Found us a nice big old growth fir log

[westcoastal]

Cut split n burning the same day ... cant beat that...

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[sheepdip]

links wont work for me ?

 

[mjn]

Yup... linky's no workee...

 

[GreginWA]

 

[Bigfoot]

LOL nice find. Didn't want to pay winter prices for seasoned wood when the cold season is almost over huh?

I burn four cords a year and I like to stack a year in advance. Last spring I had a bit over two cords left over so I put up six more cords. Then in December I finally got a thermometer for the woodstove and kept it in it's efficiency zone, not only did I help the neighbors out with much less smoke but I've only burned a bit over a cord so far. I cut my firewood use by two thirds.

I'm sure the six inches of insulation that I added when I reroofed helped. I expected to use less wood but not that much less. Looks like the chainsaw will get some rest.

 

[westcoastal]

Nah have plenty of wood put up...
Logs like this dont last long...
Washed up in the bay...
if I difnt get it out sombody else woulda...
We burn about 8-10 cord a year .. Heat the whole house with wood

 

[westcoastal]

Had to burn some tonight ... love the crackle old growth makes...
The rest goes in the wood shed n will get rotated in .. The fir n hemlock I have put up (around 4 cord) is smaller 2nd n 3rd growth ...
The rest is 5 or 6 cord of alder

 

[pokerace]

the greenes are going to get you...

 

[SteelyDan]

What Stihl are you running? I love those saws!

 

[westcoastal]

If everyone posts the calibers they reload It might be a resource for area reloaders with questions.

This ones the 039 .. They are great saws

 

[SteelyDan]

Nice looking setup, kind of a carbon copy of my house! Ford pickup, Stihl 290 and 066. What's the thing with the hand crank next to the wood pile? Is that a log skidding dolly?

 

[westcoastal]

Nice looking setup, kind of a carbon copy of my house! Ford pickup, Stihl 290 and 066. What's the thing with the hand crank next to the wood pile? Is that a log skidding dolly?

Good eye ... it is ... my little log donkey.
Either behind four wheeler, or end of wincn line

 

[teflon6string]

You guys might like this idea...

A buddy at work showed me some iPhone footage of his vintage gunpowder log splitter in action. I'd never seen one before. Looks a bit like a pipe bomb with a chisel on one end, and splits even the big logs. Not something I can use in my neighborhood, but I WANT one!

 

[SteelyDan]

Heck yeah! Can you get him to post his video? Gunpowder, flying chisels....what could go wrong?!

 

[teflon6string]

Not sure if he'll want to post, but here's a page I found with a couple samples.
powder wedge
Looks like a pretty inexact science to me. Perfect.

 

[westcoastal]

Heck yeah! Can you get him to post his video? Gunpowder, flying chisels....what could go wrong?!

Bahahahaha

 

[westcoastal]

I did have a greeny wander out of his house on the bay...
According to him I "shouldn't be doing that"
No reason why or what I would be harming.
Just that I "shouldn't" , ignored him after the first couple minutes.
Another guy walking by just stopped n watched for 20 minutes or so .. Never said a word .. Smiled n waved wnen I said hi. N waved by when he walked on. I think he had a woody for my firewood.

 

[westcoastal]

i dont think gun powder woulda went over well ...

 

[SteelyDan]

I did have a greeny wander out of his house on the bay...
According to him I "shouldn't be doing that"
No reason why or what I would be harming.
Just that I "shouldn't" , ignored him after the first couple minutes.
.

Ahhh, the self-appointed deputies of society. They seem to follow me wherever I go.

 

[mjn]

This ones the 039 .. They are great saws

Dang man... that is a sweet piece of wood!