Firewood? (3 Viewers)

[D'Animal]

Who cuts firewood?
How much do you cut annually?
How do you haul it?
How do you process it?
Do you burn it?

Post up what you have.

 

[D'Animal]

Removing a tree from neighbors back yard. Wind blew it over.

You can use the STIHL cap for size reference

The downhill slope.

 

[D'Animal]

Skidding another wind blown tree.

 

[batcon]

I see a lot of potential for an ER visit in the second pic. Experience and skill came into play with that situation.

 

[D'Animal]

This was a tree the landowner wanted cut but it was way beyond his skill level.
I dropped it and bucked it up for him.

The tree grew between rocks and there was no clear escape route.

 

[D'Animal]

Dropped an old oak at Gassenberg Springs. I dropped it 90 degrees from the lean.

Beginning the drive home.

Running into "other" traffic on the road.

 

[D'Animal]

Cleaning up some wind damage oak and a little helper was trying to get warm.

 

[D'Animal]

Bucking logs into firewood at Dirty Dozen in Rubicon Springs during the 25th Anniversary TLCA Rubithon.

 

[D'Animal]

Skidding logs during the 2010 Alaskan Cruiser Trek. Rockdoc cut it up for firewood.

 

[D'Animal]

Splitting

Stacking

 

[D'Animal]

More trees to heat the house

 

[D'Animal]

Split the big rounds for the neighbor who owns a 2,800 ranch nearby. All the residents showed up to watch.

The residents were quickly bored.

Little helper crawled out of the wood

Ranch owner is pretty happy

 

[D'Animal]

Another downed tree.

Turned out to be an Blue Oak Drum tree.
How to dull a chain, without hitting a rock.

Wife laughed at the hollow fence.

 

[D'Animal]

Cut a Kubota load of wood for the neighbor, since I cut across his property.

 

[D'Animal]

Another Oak tree that fell over last week. Easy to get to.

 

[D'Animal]

An Oak that fell over the fall of 2014. It will be a pain to get to. May skid it with the big rig.

The butt is 28"

 

[RockDoc]

I don't have much for heating needs yet, just a stove in a converted granary that I use as a shop. Down the road I'd like to rely more on wood though.

Mostly Manitoba Maple and poplar around here, a fair bit of oak on a couple of the quarters. My needs will be filled for a a few years just cleaning up along the edges of pothole sloughs and bush patches in the fields, giving the renter a touch more acreage to work.

I've got a MS 170, a new MS 271, and a Splitfire splitter (splits on both strokes of the cylinder).

 

[D'Animal]

Another easy to get to oak tree.

 

[D'Animal]

Oak tree snapped off on a steep hillside. I will define steep: When I cut a piece of firewood, it hit the ground and rolled down the hill and across the neighbors driveway and into another neighbors back yard.


I decided to use my tow rig and pull it around the hill to a flatter spot.
Yes, The Cummins powered Tow Rig.

Laid out 80' of log chain and began the skid.

I also began snapping 3/8" log chain

It reluctantly came around the hill.

You can see the skid marks from my front yard. Lol

 

[D'Animal]

Four piles like this cut today.