Sugar Maple Done

Mother Nature brought this down a couple of years ago, since it was off the ground I left it until today.

I ran the 310 with a freshly sharpened chain (the angle was 35 degrees) the saw ran great.

 

That's a beautiful thing.
Cut
Split
Piled
You're almost there.

 

Thanks Sav, it was a good day btu wise.

papadave I'm behind on the stacking but I hope to be caught up before the end of June. I have one more Cherry that is down that I'll c/s then maybe I'll cut some shoulder season wood for the burning season of 2016 -17.

 

Messin' with ya' and have no doubt.
I have about 1/3 cord of Oak rounds to finish ss too.

 

Getting good at those leaners, getting lots of practice

 

This one went real good, start cutting on the top side first (about 1/3 or even a 1/2 right before it started to close up) then from the bottom up.

 

Nice work, and nice lookin rewards! Looks like some fluffy, noodly chips - what did you use to sharpen?

 

Awesome job

 

How'd the splitting go? I posted the "wood fairy" thread and its a gnarled mess---love the burn of maple though-nice job thewoodlands !!!

 

I burn maple to and I like it

 

I call maple a "mid-weight" wood-can't beat it for the drying time, temp and cleanliness...it's always welcome in my stack-middle stack is all maple-gonna front fill with the gnarly maple and the beech

 

Sugar maple is the best out the maples, btu wise. It's as good as oak, but dries quicker.

It's usually pretty easy and nice to split, but they don't have ears, so they don't all listen to that adage.

 

My Oregon Chain Grinder or Sharpener.

This is the model I have, I think mine is three years old.
http://www.oregonproducts.com/pro/products/accessories/BenchGrinderHydraulic.htm

 

It felt good to work in a flat area, we'll start hauling out of the woods this week.

We just moved the plow out of the lower part of the driveway so we'll use that area to unload the wood and split.