Yes, with wavy areas and crossing patterns in the bark. Fresher samples will have orange cambium.
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Firewood Season 2022
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Yes, with wavy areas and crossing patterns in the bark. Fresher samples will have orange cambium.
We pulled close to 300 stumps the week before last. Had to skip a few due to the size, so we will have those ground. I’ll post a pic tomorrow in the daylight.
How do you eat an elephant? One little bite at at a time.
How do you eat an elephant? One little bite at at a time.
After the high winds this week, we went out long enough to check the cabin. No new trees down, we didn't get any splitting done.
Heading home we took the back roads through Putnam county to west Hendricks, the roads I cruised as a teenage. Here's one of my favorite 2am stops from back in the day. It's in amazing condition for 121 years old!
When you talk to a farmer about an old barn, he'll tell you "keep a good roof on it and it'll last for generations".
Heading home we took the back roads through Putnam county to west Hendricks, the roads I cruised as a teenage. Here's one of my favorite 2am stops from back in the day. It's in amazing condition for 121 years old!
When you talk to a farmer about an old barn, he'll tell you "keep a good roof on it and it'll last for generations".
WhiskE TangO
Plinker
I picked up a felling axe and a splitter for Christmas. Anxious to start using them and get the pit ready!!!
Pics pics! Must have pics! More info on the axe too!
I just bought a house with some land and it has a wood stove. If I cut/split some wood by the end of the month and stack/cover it, do you all think it would be seasoned enough by winter to use in the wood stove?
The house has a geothermal heating/cooling system which is kind of cool, but I’d like to save as much heating cost as possible (geothermal is basically an electric heat pump run indoors).
My fiancée broke up with me and told me to GTFO and I had to find a house quickly 2 months ago and probably paid a little more than I should have for my budget (like basically everyone else that’s bought a house recently).
With any luck, the house is closing on Monday and is currently livable, though very ‘dated’ and in need of renovation…so I was going to turn my energy to making sure my dog and I can stay warm this winter for as cheap as possible and worry about interior updates then.
I have recently acquired a second chainsaw (Stihl MS290 Farm Boss, same as my first, but with an 18” bar instead of the 16” I already have) and i cut firewood with my dad previously…though it was a long time ago now.
Any favorite safety videos or efficiency techniques I should brush up (hah, brush…pun) on before heading out to try and identify some good timber for cutting?
Any/all help would be greatly appreciated.
Making the best of a bad situation. I’m a country boy that was basically forced to live in the city for the past 25 years and now I’m just happy that I’ll be back out in the woods soon.
The house has a geothermal heating/cooling system which is kind of cool, but I’d like to save as much heating cost as possible (geothermal is basically an electric heat pump run indoors).
My fiancée broke up with me and told me to GTFO and I had to find a house quickly 2 months ago and probably paid a little more than I should have for my budget (like basically everyone else that’s bought a house recently).
With any luck, the house is closing on Monday and is currently livable, though very ‘dated’ and in need of renovation…so I was going to turn my energy to making sure my dog and I can stay warm this winter for as cheap as possible and worry about interior updates then.
I have recently acquired a second chainsaw (Stihl MS290 Farm Boss, same as my first, but with an 18” bar instead of the 16” I already have) and i cut firewood with my dad previously…though it was a long time ago now.
Any favorite safety videos or efficiency techniques I should brush up (hah, brush…pun) on before heading out to try and identify some good timber for cutting?
Any/all help would be greatly appreciated.
Making the best of a bad situation. I’m a country boy that was basically forced to live in the city for the past 25 years and now I’m just happy that I’ll be back out in the woods soon.
A moisture meter is your friend if you can't let it season for at least a full year. Splitting it and stacking it protected from the rain yet still getting good air flow MIGHT get you 20% or less moisture content...that's what I've read as what most woodburners recommend.
To properly test a load, grab a bigger piece from the pile and split it. Then test the fresh split surface in the middle of it's length.
Obviously wood dries from the outside in, so just stabbing the outside of a random piece isn't gonna give you the truest reading.
Wood moisture meters
Excellent advice! I never even knew these existed, to be honest.
Who does one even contact for a service like this? I don’t know of any wood stove inspectors.
Would a chimney or stove place typically have someone on hand that could do that kind of work without trying to sell me something I don’t need?
I’ve been through two house fires in my life and lost everything I own each time. Better safe than sorry, for sure.
Goal is to run this house as lean as possible so I can concentrate on preparing for tough times ahead, but if I need a new chimney/stack, it is what it is.
House needs fresh shingles anyway because the roof is 30yrs old I think, so now would be the time to do it.
A good chimney sweep company can do inspection and cleaning. An internet search will find a few wherever you are in the state. It's almost a must if you don't know the condition of the chimney and are planning to use wood heat. Critters can move in and there's always creosote.
100% sir. I’ll find a tree ID guide and hopefully I have some of those on the property.
Poplar.
Jaybird1980
Grandmaster
Might be locust. Can you get a pic of the bark on the trunk?
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Thornless? And neither black nor honey locust get very big.
Jaybird1980
Grandmaster
My Locust is thornless and I have a huge one in my front yard.
My poplars have nothing that looks like that, but they're tulip.
Edited because I may be turned around on which is which. The Locusts we had at the old place had huge thorns that were hell on lawnmower tires. This one here has no thorns.
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Im stumped
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