If you want to compare pear to apple btu wise, you'll be all over the charts in the 20-27 mbtu range. Nobody seems to agree on btu of apple, and beyond apple there's no charts that have other fruit trees listed. Well, beside mulberry and black cherry, but those really are not fruit trees.
The question with me is when do I stop cutting.3-4 days per month year round I'm felling,bucking,splitting etc.Just depends on my work schedule,if the weather cooperates & I'm not too tired from doing other stuff. 0 degrees to 90,in sunshine,light rain/snow,even a light wind.You wont find me outside when its lightning/strong storms,over 90,deep snow or a blizzard however.
Bradford is a particular cultivar of the broader type called "Callery" pear, native to China and Vietnam. It's pretty far-removed from the pear trees that bear edible fruit. Hardness-wise, I turned several carving mallets out of it for use by the college students I run a shop for, and they are both heavy enough to do the job and hard enough to take the abuse. I'd describe it as similar to hard maple.
Me too. You can put more layers on when it's cold, but once you are down to jeans and a t shirt, that's about all you can do and still be safe. Nobody wants to see guys in a banana hammock making firewood.
Reminds me of an article I read a long while ago, about protective clothing for motorcycling. "Jeans," it said, "might protect you from a slide across your living room carpet..."
Hi all im back again after a few months off . I have started a 170 year old oak tree its about 3 and a half foot in diameter and the main trunk is about 30 ft long for milling.. I am doing all of the work my self of course starting with the fire wood ,, I recon there is about 10 full days work .. So i will put up pictures as i work through the tree .. Here is the first days work..
Good job! Now don't go over load limit of that car. I get odd looks using my Audi allroad to tow a smaller single axle trailer filled with wood around here. Guys over in Europe use c5 allroads to tow 25 foot inboard ski boats.
Only stoppage for me is snow & slop more than ankle deep. Can't see what you're stepping into then. Not good with a chainsaw in hand. Mid-summer not a personal favorite either, but this past summer, cutting was pretty intense, preparing what was to become a protected plantation of 400+ blight-resistant American Chestnuts. Mixed in some serious "Sandy" cleanup for reforestation coming up soon- cleanup needs more work. All-in-all, a couple gallons of Gatorade helped, a lot.
Whenever I have time. I prefer to have that time when it is not too hot nor too cold. Nor raining or snowing or there is too much snow on the ground. I have fallen behind this year.
Right now this time of the year is my best time to cut, split by hand and stack. Splitting and stacking I try to do an hour a day. In the heat of the summer I usually back off then resume again after Labor day. That is when my splitter rental partner and I make it a day so splitting everything that we need to split to clean up the yards before winter. Right now we are in full production.
