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Offline stokester

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I've Got Some Work Ahead of Me!
« on: March 20, 2024, 04:42:42 AM »
My neighbor just had a large white oak removed from her property.  Because she is VERY particular about her lawn it was taken down by a service that used climbers rather than a crane.  They did cut it up so I could haul it the few hundred feet in my trailer (with a drop gate) to the house.

Now the log splitter fun begins ???
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Re: I've Got Some Work Ahead of Me!
« Reply #1 on: March 20, 2024, 05:37:13 AM »
That looks like a lot of really good firewood!

Best Wishes and be careful with that splitter.

Lou Manglass
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Re: I've Got Some Work Ahead of Me!
« Reply #2 on: March 20, 2024, 08:31:33 AM »
Hope you have a good splitter Nick. Manual splitting is for the birds -- LOL

Sorry Nick, I mixed you up with Clay in my post -- tough getting old.    :))

Good luck!!!
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Offline fatfillup

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Re: I've Got Some Work Ahead of Me!
« Reply #3 on: March 20, 2024, 08:54:21 AM »
Yes to both the above comments ;)

Nice gift though
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Offline bonneyman

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Re: I've Got Some Work Ahead of Me!
« Reply #4 on: March 20, 2024, 09:14:34 AM »
Free is good! And I bet dried oak burns well, too!
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Offline fatfillup

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Re: I've Got Some Work Ahead of Me!
« Reply #5 on: March 20, 2024, 11:38:06 AM »
Quote from: bonneyman on March 20, 2024, 09:14:34 AM
Free is good! And I bet dried oak burns well, too!

Oak is the preferred firewood out here as it is plentiful and burns long.  I believe other regions have their own preferred wood.
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Offline Uncle Buck

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Re: I've Got Some Work Ahead of Me!
« Reply #6 on: March 20, 2024, 01:59:11 PM »
I will check back in 1 hr. I sure that should be split and stacked by then..... :))
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Re: I've Got Some Work Ahead of Me!
« Reply #7 on: March 20, 2024, 02:22:47 PM »
Nice loading pile of wood, but I don't envy you the splitting that lays ahead!

Took the "kids" (young adults) out to my bro-in-law's woodlot last weekend and filled his dump trailer with just over 2 cords of fir.  I let the young bucks do the splitting and now all I have to do is pack it all into the wood shed.
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Re: I've Got Some Work Ahead of Me!
« Reply #8 on: March 20, 2024, 06:31:09 PM »
Oak...my fav firewood.
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Re: I've Got Some Work Ahead of Me!
« Reply #9 on: March 20, 2024, 08:36:51 PM »
My apologies to Nick and Clay, I mixed up their names when I originally posted.

Sorry guys -- just got confused this morning; didn't have enough coffee in the system to jump start the old brain.
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Offline jabberwoki

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Re: I've Got Some Work Ahead of Me!
« Reply #10 on: March 20, 2024, 09:17:50 PM »
Do you need me to send you some Goodie?
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Offline muddy

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Re: I've Got Some Work Ahead of Me!
« Reply #11 on: March 20, 2024, 09:41:00 PM »
Watch your fingers in that log splitter.

 Words from the experienced......

Sent from my twisted mind of the mudman

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Offline Der Bugmeister

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Re: I've Got Some Work Ahead of Me!
« Reply #12 on: March 21, 2024, 12:29:46 AM »
Quote from: goodfellow on March 20, 2024, 08:36:51 PM
My apologies to Nick and Clay, I mixed up their names when I originally posted.

Sorry guys -- just got confused this morning; didn't have enough coffee in the system to jump start the old brain.

And here I was thinking "cool, another Clay here..."  :-D

The wood to have around my area is Arbutus, an evergreen deciduous hardwood.  Hard to get though as the species is protected, so when some's available it costs considerably more than regular wood. 
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Re: I've Got Some Work Ahead of Me!
« Reply #13 on: March 24, 2024, 06:49:17 PM »
Pretty well set and should finish it up this week.  It's a lot of wood, currently about 1/3d the way through.

Stihl chainsaw, Woodchuck timber jack and a 25 ton splitter should take care of it.

The chainsaw and timber jack are made in the USA and I have had ZERO issues with either.  The saw always starts and the timber jack is sooooo much better than the imports.  Used one at a friend's place and spent more time wrestling with it than cutting.  Check out https://woodchucktool.com/timberjack it's worth it.
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Re: I've Got Some Work Ahead of Me!
« Reply #14 on: March 24, 2024, 09:28:03 PM »
Excellent Nick, you're definitely prepared for this task. Very nice equipment.  That reminds me I need a new timber jack myself.
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