Firewood thread!!! Let's see what you got!!!!

[Ryan Browne]

View attachment 39259 View attachment 39258 Well have some big stuff at my oak spot, so I had to bring my ms461 to cut them up....this piece is red oak and and a 25" bar....I got a lot more pieces like this to cut up also...will try to remember to get more pics next time...

Nice looking chunks you got there. Red oak is definitely in my top three favorite firewood species. It does take a long time to dry, even when it comes from chunks like that, but it splits so nice. Has a nice aroma too. I like splitting those big rounds; just start taking slabs off the outside and work your way in.

Here's a big one I did last fall. First I skidded up to the sugar bush.

Then I bucked it up. 460 with a 20" bar.

Then I got out the Gransfors Bruks. I'd have to Google it, but I think it's a 32" handle.

Then a opened it up. I split into relatively small splits, but I counted over 90 pieces from one of these lunkers.

 

[Khntr85]

Nice looking chunks you got there. Red oak is definitely in my top three favorite firewood species. It does take a long time to dry, even when it comes from chunks like that, but it splits so nice. Has a nice aroma too. I like splitting those big rounds; just start taking slabs off the outside and work your way in.

Here's a big one I did last fall. First I skidded up to the sugar bush.View attachment 39266

Then I bucked it up. 460 with a 20" bar. View attachment 39267

Then I got out the Gransfors Bruks. I'd have to Google it, but I think it's a 32" handle.View attachment 39268

Then a opened it up. I split into relatively small splits, but I counted over 90 pieces from one of these lunkers. View attachment 39269

Ya I like the smell of oak when cutting and splitting it.... speaking of smell had a few pieces of cherry and wow does it smell good, actually used alittle cherry with some hickory a few nights ago to smoke some pork chops... all I can say is I WILL be using cherry to smoke with agian, VERY good flavor it lends to meat...

Anyway, how many years have you had the ms460.... and what is the biggest bar you use on it....I also like using the 20" bar on mine....I have the 20" and 25" bar but I have been using the 20" the most......have you had any issues with the ms460....I know my ms461 just makes the big nasty pieces a breeze to do any more!!!

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[Khntr85]

By the way I already know my wife thinks I am obsessed with cutting, splitting, and getting wood in general..... but I bet when she looks out the back window while I am splitting wood and I am smelling a piece I just split, she really thinks I lost it LMAO!!!!

 

[Ryan Browne]

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Ya I like the smell of oak when cutting and splitting it.... speaking of smell had a few pieces of cherry and wow does it smell good, actually used alittle cherry with some hickory a few nights ago to smoke some pork chops... all I can say is I WILL be using cherry to smoke with agian, VERY good flavor it lends to meat...

Anyway, how many years have you had the ms460.... and what is the biggest bar you use on it....I also like using the 20" bar on mine....I have the 20" and 25" bar but I have been using the 20" the most......have you had any issues with the ms460....I know my ms461 just makes the big nasty pieces a breeze to do any more!!!

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I've only had my 460 for about a year and a half. It's been a great saw. 100% reliable. I don't use my saws professionally, and I spread my cutting out over a few saws, so it doesn't get a ton of use. My favorite setup is a 7 pin rim and a 20" bar running full comp semi chisel. I also use it on a 25" bar. I pulled the carb limiters and opened up the muffler. It definitely got stronger. I've been meaning to check the squish and pull the base gasket, but haven't gotten to it yet. Great saw for sure.

 

[Khntr85]

Ya I also use a 7-pin on mine.... I also use full-comp semi-chiesel on the 20" and 25" bars.... seems to me I can damn near lean just as hard on the 25" bar as I can on the 20".... I also love the saw!!!!

I haven't ever messed with a 8-pin sprocket... to be honest I don't think it would benefit me... I have used full chisel chain on the ms362 20" bar... it does cut fast, but the semi-chisel seems to hold edge better.... I continue to experiment with chains.... I do like to use the full-chisel in clean ash, walnut, and some oak.... it even held up better than I thought in some shagbark hickory!!!

 

[Al Smith]

It's hard to beat any oak for firewood .White oak will never completely dry out if left in rounds .Red will rot if it lays on the ground too long .Pin can be a real chore to split because of all the limbs .

A note on pin .It was the only time I ever experienced frozen wood in my life from a late fall take down .I attempted to quarter some rounds with a chainsaw.Threw everything I had at it,some huge 4 foot rounds .I do believe I could have cut concrete more easily .When you can hardly make a dent in it using a 125 Mac,that's hard .

 

[Khntr85]

It's hard to beat any oak for firewood .White oak will never completely dry out if left in rounds .Red will rot if it lays on the ground too long .Pin can be a real chore to split because of all the limbs .

A note on pin .It was the only time I ever experienced frozen wood in my life from a late fall take down .I attempted to quarter some rounds with a chainsaw.Threw everything I had at it,some huge 4 foot rounds .I do believe I could have cut concrete more easily .When you can hardly make a dent in it using a 125 Mac,that's hard .

I agree with you... red oak will rot quick on the ground, all oaks are best when split ASAP.... was at my buddy's last night, and he said "man that white oak you helped me get smells just like jim beam", I said well it should lol, that's what the whiskey barrels are made of!!!

I got a big pin oak a few years ago and I just recently found some huge chunks I missed while splitting....it is still not dry, but is very hard....I wonder if pin oak is a little harder than other oaks???

 

[Hinerman]

I wonder if pin oak is a little harder than other oaks???

No, pin oak (a red oak) is not as hard as most oaks:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Janka_hardness_test

 

[Al Smith]

As a matter of fact the last three weeks or so I've been splitting some oak left by one of my trimmer buds who was supposed to take care of it 3 or 4 years ago .A pile with maybe 3 0r 4 cords of red all I got was about a cord until I gave up,rotten .The white is solid as a rock .I get maybe 1/2 a cord an evening after work .It's still heavy as lead .Some of those rounds, over three feet I have to wedge into quarters before I can even move them .Probably talking 300 pounds or more . Good stuff it's just is a chore to get it processed .

 

[Al Smith]

Interesting thing about barrels . Sir Francis Drake captured a whole fleet of Spanish ships loaded with seasoned oak barrel staves and sat them on fire .When Spain had the bright idea to slug it out with the Brits on the high seas the dummies used green staves to make barrels to hold provisions .Of course all the Spanish sailors got sicker than dogs . One reason the Spanish armada didn't fair so well .They must have been nuts anyway to take on the Brits in the first place ,barrels or no barrels .

 

[bikemike]

Locust on Saturday

 

[Fifelaker]

We got two of these loads today, about a cord each, all oak a mix of red and white .

 

[Khntr85]

Locust on Saturday View attachment 39656 View attachment 39657

Damn good score!!!

 

[Khntr85]

View attachment 39671 We got two of these loads today, about a cord each, all oak a mix of red and white .

Very nice.... I been loading up on red/white oak myself.... I like white just better, but I just cut what's next in line, they are both great to burn when seasoned out right!!!

 

[mainewoods]

7 cord of red oak,sugar maple and beech ready to go into the cellar.

 

[Khntr85]

7 cord of red oak,sugar maple and beech ready to go into the cellar.
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Very nice big ol stacks!!!

 

[Al Smith]

Must be a very large cellar .

 

[mainewoods]

Old farmhouse- full basement. I have to lug it all up a flight of cellar stairs. Good winter time exercise!

 

[Al Smith]

Big house like that you'd go through some wood .After thought .I just noticed --Maine,I'm not sure 7 cords would be enough.Cold as a well drillers azz in that state in winter .

 

[Manofstihl066]

Got the old 71 ford loaded up