down with a series of opposing face cuts. If you're fortunate, it will eventually fall through the canopy towards the lean.

Or leave it. That looks like it is hung up pretty good, and if you start chunking it down to where the stem is vertical - all control is lost.

Or do what krp8128 suggests. Certainly more safe.

[BCMtnHound]

Or rent some iron. Around 15tonne or so, with about an 8m reach. And hoechuck that, rootwad and all, out of there.

[From_the_NEK]

Or rent some iron. Around 15tonne or so, with about an 8m reach. And hoechuck that, rootwad and all, out of there.

This. That root ball has a ton of potential energy in it. That thing is going to flop back hard and who knows how it will kick the rest of the tree around.

[wendigo]

Gave it a go. The earth is back where it should be. All went according to plan, but it certainly got the adrenaline up. At the first pop I dropped the saw and got out of there.

[glademaster]

Got a 10 cord load of logs dropped in the yard this morning. That should cover the winters of 22-23 and 23-24, although with all the dead standing Quakies in my yard, I may be able to stretch it out into three winters worth of wood. For $750, I don't think I could heat a house in my climate more affordably.

It's mostly 10-16" in diameter too, so easy processing awaits. I bet I'll be able to buck 95% of it with the 540iXP while the 572XPG sits idle in the shop. Hard to beat a battery powered saw that will buck almost a cord of softwood on a single battery charge. With two batteries and the fast charger, you can cut for longer than it is safe or prudent to run a saw for.

Getting a huge pile of logs dropped right next to the splitter sure beats the living piss out of getting a Forest Circus permit to go and cut in the woods.

[Grange]

Getting a huge pile of logs dropped right next to the splitter sure beats the living piss out of getting a Forest Circus permit to go and cut in the woods.

I was in the national forest today cutting another load of wood. It took me more than 4 hours to get a good load of oak and maple. While I generally enjoy cutting wood, wasting almost a full fall day especially with the grouse hunting in full swing sure makes me think about getting some wood delivered.