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Why am I a firewood hoarder

Discussion in 'The Wood Pile' started by booneatl, Sep 29, 2021.

  1. buZZsaw BRAD

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    Yeah but then he'll have to hoard twice as much wood!:D
     
  2. Sirchopsalot

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    Thats been talked about.
    Perhaps someday, when other remodels and fixes are done.
    But that means more wood.
    Naturally.
    Sca
     
  3. metalcuttr

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    Welcome aboard! I applaud your attitude. Very healthy and reasonable!
     
  4. metalcuttr

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    I understand this but is there a downside?
     
  5. buZZsaw BRAD

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    None whatsoever and a very good point! :salute:
     
  6. amateur cutter

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    Something like that. I'm at 20 cord ready to burn, no more space to fill in my racks, 20ish cord of Oak logs, 5-7 cord of Ash & dead Elm, about 2cord of campfire wood ready to bag. I have somewhere around 3-4 cord of Beech that I'm saving for me. I'm down to about 10 cord left to deliver. All this sounds pretty good right? Did I mention that I'm contracted or obligated verbally to remove between 80 & 100 cord of trees or downed logs to from 12 different properties between now & spring. :loco: :crazy: I just sat down to review my winter workload before taking anymore jobs & my eye started twitching with a nervous tic. I'm a hoarder & workaholic by nature, but this is getting crazy. I may need to buy some more equipment.:rofl: :lol:
     
  7. buZZsaw BRAD

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    We may need a FHC intervention AC!
     
  8. amateur cutter

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    Nah, just a bigger parking area.:D
     
  9. Smaug

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    I've always loved to hoard firewood. Even when I lived in a dense suburb in Southern California, I would still bring wood back home and have small fires in a solo stove titan in the backyard at the end of the day. It's almost a form of meditation for me.
     
  10. Chud

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    Staring at fire sure clears my mind after a long day.
     
  11. Canadian border VT

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    It’s not an intervention if you are encouraging said behavior
     
  12. booneatl

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    Here are some more pictures. I have a phone app that seems to think this is a maple. Before getting the picture of the leaves the app thought this was an oak tree. I had to get my good camera with a zoom lens because the leaves are so high up in the tree. The part I am cutting split from the main tree and all of the leaves came off. Too many different leaves on the ground to tell what came from this tree.

    Also, the wood is very heavy and was not that easy to split. I do split by hand but it took some work.
     
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  13. Chud

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    Looks like a big Red Maple. Those are red maple leaves and the trunk has the look of big red maple
     
  14. booneatl

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    Awesome........thanks for confirmation!!
     
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    5 point leaves are sign of maple!
     
  16. Warner

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    30274C71-9FEF-4D8D-AB21-A2BA54131DA3.jpeg That’s why.