Thought I’d share what I’ve been doing. Three or four hours about does me each day.
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Don’t feel bad; I bet 3-4 hours of wallowing sections of oak around, splitting, and loading in a vehicle, unloading , and stacking each day by yourself is enough for 80-90% of the Population in this Country! You’re doing good!
My neighbor has helped me move those big pieces. I helped him back in the winter on a big tree. I told him I’d try to finish it or at least don’t come back unless I hollered. I have a lot left to fool with.
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You get that all stacked up and dried good, you can sell what you don’t need about late October and apply that towards trapping expenses. Most times around here it goes for anywhere from $50.00 to $100.00 a rick. I don’t normally sell it, but I had a Women that my Wife knows ask about some a couple years or so back, and I ended up selling 3 or 4 loads to her for $ 140.00 a truckload, which was about 3/4 of a rick per truckload I guess. The reason I got that much though was because you had to wheel barrel it around the house, and over a steep back yard in order to stack it in the basement. Quite a bit of extra work, but I figured it Paid at least as good, or better than trapping did at the time!
I know one thing. I’ll never have any green link chain on my Stihl again. This yellow one is very aggressive and when it starts down into that red oak it just keeps going. I knew loggers or pro wood cutters had to have something better than what came on the saw.
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Heck of a pile of quality wood
Glad your using it or it just rot up
Nice information on the yellow chain
Seems the green link is about all I can find
As a side note
My son in law used my chain saw about a month ago
Used it yesterday and it wouldn’t cut hot butter
He’ is 6 ft 8
And at times I think the blood flow is slow going to the top
I’m hoping to get my hay up this week coming up , then I have to get started on mine. Look great Steve
Yeah them yellow links will pull the saw away from ya when there sharp.
I’m hoping that pile of wood will payoff this winter. So far we’ve just used the stove and had a very nice electric bill last month. As long as she wants to feed the stove I’ll try to keep the wood flowing. I enjoy sitting and watching the fire too.
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You guys that cut a lot of wood….I have a bunch of standing cherry that are basically worthless strip pit trees. I burned one a couple years ago and enjoyed the wood smoke smell. Any of you burn it? I’m thinking of dropping some of them this spring. The ash is getting pithy.
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Yes we have burned allot of cherry over the years. Good wood not as good as oak or locust obviously but allot better then walnut.
Kinda like hackberry if youve ever burned that.
Colt
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Very few hackberry here. I’ve seen a few.
Yes I love burning cherry wood it burns fast but it’s a good heat
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Cherry wood is pretty good for smoking chicken or fish. I like oak or hickory for pork or beef.