We got some heavy pieces of equipment in at work and I was able to get a lot of the shipping timbers. It was 3x4 white pine, I believe, and heat treated... We like to place 2 pieces N/S in the stove, with a little paper and splitter scraps between them, then small limbs and splits E/W to start a fire Some had regular grain and some was tight and fairly heavy... Set the new DeWalt miter saw up under the tractor shed and cut them to 11 1/2" long... Got 40 pieces in this tub... And 194 in this box, they will get stacked in some metal cans we have... We have enough cut now to start 117 fires in the stove. Also have 4 beams over 8' long that can be used to build another shed if needed. Also have a few 1x4's that will probably get cut to 18" for kindling strips.
Nice! I got some very similar stuff a few years ago when we bought a new machine at work that came from Germany...the crate was almost 40' long, with a "splice" in the middle...would have been nice to get that 20' long lumber, but the contractor cut the crate into quarters...I still scrounged it Still haven't used all those pieces yet, but I think I did burn some of the shorter stuff...lights up VERY easily!
YOU'RE BURNING PINE???!!! Gonna burn your house down All kidding aside, that's a nice find. Reminds me of when I would search the yards at my supply houses years back. One used to have small pallets made of 2x4 & 1x6 oak and hard maple. Few quick cuts with the circular saw and in the stove they went.
They make great kindling. I've been making raised beds out of pallets and throwing the left overs and bad pieces into the kindling bins.
What I cut up today was anywhere from 18"-75" long...we got some about 20' or so a few years ago from here at the plant, used them to build this 2 cord shed.
Pine stud cutoffs are my favorite kindling. Splits down nice and will dang near match light. I had a pile of them I used for a couple seasons.
I was in Maryland in August once in August and thought I had died and went to the wrong place. No way I would recommend going further south in summer.
We know what was going on during those Maryland trips Dennis...A little less physical activity and you would have been fine!
Did a September in Mississippi once, that’s close enough. So hot and humid you can toss a piece of plywood in the ground and a few days later it’ll sprout shoots and suckers Havent been able to wear a pair of socks since. Even in 12” of snow I wear moccasins with no socks.
How you like the new miter saw? I got the same one and stand not too long ago. I was too cheap to buy one before and thought I never really needed a miter and would always would use a circular saw. Within an hour of using the miter, I thought why didn't I buy one years ago. I also was using to cut down scraps for kindling.
