Not free firewood....but close

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Makes you wonder how many CUT and SCUT owners here on TBN would actually need a tractor if it were not for working with fuel wood or dealing with snow...? I know here in the south there are a lot more of the latter than the former...

 

[atsah]

People in the north use tractors for what the people in the south do, our growing season is shorter so we actually use our tractors for many different tasks, some of which the people in the south don't..

 

[Jstpssng]

Makes you wonder how many CUT and SCUT owners here on TBN would actually need a tractor if it were not for working with fuel wood or dealing with snow...? I know here in the south there are a lot more of the latter than the former...

If I just had mine for plowing and firewood I would have a 20hp+- with a front blower, a rototiller on back for the garden, and a trailer behind my ATV for the firewood, which I would cut and split in the woods. The problem is that cutting wood gets addictive... seeing that pile grow, then watching it go down the road on the back of a truck so that you can start all over again.
Plus that check from the mill adds to the fun.

 

[clemsonfor]

I enjoy cutting firewood and burning it. But in KY is it worth screwing around with? Though what I do like about burning wood is having windows open for fresh air.

Also agree if it is not split or small enough to burn, probably not as quick selling. Most ads say split and seasoned.

I don't have a splitter. So I wait until it is dry and split it. You handle it more. I enjoy splitting it, but I am only doing enough for my camp, and not heating a home all winter, and I am not that old yet.

Yes, there is plenty of people in KY that still burn wood and coal in coal country. I am here in SC and heat 100% with wood. I have burned just over 3 cords this winter so I imagine in that area they burn as much or more.

All of those talking about natural gas. Most parts of the country do not have it beyond the cities or main arteries outside the city. I don't have the option within maybe 6 Mike's of my house for Natural gas and farther than that at my farm property. We do have propain but that's no deal to pay to have that delivered.

 

[turnkey4099]

Let us know how many cords you get out of it....

I think I will start measuring it in "piles"

 

[turnkey4099]

It seems to be mostly a yankeefied mentality thing...mostly here in the south wood is usually advertised and sold as a full cord or a "load" where loads are described by trailer or truck size and how it's loaded (level, piled etc.)

Here is a pic of a typical "load" of wood that would be described as a "full pickup load"...!

Ah but wouldn't my local cops love to stop that. Tickets wouild only start with "unsecure load" and wind up with "rolling violation".

 

[turnkey4099]

I just lost my Pristine Stihl 036 PRO, having gotten pinched and then totally smashed. MY STUPIDITY! I was debating whether salvaging this huge fallen tree was worth the effort in fire wood. Now, I'm guessing certainly NOT!

Even worse. I'm told now, I can't even buy a comparable saw at any cost! Makes me question, why I even bother sometimes.

Stihl MS 362 ...or current version (about time for the next version to come out). That is the no number method. It is an 036 in the new versions. It will outcut your 036 by coniderable. It is faster and also lighter. Old to new version number equivalent? Just remove the "0" from your old number 041 = 441

New number meanings 1st digit = displacement somewhat. second number =-Pro or homeowner grade. Even #s are pro-grade
Third number = sequentially up from starting with 1 for the initial version and on up. I had the 361 - great saw, wore it out, currently running the 362 I don't recall what the improvement from the 361 was.

My worst saw disaster was 2 weeks after I had bought a new MS192T, Ran over it with a load of wood.

 

[turnkey4099]

Yes, there is plenty of people in KY that still burn wood and coal in coal country. I am here in SC and heat 100% with wood. I have burned just over 3 cords this winter so I imagine in that area they burn as much or more.

All of those talking about natural gas. Most parts of the country do not have it beyond the cities or main arteries outside the city. I don't have the option within maybe 6 Mike's of my house for Natural gas and farther than that at my farm property. We do have propain but that's no deal to pay to have that delivered.

I am up here in Washington state. Normallly burn 6-7 cord/yr. I have burned more than dthat this year and still burning 24/7.

 

[clemsonfor]

Stihl MS 362 ...or current version (about time for the next version to come out). That is the no number method. It is an 036 in the new versions. It will outcut your 036 by coniderable. It is faster and also lighter. Old to new version number equivalent? Just remove the "0" from your old number 041 = 441

New number meanings 1st digit = displacement somewhat. second number =-Pro or homeowner grade. Even #s are pro-grade
Third number = sequentially up from starting with 1 for the initial version and on up. I had the 361 - great saw, wore it out, currently running the 362 I don't recall what the improvement from the 361 was.

My worst saw disaster was 2 weeks after I had bought a new MS192T, Ran over it with a load of wood.

An 041 and a 441 have nothing in common. The 440 and 441 are the sequential brothers.

 

[Industrial Toys]

It's not the first saw I destroyed. A brand new 034 got pinched in a tree, tree went down, saw fell out and got smashed.

I was looking at Saws today. Looked at a 60cc Echo Timberwolf. About the same weight as my 036 Stihl. I still have another 034 or 036 that got pieced together from that other destroyed saw. As I get older, I realized I don't like using the 036, (except to fell a tree or larger bucking), as much and opt for a really junky 017, which isn't up to the task, so maybe I should look at a 50cc saw. I am thinking about Makita (Dolmar) as well.