Farwood measuring guide for chainsaws...

[Oldpath05]

Y'all realize it's firewood, right? This isn't finish carpentry. As long as it fits in the stove and burns, it's fine.

I'm one of the idiots who use the bar to measure. My Stihl is 18 inches and I just mark the spot from the butt to the cutt by eye, then squeeze the trigger. Using the excavator to pick up the logs and cut into rounds is awesome, then I use the excavator again to pick up the rounds and toss into the shop for stacking.

An excavator with thumb I presume......

 

[Oldpath05]

If a log doesn't fit in my stove, it goes in the "too long" pile and gets cut next year.

And that's how we handle firewood O n e m o r e t i m e...............Not to mention same size wood is easier to handle, easier to load stove, stacks better vs. 14"-24" in the same pile.

 

[Firemanbuck82]

An excavator with thumb I presume......

Yes, you would be correct, sir.

 

[Dan Hunter]

I use rare earth magnets to then bolt to PVC fittings to create something I can magnetically attach to my bars that define a segment to cut that fits in my wood stove. As an example of the magnet:

https://www.magcraft.com/magcraft-n...PTAejMg5IQ7cMu5lh_GxkxpB10cQ1nVxoCr9EQAvD_BwE

Fits and transfers to every bar I own. Message me for photos. When I'm very tired - which is every time I'm building the wood pile - I love the speed and precision this inexpensive project delivers.

 

[goeduck]

I concur.............How come you only burn 3-1/2 cord, you have another source of heat?

He lives up here in the PNW with a moderate climate. Cold to us is the 30s, usually only the 40s. Rarely in the 20s.

Hats off to you folks up in the NE where it really gets cold.

 

[DieselBound]

And that's how we handle firewood O n e m o r e t i m e...............Not to mention same size wood is easier to handle, easier to load stove, stacks better vs. 14"-24" in the same pile.

Chance are that even handling the few long pieces I may end up with in one season that I handle wood less times than just about everyone else here. Cut -> split -> crate [seasoning happens, tractor moves crate to porch when needed] -> stove

I touch the same piece of wood three times including when I toss it into the stove. I can afford handle a few pieces one more time.

 

[DieselBound]

I concur.............How come you only burn 3-1/2 cord, you have another source of heat?

Yeah, it's called the "sun." My house is oriented with it's axis east<->west, exposing the long end (with the windows) south, toward the equator: farther away from the equator you want to make an effort to realign with it. I would estimate that I burn about 15% less wood per year because of my [passive] solar gain. I can wake up to a mildly cold morning and forgo firing up the stove (or restoking), yet drive down the road and see people with smoke coming out their chimneys. Insulation and solar gain.

 

[DieselBound]

He lives up here in the PNW with a moderate climate. Cold to us is the 30s, usually only the 40s. Rarely in the 20s.

Hats off to you folks up in the NE where it really gets cold.

I'm at the foothills of the Cascades. A bit colder than over where you're at. But, that's night time temps (and, well, there's more darkness during the winter than light), daytime temps don't hang out in the 20s for too long. I've still spent more time breaking water out of animals' waterers than I'd like.

 

[Oldpath05]

Yes, you would be correct, sir.

I can only imagine how good a excavator must work with thumb for cutting up firewood, not to mention all the other things that can be done.

Most of my tree length firewood is 6"-8" on the but, so how many can you easily pickup out of a 8 cord pile and move them out? I refuse to cut wood up in one big pile, so I use tractor with forks and move about 2-3 at once, smaller ones I move 4-6 out to other side to cut up.

 

[Oldpath05]

Chance are that even handling the few long pieces I may end up with in one season that I handle wood less times than just about everyone else here. Cut -> split -> crate [seasoning happens, tractor moves crate to porch when needed] -> stove

I touch the same piece of wood three times including when I toss it into the stove. I can afford handle a few pieces one more time.

Yeah I can see your point, sounds like you have a good system, that move firewood crate is great way to move wood when needed, I myself might switch over to doing it that too someday, especially as I get older.