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

[PA Dan]

If I got a load like that, I wouldn't be critiquing the lengths. Bring it... all!

This is what I'm saying! It all burns!

 

[PA Dan]

I like the ones that are a hair long! I got saws to test and some cookies will be cut!

 

[Wood Doctor]

If I got a load like that, I wouldn't be critiquing the lengths. Bring it... all!

But, suppose it's all cut too short, say 6" to 7" rounds and nothing longer. How on earth do you process chariot wheels into firewood logs? I have no solution to that.

 

[Duce]

But, suppose it's all cut too short, say 6" to 7" rounds and nothing longer. How on earth do you process chariot wheels into frewood logs?

Split them in half, then put in OWB. May have to quarter them if really large.

 

[I saw a lot]

I may not get as much in the stove, but I love the chunky monkeys. Stand them on end in the stove and long burning they are.

 

[Wolverine]

But, suppose it's all cut too short, say 6" to 7" rounds and nothing longer. How on earth do you process chariot wheels into firewood logs? I have no solution to that.

Chunks like that get thrown in their own pile to season, then when brought in, are separate from normal length splits. They help pack the stove if any splits aren't full length, or to sustain a low temp burn during shoulder season. Just throw a couple in at a time.

 

[PA Dan]

I may not get as much in the stove, but I love the chunky monkeys. Stand them on end in the stove and long burning they are.

Haha...I call them that too! They help fill at the ends for the all night burn!

 

[I saw a lot]

BTU's baby, BTU's!

 

[kingOFgEEEks]

But, suppose it's all cut too short, say 6" to 7" rounds and nothing longer. How on earth do you process chariot wheels into firewood logs? I have no solution to that.

They get split and tossed into a super sack. Good for making syrup, or for spring/fall burning when I just need a small fire.

 

[Wood Doctor]

Great advice from all. Yes, I do the same thing with the chunkies, but I can never sell them along with a load of logs. One customer threw them all back into the truck bed after I tried to include them along with the regular 16" to 18" lengths. Then he demanded a discount. Needless to say, I no longer supply him with anything.

 

[RI Chevy]

I keep the oddball pieces aside. They are usually the first to burn the following year. Or I burn them in fire pit in summer. They give good heat, Just hard to stack neatly. I throw them in a square pallet box bin.

 

[I saw a lot]

On the plus side, with customers not wanting the uglies and chunky monkeys leave more for me! Just something about they burn that puts a smile on my face.

 

[big_eddy]

About 1/4 of the wood we burn at home is “hunks and chunks” . Anything with a crotch, rot, branch, under 12”, or just plain ugly gets tossed in the gator bed and stacked in our woodshed.
Only the best for the Customers.

I end up with plenty of coasters too. For anything under about 6” diameter, my length calibration is off. My splitter operators calibration is bang on so plenty get tossed back for a trim.


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[M2theB]

Blowdown Cherry with the 357 this morning
I was eyeing this tree while it vertical but let it be. Too much of a cork screw, like cherrys do.
End up bowing the right way, for me anyway.

 

[RI Chevy]

Not sure what is going on with cherry trees as of late, but they are the most prevalent tree I have been cutting. Weak root structure? Root rot? Or just weak wood.

 

[M2theB]

Not sure what is going on with cherry trees as of late, but they are the most prevalent tree I have been cutting. Weak root structure? Root rot? Or just weak wood.

That one I got for sure was rootless.

 

[RI Chevy]

So it's not just from my area then. Lol. Odd though.

 

[CrystalRiver1]

I've harvested quite a bit more cherry the past couple yrs than ever.
Of course, I don't have a long history of harvesting...firewood that is!

 

[RI Chevy]

A cherry branch and cherry deadstand.

 

[Wood Doctor]

Fabulous woodworking medium. Here's one of several cherry toolboxes that I made, perhaps my favorite:


A little bigger, and I like this one just as much:

It was great hobby. Strong box joints are not that easy to make and that is why you seldom see them.