mountainguyed67
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Did another club fundraiser day Saturday, three years in a row now. I had already hauled 4 loads myself.
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2020 Firewood Thread
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mountainguyed67
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I pulled logs out into the middle to work on before hand.
And we used the loader to keep from having to lift the wood. I wish he kept videoing. He had me tilt back a little and lower it, then they jumped in there and pulled the logs out. I don’t dump into the trailer unless there’s already one layer, or it’ll break the floor. Also the bucket is too wide, you couldn’t load it all the way across.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ic2rm8eJwYU
And we used the loader to keep from having to lift the wood. I wish he kept videoing. He had me tilt back a little and lower it, then they jumped in there and pulled the logs out. I don’t dump into the trailer unless there’s already one layer, or it’ll break the floor. Also the bucket is too wide, you couldn’t load it all the way across.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ic2rm8eJwYU
Wheelin66bronco
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Another cord and a half for me today. We cut about 4-5 total. I'm whipped.
Pony_Driver
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I just picked up new files for mine. I love it.
That's some beautiful country there!
That's a solid load. Are these deadfall, or do you have to drop them first?
Wheelin66bronco
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Small amount of blow down, have to fell most of them.
WLDWUN
in the woods
got board so we up and got some of the bigger stuff that others wont touch
48" on the big end (under the bark), got 24 sections of it so far
one of the "smaller" pieces that I got home before I split them
38" green and weighs 500+ per round
48" on the big end (under the bark), got 24 sections of it so far
one of the "smaller" pieces that I got home before I split them
38" green and weighs 500+ per round
woods
I probably did it wrong.
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Chatting with an equipment company about a wood processor. A Blacks Creek 1250. Its $8195 then about $500 for the hydraulic log lift.
90% of our heat is wood. As you may have guessed, I live in the woods. I have a line of several tree trimmer services that I can snag firewood from. Inlaws live in a wooded area. Needless to say, I have access to a lot of wood. I'm really giving it considerable thought about picking one up. Anyone have any decent luck with one?
90% of our heat is wood. As you may have guessed, I live in the woods. I have a line of several tree trimmer services that I can snag firewood from. Inlaws live in a wooded area. Needless to say, I have access to a lot of wood. I'm really giving it considerable thought about picking one up. Anyone have any decent luck with one?
mountainguyed67
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Some more loads recently.
dave_dj1
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I finally got all my winters wood stacked by the stove. I'm starting on next winters wood now.
and this helps
and this helps
Clb
another toyota from P.R.K
dave_dj1
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That seems like a lot of $$$ for a fancy log splitter. Anything is better than bucking it on the ground.
woods
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Yea, I didn't go through with it. With the thumb on the backhoe, I lift the log of the ground now. Much quicker. Right now the splitting portion of the process is now the longest.
mountainguyed67
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A load I brought home Tuesday. I hadn’t felled any trees in a couple years, I was still bucking and hauling those away. We’re making a campsite, and needed to make it free of hazard trees. That plan was already underway when the fire started, the fire has given me new determination to reduce the fuel load on the property. I’m referring to the Creek Fire, it has burned 331 thousand plus acres in just over a month. And got 2-3 miles from our place. I can’t go in there right now because of fire danger. I want to keep hauling wood out of there.
total newb
senior jerk ass
The single battery on the winch sucks. So ill redo it before i pull the second chunk up the hill.
cant pull with the truck cause the neighbors just redid the gravle a couplw of weeks ago.
cant pull with the truck cause the neighbors just redid the gravle a couplw of weeks ago.
TRINDU
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Threads like this make me glad yall live up north, work in factories, and I dont.
Its going to be 100° this weekend
Its going to be 100° this weekend
dave_dj1
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That's some big ass wood! Nice
Jwredneck
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Figured this was a good thread for this video.
mountainguyed67
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I saw that.
dave_dj1
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I always wondered how they cut those thick stands of trees like that. Cool
jpmassey
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Added a few accessories to my firewood game this year. 
Wheelin66bronco
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My boy and I cut a last load today. Snowed about 5" while we were cutting.
rockmup
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Threads like this make me glad yall live up north, work in factories, and I dont.
Its going to be 100° this weekend
Right ? I have 10-13 cords of oak laying on the ground after Laura and I can't give it away. Have to pay someone to haul it all to the landfill Monday
Aggie06
I ain't the one to blame.
It’s nice wearing shorts outside today.
Wheelerfreak
Chronically stupid
Meh, you get your hurricanes and flooding, we get some snow that almost never causes any damage other than stupid fuckers driving too fast in it
Might have to light the first fire of the season tonight, it's right around freezing with light rain. 9" of snow predicted tonight with a low of 16. I put up about 5 cords this year which should be plenty. We've had an abnormally warm and dry fall so far.
ETA, since it's the firewood thread...the last load I got this summer
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gladman
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20" bar is what we used on the 372xp on fire crews I worked on. Plenty for pretty much everything you need to do.
Wheelin66bronco
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That's just sad...wish we had hardwoods here.
mountainguyed67
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I took seven loads to people whose home survived the fire, but their firewood didn’t. Free of charge. They already have enough to deal with. In the last pic I drove right by a burned down shop, log splitter burned, hand tools laying in the ashes, welder burned up, and some stuff unrecognizable. Their water tank melted, and already replaced. Power pole burned, and already replaced. Tree crews in there cutting down all the hazard trees, but they’re still green. Most of the nearby dry wood already burned. They have a friend loaning them a log splitter.
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