After saying everything like you said in the previous post, once i brought up the point some people dont have hardwood in there area he says “ ya know your right, iv never thought about that”. He also tarps his wood completely no matter how many times i tell him not to. Iv rescued him from wet wood a few times.
Awesome garage. Has everything. American flag, quad, muskie mount (?), deer foot racks, antlers, bow. Where's the beer tap?
Same thing around here. Even though i dont burn or hoard it and had the same mentality prior to joining FHC. One of the Asplundh guys looked at me like i had two heads when i told him about pine. Even the guy from the new company at the dump who even sold wood was rather surprised as well. Asplundh finally finished cutting in the yard where i posted the thread This Pine Could be Mine? There has to be 5+ cords sitting in the yard now. Some big trunks that would be nice for milling.
I wouldn't mind having more of it, but I can't justify a 3+ hour drive each way to get it, even at 2 cords at time, but when I go over there for a Family function, I will take the trailer and a couple saws along, and bring a load home. I Love where I live, but one of the down sides, is that there is a greater population competing for the available firewood from the National Forest in my area, so the pickings are a bit thinner, and fewer tags are allowed per household. In my home area, the Mt Hood National Forest, they just upped the limit from 5 cords to 6 cords per household per year, at $10/cord for tags, this year, and we're not allowed to fall anything. In the Bend/Fort Rock unit, near my Mom's La Pine property, they are allowed 8 cords per household, and allowed to fall standing dead up to 24" DBH In the Blewett National Forest, between Ellensburg, WA and Wenatchee, WA, they are allowed 12 Cords per Household per year, at $5/cord, and can fall standing dead up to 20" DBH, I was just over in Wenatchee for 2 weeks, the beggining of Novemember, and was kicking myself for forgetting about the wood cutting over there, and didn't take the trailer and any saws(except the 460 Rancher, that permanently lives in my truck), as it turned out, the Saturday in the middle of my stay, I was off and the weather was Beautiful, I wouldn't make the 5 hour trip each way there just for firewood either, but if the company is going to pay my travel time, and pay mileage for driving my own vehicle, I sure won't be forgetting to take the saws and trailer next time, well I may be going around the first of the year, but that is doubtful, about the weather being so cooperative then, but I am sent to help that account several times a year when they need coverage. Doug
I like the area around Bend and have a friend who lives in La Pine. He works for Deschutes County. Pretty area. I loaded the stove up last night with 4 big pieces of pine one of which was a big 7" round about 18" long. Did that around 1030 last night and woke up to the house upstairs at 72, and 75 in the downstairs where the stove is located. The cat probe temp was still at 600 degrees. That was at 730 so a load of pine just lasted 9 hours plus. I won't load it back up for another hour or so. The temps outside was 30 to 35 with rain, freezing rain, and it's a ice rink out there now. Here's a picture of the coals left behind from last nights burn. Not too bad. Pine has its place in my opinion.
Most of what I have access to here is lodgepole or subalpine fir, ZERO availability of hardwood unless you want to pay $500+ per cord. Most of what I harvest is dead standing or naturally felled. A little under 6 months after splitting, the stuff pictured below is sitting at 10% moisture content. I go through about 2 cords for a small house in a Montana winter, so not too bad!
Cool wood shed and nice geometric splits! Also, nice clean rounds. How easy does the Lodgepole split?
Yep, if you think D Fir splits Nice, you would split a Zipper, with Lodge Pole, Most of what I was getting from my Mom's/Grand Parent's place was 14" or less, but it was very rare to swing a second time to split, and that was before I got the Fiskars. If Lodgepole was more practical to get, I would be Happy to burn more of it, for me it is simply the logistics of getting it stopping me. Doug
I cut all my wood to 16". A lot of the knottier Doug Fir is no pushover for splitting especially the butt sections. I have a 35T hydraulic splitter but the problem is that many house scrounges are in the back yard and I can't get the splitter through the smaller gates. That means that you usually end up with sledge and wedge to break the big rounds to manageable size to dolly to the trailer. Wish the D Fir split like your Lodgepole.
It's an Ideal Steel with a charcoal body and gray door, leg covers and burners. I had the art made using a bunch of bull elk images. It's a great heater and heats the whole house, which doesn't have the best layout and location for the stove.
I will never cut red cedar again, i like the smell of cedar chests but for some reason cant stand this red cedar i cut for a kindling tree. It was tiny and dead. I found it when i was at the pine hoard
It can be tough to handsplit if there are knots. Run through a splitter it tends to shred into messy splits. But it does make great kindling. How did it get on your bad side?
One and only reason is the smell, i didnot like it. But i dont mind cedar chest smell. Maybe because its fresh???
I took the pipe off my stove and ran the brush twice just to check. Iv been burning so much pine. The clean out had 1/2 cup of dusty crap woohee i almost burned the place down
