Tractors and wood! Show your pics

[Sawyer Rob]

I've heard of the staining which iron causes but this is the first time I've seen what it looked like.
Too bad that you can't see it until you get the log apart.

Thing is, I was halfway through the log before I hit it, so it earned its "medal" early in life. lol

SR

 

[WinterDeere]

Too bad that you can't see it until you get the log apart.

I always wondered about this, just assuming mills would have metal detectors that could locate this stuff. After Hurricane Sandy, I had a crap-ton of huge pin-straight black walnut trees down in my yard. I called a few mills, and all of them said they would not take any yard trees, due to high probability of metal fasteners. Really surprised me.

I ended up splitting it all and using it as firewood. Beautiful straight-grained stuff, miles of it, but it's really crappy wood for heating.

 

[Gordon Gould]

I always wondered about this, just assuming mills would have metal detectors that could locate this stuff. After Hurricane Sandy, I had a crap-ton of huge pin-straight black walnut trees down in my yard. I called a few mills, and all of them said they would not take any yard trees, due to high probability of metal fasteners. Really surprised me.

I ended up splitting it all and using it as firewood. Beautiful straight-grained stuff, miles of it, but it's really crappy wood for heating.

Most if not all the modern mills do have metal detectors that each logs passes thru. Even so they will not take yard trees. The risk is not worth it.

gg

 

[Jstpssng]

I always wondered about this, just assuming mills would have metal detectors that could locate this stuff. After Hurricane Sandy, I had a crap-ton of huge pin-straight black walnut trees down in my yard. I called a few mills, and all of them said they would not take any yard trees, due to high probability of metal fasteners. Really surprised me.

I ended up splitting it all and using it as firewood. Beautiful straight-grained stuff, miles of it, but it's really crappy wood for heating.

Even with metal detectors some iron gets missed. There also might be other undesirables in the log. On a mill tour years ago, the sawyer told of hitting a telephone insulator. I guess that it made quite a racket, he said that he was a Vietnam Vet and instinctively dove for cover.

 

[WinterDeere]

I’ve hit a lot of electrical insulators, but ceramic donuts, but they always have a steel bolt running thru them, and a steel bracket attached to them, so still likely caught by a metal detector.

 

[Runner]

I hate to say this too loud, but yesterday was the last of my tree removal for a while. This was miscellaneous dead stuff from various locations in the pasture. Dead enough that I have no idea even what species I was dealing with, except for one very small walnut.

Trees outlined in red were the first victims.

Was too lazy to get out the forks, so piled everything on the carryall.

Two more big, nasty dead snags in my nature trail that I can see from the house have been bugging me for years, so the old Sabre had to be called to duty and overloaded once again.

This stuff was so old it was part punky and part petrified, but got to do a little more hand-splitting and stacking.

Ready to take it easy and do something besides tree work for a while.

NOTE: The author in NO WAY endorses operating tractors with ROPS in lowered position, especially with a load of saws and dead, punky and petrified wood. Don't even THINK about doing it.

 

[Sawyer Rob]

I'm still on my firewood cutting/splitting job, I hired my nephew to help me as he's short on cash right now. Anyway, there were two oak logs in this spot, and we filled a couple boxes with those,

The 4-way wedge sure speeds up the splitting!

Then we moved to a BIG pile of logs out in the woods to cut/split there, and we quickly got to work filling more boxes,

It's really nice to have a "self-propelled" splitter that you can drive out in the woods, and it really kicks-azz when it gets there,

There's plenty more logs out there to work on, so like Arnie, we'll be back!!

SR

 

[Tpondel]

Clearing a path thru the woods.

 

[mike0000]

Nice setup Rob, similar to how I split/store. I’m envious of the 4 way splitter!

 

[Jstpssng]

I'm still on my firewood cutting/splitting job, I hired my nephew to help me as he's short on cash right now. Anyway, there were two oak logs in this spot, and we filled a couple boxes with those,

The 4-way wedge sure speeds up the splitting!

Then we moved to a BIG pile of logs out in the woods to cut/split there, and we quickly got to work filling more boxes,

It's really nice to have a "self-propelled" splitter that you can drive out in the woods, and it really kicks-azz when it gets there,

There's plenty more logs out there to work on, so like Arnie, we'll be back!!

SR

Who is Arnie?

 

[Sawyer Rob]

Who is Arnie?

You mean you don't remember THAT movie??? lol

SR

 

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[WinterDeere]

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Wow... now I feel old. Never thought there would be a day when that line required explanation, but I guess it has been 40 years.

 

[shooterdon]

I'm still on my firewood cutting/splitting job, I hired my nephew to help me as he's short on cash right now. Anyway, there were two oak logs in this spot, and we filled a couple boxes with those,

The 4-way wedge sure speeds up the splitting!

Then we moved to a BIG pile of logs out in the woods to cut/split there, and we quickly got to work filling more boxes,

It's really nice to have a "self-propelled" splitter that you can drive out in the woods, and it really kicks-azz when it gets there,

There's plenty more logs out there to work on, so like Arnie, we'll be back!!

SR

I thought you did not like using IBC totes? BTW, good for you for hiring someone who needs help. Things are tough for a lot of folks today.

 

[deezler]

huge pin-straight black walnut trees down in my yard.

I ended up splitting it all and using it as firewood. Beautiful straight-grained stuff, miles of it, but it's really crappy wood for heating.

Huh? Black walnut is terrific firewood. Most firewood BTU charts show it above 20 MBTU/cord, better than ash, cherry, most maples (edit: NOT any OAKS, retracted)

I burn a lot of black walnut, as I have a large grove behind my house that keeps trying to encroach into the yard and garden areas, and occasionally needs thinning. I do find that the purple heartwood is harder and better burning that the sapwood, and yes the thick bark does create a lot of ash. Better to leave the walnut logs in the log pile for a year before cutting and splitting, to let the bark fall off.

 

[Runner]

Huh? Black walnut is terrific firewood. Most firewood BTU charts show it above 20 MBTU/cord, better than ash, cherry, some oaks and maples.

I burn a lot of black walnut, as I have a large grove behind my house that keeps trying to encroach into the yard and garden areas, and occasionally needs thinning. I do find that the purple heartwood is harder and better burning that the sapwood, and yes the thick bark does create a lot of ash. Better to leave the walnut logs in the log pile for a year before cutting and splitting, to let the bark fall off.

That is good to know because my next "project" tree will probably be this walnut that was hit by lightning. It is dead on both sides and rotting bad at the bottom. Probably 50 feet high, just waiting for it to fall.

Fortunately, it is not a hazard and will just wind up falling in the pasture. I'm kind of amazed it is still standing.

 

[deezler]

That is good to know because my next "project" tree will probably be this walnut that was hit by lightning. It is dead on both sides and rotting bad at the bottom. Probably 50 feet high, just waiting for it to fall.

Fortunately, it is not a hazard and will just wind up falling in the pasture. I'm kind of amazed it is still standing.

They're pretty tough buggers. Don't let the rest of it rot before the firewood value goes to nil, though!

 

[Runner]

They're pretty tough buggers. Don't let the rest of it rot before the firewood value goes to nil, though!

I'm kind of skeerd to cut it down. I'd imagine all kinds of weird barber chair action out of this thing. There doesn't appear to be any holding wood in the middle.

I would need it to fall to the right (from the direction the picture is looking) and the only decent wood appears to be a strip on the right and one on the left. I don't know, maybe cut a very shallow notch then snip the left side and run like he!!.

 

[Sawyer Rob]

I thought you did not like using IBC totes? BTW, good for you for hiring someone who needs help. Things are tough for a lot of folks today.

I don't like the totes, but this is a paying job and if the customer wants his firewood in totes, that's fine with me! lol

The truth is, I do have a few totes and now that I "fixed" them, so they are easier to carry and unload I can stomach having a few FREE ones around,

Yeaaa, the first thing my nephew did after I paid him is to buy a sub and then off he went, to get his phone turned back on. lol

SR

 

[Sawyer Rob]

Huh? Black walnut is terrific firewood. Most firewood BTU charts show it above 20 MBTU/cord, better than ash, cherry, some oaks and maples.

SR