That black paint was very messy. It was barn paint from tsc and I didn’t think it would be so ugly to leave the ceiling unpainted. It is pretty loud! Might finish it someday, or not. I got the pallets from the foam factory. I’ve never seen them anywhere else. I know the plant boss. He said they got their polystyrene bead bags on them. Big mountain of pallets.
I would trade fir for alder. Alder has thinner bark and makes just enough ash to slow the burn down for seriously long burns. Our other primo option is big leaf maple, more Btus than fir plus the ash shielding of alder.
Heck yes. That’s pretty much what every logging truck has on it here. Fir is better than most pine and lots of hardwood species too. It all burns well once dry.
To be honest it was three days over two weekends but having logs dropped in your yard makes it very easy. We don’t have a freeze here so it’s muddy all winter and very little firewood processing gets done until summer. This quick work leaves me with the rest of the summer for other projects.
Nice work Highbeam. For sure getting the wood like that saves a big hassle with the limbs so the work goes much quicker. Looks like you have the saw to handle those logs too. Wish I could still keep up with you on the work! Now that will take me months to do that much. Sure wish I could still work like that though.
The sawing is very fast. Choose the good end of the log, mingo mark the log, and the saw just falls through. I can buck up all five cords in like 30 minutes if the logs were on the ground. This ex home depot makita/dolmar 64 has been a really great buy. The splitting takes a long time and is harder on the body. Those large rounds are heavy and you have to keep fetching more rounds. Stacking is a lot faster in a shed. The rows support each other and you can go 8 feet high. I am a bit obsessed with stacking straight since they need to stay stable for 2 years and at that height you don't want much wobble. I really do have a bit of a problem with taking my time. I just start working and don't stop for anything. No eating, drinking, or rest. I pay for that in the evening when I'm sore, hungry, dehydrated, and in a zombie like state of tired but oddly my sleep suffers. It's the same when I'm roofing a house, just keep cranking.
