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[Hinerman]

White oak, pin oak, hedge, ash, and one piece of hackberry:

 

[kingOFgEEEks]

White oak, pin oak, hedge, ash, and one piece of hackberry:

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Is that a pile of butts in a log yard? Lots of nice firewood for the pickin' there.

 

[Hinerman]

Is that a pile of butts in a log yard? Lots of nice firewood for the pickin' there.

Kinda. I used to get wood from a tree service on a regular occasion. They have outgrown me and I can't always be on site like I used to be. The tree service pays a guy to dump wood on his property. The tree service introduced us about a year ago and I can basically go out there any time I want. It is becoming a freaking mess. The landowner can't keep up with burning the wood and it is starting to get out of control. It is not easy trying to burn 20-48" logs, some of them very green. Some of the stuff is HUGE!!!

Yes, there is a lot of wood there; silver maple, elm, walnut, pecan, yellow pine, ginkgo, hackberry, red oak, white oak, ash, mulberry, sycamore, sweet gum. The landowner bought a skid steer to deal with it. I think he is passed what a skid steer will do and needs a dozer or an excavator with a thumb. Pictures don't do it justice.

 

[kingOFgEEEks]

Kinda. I used to get wood from a tree service on a regular occasion. They have outgrown me and I can't always be on site like I used to be. The tree service pays a guy to dump wood on his property. The tree service introduced us about a year ago and I can basically go out there any time I want. It is becoming a freaking mess. The landowner can't keep up with burning the wood and it is starting to get out of control. It is not easy trying to burn 20-48" logs, some of them very green. Some of the stuff is HUGE!!!

Yes, there is a lot of wood there; silver maple, elm, walnut, pecan, yellow pine, ginkgo, hackberry, red oak, white oak, ash, mulberry, sycamore, sweet gum. The landowner bought a skid steer to deal with it. I think he is passed what a skid steer will do and needs a dozer or an excavator with a thumb. Pictures don't do it justice.

Sounds like he needs a hoe with a thumb and an air curtain burner:

https://airburners.com/

 

[Wilhelm]

Kinda. I used to get wood from a tree service on a regular occasion. They have outgrown me and I can't always be on site like I used to be. The tree service pays a guy to dump wood on his property. The tree service introduced us about a year ago and I can basically go out there any time I want. It is becoming a freaking mess. The landowner can't keep up with burning the wood and it is starting to get out of control. It is not easy trying to burn 20-48" logs, some of them very green. Some of the stuff is HUGE!!!

Yes, there is a lot of wood there; silver maple, elm, walnut, pecan, yellow pine, ginkgo, hackberry, red oak, white oak, ash, mulberry, sycamore, sweet gum. The landowner bought a skid steer to deal with it. I think he is passed what a skid steer will do and needs a dozer or an excavator with a thumb. Pictures don't do it justice.

I wish I had access to a honey hole like that!
Good for You.

Around here One can get government subventions for purchase and installation of equipment for production of thermal & electric energy generated from renewable resources - having a constant supply of free wood would certainly make it a feasible endeavor.

That property would be empty if it were here in Croatia, preprocessed firewood is huge business!

Even production of firewood pellets would be an option, the demand of neighboring countries high.

 

[Wilhelm]

White oak, pin oak, hedge, ash, and one piece of hackberry:

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P.S.: That property would be a great GTG meeting point.

 

[gurwald]

Lots of dead spruce, another 50 or so to take down. Hate limbing that *s-word...

 

[Hinerman]

Lots of dead spruce, another 50 or so to take down. Hate limbing that *s-word... View attachment 281415

No offense, but that looks like limbing nirvana to me. Try limbing some hedge or pin oak:

 

[Louie B]

No offense, but that looks like limbing nirvana to me. Try limbing some hedge or pin oak:

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And you never get to cut those until they are rotten through the center and about to fall on the structure.

 

[gurwald]

You can fall one of those or 30 spruces. Would be a very easy pick for me.

No offense, but that looks like limbing nirvana to me. Try limbing some hedge or pin oak:

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[Hinerman]

You can fall one of those or 30 spruces. Would be a very easy pick for me.

LOL, EXACTLY!!!! Easy pick for me too. unfortunately, I don't have that option

 

[kingOFgEEEks]

No offense, but that looks like limbing nirvana to me. Try limbing some hedge or pin oak:

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Almost reminds me of some of the old sugar maples around here. There's one I hunt by that dropped a 'limb' that's over 30" around at the base. That tree has seen a lot of deer shot under it's branches over the years. I wish it could tell stories.

 

[CrystalRiver1]

Me and my 86 yr old Pops out and about today running errands. Something good always happens when we hook up!
Look what we stumbled across, Dead, Down, and Seasoned Black Locust!!!

 

[RI Chevy]

Nice Reggie!!!

 

[Stevetheboatguy]

I'm embarrassed to post a pic. But I've been hauling a twinkie load like this out every 7-10 days. I can't really heap it on as far as I have to haul it right now (25mi). But it's keeping us warm!




Steven



I have to edit this. I wasn't picking on guys with a truck load or half. I just have been known to overload a truck a bit. A normal load just didn't feel right. But being as I have to travel I wasn't going to risk anyone's safety. I'm fortunate that most the time I'm not having to travel far or on a highway with a load. My hat goes off to you guys that can't overload a truck every haul. It takes great restraint to stay on the side of caution.

Sorry If I came across as a dik

 

[RI Chevy]

Doesn't matter. As long as you're staying warm. That's all that counts.

 

[CrystalRiver1]

Doesn't matter. As long as you're staying warm. That's all that counts.

Yeah it is.
Looks good...I left a half a load of locust, but my lower back started twisting into knots...so I packed it in and bolted!

 

[Stevetheboatguy]

I'm probably one of the only people in my area out cutting. Don't blame anyone for staying in, it's been freakishly cold. Burnt through a months wood in the last two weeks. Feeding the beast every 6hr instead of the normal 12hr.
Forced me to get a couple trees dragged out and worked up. Was a hard fought three truck loads, but it needed done.







Steven

 

[P.M.P.]

I'm probably one of the only people in my area out cutting. Don't blame anyone for staying in, it's been freakishly cold. Burnt through a months wood in the last two weeks. Feeding the beast every 6hr instead of the normal 12hr.
Forced me to get a couple trees dragged out and worked up. Was a hard fought three truck loads, but it needed done.


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Steven

Nice you got it split before loading. That's the way I like to do it.

 

[Stevetheboatguy]

Nice you got it split before loading. That's the way I like to do it.

I like to load it up full length with the tractor and work it up at home. It's a time thing. But that's not possible with all the snow on the ground right now. Was a real nut buster getting those loads. Would have normally been a breeze.

Steven