Nice day today. Got the first pen filled today. Ready for a tarp roof. Tomorrow I’m taking a ride to see if I can get anymore of those six foot pallets. Hopefully they’re still available. Or I may have to start constructing my own. From now on I think I’ll make the pens a full 8 feet wide. A little harder to fill with the conveyor but more wood, less pallets. I have enough pallets for another pen, maybe two, but then I’m out.
I had it figured at seven cord but maybe I should recalculate. May be less. Ran it again. Should be seven
Id say about 60% of it is already 20%. The rest not far behind thanks to the hot and dry weather. I think next year it’ll be good to go. It’s all shoulder season wood. Beech and Black birch that was left in log form a little too long. Lost a lot of its integrity but still burnable. Push come to shove I wouldn’t mind burning it all season.
Chose to stack the end The other end isn’t stacked but I think I’ll stack all the ends from now on. Saves two pallets and it’s more stable when it’s time to remove it.
The pallet on the starting end seems more solid than stacked logs, no? How hard are splits banging against it falling off the conveyor? Nce that you can get them in quantity and haul a bunch at a time. Im liking my new 3x6x4' tall half cord stacks. Very stable and small footprint. HVAC supplier has a steady flow on them too.
Stable enough for either end. No need to stack all at once. Just let them fall behind the stack with the conveyor and stack every once in awhile. Goes pretty fast with everything always in reach. Splits land softer than I thought they would. Maybe because my feet are so far away. Gonna head over tomorrow and see if I can get another load of those pallets. Now that I’ve done one I’ll want to get as many as I can. Hope the company is still there. You found some one with a good supply of pallets? Always nice.
Stacking was always my least favorite part. 40 years as a Mason Ive had my fill of stacking things. Don’t think I’ll miss it.
Hey I got to run a woodland mills 126 yesterday. Thought of you and Brad having all that fun. Happen to know where one could get a carbide blade for one of those mills?
First one that comes to mind is sawblade.com ; they can make you pretty much whatever you want. Most of the blades I have been running are from cooks-saw , not sure if they offer any carbide blades though. If you need blades sharpened keep me in mind. I have a Cat-claw grinder that does a really nice job of bringing an old blade back to life. Glad you were able to get some fun time in. Hey : I have some blade guide shoes ( 2 sets , I think it was ) for a WM126 that Woodland sent me by accident and they don't fit my saw. I know that there are two different shoe sets for the 126 , but if what I have will fit the saw you guys are running you can have them for whatever postage is or we can meet up.
Thanks for the leads. I’ll check them out. I’ll let him know about the sharpening too. Where would you find the specific part number for shoes on this mill? I’d certainly gift him a set of shoes if they fit. Thanks.
Check what year his saw is , I think the shoes fit the 126 year 2020 and up. I can double check the part number when I get home later. It would be great if they fit , they won't do me any good.
Man that is a bunch of BTU's all in a neat package. Definitely saves time, labor and handling not stacking.
Well it seems my pallet supply has dried up. Drove there this morning. No pallets on deck but there’s two big stacks of em out back. Enough to keep me happy for awhile. I had asked the bossman about them first time I went but he said I had to take the ones off the loading platform first. Clean up the mess basically. Boss man not there today but the employee wouldn’t let me take them without permission. Sent the bossman a message on our original Messenger discussion then left. Drove to two more FB spots that had addresses. West Hartford then Manchester. No pallets at either. Headed for another spot in Glastonbury. Driving in I get a message from the original bossman. No more pallet pickups, no more strangers on the property. They had gotten robbed and he’s not allowing visitors of any sort anymore. Can’t really blame him. Did ok in Glastonbury tho. Custom kitchen cabinets. Got a few pallets and some furniture grade mahogany 3/4” plywood. Another sheet of 3/4” birch plywood on the bottom. Cleaned up his loading dock. Welcome back anytime. 5-6 pallets a week sizes depending on what he’s building. It’s something. I’ll have to knock every other slat off for air flow. Some 8 and 10 footers. Thinking I’ll lay them sideways and double high. What a day.
