Firewood?

[94SRUNNER]

That oak is the second highest density wood in North America (66), it’s California black oak. The highest density is live oak (76), third highest is the black oak found in eastern states (62). For reference, lodgepole pine is (39).

Where are you getting your numbers? Curious how it compares to other rankings I’ve looked at.

 

[jlhollowx13]

Here's a couple little wood videos I made this year, the 40 making an appearance in each. I've got 40 acres at 9200 feet 100% forested with ponderosa, lodgepole, Doug fir and aspen. Doug fir is getting hit hard by pine beetle and bud worm, lots of dying trees and forest mitigation to deal with. A forest fire is our main concern here, we had a wildfire in the blm 1 mile as the crow flies from our cabin this summer. Only burned a couple acres and they even sent in a helicopter. We showed up on site to assist but ended up spectating. We Burn wood for 100% of our heat in our cabin and in a geodome greenhouse we have when it needs it.

One video shows me taking down a standing dead in an area I am developing on the property. This entire area was a forested slope last year, I've cleared it and used a backhoe for the dirtwork, stumps, etc.

The other video is me trying out a $30 Amazon chainsaw mill jig. Worked pretty good for $30, but harder work than a bandsaw mill. I have my share of experience on a Woodmizer, this toold is nice as you could backpack it in, but much slower and harder on the back than the woodmizer. I learned alot in the first use of the chainsaw mill. My next pieces will be much better.

I have a
stihl ms290
Stihl ms362 cm
Dewalt battery powered chainsaw (smaller version)
18, 20, 25 inch bars
18 inch bar is now set up as dedicated mill bar. The jig is bolted through the bar.
My 290 gets the heaviest use and is the oldest, I just got the dewalt for Xmas last year and also use the cr@p out of it, that thing is awesome for delimbing and even cutting up trees as big as the bar (pine, not hardwood). I have plenty of batteries that last me about as long as I want to use the saw for in 1 day.

Wood processing video:


Chainsaw mill video:

 

[Big Ed]

If you do that a lot you might consider getting a ripping chain. The cutter pitch is set around 10-15 degrees instead of approx 30 degrees for a standard chain.

Incorrect. This is what I’m talking about.

This is what you’re talking about.

 

[Big Ed]

They are called 'noodles' where I am from.

Can be hard on a saw too. I try to avoid cutting with the grain, preferring to split the wood but you have to do what you have to do sometimes.

I’ve only seen that on the internet, nobody here calls them that.

The 461 has plenty power to do this, it doesn’t seem like it’s working hard.

 

[Big Ed]

Where are you getting your numbers? Curious how it compares to other rankings I’ve looked at.

I can’t find where I got the other black oak number now, this has the other three I mentioned.

This one includes a log weight calculator.

 

[e9999]

Live oak is astonishing. I'll put a dry log in my fireplace and hours later it's still there, barely singed... Heck, I'll use it 3 days in a row...

 

[94SRUNNER]

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I like your chopper...

 

[flintknapper]

I’ve only seen that on the internet, nobody here calls them that.

The 461 has plenty power to do this, it doesn’t seem like it’s working hard.

Interesting. So everyone in your area calls them "Long Chips", just curious?

Its a pretty common term, but apparently not used everywhere.

Good saw for noodling

Is there any (larger) saw that is superior for noodling large rounds, and, if so, why? I have another thread discussing my desire to get a larger saw...

opeforum.com

Noodling Discussion

Lets talk about it... Dedicated noodling saw? Best chain setup? Bar size? I use a 272xp, full chisel chain and i dont think it does as well as it could. Wanting to experiment some with a 24" bar and skip chain.

www.arboristsite.com

Noodling chain death

why does noodling seem to dull my saw blade in one tank????? Hows it so different from regular cutting

firewoodhoardersclub.com

As long as the saw used is clearing the 'chips' well, then it shouldn't be a problem. Many saws will have the noodles pile up in the clutch cover creating a problem. Some folks report that their chain dulls more quickly than when crosscutting, which works the saw harder, I subscribe to that as well.

But when needing to reduce large rounds.....I will usually go to my 103cc saw that I run .404 chain on (skip not full complement).

 

[Big Ed]

So everyone in your area calls them "Long Chips", just curious?

We don’t have a word for them, they’re barely discussed.

 

[Big Ed]

Live oak is astonishing. I'll put a dry log in my fireplace and hours later it's still there, barely singed... Heck, I'll use it 3 days in a row...

Yes, we don’t get it very often though. There‘s an area along the river that is off limits to gathering on a fuel wood permit (because it’s a recreation area), but a long time ago they allowed it because the wind brought down a lot of trees and made a huge mess. So the Forest Service used permit holders to clean it up, when you bought your permit they told you about it. We went there then and got whole loads of live oak. It’s not easy to split either, it works the log splitter hard.

 

[flintknapper]

We don’t have a word for them, they’re barely discussed.

You live in a monastery.......

 

[flintknapper]

We went there then and got whole loads of live oak. It’s not easy to split either, it works the log splitter hard.

Oak of one type or another is the staple firewood where I live (Texas). We have about 50 different species.

Some MUCH easier to cut and split than others. Any degree of difficulty is just what we are used to.

 

[flintknapper]

Live oak is astonishing. I'll put a dry log in my fireplace and hours later it's still there, barely singed... Heck, I'll use it 3 days in a row...

^^^^

I'm still burning one my Grandfather gave me.

Just kidding. But yeah, some woods will yield MUCH higher BTU's than others.

You aren't constantly 'stoking' the fire and ash is kept to a minimum.

 

[Big Ed]

You live in a monastery.......

It’s rare for anyone to cut that way. They split the wood, they don’t think about cutting it. I get people thinking their chips are different because they have a different saw, or different chain. Just recently a mountain neighbor thought I was using a full skip chain, because I had funny looking chips. I explained it to him.

 

[pb4ugo]

I think calling them chips is a stretch.

 

[flintknapper]

I think calling them chips is a stretch.

Good pun.

 

[Big Ed]

This guy was felling for firewood, and using the tractor to push it the way they wanted it to go. Pushed too hard, and this happened. I’m curious what method they used to extract the tractor without tipping it over.

 

[Big Ed]

I think calling them chips is a stretch.

Calling them noodles is silly.

 

[rkymtnflyfisher]

Calling them noodles is silly.

It's a thing.

 

[rkymtnflyfisher]

Calling them noodles is silly.

Bicep curls and bench presses can solve the noodle arms.