Tractors and wood! Show your pics

[fruitcakesa]

I think he's in a sugar free zone..........



To me it looks like swamp maple on the inside and basswood on the out side, basswood is a soft hardwood. I'm not sure but I think basswood sells for $1,000.00/8' log if it's been sitting for two years.

If I can get $1000/8'log I will be a rich man. That would be worth a drive to deliver it. Where did you see that price?
I have a 10 foot log sitting on my woodpile that I hope to have milled. It is a pretty clear piece so it should yield some nice boards

 

[Imold]

Good tip, I'll put that on my radar....:thumbsup:

Here is a hose pliers, you can get them in a couple different sizes.

 

[Imold]

Obviously no Henry fans here.................. .45-7 Lever Action | Henry Repeating Arms

Only a 22 and 22mag in Henry rest are Marlin, 30-30, 308 express, 45-70.



Jim.

 

[Loaderman22]

One time when I was scrounging for some easy quick wood I unknowingly put some Bass Wood in the wood shed. It was the heft of average hard wood, like Red Maple, going into the shed but after it dried and going into the stove it was the heft of Balsa Wood. Not much heat in it at all. The end grain had a waxy yellowish look to it. Back in the days of yore the guys in the pattern/model shop used Bass Wood a lot.

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I remember using Basswood in art class, way back in my school days. It was harder to carve/whittle than balsa, but the tighter grain kept the wood from checking as easily when you did it.

 

[Loaderman22]

Here is a hose pliers, you can get them in a couple different sizes.
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Yes exactly what I was talking about, I was at my desk job & couldn't take a picture. Thanks!

 

[Happy Gilmore]

That's a nice surprise!

I've come to the conclusion that those really big logs are more trouble than they are worth to cut up for firewood. 30" is about my limit, and even then, only if there is something else about it that makes it worth dealing with.

A green 30" Red Oak cut to 16" long still weighs about 400#. I have a hydraulic lift on my splitter, but I wonder if it would lift the log or just tip the splitter over. I'll usually cut them in half with a chainsaw first, or maybe even quarter them.

I’ve picked up 36” ash and oak, 16”L with my Timberwolf TW5’s hydraulic lift, no problem at all. Gotta muscle it around as you quarter it though, not terrible, but not enjoyable either. I definitely prefer the smaller diameter rounds.

 

[hunt4570]

I’ve picked up 36” ash and oak, 16”L with my Timberwolf TW5’s hydraulic lift, no problem at all. Gotta muscle it around as you quarter it though, not terrible, but not enjoyable either. I definitely prefer the smaller diameter rounds.

Yeah, I shy away from the great big diameter logs anymore, for the splitter or the sawmill. much more than 20-22" diameter anymore just seems like a pain to this old man.

 

[LD48750]

Yeah, I shy away from the great big diameter logs anymore, for the splitter or the sawmill. much more than 20-22" diameter anymore just seems like a pain to this old man.

They tell me getting old is better then the alternative but some days I wonder.

 

[hunt4570]

They tell me getting old is better then the alternative but some days I wonder.

yeah, ever since I was a kid I kept hearing about the "Golden years"... just wondering when they might show up!!

 

[Jstpssng]

yeah, ever since I was a kid I kept hearing about the "Golden years"... just wondering when they might show up!!

Oh, you’e already lived them. Now they’re called “the good old days”.