The beams appear to be had hand hewn so I agree with fishingpol, it would be cool to cut a 2" slab off a well hewn face and add some wrought coat hooks or something like that. Any remainder could be firewood and those old, dense beams may have a surprising BTU content. Very nice find!
Dropped off the beams, and got the deluxe tour! fishingpol has a lovely spot, almost a nature preserve, with lots of wildlife habitat. Neat old barn, and a house the feels like history. Cedar berries!
We had a great visit with Midwinter and her husband. They had a nice tour around here, and the weather was excellent. The beams are really cool. All but one are hand-hewn and seem to be hemlock with oak pegs. They look very similar to the frame on our barn. One beam in particular may end up going behind the wood stove. There are hand forged spikes and nails here and there. Definitely some are wrought iron. I put them out in the barn to dry out. They left with some maple syrup I cooked up earlier this spring. Some nice 6 inch forged spikes. Thank you again Molly for making the trip down. It was nice to see you all again.
Midwinter You are quickly becoming the tour guide docent of the WHC. Looks like someplace I would like to visit and I just happen to have a thing for real maple syrup, but cant imagine how much work it would take to produce the stuff... Oh wait I think I have an old 2x4 with a staple or two stuck in it. Think you can do anything with that fishingpol ??? Haha... Great story guys!...Molly has made wood hoarding an adventure
Went to the Dump this morning to drop off an old rotted door. While there I picked up another load of mixed wood. I forgot to take a car picture, but thought I would show instead the pile in my yard from 2 last trips. What you see here is mostly cherry blossom and what looks to be red maple. Some ash and mulberry is in there in smaller quantities. I put a bucket there for size comparison, but just above it in picture is one of 2 rotted elms that have been there for years that aren't from the last hauls. I use them instead as log cradles for bucking where I don't have to worry about hitting the dirt or rock wall (That system just kind of invented itself since I really didn't want to split the darn elm ...hehe). So I just finished bucking and splitting a load a little larger than this all from the dump! Thinking about what molly said I went there this morning ready to make some friends, but the place was empty of workers, just an open gate which is often been the case. So maybe next time if during the week and I see Mr. bulldozer man. Now Molly I know you've been known to drive some distance for a good log supply spot, but don't gas your car up just yet, let me continue to scope this place out a little more.. haha! This lower picture is from my brothers house in Long Island. He bought it 3 years ago and built the 1916 era 3500 square foot (basically a derelict house) over himself with his wife and periodic family help from top to bottom and though it took a long time its really incredible now! He's the boat builder who built the clam boat in my painting when he was 17...amazing guy. Anyway his house is not seen in the picture as this is shot from his back deck that he is in the process of building. Its looking out at a ton of Cotton wood I helped him buck up 2 weekends ago. He has a glorious 1 acre property on the water and this is just a small section of his yard! These were cotton wood, holly, and red maple trees cleared from his yard 2 years ago and were sitting piled in 12 foot lengths, but his daughter is now having a small Covid family size intimate wedding in the back yard in August so we had to put a move on clearing it. Last year we hand split 3 cords worth of the stuff for his wood stove, but that woven grain cotton wood was hellish to hand split and he just has way to much of these (up to 30") rounds (which I say totaled 10 cords all scattered on property). So he just bought a 27 ton splitter. I will be trailering my 18 ft life guard 2 man rowing surf boat to his property tomorrow. This will clear much room from my driveway which is why I'm posting his yard this time. You may be seeing more wood documentation coming from his property in the future as I will hopefully be spending more time there enjoying my boat and playing in the wood pile.
OAKie Dokie Had to use wedge on 7 of them . The other are larger split rounds are behind the last row. Going back tomorrow for more. Will have to wedge most of them, but I can back almost right to where I'll be cutting.
Glad the dump is paying out! Boating and splitting will be a fun way to round out the summer. I hope the drive isn't too tedious. I got one last last load out at WeldrDave's today, where we had a little gtg. Check it out: Winchester 7/18/20
I meant to grab a few logs when i left but forgot. Was gonna post in this thread of course since i didnt have the PU! You're all done taking wood out of there Molly?
I think so. Daril ( the fellow doing the clearing) is up ( at bat ) now, and I don't want to get in his way.
Thanks Midwinter I will include that joke in my "Dad joke" rotation. To be honest if it wasn't for people reminding me I'd forget it was my birthday, but then again I'm famous for forgetting everyone else's birthdays so there you have it. It was very thoughtful of you and I appreciate it. Though I'm not big on birthdays, I command everyone to have a great and productive day on my behalf!
Before I got my '14 Tacoma I was using my '12 Sienna. Man, taking out those middle seats f-ed my back up real good to the point where I couldn't walk for 5 days straight and was bedridden. It was horrible. That's all I needed to convince the wife that I needed a truck. Cleaning the van out every time was a pain in the balls as well. I'm so happy I got the truck. Words can't express that enough! Before: After:
I have to make a delivery tomorrow morning. Dont want to take my wifes car, so the Cadillac it is! Luckily it's only five rounds. Two of these loads and I can just buy a cord of wood.
