Firewood? (3 Viewers)

[D'Animal]

Pecan has the similar characteristics as hickory.
Hard wood and burns great.

Like all hard wood trees, keep your chain sharp and cutting is not a problem.

 

[canman]

I'm far from any type of woodsman, but some years back I burnt out the motor on my Husquavarna felling an oak on my property. The oak was about 2.5" in dia at the base. Chain was still sharp but the wood was very tough. The chainsaw was also fairly new so I though that I would get it replaced under warranty. They said no, and now I have a Stihl and have never had a problem with it. We burn about about 8-10 cords a year, but used to burn around 18.

 

[shelfboy1]

i use propane and it costs us about 700 per year for heat and uses no electric .i use wood for fencing since you need a permit for a fence but not a wood pile

 

[BC40]

Not much for hardwood here, occasional paper birch is about it. We burn a mix of larch, doug fir and pine. keeps the place warm all winter. the old 026 works just fine, but thinking I need to spare the 40 and get a pickup

 

[skully3]

I burn a lot.... wish I hada 660 my 390 does a lot of work. was gunna upgrade to a 441 but not sure I like the auto tune

where I keep it nice and dry 2 years seasoned.

 

[scrapdaddy]

Skully,

Perfect looking pieces. Do you split by hand? That's a lot of work, right there!

 

[skully3]

Skully,

Perfect looking pieces. Do you split by hand? That's a lot of work, right there!

Yea wood is a lifestyle and you gotta enjoy it. I split by hand on occasions but have a huskee 35 ton splitter. I like em big and square.

 

[splitshot]

Not much for hardwood here, occasional paper birch is about it. We burn a mix of larch, doug fir and pine. keeps the place warm all winter. the old 026 works just fine, but thinking I need to spare the 40 and get a pickup
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Lol, great pic packing the 40. I used to do that, but got tired of all the scorpions crawling around.

 

[snobdds]

Yea wood is a lifestyle and you gotta enjoy it. I split by hand on occasions but have a huskee 35 ton splitter. I like em big and square.

That's funny because I like the rounded triangle better. A good 12" long cut into 1/4's make for easy stacking. I do admire that pile, looks like a lot of work.

 

[scrapdaddy]

For me, the bigger, the better. If I can pick up the piece and throw it in the furnace, that's how it stays. Having an outside furnace has saved me untold time and work. I do split wood for the living room fire place.

 

[hachirokufan]

I wish I could do that to the tree in my backyard! I'm very fortunate to live in CA where I rarely have to use our fireplace, but I do love to see a good fire going during winter, I guess it's our inner caveman haha.

 

[swelltimes]

Where in central CA are you? I spent a winter in Los Molinos, working for the Nature Conservancy, on the Dye Creek Preserve. In a random twist, years later, the FJ-40 I ended up buying came from Red Bluff, all the way to MA.

 

[D'Animal]

I'm south east of Fresno. I'm closer to Three Rivers than to Hwy 99

 

[skully3]

Typical sat night fire upstate....nothing goes to waste all the knots and stumps go.

 

[rusty_tlc]

Typical sat night fire upstate....nothing goes to waste all the knots and stumps go. View attachment 1054718

That's the kind of fire we had on the beach growing up, all drift wood from above high tide line.

 

[D'Animal]

Neighboring Rancher called and said he had a limb that fell out of a tree. I can have it if I clean up the entire mess.

The limb

The branch holding the limb off the ground is around 18" in diameter.

Valley Oak

Wood is solid

I would estimate about 8 full cord in this limb.

 

[scrapdaddy]

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

 

[Mace]

lol, 8 cords per branch.. I'm used to 3 logs per tree

 

[D'Animal]

A cottonwood tree my father dropped.

Sold the limbs for pallet lumber.

 

[D'Animal]

Making firewood, one tank of fuel at a time.