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Little Oak & Aspen

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  1. Fanatical1

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    We had nice weather yesterday and have been off work for Thanksgiving, so it was time to start a couple more stacks. :)

    I had a dead standing small white oak and a storm damaged Big tooth Aspen that I dropped, cut, split and stacked. Not much, but every bit helps. It felt good to be out again. Youngest daughter helped me stack. :)

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    Yep, a little here and a little there makes a pile. I cut a few big rounds of aspen yesterday and ain't it crazy how heavy that stuff is until it dries.
     
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    Ain't that the truth... Full of water now and dries light as a feather. Bottom of the food chain for BTU's, but I love this stuff for starting a fire or throwing a couple of small splits on the coals in the morning to get a hot fire quick. Burns like gasoline. :)
     
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    Great pics! Nice work.....
     
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    Nice load !

    Man,
    you strong manned those big rounds way up there .

    Fresh wood looks great stacked up :)

    What's the bark bundles for ?
     
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    Looks great Fan, nice work.

    What type of tires are on the beast?
     
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    Well..... Thanks I guess, it was approaching my limit. Still worried I might have pulled something important.. :whistle:

    Big Bark goes for fire starting.... Small bark goes back into nature.


    Maxxis Bighorn tires. Good mud/traction tires....
     
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    Thanks, we have 4650 miles on the original tires on the Rhino, we'll need some new ones down the road.
     
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    What's the diameter of those rounds?
     
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    I didn't measure, but the big ones are around 20" I guess. From the Aspen main trunk, I cut 11 rounds total at about 18" long and was getting 14 splits from the biggest ones down to about 12 splits for the smallest. Total of about 140 splits I guess. The white oak, I split in larger pieces, figuring I would use them for over nighters. Got about 60 splits from that 10" diameter oak.

    I'll finish both these stacks off with another Aspen and white oak I have my eye on that are dead/storm damaged.
     
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    Nice work, btu's, and equipment fanatical. You definitely maintain your stuff. Love it!
     
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