Yes. Now I need to haul out my little SpeeCo splitter and start splitting and stacking. Sister #1 rang me just as I got the last haul to the house; I talked to her as I unloaded. I told her that I had been hauling wood and she mentioned the wood shed, or the lack of one. We talked a bit about building a permanent shed of some type. I had intended to look at that this year but it is another thing that did not get done.
Yes, of course. That was hilarious stuff. Mmm; I should try to find it on YouTube or somewhere. The descendant of the cats was crazy stuff.
No need to worry about a wood shed to much , top cover with tarps or whatever , the main focus is getting truly dry wood lined up to burn for winter
Yes, I meant to make some calls and see if anyone is selling what they know to really be seasoned wood; i.e. wood that they cut and keep separated. In fact, I was going to ask if I could come and check with my moisture meter before buying. I hate to think about buying wood when I have trees on the property but until I get my plan together and start accumulating wood to season that may be what I have to do. It would be cheaper than the electric furnace and I would be a lot warmer as well.
If you can find some of the faster drying Woods like ash maple even Poplar and Pine you might get some wood that is close to dry, I wouldn't even bother to go check it out any Oak
We had an ice storm here years ago. It took down several pines but they have been down for years. However, there might still be some good wood to have. I will go and check them out tomorrow to see if anything is left. Might be that the outer wood is gone; but maybe the heart wood remains if they were large enough trees. A lot of wood that fell in storms went bad here because I did not have a saw. There is also a few dead maples, maybe if I get them cut and split, they will good to go when winter really hits.
All you can do is cut em open see what you got and go from there, you can use a hatchet to, I found good Dead wood laying in my neighbor's lot that way
brenndatomu yooperdave Maybe you did not understand the reference. I call my old 8N the Old Girl and that is what HDRock meant. Me and the Old Girl is getting it done together and I certainly could not get it done without her. The Old Girl has some age on her but she still can get it done as seen in the photos.
No need to give those two a second look Kimberly. They're looking for something to fill the void from the antics on that other thread in the classifieds...I'll have to give them some fresh bait...
I understand the reference perfectly well...I was just gonna make a light hearted remark...decided to . I think you guys went somewhere else with it. I keep forgetting...some peoples funny bones don't work gooder. As for the tractor...yes very handy tool...I have an ugly old forklift that some have laughed at...not much to look at...very useful though. Nice job making do with what you have...
I took your advice. I must say I am surprised at how much rot was on the outside; the two you see in the photo were off the ground. Still, there is plenty good wood. The two pictured were just a bit more than the bar on the little echo saw I used. I figured I didn't need the Beast with these. I wish I had a hatchet but should be able to knock it off with the axe easy enough by choking up on the handle.
The growth rings are really clear. Assuming even growth for the rest of the tree's life, one could get the age of the tree when the storm killed it.
