I finally got caught up with splitting and stacking. Back of the envelope calculation puts me over 4 full cord, mostly black birch and cherry with some oak, ash, red maple, and tulip. I've got an arborist scheduled to take down a 20" dbh white oak and 25" dbh red oak next month (risk of falling on the house). I'm loving this firewood hoarding!!!!!
Nice! At least you got some great weather. Its been crappy here all day. Rain rain rain. Oh well, yesterday was beautiful. Hopefully tomorrow isn't a rain out. Yes, hoarding firewood is very rewarding. It gives you good exercise, and heat for upcoming winters. Plus if you are lucky, bonus morel mushrooms.
Those are some nice looking stacks sir-good work! Ain't it gratifying? Admire the fruits of your labor then lounge by the fire in the fall...
Great stacks ! Off the ground, top covered & a bin for uglies & chunkies Hoarding get in your blood, then addiction sets in. Then 3 years worth of CSS's is the minimum you have before you start trembling.
Oh, I'm trembling for sure. Especially, since it is already 86 degrees and 80% humidity here today. I'm afraid my wood processing will be on hold until Fall. I can't tolerate the hot, muggy weather. I tried to start with the fast drying stuff like cherry, black birch, ash and tulip in hopes to supplement my oil furnace this winter. I have literally dozens of mature oaks in my woods that are dead or dying (state forester wasn't sure why), so those will be next on my hit list. I should be able to get many years ahead in oak by just thinning out the deads. That's my ultimate game plan. Need a new uglies bin already...
Mike, I can relate to that. If the temperature is that high and for sure if humidity is that high, there will be no starting of the saw! I did plan on doing some cutting this summer but now that will be taking a back seat. Tis okay though. I'd much rather wait until I have to wear a coat at least on the way to the woods and back. Nice if you can remove the coat while working but is okay if one can't. However, when it gets down to around 10 degrees, we usually stop cutting until warmer weather hits.
Oops, I lied. I got cabin fever today and had to get out into the woods and do some work. I dropped and bucked up this 14-15" dbh white oak. It must have died over this winter as it failed to leaf out this Spring. It was right on a trail I can get my lawn tractor and/or pickup down, so, it was a "no-brainer" that this one had to go down. The stump a was solid, but the center had rot starting about 20' up.
Yeah, me and working on hot humid weather don't go together. Today was awesome for working outside, a nice breeze. I plan on working outside on wood until the morels are finished. Then it's boat time until fall.
