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

[Battle Cross 2]

@Wolverine I found a pic of the tree untouched other then cutting the root ball off. And one of you going to war with the stump. Still no idea how much wood was there other then a lot.

 

[NWWrench]

View attachment 375857Sadly some folks live by the moto better to ask forgiveness then permission. I spent a week hunting down contact info for the land owner and finally getting permission. Only to find out someone poached 95% of the tree. This is what's left.

Thats pretty messed up, hate bastards like that. I do however like your set up, I love the 3rd gen JRed's.

 

[bradb123]

5 full cords in one oak tree. I've never used "face" when talkin bout wood. Check it out here:
https://firewoodhoardersclub.com/forums/threads/another-massive-oak-score.38265/
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That's a big tree! I rarely get to cut one's like that. Here's some pics of a burr oak blowover that I cut up in 2020. This is probably the biggest tree I have cut up for a boiler. For reference, the saw in the pics is a scarr 395xp with a 42" bar .

 

[bradb123]

I didn't cut this one up for a boiler because it is cotton wood. But speaking of big trees all post some pics of it. It was the biggest tree on the property that I cut on . Natural gas lines were under the tree. The gas company cleared the right a way. Unfortunately they took the tree down. Since it's cotton wood and the landowner doesn't want the wood for the boiler, he told me that I can do whatever I want to it. I've been out there a few times just to cut cookies. For reference I'm 5'8" and the saw is a scarr 592xp with a 36" bar.

 

[Wolverine]

I didn't cut this one up for a boiler because it is cotton wood. But speaking of big trees all post some pics of it. It was the biggest tree on the property that I cut on . Natural gas lines were under the tree. The gas company cleared the right a way. Unfortunately they took the tree down. Since it's cotton wood and the landowner doesn't want the wood for the boiler, he told me that I can do whatever I want to it. I've been out there a few times just to cut cookies. For reference I'm 5'8" and the saw is a scarr 592xp with a 36" bar.

Some nice ones!
That honey locust I cut up last year was a biggin. 42” bar.


At this first crotch up from the base I got this measurement.



Helluva thing to have a 42” and be way short to buck in one cut.

This was the biggest I’ve cut. Same saw 42” bar.

 

[Squareground3691]

Some nice ones!
That honey locust I cut up last year was a biggin. 42” bar.
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At this first crotch up from the base I got this measurement.
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Helluva thing to have a 42” and be way short to buck in one cut.

This was the biggest I’ve cut. Same saw 42” bar.
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Tough splitting ?

 

[Wolverine]

Tough splitting ?

Honey locust? I'd say 60% was like chestnut oak(white oak family), 40% similar to hickory. Moisture meter had it in the high 30's and low 40's.

 

[karrl]

Some nice ones!
That honey locust I cut up last year was a biggin. 42” bar.
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At this first crotch up from the base I got this measurement.
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Helluva thing to have a 42” and be way short to buck in one cut.

This was the biggest I’ve cut. Same saw 42” bar.
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You’re smarter than me for noodling that sob before bucking her up.

 

[bradb123]

Some nice ones!
That honey locust I cut up last year was a biggin. 42” bar.
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At this first crotch up from the base I got this measurement.
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Helluva thing to have a 42” and be way short to buck in one cut.

This was the biggest I’ve cut. Same saw 42” bar.
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Dam , that's a big one ! It is fun to cut big one's every once in a while . You can really get a lot of wood out of the big trees but it's also a lot of work . I'll be honest , since I have to carry all the wood I cut out to a trail or pasture I like cutting smaller trees . All the wood I cut that is going to be split is cut to 26'' long . When they are that long they get heavy .

 

[Wolverine]

Dam , that's a big one ! It is fun to cut big one's every once in a while . You can really get a lot of wood out of the big trees but it's also a lot of work . I'll be honest , since I have to carry all the wood I cut out to a trail or pasture I like cutting smaller trees . All the wood I cut that is going to be split is cut to 26'' long . When they are that long they get heavy .

I cut to 21”. Since I scrounge all my wood from CL and FBMP, I prefer enough wood to make it count. Plus most people don’t have the desire to work over the big stuff so it doesn’t disappear as fast as the Goldilocks size wood. I milled a bunch of the HL so that score paid me.

 

[Wilhelm]

I won't touch anything on other peoples land with out speaking to them first. Talking to land owners or offering to clean up downed trees has gotten me access to close to 30 acres within a few minutes of my house.

Considering there seem to be no interested parties I'll take that 7910 off Your hands for free!
Shipping info inbound via PM.

 

[Wilhelm]

Cheers mate!

But seriously, I really need that 7910 in my sig!

 

[Battle Cross 2]

Considering there seem to be no interested parties I'll take that 7910 off Your hands for free!
Shipping info inbound via PM.

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My cousin bought me the 7910 cause I kept him in seasoned wood his first winter with a stove. I kept it for two years and then gave it to him when I got my 2095 jonsered.
I guess I paid for it with wood but at the time I didn't have $700 for a saw.

 

[Wilhelm]

My cousin bought me the 7910 cause I kept him in seasoned wood his first winter with a stove. I kept it for two years and then gave it to him when I got my 2095 jonsered.
I guess I paid for it with wood but at the time I didn't have $700 for a saw.

I don't know how much firewood You supplied to him, but I know that processing firewood is not an easy task and it takes a heavy toll on the body.

I have dismantled 20 cubic meters of firewood logs in 9 afternoons after work, I am aching and dead tired.

Hard work is way too underpaid!!!

 

[Wilhelm]

As I was heading to work this noon I saw that my neighbor got his oak firewood log order delivered.
I will have to go take a look.
Good thing we cleared the lot on Monday and bucked up all the beech logs - don't want them buried under the oak logs, they "turn" fairly quick.

 

[bradb123]

I got some this morning. This is wood for my fire pit at my cabin, so anything will do . This wood is from a scrap pile that the loggers left in 2019. This is scrap that they skidded up into a pile. It's very dirty and hard to cut wood on top of the pile. This pile is probably 8 feet high. I used my @Stump Shot 550xpg.

 

[bradb123]

I went back and got a second trailer load with my scarr 550xpg.

 

[Wilhelm]

I got some this morning. This is wood for my fire pit at my cabin, so anything will do . This wood is from a scrap pile that the loggers left in 2019. This is scrap that they skidded up into a pile. It's very dirty and hard to cut wood on top of the pile. This pile is probably 8 feet high. I used my @Stump Shot 550xpg.

Why'd You place a toy saw onto the branch pile?

Here in Croatia that pile would be worth $$$!
It is crazy, You have wood rotting away, we don't have wood to keep our homes warm.

I would love access to a free pile like that, I'd spend all my free time there.

 

[Lnk]

Why'd You place a toy saw onto the branch pile?

Here in Croatia that pile would be worth $$$!
It is crazy, You have wood rotting away, we don't have wood to keep our homes warm.

I would love access to a free pile like that, I'd spend all my free time there.

Do you not have forrests there Wilhelm? I though Croatia was similar to our mid Atlantic to northeastern climate? Why are there no trees? Just an ignorant curious American.

 

[Wilhelm]

Do you not have forrests there Wilhelm? I though Croatia was similar to our mid Atlantic to northeastern climate? Why are there no trees? Just an ignorant curious American.

Not ignorant at all, smart question!

Systematic "gray area legal" deforestation in the interest of "green renewable" energy is a huge business in Croatia without the proper administration in place to ensure reforestation - and that is supported by Europe Union regulations and what is much worse by financial subventions and aids by the same.

A local to me company is cashing in on creating "renewable energy".
During the winter season they burn over 100 cubic meters (I have been told 120 to 150) of high quality firewood logs every 24 hours to create hot water and steam for heating the city.
All year round they are shredding down high quality fresh cut healthy logs and making pellets for the Western Europe market - mind You, these pellets can not be found in stores nor purchased within Croatia, they are exclusively for export and tend to go to Italy and Austria!

Decades old forests are getting clear cut within weeks/months, it will take decades/centuries for them to regrow!

In Croatia heating Your home with any kind of firewood is "normal", but it has become extremely troublesome and increasingly expensive to source firewood for the little homeowner.
I am on a wait list for a month now, I don't know if nor when I will get called to go pay for my order.
A neighbor was on the wait list since January, he got his logs this Tuesday.

I am ahead with my firewood, but it worries me how difficult it is getting to secure firewood.

Right before and during the winter season firewood is most likely better $$ than drugs in Croatia, and it is legal!
Next to no one takes care of firewood beforehand, a new car and summer vacation are more important - and I don't pity those idiots.


Croatia entering the Europe Union is killing the free Croatian way of living and life.
The civil war opened the doors wide open to corruption and thievery!


Sorry, long day!
Nearly 1AM for me.