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Post by nhmountains on Sept 8, 2017 11:55:44 GMT -6
Nice job BV.
We burn mainly birch, some black cherry, and maple. The poplar used to go to my niece for the outdoor boiler when they rented. Now it gets dropped and tossed into our burn piles. We cut from December 15 through July. I've got a little more clearing in my orchard and our south facing slope. Once those are cleared we will clear trees along our trails with a splitter nearby so we only have to load the wood once.
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Post by badbrad on Sept 8, 2017 11:57:08 GMT -6
I hate the feeling when you use good firewood outside in the campfire. I love sitting around a fire but feel like I'm wasting my resources. Good place for junk pine. I agree but I don't have any pine laying around and I can split and process the good stuff almost as fast.
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Post by jbird on Sept 8, 2017 12:00:19 GMT -6
That is one thing I don't miss from my childhood.....cutting fuck'n wood! I cut some now for recreational purposes, but that's about it. We used to cut the heavy stuff, ash, oak, hard maple and had to split it all by hand. Oh how I hated that shit! Don't have a fireplace now and don't miss it one bit. Now I only cut the stuff that falls down.....I have a large red oak that was struck by lightning that I figure will come down some day and that's gonna be a sum-bitch I am not looking forward to. It's gonna fall right out into a crop field as well so I have to deal with it! Not sure why but dad always seemed to leave the truck uphill from where we would cut as well. Carry that shit up hill....stack it in the truck so we could haul more, toss into a pile at home, then split by hand and re-stack.....and it better be stacked right or it would fall over in the middle of winter and we would be back out there stacking it again! Nope don't miss that!
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Post by buckvelvet on Sept 8, 2017 12:06:34 GMT -6
That is one thing I don't miss from my childhood.....cutting fuck'n wood! I cut some now for recreational purposes, but that's about it. We used to cut the heavy stuff, ash, oak, hard maple and had to split it all by hand. Oh how I hated that shit! Don't have a fireplace now and don't miss it one bit. Now I only cut the stuff that falls down.....I have a large red oak that was struck by lightning that I figure will come down some day and that's gonna be a sum-bitch I am not looking forward to. It's gonna fall right out into a crop field as well so I have to deal with it! Not sure why but dad always seemed to leave the truck uphill from where we would cut as well. Carry that shit up hill....stack it in the truck so we could haul more, toss into a pile at home, then split by hand and re-stack.....and it better be stacked right or it would fall over in the middle of winter and we would be back out there stacking it again! Nope don't miss that! The part about parking up hill was hysterical, thank you!
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Post by Tooln on Sept 8, 2017 12:26:31 GMT -6
Shit when I was your age I was making firewood for myself and my folks. Between the both of us we'd burn 20 cord. Back in that day it was piss elm. Talk about stringy shit that was hard to split. We did end up buying a log splitter, but that didn't ease the back pain very much. Dad sat on a chain, ran the lever while I did all the work. I know the meaning and how your feeling with the back. Been there done that. Good job.
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Post by badgerfowl on Sept 8, 2017 12:36:54 GMT -6
That is one thing I don't miss from my childhood.....cutting fuck'n wood! I cut some now for recreational purposes, but that's about it. We used to cut the heavy stuff, ash, oak, hard maple and had to split it all by hand. Oh how I hated that shit! Don't have a fireplace now and don't miss it one bit. Now I only cut the stuff that falls down.....I have a large red oak that was struck by lightning that I figure will come down some day and that's gonna be a sum-bitch I am not looking forward to. It's gonna fall right out into a crop field as well so I have to deal with it! Not sure why but dad always seemed to leave the truck uphill from where we would cut as well. Carry that shit up hill....stack it in the truck so we could haul more, toss into a pile at home, then split by hand and re-stack.....and it better be stacked right or it would fall over in the middle of winter and we would be back out there stacking it again! Nope don't miss that! That sounds like walking up hill both ways to school. In 3 feet of snow. No thanks!
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Post by smsmith on Sept 8, 2017 12:45:29 GMT -6
That is one thing I don't miss from my childhood.....cutting fuck'n wood! I cut some now for recreational purposes, but that's about it. We used to cut the heavy stuff, ash, oak, hard maple and had to split it all by hand. Oh how I hated that shit! Don't have a fireplace now and don't miss it one bit. Now I only cut the stuff that falls down.....I have a large red oak that was struck by lightning that I figure will come down some day and that's gonna be a sum-bitch I am not looking forward to. It's gonna fall right out into a crop field as well so I have to deal with it! Not sure why but dad always seemed to leave the truck uphill from where we would cut as well. Carry that shit up hill....stack it in the truck so we could haul more, toss into a pile at home, then split by hand and re-stack.....and it better be stacked right or it would fall over in the middle of winter and we would be back out there stacking it again! Nope don't miss that! Pretty much my memory of cutting/splitting/stacking wood as a kid/teenager. Don't miss it one little bit.
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Post by nhmountains on Sept 8, 2017 12:50:09 GMT -6
I see lots of camp fire wood people along the roads here getting $5-6 for a bundle of crap wood that makes pretty campfires. What's camp fire wood going for out there? I'm thinking down the road I could set up a stand and sell it to help pay the camp taxes.
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Post by badgerfowl on Sept 8, 2017 13:13:17 GMT -6
I see lots of camp fire wood people along the roads here getting $5-6 for a bundle of crap wood that makes pretty campfires. What's camp fire wood going for out there? I'm thinking down the road I could set up a stand and sell it to help pay the camp taxes. Pretty much the same here at gas stations and such. One bundle for $5. Equal to about one good piece of wood.
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Post by buckvelvet on Sept 8, 2017 13:20:08 GMT -6
I see lots of camp fire wood people along the roads here getting $5-6 for a bundle of crap wood that makes pretty campfires. What's camp fire wood going for out there? I'm thinking down the road I could set up a stand and sell it to help pay the camp taxes. Around here it's $3-$5 per bundle.
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Post by jbird on Sept 8, 2017 14:37:47 GMT -6
I use those memories to teach my son a thing or two as well. In his teenage years he would get full of piss and vinegar and get a bit mouthy, so we would go to the woods - preferably when it's cold or wet or both. I would run the saw.....he got to load the wood. I found there was a curve to the bitch'n from him.....early on with smaller stuff he would just bitch. The more I cut and the bigger the stuff got the less he bitched! After a truck load we would head home and then was time to stack. I would unload, he would stack....again, less work = more bitch'n, more work = less bitch'n. By the end of the day I would wear his ass out - too tired to bitch. I actually saw him go to be before 10 several times on a Saturday night because his attitude earned him a trip to cut for the day. After a few rounds of that - I would simply give him "the look" and ask if he wanted to go cut wood? He figured it out. We also had a rule that we would quit when the truck was full, we ran out of gas or the saw wouldn't start in 3 pulls. He would count those pulls and he learned to hate that Sthil chainsaw - 'cause it would start on the 3rd pull every time! I actually (jokingly) blamed him for the saw's demise once as somebody (I claim it was my boy) forgot to put the oil in the gas. 2 tanks of that and that will fuck up a saw! My boy had a party when that saw died. Should have seen the look on his face when I came home with another one....the exact same thing.....it was like it was back from the dead! He also learned a few thinks about splitting wood as well. he insisted on cutting some cottonwood once. it was lighter but still full of moisture and when it's like that it's like trying to split a sponge. He thought he had outsmarted me..... it came time to split and I told him he could be done when it was all split and stacked. He grabbed the maul and went to town.....sort of. It was like watching somebody try to chop wood with a ball bat! I finally stopped him and asked if he wanted to keep trying of if he thought we had time for another trip to the woods for another load. I must have smiled too much when I said it....'cause that was when he realized I knew all along what was up! We went and cut another truck load....waited for that nasty cottonwood to season and then it split just fine. He still bitches to this day about that little trick!
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Post by biglakebass on Sept 8, 2017 16:17:19 GMT -6
Hedge?
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Post by sd51555 on Sept 8, 2017 16:33:44 GMT -6
That is one thing I don't miss from my childhood.....cutting fuck'n wood! I cut some now for recreational purposes, but that's about it. We used to cut the heavy stuff, ash, oak, hard maple and had to split it all by hand. Oh how I hated that shit! Don't have a fireplace now and don't miss it one bit. Now I only cut the stuff that falls down.....I have a large red oak that was struck by lightning that I figure will come down some day and that's gonna be a sum-bitch I am not looking forward to. It's gonna fall right out into a crop field as well so I have to deal with it! Not sure why but dad always seemed to leave the truck uphill from where we would cut as well. Carry that shit up hill....stack it in the truck so we could haul more, toss into a pile at home, then split by hand and re-stack.....and it better be stacked right or it would fall over in the middle of winter and we would be back out there stacking it again! Nope don't miss that! Don't leave out cutting with a dull chain, flat tires on the trailer, hitch frozen to the ground, maul handle breaks when you whack the hitch, cold engine block, dead battery, flat tire on the wheel barrow, pushing it through frozen cattle ruts, frozen toes, smashed fingers, a duct taped ax, an uphill drive with the tractor to the basement window on the house, a frozen hill, covered in ice and 24" of hard pack snow, not enough kindling, couldn't knock the snow off the wood, cats constantly trying to climb in the window you're passing wood (you had to pet them each time you moved them), and you couldn't get to the window so you had to handle each piece an extra time throwing it up to the window. Been there brother.
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Post by Catscratch on Sept 8, 2017 16:39:30 GMT -6
Osage Orange... See if I can make this work. It is hot burning and heavy compared to oak. I have lots of both on the place, will pick hedge every time but if an oak falls down or something I'll grab it too. Species Heat ContentMillion BTU’s per Cord WeightPounds Per Cord Dry Osage Orange 32.9 4728 Northern Red Oak 24.0 3757
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Post by Foggy on Sept 8, 2017 17:18:28 GMT -6
By the time a guy turns about 45 years old.....you figure out that there is no fracking way in the world that burning firewood is a paying proposition. ......espeically when you add in the trips to the chiropractor, back surgery, and poor health. What a frigging waste of time making wood is. Get a second job if you need to pay the fuel bill......you will be money ahead! rant over.
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