That'll make some real heat when it's cold! I've got about a cord and a half that I'm keeping for zero & below.
Where have you found it in Michigan? Ive only seen 3 Osage trees here my whole life. Im definitely panting some on out property though.
Yup, then id say its ready. None around here that im aware of. Reminds me or the dead/down black locust i find around here. Great stuff!
There are some around me. Every now and again one will fall or need removal. They're not plentiful, but they're around. Look in yards for the hedge apples as you travel around. One neighborhood in GR is loaded with them.
They are hard but the dirt & fence staples that are unseen are harder on the chain than the wood. Most line post are 8’ long so 3’ in the ground & 5’ out, corners posts are usually 10’ so 4’-5’ in the ground & 5’-6’ out & exposed to the elements. Semi-chisel is the best option for this type of cutting in my opinion.
Years ago I was scrounging around for some firewood behind our shop at work with the boss’s “high private” 266. Getting mostly down cottonwood branches, until I found some old fence posts. Couldn’t hardly cut one of them, and then I couldn’t cut anything. When I got back to the shop the old guy said “looks like you found a couple hedge posts, hard ain’t they? Is there anything left of my chain?” My neighbor across the street builds fence and saves all the old hedge posts. Last fall I seen him using a chop saw or miter saw ( not sure what the proper name is) and was getting along pretty good with it. He said he has never had any luck cutting them with a chainsaw. Curious to see how you get along cutting them to length.
Definitely a bucket list wood. Never burned it myself but I hear this is like a stick of "nuclear reactor core" for wood burners. Was it something like this? Believe they are called buzzsaws or a bench saw. I'd love to have one of these for a tractor. Makes sawing up limbs so much easier. They have these in a chop saw format too.
Well, that's a flat belt buzz saw but the belt is really loose like it's all folded up to be moved around. There's some set-up work required there before it could be used. There certainly are a range of flat belt setups.
Toss a chunk of that on the coals before bed on a cold night! I’ve seen osage in far eastern Colorado. Don’t think I’ve ever burned any though. I’m jelly!!
