Back again for round two... [IMG]
Oh I haven't come close to tackling the trunk, that's just a picture of what was there. I was working with 10-18" diameter pieces - figured I'd...
Came upon another Craigslist score! Lucky for me I got to cut my own lengths so I won't have to trim it later. 550xp for reference. And I thought...
5 taps out. Burned my first batch, produced about 1.5 cups last night of finished product.
I started my rookie operation this year and boy am I learning the hard way. Finally got a batch of finished product last night
Ahh my fault, not what I meant. I meant lifting large rounds a few times (vs noodling) compared to swinging a maul over time.
Thanks! Glad folks enjoy it!
Yeah I know...I was just too excited to try the first batch haha. So much for that
Thanks... wouldn't lifting large rounds be worse than splitting by hand?
Welll I'm an idiot. Collected about a gallon of sap yesterday and was too excited to wait and started boiling down. It took awhile and steamed up...
Bloom? Come on man... ignite stick with the fire metaphors haha. Thanks, I've seen "adventures" threads before that were fun to journal things in...
Loving the 550 but keep finding myself with Craigslist scores that a bigger saw would be nice. Just not enough to warrant buying one when I can...
Got some of the taps in last night as temps should get above freezing today. Yesterday was decently warm and I got sap flowing right when I...
I actually would love some pointers. Bought a house in the fall that came with several young apple trees and I have no idea how to care for them....
Growing up we always just used anther round and the last round we just split on the ground. Now that I'm setting up a splitting area at the new...
A good friend convinced me to start taping trees for sap so I ordered some taps and UPS couldn't find my house today. Took a good hike around the...
Another Craigslist score, smaller but easy curbside pickup maple [IMG]
Thanks gang, was a productive day and fun. Man it's so nice to have the stove running on good wood
A buddy came over to help me today and constructed a little pallet box for my deck to hold more wood than just the flat pallet. Got filled to the...
Called the guy with the maple tree after work to see if there was any left...and went and got a third load! What a score! Here's the pile after 3...
