I got out to my land and loaded and hauled a load of mostly beech, Shagbark hickory and sugar maple. It's all dry, most was a standing dead, or already cut up from last season, or longer. The second pic is a close up of the load I hauled from the woods. I had to wheelbarrow the wood to the trailer, but at least it was all downhill. The third pic is my load of sugar maple for 2015/16. I tested the splits today of this tree. It it's 12.4% Mc. There's at least 2 more trailers full from this huge sugar maple tree. I'll get the rest of it this fall, and probably burn all of it this year. The third trailer pic is exactly 1/2 cord
Yeah, it got to 76 degrees today. I was on the woods by 9am, and I wore shorts and a t shirt with by rocky boots. I was pretty smelly. I was all done by 1:30, so I tried to avoid the heat. I went over to my buddy's land and helped him split the last of his oak rounds. Then we looked for morels. A little too early for shrooms, but with the rain we are to get early next week, they might start this week.
Shagbark is my favorite, but this beech will be burned this year, two others already down, and 2 more dead standing beech will be for future years. There's another 1/2 cord of box elder already in sticks, and the neighbor to my buddy cut down a ton of box elder so he can put in a garage. He's already got it in rounds, and said to take as much as you want, because he saw my and my buddy's stacks. I'll probably get a cord of box elder for shoulder season. Then there's that huge black locust that needs to come down in my buddy's girlfriend's back yard. We will split the wood from that tree. I guess its 200 + yrs old and at least 48" in diameter. It's getting taken down by a tree service friend of my buddy.
Horkn, you've been hard at it, man! And putting that Audi to good use, too. Sure beats you're day job, don't it?! Pics of the stacks when u get to that point?
I don't cut/haul wood often, but when I do, I go hardcore. I'm too sedentary at work. I stare at a computer most of my day, but I get up to check on progress of projects with our in shop walk though meetings. I need to make up for that somehow, and lose my extra winter belly weight to get ready for waterskiing season. Oh yeah, I'll post stack progress pics. This weekend it will be just 1 pallet worth. But I'll post it up. I have lawn to mow, other chit I have to do too.
I know how it is driving a desk- we've covered that aspect of our respective jobs recently, I recall, and there's nothing better than getting out there to provide for our winter warmth! But alas, my days of playing on the water are over(kneeboarding, mostly), so have at it, Horkn! No waterskiing smiley, is there?
Sounds like some primo btus! Love that trailer! Locust can grow really fast, especially in the open - wouldn't be surprised if it's a lot younger than that.
+1 on the shagbark" #1 firewood IMO The 48" locust is a great score too Every 8' will be more than a cord of splits. + you also scored some sugar maple. You know how to make us jealous With all the "Primo wood" You are adding up BTU numbers fasts Trailer is nice with the ramp, eh ?
Yeah, that trailer is pretty slick. I used the tank for the first few loads with the wheelbarrow, but then abandoned that idea as I had to stack every piece nice and tight. The ramp will be used more for wheeled motorized thingys. What, no mention of the box elder? . I need a shoulder wood, and this stuff is down, and cut up already. It's easily picked up, no wheelbarrowing or hard labor. With all my primo BTUs, I may leave the 40" dead standing elm sit another winter. I'll have to pay attention to it and make sure it doesn't fall into the farmer's field as it's on the edge of my land. Speaking of which, I do recall that I have about a half cord of hydraulic elm that will be in this winter's stacks. Bogey, you may be jealous of the primo btu wood, but your stacks and mountains after the stacks make EVERYONE jealous. I'll trade you a cord of hickory for just one of those mountains. My logistics for getting a cord to you is much easier than your end of that deal.
All stacked up. I need to find a better top cover than this crappy tarp. I like the idea of a cube on a pallet stack, but your making 4 corners, for very little speed stacking area.
Maybe tear the runners off another pallet and nail/ screw them to the runners of your cube stacking pallet and top off with... another pallet to support your crappy tarp, if you don't have any roof tin or some similarly sturdy material. Just throwing that out there bud...
Of course, if you have unlimited access to pallets, you could use them to "wall up" around your cube platform, removing the need to disassemble the pallets in the first place... Then you're not stacking any corners into it, and you can leave the front open for easy access...
