Indeed. The White's are a fine piece of God's country. Staying a few nights at an unimproved cabin on the Kancamungas hwy. Something my friends and I have been doing for a number of years. Love getting up there. Looking forward to getting back in June at Well Seasoned's gtg. Sent from my SM-T280 using Tapatalk
Well..I hope the pile is looking different now... I hit the pile yesterday and again this morning. I have the largest diameter logs finally cutandhalved/quartered. I went until 1mp was close to 0mp Ground was too wet today to haul the cut/split rounds off.I'll save that for when the ground is firmed up a bit - frozen or dried out. So, I just stacked them near the pile. I got my new chaps dirty. They aren't too clumsy feeling. I'm sure I'll like them less in warmer weather. I put all the tools to work this morning.
That looks great! Quartering makes then so much more portable, and stackable. And gets them drying! I'm proud of you!
I still have the thick trunks to deal with. M2theB helped get some of it cut to length, but I still need to split it down to get it moved and stacked. I'll have pics of that effort once I'm done with the log pile. When Mrs MikeinMa is happy, the realm is happy.
And... a few rounds to split when I get bored... There's about 10feet between trees.. Stacks are 5-6 feet high This one is a double stack.
Beautiful! All nicely organized before the rain Friday and serious mud. What is your splitting strategy with those big rounds? Now I have acquired some, I've ordered a good maul. The X25 is too light for the big stuff, and the wedges very laborious with the green stuff.
Strategy? You mean other then knocking one down to the ground, and going at it with my x27? That's about it Red oak splits fairly easy, fortunately. Even this green stuff. I used my x27 to split them into halves with 6-7 good whacks. I'll need to get creative with where to put the splits. I have a few places left. But, where those rounds are stacked, I used to have splits that I burned this heating season. Once I start breaking down the big trunks, I'll probably just end up piling them up somewhere.
Well... Mrs MikeinMa would put in a higher bid.... I think. I have a couple of splitting mauls and the x27. My arms tire when using the mauls. I can swing the x27 much longer and it splits the wood just as well as a heavier maul. Speed vs weight, I suppose. Sent from my SM-T280 using Tapatalk
I'll need about 6 inches of your leg bones, too. F=ma, at 5'4" I don't have a big arc to accelerate the mass with.
I like wedges on oak. Actually seems faster. Swinging a splitting maul is tough on my lower back and had to give it up. Either that or join the pain meds crowd and routine. I figure if the body starts sending you messages, listen rather than shut it up. I like long piles of halved and quartered rounds too, although stacking and re-stacking not so much. I've been getting an hour or two here and there when the weather co-operates on the white oaks here. Sadly, they had been in decline for a while. The non-heartwood isn't punky but it looks it.
Looks great MikeInMa nicely cleaned up and stacked. How long will they have to sit and season after final CSS? Chaz
Thanks. I keep hearing/reading 3 years. So..... I'm good with wood for the next 2-3 heating seasons. This should be my wood for season 3-4 with 18/19 being year 1. Sent from my XT1030 using Tapatalk
Ok at that point you realize they meant business since I hear none of us talk about taking that kind of risk....
Lots of projects. .. readying the Ark for the rains heading here over the next 48hrs....prepare racks, new and existing, to accept new splits....attack the thick trunks to get them down to moveable size...some yard work other than moving wood (yes, that does exist). And yes...that tree/crane crew were indeed serious. They flew several sections of the three trees over the house. Pieces weighing 1500-3000 pounds, so said the crane operator. Quite the sight to watch. Sent from my SM-T280 using Tapatalk
Heh.. didn't notice till now, but if you look at the guy on the ground, he's kinda ducking. Don't think that would do him much good if that "branch" let loose. Chaz
It's time to start eating my elephant..... Well, given the snow and size of the trunks, i'm going to call it my Wooly Mammoth. One bite at a time? How's about starting with just a nibble. Not that I've worked with much big red oak wood, I am happily surprised at how the wood has this center core, with radiating "cracks", facilitating splitting. Nibble The more I use the tongs the more I like having them. Should have had them years ago. Nibble Just busting the rounds up into smaller pieces to be able to move them, for now. Nibble. I'd have gotten a measurement of the trunk/stump diameter, but 3 feet of snow from multiple nor'easters, eliminated that Kodak moment.. for now.
