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Title: Just showing some firewood pics.
Post by: 3000 FPS on March 20, 2014, 07:44:06 pm
Just taking a few picutures of the wood pile.   A lot of it is cotton wood but if you look  around at the Pics there are not a lot of trees here so I take what I can get for free.

How about the rest of ya got any pics of your firewood stash.  Its been a long winter maybe not much left.




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Post by: 660magnum on March 20, 2014, 07:57:33 pm
My stash is mostly black ash that died from the EAB in the yard and neighbor's yards. I do have some silver maple that I haven't finished blocking up and splitting yet. The Silver maple was just cut this past late summer and fall by Asplundh for the power company.
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Post by: 3000 FPS on April 02, 2014, 05:35:56 pm
I able was to scrounge up some more firewood.  Those are the centers from large cable reels.   Stacked about 6' tall.

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Post by: 660magnum on April 02, 2014, 05:49:35 pm
Getting to be a big pile of firewood.
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Post by: 3000 FPS on April 02, 2014, 05:51:40 pm
Getting to be a big pile of firewood.


Yes my goal is to get a year or 2 ahead of what I might use for one winter.
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Post by: 660magnum on April 02, 2014, 05:59:43 pm
+1
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Post by: mdavlee . on April 03, 2014, 07:13:20 pm
Nice stacks
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Post by: 3000 FPS on April 03, 2014, 07:26:25 pm
Nice stacks

Thanks
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Post by: rayvil01 on April 04, 2014, 07:51:30 am
Nice piles of wood there.
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Post by: dudechuck on April 15, 2014, 08:14:53 pm
I had started back getting in the act of cutting firewood here. But then I bought my Logosol timber jig and I am now torn between splitting firewood or cutting lumber. I have 6 acres here but it has been so wet I have not been able to do either one. Will post some pictures when it dries up some.
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Post by: 3000 FPS on April 15, 2014, 08:17:00 pm
I had started back getting in the act of cutting firewood here. But then I bought my Logosol timber jig and I am now torn between splitting firewood or cutting lumber. I have 6 acres here but it has been so wet I have not been able to do either one. Will post some pictures when it dries up some.

That would be interesting please do.
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Post by: 3000 FPS on May 15, 2014, 06:36:48 pm
The wood fence continues to grow.   Got a roof on the house now.

(http://chainsawrepair.createaforum.com/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=3306.0;attach=6839;image)
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Post by: mdavlee . on May 16, 2014, 08:10:08 am
Looking better out there now. Not much to block the wind there in trees is there.
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Post by: 660magnum on May 16, 2014, 08:16:55 am
And there is always plenty of wind.

The air is generally dry and air conditioning is not common in homes.
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Post by: 3000 FPS on May 16, 2014, 09:45:16 am
You guys are correct.   No trees to block the wind and it is very dry.   The dryness causes my nose to bleed sometimes.

On the news last night they we're saying that Cheyenne Wyoming is ranked 3rd in the lower 48 for having the most wind.

   But I really like the wide open space.   
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Post by: rayvil01 on May 25, 2014, 07:34:56 am
That dry air is something else out there.  I was stationed in Idaho during my Navy days.  (Sounds funny, I know but we had a training facility up there.)  But, the air was so dry my lips split open once in the winter.  I came back east in the summer and I shed dry skin like a snake for a week.   Firewood has to dry quickly.  I would think milling boards would be a challenge to keep the ends from checking to death.  Would take a lot of Anchorseal. 
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Post by: 3000 FPS on July 17, 2014, 09:40:45 pm
Went to the Mountains today to get some more beetle kill pine.  It was great today with mild temps.  I took the Poulan 335 predator.   I put a 3/8ths sprocket nose on that bar which used to be .325.   As you can see the saw works great.

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Post by: 3000 FPS on October 27, 2014, 06:02:51 pm
I got some more free firewood today.  I believe it is American or Siberian Elm.

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Post by: 3000 FPS on October 27, 2014, 06:05:40 pm
Here are a few pics of the upstairs wood stove and a small amount in the garage for winter.

Then the others are the downstairs wood stove and a small amount of wood in the basement next to the guitars.

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Post by: 660magnum on October 27, 2014, 06:19:10 pm
I have a bunch of Chinese elm trees in the yard and it burns real good in the wood stove.

I don't know if it is related to that Siberian elm or not?
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Post by: Cut4fun . on October 27, 2014, 06:21:43 pm
The new place Roger? 
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Post by: aclarke on October 27, 2014, 06:46:31 pm
Cool house! Nice unobstructed view of mountains and sky, sweet!
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Post by: 3000 FPS on October 27, 2014, 06:54:42 pm
I have a bunch of Chinese elm trees in the yard and it burns real good in the wood stove.

I don't know if it is related to that Siberian elm or not?

The Chinese Elm has a bark that is very different from Siberian Elm.   So far it is the only decent hardwood that I have found here in Wyoming.   I have seen green Ash here but have not got a hold of any yet, but I understand it makes good firewood also.
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Post by: 3000 FPS on October 27, 2014, 06:59:58 pm
The new place Roger? 

Yep things are gradually being put into place.    The house is really air tight and so far stays warm with very little heat.   
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Post by: 3000 FPS on October 27, 2014, 07:04:40 pm
Cool house! Nice unobstructed view of mountains and sky, sweet!

I love watching the thunderstorms roll in from 200 miles away and seeing how much snow the Rocky Mountains received from any recent storms.    Also at night there are some pretty spectacular lightening strikes.
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Post by: man of stihl on October 27, 2014, 07:30:04 pm
I would love to live out there. Wyoming or Montana area.
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Post by: 660magnum on October 28, 2014, 12:36:15 am
I like those floors upstairs in you new home. Everything looks nice.
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Post by: 3000 FPS on October 28, 2014, 12:41:59 am
I like those floors upstairs in you new home. Everything looks nice.

Thanks.   It was a long time from the start to the end but worth waiting for.
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Post by: 660magnum on October 28, 2014, 12:52:02 am
I'm sure you will enjoy for years to come. I'm still in my new house I had built in a soy bean field 42 years ago.
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Post by: 3000 FPS on October 28, 2014, 01:06:44 am
I'm sure you will enjoy for years to come. I'm still in my new house I had built in a soy bean field 42 years ago.

Wow that is a long time in one place.   This will be my last.
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Post by: farmboy on October 28, 2014, 06:54:48 am
It is related.  Used to grow em when I tried the nursery business back in the early 80's.  Can't remember all the botanical names any more.
Shep
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Post by: pete on October 29, 2014, 05:46:41 am
Great guitar rack need to build one for my sons surplus axes so I can get some saw storage space back he leaves most of his guitars with us as he is only in a 1 bedroom unit
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Post by: 3000 FPS on October 29, 2014, 10:23:01 pm
Great guitar rack need to build one for my sons surplus axes so I can get some saw storage space back he leaves most of his guitars with us as he is only in a 1 bedroom unit

I used to have them all lined up on the floor and decided that there had to be a better way.   You now have a project your son might like.   
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Post by: 660magnum on October 29, 2014, 10:34:14 pm
Do you have more chainsaws or guitars?
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Post by: 3000 FPS on October 30, 2014, 12:33:35 am
I have way more saws than guitars.   I have more pocket watches than chainsaws though.
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Post by: 660magnum on October 30, 2014, 06:25:36 am
Heh heh
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Post by: pete on October 31, 2014, 07:12:06 am
I will be making him something like yours He has just had a custom benedetto jazz guitar built   I could buy a good car for what this has cost Import duty and gst will cost him 2 grand au so this rack is gonna get solid doors on it
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Post by: 3000 FPS on November 01, 2014, 01:29:33 am
I will be making him something like yours He has just had a custom benedetto jazz guitar built   I could buy a good car for what this has cost Import duty and gst will cost him 2 grand au so this rack is gonna get solid doors on it

Wow.  Nothing I have compares to that.   
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Post by: pete on November 01, 2014, 02:59:41 am
Yep I couldnt spend that sort of cash just the taxes would have me running he is waiting for it to be posted from the USA. fully hand made postal insurance wont be cheap either will post a pic of it when it arrives
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Post by: neil on November 07, 2014, 01:29:58 am
I had started back getting in the act of cutting firewood here. But then I bought my Logosol timber jig and I am now torn between splitting firewood or cutting lumber. I have 6 acres here but it has been so wet I have not been able to do either one. Will post some pictures when it dries up some.

That would be interesting please do.

That is some seriously flat country, no trees.

Great stacks of wood.
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Post by: 3000 FPS on November 15, 2014, 11:32:56 am
I was just wondering what you guys use for fire starters.  I was using news paper for awhile but I do not like the smoke that comes from using it.
So I bought some of those small paper cups the kind you would use in the bath room.   
I pack them with noodles from my wood cutting and then pour a little lamp oil in it.  I have a air tight container that I keep them in so the oil does not evaporate.  I can keep about 12 at a time in the container I have.
These things work really well, they have a long burn time give off no smoke and have no odor to them when burning.
I bought a quart of lamp oil and figure I can get about 60 to 70 fire starters out of it.   Time will tell. 
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Post by: 660magnum on November 15, 2014, 11:48:12 am
+1
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Post by: fisaw on June 30, 2015, 05:48:51 pm
A few months ago (fresh firewood)
(http://u.cubeupload.com/finland1/3432.jpg)

I was just wondering what you guys use for fire starters.
   Birch bark is good
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Post by: 660magnum on June 30, 2015, 06:25:54 pm
In the Southeastern USA there is a long leaf pine tree. The heart wood of this tree is very resinous and will burn like the head of a match. It is easily started.

People in that area use it as a fire starter. They call it fat lighter'd wood.  Long leaf pine stumps are a good source of this kindling if you're into busting up stumps.

They will keep a bucket or box of fat kindling near the stove or fireplace.

Addendum: Actually a lot of pine varieties will have resinous fat wood in the stump. It will never rot in the resinous part of the stump. So an old stump 20 years old would be a great source of kindling.
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Post by: pete on July 01, 2015, 04:21:00 am
An old mate of mine uses dried orange skin halves or peeled orange skin.
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Post by: 3000 FPS on August 03, 2015, 11:05:09 pm
I just got my propane tank filled on August 1st.   I had not filled since last November.   I got the bill and
My propane costs came out to 30 dollars a month.   You got to love those wood burning stoves and all my work gathering firewood sure paid off.
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Post by: 660magnum on August 04, 2015, 12:51:26 am
+1
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Post by: 3000 FPS on August 06, 2015, 11:14:13 pm
Went to the mountains today to get some more wood getting ready for winter.
Took a few pics this time.

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Post by: 660magnum on August 06, 2015, 11:16:47 pm
long sleeves?
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Post by: 3000 FPS on August 06, 2015, 11:17:11 pm
A few more pics showing the sequence of cuts.

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Post by: 3000 FPS on August 06, 2015, 11:22:00 pm
long sleeves?

I always wear long sleeves with them buttoned up real tight.   It keeps all the bugs and crap from getting all over my arms.   Just a personal preference.   They do not get in the way because they are snap up western shirts they have a snap where the gap is right before the wrist that can be closed that way to prevent from snagging on things.
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Post by: 3000 FPS on August 06, 2015, 11:31:48 pm
Here I was starting to limb it after falling the tree.



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Post by: 3000 FPS on August 06, 2015, 11:34:52 pm
Then time for alittle break.
Load up the truck.
I cut down 4 trees and got alittle more then half a cord.
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Post by: 660magnum on August 06, 2015, 11:55:37 pm
Good job.
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Post by: 3000 FPS on August 07, 2015, 12:42:23 am
Good job.

Thanks Jim.   My wife always comes along and will help clear some of the branches out of the way after cutting them.
That is a big time saver for me and helps with my back from all the bending over.   
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Post by: 660magnum on August 07, 2015, 02:03:56 am
+1 That's the greatest when the wife is along.

Went wood cutting on Fallen trees

Wife ran the saw. (32 cc)

I sharpened chains and stacked wood in the truck

Grand daughter hauled wood in the Rhino from where the wife was cutting to the truck.

We all kept busy.
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Post by: Cut4fun . on August 07, 2015, 12:34:08 pm
Looks like a great day there.   

Guessing a 335 was used?
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Post by: aclarke on August 07, 2015, 01:22:44 pm
Cool pics, looks like a nice day to be in the mountains.
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Post by: 3000 FPS on August 07, 2015, 10:58:38 pm
Looks like a great day there.   

Guessing a 335 was used?


That was a 365 with a 60 DL chain and bar.   I was not sure I would like using the shorter bar but to be honest it was less weight and easier handling when cutting limbs.   So it worked great.
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Post by: 3000 FPS on August 07, 2015, 11:03:42 pm
Cool pics, looks like a nice day to be in the mountains.

It was a good day for cutting.  There was a little wind which helps keep the bugs away.   
I am always talking about going to the mountains and cutting wood so this time I thought I would get a few pics.
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Post by: fisaw on August 21, 2015, 06:14:14 pm
Winter is coming..
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Post by: 3000 FPS on August 21, 2015, 06:47:05 pm
Wow you got a dusting of snow already?
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Post by: fisaw on August 22, 2015, 09:44:17 am
Wow you got a dusting of snow already?
     Just some old pics 

+23c / 74°F today   :)
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Post by: Cut4fun . on August 22, 2015, 10:25:27 am
Whew good deal on old pics.  I do remember snow and cold in Sept in MT. Never in Aug though.
I was getting ready to ask where the heck you were.
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Post by: 3000 FPS on August 22, 2015, 08:00:43 pm
Had me faked out.   Where is your wood for this winter.   Last winter is long gone.   Up in smoke.