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Summertime Hoarding.

Discussion in 'The Wood Pile' started by buZZsaw BRAD, Jun 21, 2026.

  1. Stephiedoll

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    Can't win for loosing. Still have a few cords at the house to work up and now yesterday got these pictures from a prior honey locust score. Messenger_creation_8f36327e-f56d-4b9a-80cf-d7731caafe97.jpeg Messenger_creation_2BF202A0-BA01-42F5-934E-3E10E72DFA9A.jpeg
    And now have bur oak to pickup once I'm back in town tomorrow. For some reason can't upload but will try in a few.
     
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    Body sure hates the heat. Honey locust needs drug from her backyard to boot. May take a look at it tomorrow evening or Sunday.
     
  5. buZZsaw BRAD

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    Todays cut was another FBM find. Checked it out last week. 9-12 month old red maple and white oak. Maple had bark starting to loosen and looked like there was more of it than there actually was in the pile. Easy park, cut and load. Honestly wish I didn't take it but had committed already. WO sapwood starting to punk with some fungi growing. Loosely tossed load on the PU. Smalls & Goldilocks sized mostly. Not quite a half cord.

    Green & clean my usual MO, but have a couple customers wanting more dead/semi-seasoned wood.

    No pics, but here's the link on FBM.
    https://www.facebook.com/share/1EyZifzNwd/

    Next cut back at a new construction site I cut at in April. Hopefully this week.
     
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    CO, KCT and Elm on the menu today.
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  7. buZZsaw BRAD

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    No wooding here today. Still wet and dreary with lingering light rain.

    I have the load from Sunday on the truck to be split tomorrow. Have a couple half cords to go out ASAP plus a bundle order to assemble and get out.
     
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    I’m not even trying to get wood, plentiful now with recent storms. Today I cut for a lady that had storm damage, large load of sugar maple for my efforts. I plan to visit family tomorrow, otherwise I may sniff around.
     
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    Sundays load was processed off the truck today. A couple days of rain and didn't need the truck for the work I was doing so I waited. Started a fresh stack for the white oak. Maybe 20% of a cord. Amazes me how fast stuff starts growing on oak sapwood in the humid weather. 2-3 wheelbarrows full of nuggets/shorts. The rest was red maple with bark falling off.

    I started splitting a load from May 9. Sugar maple and hickory. Been getting good sun at the woodyard.
    Pic from that day.[​IMG]Split about 2/3 of the stack and hydro ran out of gas. I had filled tank up earlier. I stacked the hickory and called it a day. 1/4 cord of the maple splits came home with me as I have three half cord racks to fill. A lot of the maple was loosing the bark as I was splitting. It'll dry a lot faster. Hopefully will split the rest in the next 2-3 days. Have a small limb clean upon job tomorrow.