SE Wisconsin got hit pretty hard last week by storms. So many trees were downed, very sad. I said I was done with wood gathering for the year but went out anyway to help out and grab some wood of course. My first load of mostly Hickory and some Black Cherry. I'll likely go for a few more more loads over the next few days. Man that Hickory is heavy! I did have one good size stack blow over and some tree damage. Nothing compared to some.
Ouch, I read that some areas over there got hit hard. Glad your damage wasn't worse, & good on you for helping out neighbors. Stay safe!
Good on you to help out. Might as well drag some wood home. Makes you feel younger when you have a little fruit for your labor. Ecspecially when filing/grinding chain.
It's way to easy, most of the Cherry is cut up for ya. Never worked with cherry not sure what to expect. The Hickory I will have to work for a bit.
Cut to length, load it up and off you go! A winning Day!!! Happy for you. I have black cherry here and it burns great!...you will like it a lot!
Not fun stacking twice. I like cherry, it leaves a nice bed of coals, smells good when you work it as well. If you're feeling ambitious, you could sell that hickory for smoking. Probably some of the cherry as well. I'm sure I'm not saying anything you didn't know already.
Good to be able to help out. Yes sir , that hickory is HEAVY, but lots of heat if you want to keep it. Cherry is nice to, splits fairly easy and smells so good.
We haven't had any massive storms since I started working my 2 weeks on, 2 weeks off shift schedule. The next time I'm off and we get hit, I'll be driving around looking for downed stuff. Helps other people out by getting rid of unwanted wood, and helps me out with more firewood. It's always nice when there's a win/win situation.
That is the good result of the storms but for some it comes at a very high price. Good for us how heat with wood though. The cherry is good but not a good wood for overnight fires as it does not last as long as the harder woods, especially if compared to hickory!
Glad to hear you escaped any major damage. I e done a lot of woodworking with cherry and indeed it smells nice doing it. Was a little surprised it didn’t rank higher in BTU’s on the charts. Not discouraging or anything just surprised it wasn’t higher. Hickory may be heavy but I’d be looking to scoff more of that up
Went for a second load this morning. Hickory, Cherry, and some Oak. Third load after lunch and I'm done. 86 and humid, those big rounds kick my butt. All Hickory this time, was to hot and didn't even fill her up. Many more loads available, but I'm out of time.
Holy cow man!!! Well, I hope folks are ok, but grab all the wood you can get your hands on!!! That's how we do it here in NJ after a Nor-easter. We always have trees down and your helping the community and the trees are not going to waist or mulch. Nice haul.
Give it ample time to dry if you are going to use it for heating!!! I've burned many tons of Cherry and you will get cresote if it's not good and dry, 3 years I recommend.
Oh yeah, if you've got time or can make time , why not ? Unless you really have no place to put it and some of us do have small lots.
My grandson and I took a little ride on the tractor down on our place behind my house. Haven't been back there in a couple months, must have had some strong winds sometime though. We found this nice red oak down. Luckily it didn't hit my tower stand to the right of it. ThunkThi about CSS it for a veteran that lives about a mile from me. Any local members in the GA area want to GTG...might get the hunny to grill some of her famous burgers.
That is strange Dave as around here 1 year after splitting and stacking and it is good to go. In addition, when we used to head north for deer camp we many times would cut cherry for the stoves and it done well, so long as we gave it good draft. Worked okay for in the tent but I would not do that at home. But we do cut cherry here for home and as stated, it is good to go after only a year.
