The quaking aspen here smells a little weird when green if I stick my nose in it but once it’s dry I don’t notice much off smell about it at all—just like any other burning wood. I wonder if smells vary by region. Maybe something in the soil?
I thought the same. Kinda like red oak...I know red oaks grow here but they aren’t naturally grown. I haven’t smelled a red oak from here but makes me wonder if that applies. I’d be asking “why do oaks smell like that?”. Guess its time to Google that one.
Doug fir smells like some of the best woods here. Right up there with Red Cedar and other aromatic pines.
I LOVE Doug Fir. It grows here naturally. I take all I can get. I have about 200 Doug fir trees that are 80+ feet tall on my property. They are easily as big around as a hot tub. I’d love to have the wood from them, but I’ll let them live. They are beautiful and probably 200 years old...
I'd be up there the next morning getting more. Those are the perfect handling size and looks like very few knots.
Ive never knowlingly hoarded doug fir but I have my students split 2x4's into perfect doug fir kindling for me. It keeps them busy, and keeps me warm!
Some more nice stuff Timberdog ! Had anyone else touched what you left behind? Meant to ask how close to home? What model Stihl is that?
MS291. The little circular plate with the model number fell off and I tossed it in my tool box. Never really paid attention. Just came across it and it’s actually an ms 291
Been burning a lot of Douglas fir I got last year the past week or so and am impressed with how little ash it produces. I burn 3 or 4 loads and it leaves an inch of ash. I burn 1 load of sycamore and it leaves 3 inches of ash!
I spend a lot of time on the AS forum, boy, D Fir just doesn't get the Lovin over there that you guys have for it here. I live on Mt. Hood in Oregon, and D Fir is King around here for Lumber or Firewood. Where we cut, is Generally 3,500-6,000 feet elevation, pretty much conifer country, Heavily D Fir, on the west side of the Mtn, mixed with White Fir, Hemlock and Lodgepole and Ponderosa Pines on the East side of the Mtn, occasionally get some Alder, and a rare Maple, most of those are below where we can cut in my area. I've heard stories and Rumors about something called "Oak", but I've seen more Unicorns ON my woodsheds, than Oak IN them It's Nice to find a few others that appreciate the staples of my wood cutting Doug
It was a mix of D Fir, White Fir and Hemlock, but we got into a Real Honey Hole, this Summer there were Two decks limbed and stacked, just waiting there for the taking It turns out that there was a Minor positive to the 2017 Eagle Creek Fire , these were trees cleared to create fire breaks. Those decks had been sitting there since September 2017, and the Forest Circus opened them to firewood cutters this year. These pics weren’t from our first load, and we weren’t there as soon as it opened, but I Wish we had been , It was a bit of a haul, and I tried to get some info from the FS, before making the trip,ended up working too hard for some meh Ponderosa, I should have taken the gamble, so far when the Forest Circus has sites like that listed, they have been Worthwhile It was at the end of 11 miles of logging road, with about 3/4 of mile really washed out bad, but at 2 cords a load, on my 6x12 trailer, it was worth it, I Wish we could have hit another load or two from it. The upper layers of the decks were well seasoned, a lot at 13-15% Moisture Content, some under 11%, that we are already burning. Some of the lower layers were still pretty wet, 30-40% MC, but that will be ready for next winter. Between that Jackpot , and other wood we scrounged from various sources, we got about 15-16 cords, which I still have about 7 or so cords left to Split and Stack
Thank You, I feel Truly Blessed to live in the Beautiful area that I do, it makes my 65 mile round trip daily commute worth it. Unfortunately, the wood isn’t always that easy of pickins, but we enjoy going into the Forest wood cutting, and it saves us a ton on our heating bill. At the house, we are only about 1,200’ elevation, we just got our first Snow of the season last night, didn’t stick or amount to anything, but it’s coming Here’s a couple pics of “Downtown Brightwood “ from last winter Doug
Hey Husky Man , I like everything about your post. The pictures, the country and a proper appreciation of Doug (Fir)! Even though washed out pretty bad, the trip in would have been worth it just for the scenery. Having a 2 cord trailer makes it doubly worthwhile! If I haven't already welcomed you to the club, please consider it done here.
Thank You, I consider myself Welcomed by metalcuttr Yes, the scenery does add to Enjoying a day of wood cutting . There was some serious “Tip Toeing “ through part of that road in, places where one axle would be suspended mid air bridging gullies, and the azz end of the trailer “Grading” dirt into the holes coming out loaded. It’s a 6x12 tandem axle, with 3,500# axles and 6’side racks on it. Depending on what kind of wood it is, and how Dry it is, I can get up to 3 cords on board, but that is usually only REALLY DRY Lodge Pole. Normally about 2 cords of Fir puts me about 8,000# on the axles, I’m comfortable with that amount of overload, and I have very strong Religious and Moral Objections to leaving Good Wood behind The washouts were manageable, I suspect that I was hauling the largest, maybe even the only trailer in and out of there, but I imagine that the washouts turned around a lot of less serious cutters, which was good because our last load out, there really wasn’t that good of wood, or even that much left to be worth going after, mostly bottom layer logs, that were so wet and dirty, they weren’t worth grinding my chains up on here’s a few more pics of trip into “The Pile” Most of the road was actually very good, but the Bad 3/4 mile discouraged quite a few I think, I just wouldn’t want to follow someone else inIt got pretty dusty Doug
