G'day fellow hoarders. Today was not an ideal day for firewooding, it was cold, wet and windy so I decided to take the day off. It was good to take a break after four days of cutting. Monday was a beautiful day I knocked of from work at 2 pm came strait home and jumped in the truck and headed in to the bush, the sun was out and it was 60 degrees. The first tree I cut up had been a dead stander, the bark was falling of and the wood was very hard, it gave the ms660 a bit of a workout. Should be some good burning in a few years. I moved to another spot and bucked up a few trunks that were a lot greener it's amazing how much easier it is to cut when it has not started to dry, but it's a lot heavier to load in to the trailer. Packed up and ready to head home. I got home and unloaded at dusk splitting and stacking will have to wait until I have some more time. Tuesday started a little rough. We had some problems at work and it was raining. At knock off time it had stopped raining but the sky looked like a thunder storm could drop on us at any minute, however it was 60 degrees again and I needed to clear my head so I climbed in to my truck and headed bush again. I found a spot to cut, put my safety gear on got my saw out then suddenly the storm clouds cleared and the sun started to shine trough the trees. (Bloody marvellous) I cut until my saw ran out of fuel. This is a pic of some of the wood. I loaded up and headed for home. I started unloading then Mrs Leoht brought a pizza home from town, I stopped and sat on a round eating a pizza looking at the growing pile of farwood and thinking about how much splitting I'm going to have ahead of me. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
Very nice Leoht. I like the looks of that peavey in the first picture. Can you post another picture of it by itself so that I can see the hook on it.
Looks like the woodchuck Dual: Dual - Woodchuck Tools - Log Holders, Lifters, Rollers, Carriers, and Post Pullers I have one and so far I am happy with it. I have used as a peavey, cant hook and as a log jack. All work very well. I was on the fence between peavey and cant hook so it seemed like a good compromise.
Hammy is correct it is a Woodchuck Dual. Here ya go Mag Craft. It's a great tool, I just wish I had it years ago. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
hey leoht Ive seen your stash and know your set.. but how long does eucalyptus take to dry in your area? realizing your in a wetter part of aus?
Most people around here think 12 months is enough to season wood but I think 2 years is better. I recently tested some wood with my moisture meter that had been CSS in March last year and it was at 18%. The splits from the top of the IBC's dry quicker than those from the bottom. The three year plan is great even Downunder. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
G'day Hawders. A good workmate and my self went camping Friday night at the cabin his brother built. The weather was fantastic 78F Friday arvo about 55 overnight and 80 on Saturday. I ran a couple of tanks of fuel trough my MS460 cutting up 4 trees that had fallen over in a valley behind the cabin. I had purchased a new hand truck/dolly that has larger wheels than my old red one and I wanted to see how much better it was to use in the bush, so we both had hand trucks to move rounds and swapped a couple of times to really get an appreciation for the advantages of the bigger wheeled unit. We got most of the rounds moved to a spot that I could get my truck and trailer then packed up for the night and returned to the camp to drink beer & bourbon and cook sausages and burgers over the camp fire. Saturday morning I took my truck down in to the valley and we loaded up the trailer. Then I gave my old 031AV a run clearing some small trees that have fallen over on one of the trails. We left that wood for the campfire. Some more people came out and we had a BBQ for lunch then headed home. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
Good stuff. Are you cutting on private or public land? I know in remote areas here you get firewood permits for parks etc. Just curious and thanks for the pics except...where's the new dolly?
Grandgourmand, the cabin is on private land, we don't get up there often but it's good to get away every now and then. The woodcutting areas closer to home are on public land, we don't have to get permits anymore but there are rules and restrictions on the volume of wood that can be collected. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
