I am burning my own slab wood this week. I had a pile of trimmings that accumulated and we cut it up tonight and stacked it in a plastic tote. Almost a face cord! It’s a mix of doug fir, spruce, a little red pine, and some oak. I put the tote on the deck and put a lid on it to keep the snow out. I really like these totes.
Up north, we have a neighbor who does some milling, his operation is set up onsite at a local tree service’s yard. I keep saying I’m going to over there and cut some slab wood. He’s offered me the opportunity to do so. He does a lot of work with pine. I’m sure it would make great kindling or work well in the firepit.
Cutting it up is a bit pf a pain. We burned slab wood for 2 years when I was a bit younger. Cutting it up in bundles helped, but it was still a lot of work. I don’t mind cutting up a bit at a time as we make it, but I wouldn’t choose it over cordwood unless I was feeding a 4ft boiler where I could cut the stack in half and load with a forklift or similar.
I liked slabs ok when I burned them. I was behind and got them decently cheap. They dried out quickly but also burned up pretty fast. If I had a spell without any free wood I’d buy some more. There’s a place by me if u hand them $10 you can load as many slabs by hand into your trailer. I’d have to come up with a more efficient way to process them. This guy has a decent plan going. https://youtube.com/shorts/5IoB52Mbn4A?si=xJrTyJX-m4Jbfs9w Got these in 2018. 3 bundles. I told the guy I only had 20 bucks on me. He said I need these gone take the third for free. What stove are you feeding?
Nothing wrong with slab wood. It is one of the benefits of the sawmill. I burned around a face cord first thing this season to get some out of the way. Still have at least that left; probably more. Mostly oak and maple.
Is that yours? I always see these type of things for sale in bad shape, sitting outside for years. Most are set up for belt drive. That one looks great. I doubt my wife would approve. lol.
Yes, I've had it for a while now. I think they are still making them. Faster and safer than a chainsaw for a lot of stuff up to 12" diameter.
It’s funny I am like Brad we do roofing and roof repair i run small and big chainsaws table saws but when I look at that saw i say wow that looks unsafe
Nice saw. I wouldn't mind finding one and putting a motor on it so it doesn't need a power source and is self contained. They are available around here but like Ohio mentioned usually pretty rough.
It's much safer than a chainsaw. No kickback. You have to go to the small area of the blade to get hurt. It's so easy to use that injuries are caused by complacency and not paying attention.
Several Amish mill operations within eyesight of each other near me. Some have piles of short slabs , twenty feet high. 15 bucks a load for a short bed truck, it twenty for an 8 foot bed. , Mostly oak. Real pain to load and unload as item are smaller sized and can’t stack . Good as a backup plan.
