18 truck loads on a permit for $20. It would be 12 loads if I had a full size truck. Has to be dead or down. Usually I can find something...
You can't beat being several years ahead - way to go! And if you felled 3 trees with no property damage and injuries then I'd say you were 3 for 3!
Yes Backwoods, I am all too aware of how fast time goes with the kids. It seems like just yesterday I was bringing him home from the hospital!...
Yesterday my son and I hit the National Forest to cut a couple of loads. Having him there makes the whole experience easier and more enjoyable....
I burn mostly oak, but it's especially what I burn when it starts to get this cold. First few months of the winter I've burned pine and sycamore...
Yes I've started sharpening my own chains also - it takes awhile to get right but I feel like I've got it now pretty good. I try to sharpen after...
state or national forest permit? Don't know how close one is to you....
These would be my three as well. They make me glad that I usually deal with oak!
I actually have started separating the species - not a hard and fast rule but in general. So in this year's stack I started with pine, then...
No real cold to speak of here outside of a day or two. Still burning chunks, uglies, pine, sycamore, and woodworking scraps that I want to get...
Oak typically splits pretty easily but I've enjoyed splitting it below freezing - seems to come apart easier then.
My experience with open fireplaces is that the heat mostly goes straight up the chimney. Way more points for atmosphere than for heat.
Bark comes off red oak when it's dry pretty easily, sometimes when splitting but more often when I come back for it 3 years later. I do keep the...
I use conventional because that's what I was taught. My understanding is that the Humbolt is used when you want to save part of the tree for...
I usually cut the y piece really short and then carve it up with the saw later, or try to split some sections off of it. You can also turn the...
It's kind of chilly and damp here and I thought I might build a fire but wife was baking most of the day so that heated up the house quite nicely....
Since that's over 1 cord you may want to round it up to 2 cords.
Almost 30 cords stacked at the moment. Of that, about 6-7 is set aside for this winter, meaning it's been stacked for 4 years. Another 10 or so...
If he can, wait until next year. He could also let it season for 3-4 more months and burn it in the middle of winter - that's the time to burn...
Heat is supposed to break here after Saturday. Sunday is supposed to be nice - 70s I think. It'll be good to get out of the 90s. Ready for fall...
