....to the 3yr inventory. As some may recall I've been re-configuring my storage area. Most To the right of the flag, is 2 rows, of 3 8foot racks. About 2 cord worth of storage. That middle clump, is 3 rows, of 2 8foot racks. most of what's there, was a recent delivery of logs, which I CSS. Well, Seeing as how I now have the racks(looks so sad when they are empty), I called my wood guy and he just dropped off another load of logs. He said it was mostly beech. I've not had beech before, so I'm looking forward to see how it bucks and splits. I hear good things about it, though. Good thing I spent time sharpening up all my chains. about 5 of them.
Mike I predict you will love the beech. About the only problem with it is that it can be quite knotty which you know what that can mean when it comes to splitting. Yet, it doesn't split badly. Burns great. Best to give it a couple years to dry nicely. Get more if you can! Those are a nice size for handling.
Good to know. My "guy" knows I'm tackling it with a 16" Husky, and hand splitting. So he keeps the sizes manageable, and tries to avoid caking the logs with mud.
I agree nice easy size wood . The reason I bought my 661 was a big beech tree I could do nothing with except say ain't this a beech.
Nice, I burn a lot of beech and red oak here too. Surprisingly, the red oak can punk up on you about 1/4 of the way into it in no time if not protected. That's been my experience with the stuff around here. White and Pin oak are never a problem but the red goes quick.
His last delivery of logs, was mostly red oak. Some black birch and some white oak. He clears house lots, so that's why such the variety. Sent from my XT1030 using Tapatalk
Exactly what I was going to say. Great stuff. That's great nice sized wood to process with a "smaller" saw. Trust me, I know what it's like to cut big tree service freebies with a 16" saw.
Ive heard GREAT things about black birch and how it heats well. The fact of the matter is that I read it doesn't handle changes to its steady environment so it will only grow in its zone and its very susceptible to disease and bugs. Black and yellow are the best of the 3. Never personally burned it myself just have the white out back but the more I read about the woods I have the more often I want to try the other varieties. Having the black locust myself makes me want to compare to the honey locust and its distant cousin Hedge apple or Osage Orange. That's a wood I would LOVE to work with since the work seems worth the reward.
I haven't burned honey or black locust in years, and that said, I've burned neither in my EPA stove yet. I'll have to wait a couple of years, but I'm processing honey locust right now. I really want to see how exactly it stacks up to beech, ironwood and shag.
They do say to season for 2 years. Haha Im ok with that but Im back and forth about it cus I hope I retain enough wood to keep my fires going. I know if I keep going its gonna stack up but honestly there's always that fear that makes you think it could go really fast because of how well my other stuff will burn. Luckily I count on large hodgepodge pieces that fill and keep the fire rolling. I found i was splitting a lot of my birch small because it has that 'match light' effect. Its good for kindling but I made a log cabin fire not long ago and it was tip top. Best fire since the rains came and motivated me to move my wood past 11 at night. Don't ask me why but it was damm fun. Off point question: anyone in here burn Horse chestnut?
Started bucking the logs today. Saw was running good. I was running good. Decided to stop after a couple of hours as it was beginning to mist out. Sent from my XT1030 using Tapatalk
Well, I've been out of work for a year,(thank you corporate America) so until the lottery comes in, I'll be using my husky 435 and hand splitting for the foreseeable future. Sent from my XT1030 using Tapatalk
You know once everything gets going, You can feel the zen just flow after a bit huh? Wonderful feeling when it's just automatic no thinking involved. Just cut and split and stack,
Winter is supposed to return this weekend. Hoping to have enough rounds to split Saturday and Sunday mornings. I usually don't like running the saw at those times. But, I'm happy to pound away splitting frozen rounds and moving them to their bed to sleep for the next few years. Sent from my XT1030 using Tapatalk
