what logs have you been chopping today!

[trigger_andy]

A long time since I did this but with a Palax on  a tractor I reckoned 14 bags of mixed hardwood, cut ,split and stacked in the barn was a good day for me. Bags loaded on the upside down pallet tines of a small front loader

I must be slow then . 🤣

Gnarled twisty hardwood did not help. Some 3m straight lengths would have been awesome but the only straight stuff I had was softwood.He’s loads of hardwood thinnings for me to put through the Hakki.

[scbk]

This one was apparently a norway maple, getting in the way of the plough, beautiful sunny day

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[nepia]

What a work site 👍

[william127]

my log storing trailer seems to be working well. The mesh floor and railing sides with a heavy tarp on top seems to have dried these rings out nicely. I have another couple of these old farm trailers to do the same to, should cut down on handling(when I'm set up right the plan is to tow the log trailer into the barn, split the logs and drop them straight onto the pile) and help drying quite a bit.  

[Justme]

I have been working for https://www.facebook.com/Allseasonsnw/  for the last two days.

Approximately 70-80m3 of hardwood from hand cut clearance jobs, so not neat trimmed harvester sticks. Plenty of bent stuff & bits with stubs or unions. Size ranged from 4" to 16" aprox. Lengths from 1m to 4m.

 

https://www.facebook.com/RichFirewood/posts/2166264916865107

 

 

[difflock]

Yesterday and today.

I will attempt to post the images first.

The first image is my nearly filled woodshed, 26 bundles=13m3, and I reckon another 2 cube would have left me back to last year's fill level(near enough)

The 2nd image is representative of the logs I sampled for moisture, from the centre of a bundle, and always picking the thicker sticks, and only sampled after cutting the 1.0m length in half, btw. this one was from the bottom row(they were stacked 4 high) and was sitting on 2 longtitudnal Sitka poles.

It gave 12.5% moisture.

As did essentially  all the rest, quite a few 11.5(ish) and a equal number of low 13's.

Setting aside the time I needed to move my saw and conveyor, I consistently averaged 15 min per 1/2m3 bundle, so 2.0 tightly strapped m3 per hour. Incl for the time  collecting with the wee loader tractor and tidying the strapping away.

The last image is the bottom row. Last year's empty Conc slabs to the left, but this year's mostly sitting on Sitka poles.

Last 4 images are me moisture meter, and my much prized pile of Ash and Hawthorn for processing, though I  still gotta figure out a method of stacking it to dry and allow for easy mechanical handling?

Hmmm?

 

Edited April 29, 2022 by difflock

[Woodworks]

Had the most hideous beech butt sitting in the field.  Couldn't face ringing and attempting splitting as the grain went every which way so knew it would be hell.

 

Found the answer to this sort of pig ugly stuff. Mill it! 

 

Just tuned into 4"x4"s and then cut to length. Took a bit of time but it was going to be hell regardless of the approach taken and a lot less swearing was involved this way. Sorry no picks of the ugly lump but some nice fuel for next winter

[william127]

3 hours ago, Woodworks said:

Had the most hideous beech butt sitting in the field.  Couldn't face ringing and attempting splitting as the grain went every which way so knew it would be hell.

 

Found the answer to this sort of pig ugly stuff. Mill it! 

 

Just tuned into 4"x4"s and then cut to length. Took a bit of time but it was going to be hell regardless of the approach taken and a lot less swearing was involved this way. Sorry no picks of the ugly lump but some nice fuel for next winter

That'll burn lovely 👍👍👍

 

Picked up a couple of trailer loads of hawthorn and sycamore, ringed up and into the drying trailer for summer.

I diverted a few bits onto a pallet for milling. Might not be worth it but good for practice logs👍👍

[Baldbloke]

Made a start on next years firewood (mainly beech) following the storms.

[timberonabike]

On the plus side of being behind, I get to split in the sun rather than the rain.

This lot went in yesterday, need about the same again to fill it and then repeat for the next 2 bays.