Not Krazy About the Katsura, but i'll Take the Rest.

No just savvy on FBM. Quality primo wood score and i didnt snooze. Having a perpetual wood hoarding "problem" helps too.

Turns out just by chance i know the tree guy. He doesnt save the wood for the most part.

 

Had a little time this afternoon, but not enough to cut another load so i ran the splitter and did some stacking. Not quite enough B grade splits for the stack to top it off. Plenty of A grade for bundle wood that will get moved next door. Made some room for more rounds. Gonna try and hit the score tomorrow.
Weather will be dry at least.

 

Pretty straight grain for cherry! Most of the ones I scrounge are twisted and don't stack for _____.

 

Yes and im loving it. I kinda cringe every time i cut it not knowing what the splits will come out looking like. The stuff i cut last month (here and there score) was a lot worse than this. Even stacking the B grade splits i noticed the difference. Even then some couldve gone into the A pile. Kinda splitting hairs and no pun intended.

 

Whoops...out of order. I unloaded this morning and this was the stack before i split.

 

I split the two rounds. Split easily and clean. Seems heavy with water. Gonna stack with bundle wood in the shed and see what happens. If i have time ill grab more but the cherry and sugar maple the precedent.

 

I thought you were in the market for rot resistant woods? Get back over there and grab some logs

Katsura Hardwood Timber Specification

 

Thanks for the tidbit. It will be the last i cut. Not much in the way of mill quality logs. Most cut to fireplace length already. Wanted to save a couple cherry logs for milling but forgot.

 

Hit the score for the third load today. All cherry again. Nice, dry and very breezy in the upper 60's. Forgot how much i like cutting in those conditions. All the good big cherry gone. Lots of small 4-6" diameter which i'll grab as is tomorrow. Gonna take the sugar maple tomorrow two as im going for two loads.

 

I get to the cut this afternoon and there's another hoarder there. Luckily he was taking mostly the Katsura. Had a real nice chat with him. He had a 6' bed truck and left with maybe a 1/4 cord. Judging by the end cut of this cookie his saw was very dull. He was using a Stihl MS170 & MS180 but i didnt actually see him cut.
Fourth load and i didnt cut. Only loaded the longer cherry smalls...mostly 4-6" diameter logs and the shorts/cookies. Decided to heft that big chunk before i left. Maybe 3/4 of the load are smalls. Nice katsura log for milling. Ill load that tomorrow and cut a load of sugar maple.

 

Unloaded yesterdays load this morning. Went back and grabbed the lone millable katsura log and dropped at buzz-saw's. (closest log) Had some lunch, went back and cut a load of sugar maple plus a few more pieces of cherry found under the brush.
LOTS of wood to be split at storage. Scrounged three cords in eight days. 2.5 at this score alone. Debating on cutting a load of katsura just for chits and giggles. Never know if ill ever score more.

 

MMM I can smell the cherry!

 

It was rather noticeable when i walked through the "alley" of rounds. Have you sold much cherry yet Joe?

 

Always a sinking feeling when you come across another apex wood predator in the wild. You see that pickup truck and get a sinking feeling. They usually turn out to be good people.

Great that you only have to take what you want! I picked up a stack of free bluestone yesterday (for a patio project…or might redo the front walk), but felt obliged to take all the little chunks as a favor to the homeowner. It reminded me of how much I love cherry-picking firewood.

 

Only a cord so far.

 

Between yesterday and today i got maybe a half cord split. Finished the cherry stack. Moved some bundle splits next door and stacked in the shed. Need more racks to open up for stacking. Ill be able to process more tomorrow and Friday.

 

Those are some good lookin’ stacks!

 

What he said, lol!

 

Split maybe a half cord today. All the sugar maple done and some cherry. Moved a bunch of bundle splits next door and stacked. Forgot to get stacks pics. Finished the first row and got maybe half of the second done. May split more tomorrow.

 

Do the stacks on the back of your truck ever crash while you’re taking them next door? I used to move wood around my yard like that and would leave a trail of splits, or I’d have to stop and pick up a partial collapse.