Tractors and wood! Show your pics

[JimR]

I'm sorry but that made me laugh:laughing::laughing::laughing:

I'm glad I made your day. LOL

 

[fried1765]

The problem I have with dry hemlock is not the twisting it's the splitting when nailing, nails great when green but then the weight when green is a back killer, almost as bad as oak.

I framed my entire 27x44 Nova Scotia Summer home with hemlock.
It was not easy hauling the green 2x10x14 floor joists around, and I needed help for the 2x10x18 rafters.
I was 65 then.
Wonderfully strong lumber though.

 

[Jstpssng]

Even with a nailer? (and soap )

I am going to have a nailer someday... I致e been saying that for years. Another thing which helps is blunting the nail point before driving it. I hit it once on the point, then flip it and drive it. I知 not sure why that helps but never could see questioning something which works.

 

[fried1765]

I am going to have a nailer someday... I致e been saying that for years. Another thing which helps is blunting the nail point before driving it. I hit it once on the point, then flip it and drive it. I知 not sure why that helps but never could see questioning something which works.

Blunting the nail works, because it causes the fiber of the wood to be pushed apart.
If you use a splitting wedge that is sharp, wood will split easily.
Same principle with a sharp point nail.

 

[John_Mc]

Ever since this west lumber jack has mention how great square saw chain sharpening is and since it goes against all my round filing experience, I've been looking around for more details and info about square sharpening and I just found it, I was impressed, never seen filing like this before. FASTEST CHAINSAW CHAIN?! How to square file a chainsaw by hand. - YouTube

Just be aware that square filing is much less "forgiving" than round filing. With round filing, you can get away with the angles being off a bit without taking a serious performance hit. Square filing is much more particular. As I believe Skeans already pointed out, geting thngs properly aligned in the corner is critical to getting good performance out of the chain.

The easy way to try it out is to just buy a loop of square filed chain. If you end up liking it, you can try resharpening it square. If it turns out to be too much hassle to maintain, you can just file it with a round file as you would normally. THere is nothing different about the chain itself. It's just a regular full-chisel chain that filed/ground with different equipment.

 

[hunt4570]

I am going to have a nailer someday... I致e been saying that for years. Another thing which helps is blunting the nail point before driving it. I hit it once on the point, then flip it and drive it. I知 not sure why that helps but never could see questioning something which works.

I think I have 6 nailers of different varieties..

 

[John_Mc]

I don't like handling big stuff like that because my back hates me afterwards.

When chiropractor appointments become a significant part of your firewood cutting costs, it's time to make a change.

I have enough potential firewood around. Unless it's a saw log, depending on the species, I'll just leave things larger than than about 20-24" diameter where they lie (24" diameter x 16" Red Oak weighs about 270 lbs. I have a hydraulic lifter on my splitter, but I don't even want to roll that over to the splitter, let alone deal with splitting and resplitting it.)

 

[Jstpssng]

^^^^^^
Anything that big from my land went for pulp long ago. I have been bringing in pickup loads of hard maple, ash, and yellow birch which was trimmed off sawlogs last winter, but I leave the nut breakers where they lay.

 

[Loaderman22]

I think I have 6 nailers of different varieties..

Got me beat, I only have 4. 2 finish, a roofing nailer, and a framing nailer.

 

[KennyG]

Got me beat, I only have 4. 2 finish, a roofing nailer, and a framing nailer.

Add a palm nailer to the mix. You don't need it a lot but when you do, it's the only thing that works.