Firewood?

[kybishop]

Just cut a small bit of wood today. Nothing that would impress you guys...

I do need to cut this tree out of one of the old Power Wagons.

Cleaned out the wood shed a bit more. It was quite the mess.

Picture of the MS261, my lone saw. One thing it does is it tends to leak chain oil out while sitting. Not sure where it is leaking from but it leaves a spot of oil right below the oil fill and tank. Need to open it up and check as I don't see any obvious leaks.

 

[scrapdaddy]

Brought another load home today and this one will make you wood workers weep. Some of the trees were cut up for me already and this one was in the pile. A walnut measuring 17" dia., huge tree. My Son's company cuts the right away for the electric company and sometimes I get lucky.

Working on next years wood pile.

Here's my splitter for the big stuff, but still like to swing the Monster maul.

 

[D'Animal]

Cut and loaded some this morning as the sun was coming up.

I even took the wife's rig.

 

[D'Animal]

Got some wood split before the rain came.

About 1/2 done but I have to cut the big rounds down more to a firewood size.

 

[scrapdaddy]

D'Animal,

That last picture of your wood pile, will that be enough for the Winter? Looks to be plenty.

 

[D'Animal]

I have plenty of wood. My current "next year" pile is two stacks 4 1/2' tall and close to 100' long.
My "this year" pile is 4' tall and 80' long.

Wife likes a warm/hot house.

I also supply my neighbors who are too old to cut and split all of their own wood.

 

[canman]

Winched up a tree cut down a few years ago lower down on my lot. Surprised there was no rot. Will split it later. My 18" bar barely made it through.

 

[kybishop]

My brother has a coworker that had some right-of-way wood that she said we could have. The county came in and cut up some trees off the right-of-way. Some good stuff, cut in varying lengths but already cut up for the most part none the less. Still some more loads to get.

My boys made the best of the loaded ride to the farm this morning. That is a pig ear in the mouth of the one in the passenger seat...

A pile of scrap metal awaits a recycle run.

Got it unloaded, split what needed splitting, cut what needed cutting and put in the crib.

 

[D'Animal]

My little wood yard is all cleaned up, for now.
I put the small BBQ wood in the barrels. I have given away 6 barrels of it to friends and neighbors. I burned the rest.

 

[scrapdaddy]

I feel like a slacker, looking at your lot. I find it's enough work just to cut and split it, never get around to stacking it.

 

[sggoat]

Some type of Oak is my guess. Talk him into removing the whole tree and you're set for Winter.

Why would you kill the rest of the tree for firewood??

 

[sggoat]

A cottonwood tree my father dropped.

Sold the limbs for pallet lumber.

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Appears that tree was still alive and viable. Curious as to why it was cut?

 

[scrapdaddy]

Why would you kill the rest of the tree for firewood??

For firewood!

 

[sggoat]

For firewood!

These trees make Oxygen, you know--the stuff you have to have to breath.

 

[scrapdaddy]

Now I understand...

 

[splitshot]

Test, new IP (Exeed) installed an hour ago.
Just what I got done while the the service tech didn't need my services.

 

[D'Animal]

The cottonwood tree was dying. Big limbs dropping when the wind blew. One landed across the bed of his 2009 truck. Another limb came down on the barn.

It was safer for the tree to come down in a controlled way.

 

[splitshot]

Bottom line, this is where all that ball busting back breaking work pays off.

 

[scrapdaddy]

You got that right! I enjoy every aspect of burning wood, the cutting, splitting and even the hauling. a great sense of feeling like your in some part in control of your families comfort. Good job on the fire.

 

[D'Animal]

Cut a load of Standing dead Blue oak for the neighbors.
The kids helped.