No such thing as free firewood!

[Ironbark]

It's easy to make a small fortune in the firewood industry.....

 

 

.... you just need to start off with a large one

[Martin Jenkins]

Heating with wood warms you at least 3 times-

 

Once when you cut it

Once when you split it

Once when you move it into the house

 

Makes you appreciate how cheap fossil fuel energy is!!

 

Yes I love that one - although I remembered it (probably incorrectly!) as the third one being "Once when you burn it"!

 

Also - split as soon as you can - it splits so much more easily when it is wet. I have a pile of rounds outside, and a few of them have fallen into the lee of the wood shelter, and those ones, which have dried out, are astonishingly hard to split in comparison to the ones in the open air - which have a little bit of moisture at the ends!

[AardvarkTreeServices]

Yes I love that one - although I remembered it (probably incorrectly!) as the third one being "Once when you burn it"!

 

I missed the most obvious one! So it warms you at least 4 times and more if you dont get the logistics right!

[spandit]

Warms you once when you cut it,

Again when you load it onto the trailer

Once more when you split it

Another time when you stack it

Fifth time when you bring it indoors

Sixth time when you burn it...

 

Quite addictive this log splitting lark, however, seeing an otherwise unsplittable knotty horror succumb to the 25 tonne force from the blade, with water & sap spewing out, is very satisfying. However, I've now run out of space to put the split logs - all my 3 trailers are full, as are all of my wheelbarrows!

[easy-lift guy]

Warms you once when you cut it,

Again when you load it onto the trailer

Once more when you split it

Another time when you stack it

Fifth time when you bring it indoors

Sixth time when you burn it...

 

Quite addictive this log splitting lark, however, seeing an otherwise unsplittable knotty horror succumb to the 25 tonne force from the blade, with water & sap spewing out, is very satisfying. However, I've now run out of space to put the split logs - all my 3 trailers are full, as are all of my wheelbarrows!

 

Nice problem to have. Stay warm and keep counting the funds coming in.

easy-lift guy

[Billhook]

Warms you once when you cut it,

Again when you load it onto the trailer

Once more when you split it

Another time when you stack it

Fifth time when you bring it indoors

Sixth time when you burn it...

 

Warmings!

 

1 Sharpening the chainsaws

2 Loading all the equipment.

3 Carrying the equipment to the tree in the wood

4 Clearing the brash around the tree

5 Sawing the tree, hammering the wedges

6. Snedding

7 Cutting into logs that can be manhandled

8 Stacking onto an Arbtrolley

9 Hauling said Arbtrolley through uneven and often steep terrain.

10. Throwing logs from arbtrolley into trailer

11 Picking up logs to cut into sizes suitable for the splitter

12 Loading the splitter

13 Picking up the split logs and stacking logs in the wood pile

14 If the woodpile is not near the place of splitting there is another trailer loading operation

15 Chopping the Kindling

16 Loading the logs into a barrow

17 Unloading the barrow and carrying the logs into the house and stacking in the wood box

18 Taking logs out of the wood box and taking them to the stove

19 Realising that you have forgotten to empty the ash, so back to the shed to find a metal bucket followed by a yomp to the ash pile

20. The fire at long last!

[spandit]

Doesn't help that I've given myself tendinitis and can barely move my left hand. I'm about 1/3 through my log pile but hopefully getting some help tomorrow as have some lime & horse chestnut that seem completely resistant to the maul.

[AardvarkTreeServices]

Warmings!

 

1 Sharpening the chainsaws

2 Loading all the equipment.

3 Carrying the equipment to the tree in the wood

4 Clearing the brash around the tree

5 Sawing the tree, hammering the wedges

6. Snedding

7 Cutting into logs that can be manhandled

8 Stacking onto an Arbtrolley

9 Hauling said Arbtrolley through uneven and often steep terrain.

10. Throwing logs from arbtrolley into trailer

11 Picking up logs to cut into sizes suitable for the splitter

12 Loading the splitter

13 Picking up the split logs and stacking logs in the wood pile

14 If the woodpile is not near the place of splitting there is another trailer loading operation

15 Chopping the Kindling

16 Loading the logs into a barrow

17 Unloading the barrow and carrying the logs into the house and stacking in the wood box

18 Taking logs out of the wood box and taking them to the stove

19 Realising that you have forgotten to empty the ash, so back to the shed to find a metal bucket followed by a yomp to the ash pile

20. The fire at long last!

 

21 emptying the ashpan

22 sweeping the chimney

23 clearing are the grot in front of the fire

 

Remind me why I'm not burning oil???

[biggarlogs]

Because you love it really....splitting logs i mean.oh and we all want to be carbon neutral

[se7enthdevil]

Warmings!

 

1 Sharpening the chainsaws

2 Loading all the equipment.

3 Carrying the equipment to the tree in the wood

4 Clearing the brash around the tree

5 Sawing the tree, hammering the wedges

6. Snedding

7 Cutting into logs that can be manhandled

8 Stacking onto an Arbtrolley

9 Hauling said Arbtrolley through uneven and often steep terrain.

10. Throwing logs from arbtrolley into trailer

11 Picking up logs to cut into sizes suitable for the splitter

12 Loading the splitter

13 Picking up the split logs and stacking logs in the wood pile

14 If the woodpile is not near the place of splitting there is another trailer loading operation

15 Chopping the Kindling

16 Loading the logs into a barrow

17 Unloading the barrow and carrying the logs into the house and stacking in the wood box

18 Taking logs out of the wood box and taking them to the stove

19 Realising that you have forgotten to empty the ash, so back to the shed to find a metal bucket followed by a yomp to the ash pile

20. The fire at long last!

 

 

 

 

it's not been quite that much work for me.

 

drag the tree round the back

ring up the log

split the log with an axe

bag the log

take into the house a year later

burn the log

once a week empty the ash.