S0 just how important are your firewood buddies to your hoarding? FHC is important of course, but most of us live a good distance apart. FHC buddies are great motivation and are always ready to step up to help you spend your money, and that is important, but we are talking about guys/gals that physically help CSS. For me I get much more done when my firewood buddy is available. He hunts (every day) from september through mid january and fishing season ( tuesday thru thursday ) from april until july..... so we don't get out together all that often, but a good amount of wood ends up at our processing area's when we do get the chance. No wood gets to his processing area when I'm not there, since he breaks his saw somehow on almost every outing which I have to fix for him. He only has one saw???? Strange person..... who only has one chainsaw and burns firewood? I don't get nearly as much hoarded when he is gone when you consider time spent in the woods. My 15 year old is just getting interested in firewood, but his real interest is how much ( $$$ ) is each processed tree worth when ( if ) he sells it.... how many tree's to buy a truck... he is willing to work though, so he is becoming a buddy. How about you folks? Do you have a good firewood buddy?
My wood partner is starting to get up there in age. For the past 5 or so years we have split a grapple. This past year I pretty much had to beg him to come help get it split. All l really need him to do is run the control and throw a few splits. We were quite late getting the wood processed. He is in the old mindset of getting the wood in the spring then burning it the next winter. I have been on him to get the next grapple deliverd so we don't have to wait for the mud to dry but his latest answer to everything is "what's the rush" drives me crazy!
Got a couple of them, equal work gets an equal share of the wood. Both are good burners/hoarders. Everybody's at least 2 years ahead, so we don't struggle too much. Everybody pulls their own weight, everybody brings different equipment & skills to the job. We work well together & can really kick it when we need to. No slackers & no whining are the rules. Works well.
Buddies. You make it hard to answer. I have met quite a few FHC people. All good folks and know they "wood" have my back if I really needed the help. I have one good friend 20 minutes from me and we don't get-together enough, but all I would have to do is give him a call and he would be here in a heart beat. The same on my end. My 20 something grandsons come around and we get a lot of wood processed. I am working on year 3 now so having to be in a rush isn't a priority. Work at my own slow pace. I did split and stack over a face cord today, but that is a big day for me the way I process.
I have a few. My farther has come out bush a few times and I will cut while he loads his own trailer then he helps me load my trailer. He also helps me when I am doing tree removals, usually on his property, his friends property's or my uncles farm. A couple of good mates from work one of which has a wood stove and we usually meet at the cutting area but cut and load our own wood however he will usually finish first as his truck won't haul as much as my trailer so he will help me finish loading. The other mate, well we go camping at the cabin that his brother built and while we are there I usually cut a load and he helps me load it in the trailer. Then there is my dog Chino, he watches me split and stack. And tells me when it's time to reload the stove. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
99 lbs almost always offers to help out with the gathering; I plan it during times while she is working. I don't want her to get sore or hurt or anything like that. But, she sure is a buddy once the heating season is here! She will run a mean splitter control when we're at the cottage!
I guess I have a buddy but really her son’s were interested in it and now not so much since the weather and life gets stuck sometimes. Anyways the boys and her would come along. Sometimes she would find her own. It was for her fire pit . Plus that always has a good way for the boys to get out and do some work no games. Build some damm muscles! The whole splitting with mauls, axes and the hydraulic has been explained. Correct form and safety. These guys were really great helpers and not only did they help me and their mom but they helped themselves. Learned how to build a fire in the first place was also a hurdle as much of their time is playing sports not camping. No fault to them but they really did put effort into this work. Mom did a really nice job making sure that they could handle a task but also ask for help. Im really proud of them. Now Im hoping some of these lessons stuck, its been awhile for them.
I remember a bunch of buddies last year. Iw ould say that distance isnt a thing... when in need we come together. Eric VW
I occasionally have a friend I cut with but it’s rare. Just for big projects but that’s about it. I used to think people were afraid of the work, maybe it’s my personality?
I've got 1 friend who helps in the winter when he's laid off once in a while. I get 3 times or more done in a day with him around vs. by myself. He doesn't even burn wood. He really enjoys being in the woods with his Budweiser while splitting or stacking though
My loader/stacker....AKA....my better half was down this year w/hip problem. I cut/loaded/unloaded 5+ cords by myself. ...but, it was a different kind of wood year cutting all that old oak. No massive rounds that weigh a ton. You do what you got'a do.
No buddies for me, not sure if I want one. I don't get enough time in the woods, so when I do I try to maximize my time. I'm working on my 11 year old, he's starting to show more "willingness" to help stack. He says he's not ready to use a saw yet... Smart kid!
I've cut, split and loaded trucks with friends/relatives. You can get a lot more done with an assembly line cooperative process than alone. Right now I'm working alone on my own lot for us and two cords for my mom.
My 12 yr old is my helper, he is just at the point of being a good helper. I may start him on running the splitter next year. He is also in charge of hauling it all from the stacks to the wood ring on the back porch. My wife lights and feeds the stove most of the time.
Cherish those moments with your father. Mine passed several years ago. I remember, perhaps 35 or40 years ago. we would get to gather, along with 2 uncles and my cousin's husband, at the cousin's farm. I had a brute of a 3/4 ton dodge, my cousin had a 3/4 ton truck and my uncle had a 1/2 ton. My cousin and I would take our trucks to the saw mill and each get a bundle of slabs. It was all the 3/4 ton trucks could handle. We were definitely overloaded. We would set my cousin's tractor up with the buzz saw attachment and start processing, throwing the cut wood into the 1/2 ton to start with. Empty the 1/2 ton onto my cousin's stack and start again until everyone had some wood. Cherished times. Wish I had them back and was more into wood at that time.
