Looking good there. I like splits better too, but it all burns... Mix the small rounds in with the splits works good when stacking. We do have 1 shed that is nearly all skinnies. A 4-5" round will burn for awhile in a stove.
I was at the Cedar Hill yard. South east end of town. Went North almost to Middletown. There and hartford tomorrow. Update, 5.Osprey nests!
In prep for the upcoming ash score, my goal was to make or find room for 4-6 cord of Green Ash. The other goal for this year, was to get a winter's supply of wood up to the house so we're not hauling wood up all fall. Brad and I talked about building a "porch" to hold 28,000 ish pounds of seasoned red oak. I think cost to have it done is prohibitive.....I just dont have the time to do that build, and certainly not before the ash score hits. So, Stumpy and I looked all over our postage-stamp land, for every available space near the house, to stack wood. While I don't typically think this is a good idea, we got almost 2.73 cord stacked here today. Another like spot will get 1.3. And next week I'll begin stacking out back, maybe another 3 cord there. That gets most of our winter supply up, and about 6 cord of easy access space for the ash when that starts in a couple weeks or so. 4pm: Stumpy unloading the trailer: 6pm: fired up the grill (cheese dogs again) and final as assessment of the day (dancing around the fire):
Nice going there Dave & Stumpy (& pooch) there's always room if you look hard enough. With CT Winters we dont get snowed in that often so even if you have to refill come midwinter its not a big deal. I have to laugh at your pooches (forgot his name) expression...CHEESE DOGS?! MMMMM!!!
You're right on both accounts. Partly I dont want to be hauling wood up all fall and into snow season....my time will be at a premium by then. Where this wood is coming from, I can dump the Ash and go to bed or grab another load, and stack whenever I have time. Where we stacked today is mere feet from the wood stove, so there is a little added convenience. I hope we get lotsa snow this winter. Always feels good being prepared for the worst. Thats awesome you got another Black Birch score. I have a little, but it will be a couple years before I get to it. Sca
So now I have splits, shorts, uglies, and now skinnies. I dont typically save any rounds, so when I get to those, it will be a first as far as burn time and heat output. Sca
There is a house in our area that had a large oak lead split off in a storm 2 years ago. Someone did some cutting, but the pieces have been sitting on the drive way for about 2 years. I've been eyeballing the wood, watching the grass grow very tall. The house is on a hill, ending at the street. Anyone who cuts there will need to be very careful in cutting and moving that wood around. A fellow called me today, having just bought the place, getting my name from a mutual contact at church. So, the score that I warily eyed for so long, will be scouted out: he wants the wood gone, and does not have the tools or time. I don't NEED the wood, it will be a rather tricky score, and the wood is not seasoned to split and sell (his idea). So there might be money in the deal as well. Will send pics when we get there. From driving by, it looks like a buncha fairly straight pieces. Sca
So I stopped by at the score on my way home instead of sleeping first. The suspense was an itch to be scratched. It was a 41" 119yo tree that was cut down and left in the yard. Perhaps the cutters didn't get paid, or the forclosure bank told them to put it on the ground? The top is either gone or stacked at the side. The main trunk is cut into 32" sections, and all about ready to roll down the driveway into the street. They'll have to be noodled. A couple of bigger trunk pieces are crotches...not worth doing anything with. The branch pieces are 14" around, fairly straight, and chocked so they dont roll into the street. 2 of the 4 branch pieces will have to be noodled so they don't take off.....or maybe turned 90° to the hill and cut then split. There's wood there, but it will be mostly grinding away noodling, and maybe slabbing off rounds. I don't need wood that badly, and I don't have the hours available to cut and split, and then haul off branches. Theres a real risk on that hill, it will take very little for some log to accidentally take off... Not sure what Im going to do yet. But here are the pics.
As tempting as that is id leave it. Big logs combined with hills and noodling are a tough mix. Getting paid to remove it is another story. Of course you're a lot younger and more ambitious than me!
That's a lot of good wood. Yes, would have to be careful, but with some help, a cant hook and pry bar, spin those rounds 90° to the road, chock, and cut away... Already has started drying...
Not that much younger! I talked to the fellow today, more or less its a no-go. I might nip over a few times just to help and do some cutting, but it wont be a tree job or wood job, just a fun thing to do. There won't be any rush, I wont feel hosed if I cut a bunch and someone else takes it. And, the psychological and spiritual boost being there will give him.....well worth it. Sca
Thats exactly what I told him. Also to be aware of whom he allows there to cut. If my log rolls into the street, I kinda think his homowners ince will take the hit. Any beginning hoarder would have to be desperate and or have zero other wooding possibilities. Someone with a grapple could clear it all out fairly quickly. Including all the un splittable bits.
Here for the record: Moved 2 loads in the new wagon so far. Both roadkill scrounges, not far from the farm, everything split on site. One load loose pile, one carefully stacked. First load finished off the friend's stacks, 6+ cord css this year, a 2 year supply for him. Second load was our first stacking of 20" splits. Three rows formed, shoulder season wood behind the new splits. Note the spike in the stump.
