I picked up some more cedar (juniper). My neighbor has an ill daughter, and he has a thing for cedar, so I figured I could make a little stack for him. He has a fire pit and a fire place, so I already stacked some long Norwegian maple for him. I’ll cut it shorter than this and split of course. It is easy work with cedar; cutting, splitting and even a wheel barrow over flowing is not that heavy.
I really need to do more firewood philanthropy, you guys keep making me feel bad. Actually where I am no one I know (that's less than 45 minutes away) even burns. I have a neighborhood friend who's son hosts parties in their back yard with a fire pit, so I tell them to help themselves to my wood which they do, but that's about it. Anyway, I just got back from the pallet yard. Plenty of pallets again but only dismantled two large ones. One was all oak about 7' x 7' square and one 7-1/2' x 4'. Because it was oak I had to make a lot of cuts as banging the planks apart with those hardened twist nails was not going to happen. I think the next time I go I won't use the chainsaw and take my new cordless circular saw I bought on another deal at home depot. I talked about this with buZZsaw BRAD and so when I was there the other day buying screws and saw the deal I took it. Now I have 3 batteries to play with. Couple of problems with the chainsaw that makes me feel I should try the cordless circular saw 1) The wood is extremely dry and I find chainsaws especially less powerful cordless ones don't like cutting through hardened dry wood especially oak. 2) Pallet wood is mostly thin plank boards and so the saw that's designed for cutting logs is putting out way too much oil and caking up the drive sprocket with sawdust paste 3) Too many nails and a few in each pallet that go wayward and exit the side of planks causing a real danger to the chain that may find them...I found this out last time 4) Small wood that isn't held tightly in place like when cutting small branches or lumber can catch or twist the chain causing a derailment...as happened to me today 5) It just seems more efficient to use the thinner kerf circular blade on perfectly dimensional wood where the chainsaw is wasted here creating lots of chatter and sawdust 6) I think there's a little danger when cutting pallets of having splintered wood being kicked up towards the chainsaw operator where the circular saw is smoother cutting. One benefit to the chainsaw is being able to stand and cut downward towards the ground where the circular saw requires most likely to be on knees unless i can find a way to prop pallets up on top of themselves. We will see when I try the new saw what issues I encounter or if its a home run.
Nice Maple score Midwinter! Yes not easy to see the before and after difference, but that just means you have plenty of wood left to grab! I'm really anxious to get a brewery review so I'm glad you have more reason to return haha! Their sign needs to be changed from "riders welcome" to "riders and firewood hoarders welcome". Maybe you can sharpie marker an addendum.
Nice job Molly!!! i'm soooooooooo glad your getting your fill! Makes me very happy to see that beautiful wood get used.
Yes, that sugar maple wouldn't keep very well on the ground. I'm finding chunks you likely cut last fall, and the undersides already have fungus trying to get established. I'm having a blast out there!
I've also used a small 4lb sledgehammer to dismantle pallets. Obviously it leaves nails protruding which I'll either tap n pull or slice the nail section off and burn in fire pit. Don't expect to get a lot of cuts with one battery Urban Woods especially in hardwood. In most cases the battery will need to be cooled prior to charging. Mine get rather warm to hot with continued cutting. Dunno if this is true for all brands
Well as I said I now have 3 batteries with one of them being the larger fat one and I'll charge ahead of time and bring em all. Anyway, good point on the overheating with continual cutting! I didn't think of that and hope this wont be a problem. If it is I will alternate between cutting and hammering apart to give the battery a chance to cool. tried the saw today with some scrap and noticed it has an auto brake for the blade which a lot of tools have today. Dont know how I feel about these brakes since they make the tool come to an abrupt forced stop instead of smoothly winding down.
You know it! A little different, maybe? Throw me a bone! The Winchester public library... A millstone in the park.
You need to send Toyota a picture of your car with all the hoards you've done, Maybe they'll name a model after you!
Careful WeldrDave , Midwinter is sure making your town look nice to all who may stumble on her pictures while browsing the web. Soon you'll have hipsters and all the nonsense that comes along with them like zen-this and vegan-that, also oddly named cafes and bars. All stuff I'm trying to escape from over here. I even started browsing Zillow to check out property in your neck of the woods, but at least I like a good steak and try to be fun to be around Well I debuted of the cordless circular saw today as I cut up another couple of pallets. This was a good run and improvement over the chainsaw for this application so I'm happy. Now in the car I will keep two saws on standby for hoarding opportunities. I Still need a good pry bar Here is my pallet wood progress so far. You can see its in a small alcove so I needed to attach a gutter on this new shelter to direct any heavy rainwater away
Maybe you should put that pallet wood on.... a pallet? Stacks nice and tight, you can get a lot in there!
Pallet underneath will be for next year. I have so many bricks laying around so I made two rows of brick to keep them off the ground. Yes they do stack nice and tight that's why I made sure to build them a special shelter first. They don't need it to season but to stay seasoned because being stacked tight with no air space if they were ever to get rain soaked they would never dry out. This shelter is deep enough for two stacks in case I get ambitious and need to start another row in front of this row.
I just replied to this, hope I get 'em! Free log length oak logs I have oak log length firewood. These are fresh cut on Saturday 8/31/19 The lengths range from 4’ to 15’ and are a maximum 20” diameter. I am cutting them down near E. Dunstable rd. And would like to give them to someone as close to there as possible. I will only deliver them and they can't be picked up by anyone. I would like to make this as easy as possible so if you want it and are located in Nashua ONLY reply with a phone number or email address so I can contact you directly.
