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Firewood Season 2024
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30 feet of Red Oak. The OG will split it up into 90 pieces. Ready by next winter. This is one of two trees I found after the loggers came through, victims of the skidder unfortunately. But we will make good use of it. There are many more like this in the woods that will be easy harvesting as they are usually down already. I wrapped the winch rope around the base, cut the crown off, cut off the root ball and drug it out to where I could easily get at it.
How do you like the longer pickaroon? I had the hatchet length. It was fine, but I broke it and need another.
The longer is the way to go. I can pick up some pretty large rounds with it because I grab the round and carry it with my arm fully extended. Then two handed to load it in the gator.
Had a friend of a friend who dropped a bunch of large pine trees on his property.
I don't go out of my way for pine, but if it's free and easy to access, I will take it. The outdoor boiler burns it just fine.
Hooked up the 30' gooseneck and put the stakes in the sides and loaded it down pretty heavy. The guy had an excavator and knew how to use it so he loaded it up with the longest logs on the outsides against the stakes and filled in with shorter pieces in the middle.
It's a 14K pound trailer and we reached a point where I was pretty sure we were over that, so I told him to stop. What was left was shorter pieces that would be a PITA on that trailer. He offered up his 16' gooseneck dump trailer, so I ran home, dropped our trailer, and came back and hooked up his. Ended up being a very full load in that trailer as well.
I will wait for it to get a bit cooler before I start hacking it up. It will be nice to mix it in with the hardwoods that another friend and a local tree service have been dropping off. Especially in fall and spring when I don't need that much heat.
I don't go out of my way for pine, but if it's free and easy to access, I will take it. The outdoor boiler burns it just fine.
Hooked up the 30' gooseneck and put the stakes in the sides and loaded it down pretty heavy. The guy had an excavator and knew how to use it so he loaded it up with the longest logs on the outsides against the stakes and filled in with shorter pieces in the middle.
It's a 14K pound trailer and we reached a point where I was pretty sure we were over that, so I told him to stop. What was left was shorter pieces that would be a PITA on that trailer. He offered up his 16' gooseneck dump trailer, so I ran home, dropped our trailer, and came back and hooked up his. Ended up being a very full load in that trailer as well.
I will wait for it to get a bit cooler before I start hacking it up. It will be nice to mix it in with the hardwoods that another friend and a local tree service have been dropping off. Especially in fall and spring when I don't need that much heat.
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Cut up 8 Oak logs I had been planning on sending to the mill, but never got them there. Drug them out of the woods a year or so ago, and the insects were getting in them pretty good.
Today, the splitter comes out.
When I moved the logs yesterday, I did find this guy.
Stay vigilant!
Today, the splitter comes out.
When I moved the logs yesterday, I did find this guy.
Stay vigilant!
Did a little bit of splitting today. The grapple is awesome!
I hate setting up the splitter vertical, it just wears out my back. With the grapple, I can run 30” logs horizontal.
Barely put a dent in the pile of rounds I had cut and I’ve replaced half of what I burned/gave away last year.
I hate setting up the splitter vertical, it just wears out my back. With the grapple, I can run 30” logs horizontal.
Barely put a dent in the pile of rounds I had cut and I’ve replaced half of what I burned/gave away last year.
Walnut, cherry, and ? I couldn’t stand to cut up those walnuts either.
