Me too! PO left a pile of walls and foundations/floors from an old structure. I've been taking them apart and turning them into kindling little by little. We are having a fire in the morning and another in the evening, so going through it.
So....with this being said, is there any issue burning it, if it's dry (below 20%)? I've got some loblolly css'd and waiting. Of course with all the good hardwood I have access to, I shouldn't even worry about pine
Nah I’m good but thanks for asking. Finally got a bag of fatwood. Also have a bunch of pallets. Usually just burn them up whole but I’m thinking run the chainsaw down the slats and give them to my mom. She likes lots of kindling. Burn the runners and nails. I’m hoping g that dead pine near my house will yield some more fatwood. It sometimes settles inside the branches and collects near the trunk. Maybe just maybe I’ll get lucky.
A lot of roofs i did had it for sheathing and id have to replace some from cracking leaking etc and id burn it instead of throwing it away.
I was doing some cleaning and organizing (imagine that) below my deck and found more cedar shingles. Setting up a bundling station for the Winter. One box was from the same source as the ones i gave you.
A circular saw makes quick work of pallets...I've tried using a chainsaw before, works, but also makes a mess out of things IMO
X2. Dad would always do that and manage to hit a nail. Years back when i first got 18 volt dewalt tools id use the circular saw to slice them up. Much neater and cleaner. A couple fully charged batteries didnt cut many though. I would get these nice thick oak and hard maple ones that killed them fast
It would but then I’d have to drag a generator out to the processing area. Happen to have a chain on one of the saws that knicked a nail already, very little damage. Might as well keep going with it.
I'm still using your cedar shingles. I actually just tapped into box #2 tonight, Great stuff, Thanks!
I started the firepit today while working outside with some. Just used a match and lit a corner of one.
Sorry I never kept the literature as I learned this many years ago. Perhaps it does no harm to a catalyst but why take chances? I used to use it but stopped when I bought the Fireview. I look at it like smoking. A person can continue to live after taking up smoking but it still does harm. You can continue to burn fatwood too...
I hear ya on the smoking. Guilty as charged. My opinion if fatwood was bad for cats they would all have a warning against burning pine. Much more liable to see sap deposits once the cat is engaged and burning a load of pine than a couple little sticks of organic wood.
I never saw a warning against burning pine and I have burned plenty. Fatwood is in a class by itself, even if it is pine.
Don't forget cheap throw away blades. Life became so much easier when I stopped worrying about hitting nails with the expensive blades.
Used the home built kracker last night. This is all clean backless oak for the cooker. Still a little left to go then I will bag it up so it is ready to go Tired of every time I am cooking of splitting as I need it. This way it is all ready to go. Just grab a bag that is ready
OMG! you posted pics! What size are those mesh bags? Have to bring some sugar maple splits for you to try.
Bags are 22 x 28 Going to be so nice to just grab a bag of whatever wood I need , no more splitting it up piece by piece as needed. Got tired of the hassle. I have started to get really picky on what I use. No bark seems to be the road I am going down for this.
Did they come with a volume size? I see them used for wood bundles. The Shell station on the corner of Maple and Sackett Point sells them like that. Ive thought of switching to them but being cheap and liking to keep overhead low i wont.
