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I've bought enough "log loads" over the years to question that same measure. My orientation has always been "A cord of wood is a the amount contained in the volume 4' wide, by 4' tall, and 8" in length. That's a difficult measure when carried random butts on a logging truck. So one year, I...

8 feet? Your loggers are only half the men that work here in New England!

I don't pay a gym membership/ I'm 73 yo, working up my winter's heat for the past 40 years. But felling, topping and cleaning up, 6 cords of fire wood is just a lot of work. It makes the $1000 a load seem like chump change. And the same money into the oil burner would get me a couple of...

18-22 has been my experience. Might be a local thing. Trucks are one thing, pup trailers are another// eta Think of the tonage when encountering a loaded rig on the roadway! Dang, don't get on the wild side of a wreck with a loaded log hauler!

I'm setting out some sad hemloc logs as cribs in anticipation of the load delivery. The spot is best served with "custom lengths". ;-)

My neighbor up the hill has a processor. He must move 200 cord a year. Tag along loads come past our place every week or so. I here the processor running just about every evening. I admire his industry, having known the fellow since he was five years old. He doesn't burn wood himself, go...

I just got back from a bicycle ride. It was quite warm today, though the evening has cooled a bit. Road along side the rushing brook. (It's been rainy). Smell of fresh mown hay in the air. A good looking doe munching away in a wet area. Up to a height of land we call BEEC Hill, A fantastic...

Do any of you old timers recall the jingle, "You're in luck, when you've got a McCulloch ..Chain ..S.A.W." ?

The first log load I ever worked up was cut with one of these. A Mac-15. Dang that was heavy, and needed constant attention to leaking fuel or oil. I knew nothing of chain sharping, and don't even recall having a chain file... I was heating a big old house in Bethlehem New Hampshire...

Imagine working up a winter's wood with just an axe! It wasn't that long ago....

I've got a pair of McCulloch Mac-10s that I bought new more than 30 years ago. A couple years back, I went to the selling dealer to see about a replacement air filter. The fellow behind the counter just laughed. The one saw works fine, great when sawing off the pile where the weight isn't an...

I've got a "Man-and-a-half" saw. Comes in handy when doing any timber work. The kerf is fine, and the cut pretty smooth. Runs through hemlock in short order...

I nearly always bring a heavy hammer and a wedge when sawing logs on the ground. Seems like the blade always gets bound up sometime. I suppose I push the cut a bit ;-) Driving a wedge into the kerf takes 30 seconds, and the saw pulls right out !

More pieces, more work. Three ten footers worth sawing. A bunch of shorts to split for "camp wood" ;-) 119 rings by my count. Some really skimpy growth about 90 years back. I wonder what that was all about? There is more than 100 sq. ft of sound bark peeled off the three bolts. To bad I...

This Eastern stuff will squirt you when you drive a nail into it, even after a month off the mill. But those nails sure do hold tight.

100 feet of hemlock doesn't look like much when the limbs are chipped. Sort of like a wet cat.

I'm impressed with the squareness of the result. I wonder if that quality remains consistent down the entire length. I'm sure working on a quality surface with good sawpigs makes for a better job. I would think that jig is a bit flimsy for holding square. That where the sharp chain comes...

Yesterday, I cut down another 100 foot tall hemlock. Well, it taped at 97 feet, but the top 20 feet broke up in impact so, call it 100" ;-) 18-20" abh. Too much for the 18" saw blade to do in one bite at the butt (24"). But it fell "Right on the pin!" (Patting my own back! I haven't...

Just until the leaves wilt and fall is sufficient. Gallons of water can be pulled out by doing this!

The reaction one gets on exposure to poison ivy is from one's own immune system. Your own body's protective abilities goes off the rails, fighting what is actually a harmless substance. No one get's a reaction the first exposure. Some people NEVER react. I get it BAD, sometimes. go figure.

I put 5 18 inch diameter X 16 inch long Maple rounds in the B2601 FEL bucket to carry and lift up to the splitter today. There was some groaning going on with that load. Glad I didn't need to move far. It's all split and going under cover now, I know, I should have snapped some pics...

Wouldn't it be fun to calculate the load on the front wheel bearing rollers at that moment. COMPRESSION! ;-)

You know, where the danger is getting dragged into self feed equipment, the safety police will say "NO GLOVES". But jeesh, that's hard on the hands!

I often reflect on how easy it is to spend real money to save a few bucks on heating costs. "Our house" uses about $100 bucks a month in fuel oil to keep us in domestic hot water and "supplemental" warm floors during the cold days of winter. A 30K tractor (or two), a 5K splitter, or 12k...

Yes, That is exactly what it means. remember, Safety THIRD!

It would seem well suited to "lowland forests" i,e, thickets and hedge rows, shelter belts etc.

Anyone in your area doing it this way? I've always wondered about the burners....

You wear the same sawing chaps that I do! I forget the brand, but mine just never bind me up or show any sign of wear. I just rinse them in the shower after use and they are just like new again! ;-)

The pic doesn't show the two rounds in the bucket ;-) There were only a dozen big rounds to work up. But the 22 foot main stick, without a knot in it, remains to be determined. The thought of burning all that clear lumber is killing me. It's just so complicated to get it to a mill, and I...

I was asked, "How much wood is that" I'm really bad a "cord' measurements, Face cord, pulpwood cords, thrown in, stacked, makes my head spin. But just looking, What I see will easily carry between the first autumn fire and the time WINTER sets in. ;-)

It is a pretty nice day for working up the big rounds.

A tractor transmission case represents a large surface area to shed extra heat from the hydraulics. Imagine a tractor rear end too hot to touch. That would be around 160 degrees F. That's not too warm for hydraulic fluid. Fluid gets hotter than that when forced through small valve openings...

The four way LIVES on the TW-2 Sometimes up, sometimes down. It's off only when there is a chunk that is nothing but a cluster of knots that need bursting.

Sledge and wedge!

wood for next winter?

The downstairs stove (Fischer) will take a 34". I cut at 28-30" for that. A full load is a lot of heat!

That's funny, does anyone care what LENGTH those face cords come? I'm fussy, and the stove fire box is absolutely impossible to convince that 20 inches is better than 18". I do purchase firewood in log lengths, Delivered.

I burn a lot of hemlock. It just falls down and gets in the way. I've got a couple of 100 footers out front that NEED to come down safely. I'll get a couple of saw logs out of each, and the rest will find it's way into the fire box. Great for spring mornings and fall evenings...

coal or wheat straw? how to measure?

btu by weight. Dry status can easily account for variation. that is, the error bar is quite large. https://www.hurstboiler.com/biomass_boiler_systems/heat_values_of_wood

the survey asked "per pound". ;-)

ton for ton, all wood has about the same BTU content. Soft wood (conifers a bit better) Ash can be burnt with nearly no drying time. Ash and the western tall woods split just looking at them Burn time? Oak is good, mostly because there seems to be a lot of it in the US of A.

I should have grabbed some pics, but... Today, I moved the 12 foot lengths of a recently cut 90 foot tall hemlock. 6 good saw logs (18" ABH). Dang things are HEAVY to lift and carry, as I didn't want to drag them. Bucket tusks made from 2"x2" heavy wall tube are the cat's pajamas. Now...

WoW! A glass case cabinet for your SkilSaw! Style and Class! eta Heck, you stole my thunder! ;-)

I've come on to the habit of wearing the hard hat , with muffs and face shield/ I've had a couple of "jumps" that steered me this way. The hat hangs on a peg right above the saw, so it's just natural to put it on!

$47 for 5/8 CDX last week. It adds up.

When speaking of fire wood, It is easy to tell a book by it's cover! ;-)

Looks like good stuff! I've been burning beech these past couple of weeks. I burns with a cold heat.....;-) Today , tonight through Friday it is warm enough. No fire needed.

I sure wish I were closer to your mill! ;-)

All the wood appears to have petrified in this thread's wanderings. Stone ? I have lots Wood? that too. If I were younger, I would build something more.

With that grain pattern, and embedded iron, that piece would make a great conversation piece!

Just an anecdote on "splitter efficiency". When my youngest son was in high school, he broke his leg playing fall sports. Being in a cast and on crutches he was not as much help as he would normally be working up fuel wood. But boy, could he keep that splitter ram at the ready. No matter...

How do you set a stop on the return stroke? That has been a gating issue on "one man" output with my present splitter. I put a "stop block" on the splitter rail, but it didn't last long. Hard wood, maybe I need to machine machine up a proper clamping stop,

Tapping into a filtered supply and an unrestricted return is not trivial.

There are no dumb questions.

I can't say that applies to the larger "Prince"units. If you have a lot of excess capacity at full pressure, a two speed pump is irrelevant.

https://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-b-1-e&q=pto+hydraulic+pumps Prince is the standard, but the chi-com has the price.

No Problem! My post was really just a reminder that there is more to a pto pump than just the pump. Tankage and heat need be considered.

Several years back, I traded in my older Timber Wolf TW-1 that I had bought new, for the more modern TW-2. I was looking for enhanced cycle time. (9 second) I was not disappointed! Plus, the entire unit was beefier, more robust, and just better built. A great unit at the top of the...

There is a rule of thumb regarding pump capacity and tankage///?? I don't recall what it is at the moment. gpm X 3??? Help me out with a pto pump.

Nice set up!

The electric motor powered inertia splitters might be a choice for you. I just took a look at the search returns and didn't see the type I remember. (Domestic production) A fellow I worked with had nothing but good to say about the one he had.

This past two weeks, I've been burning "clean up" wood. It never made it into the wood shed. Mostly dead and down off the back trails. I split the hemlock pretty fine.... for the reasons you have stated so well.!

Pretty much all wood has the same heat content when dry. Pine leads the field! But that is by weight, and a ton of dry pine looks a lot different than a ton of dry oak ;-) I once got a log load of hardwood delivered. It was more than half black cherry. Has to be the sliveriest (is that a...

Yes, My youngest son had a tree blocked down by the power company as "Preventive action". Here in Vermont, if the PowCo went on an extensive preventive program, it would put them out of business, and my trees would be on the "some day" list. ;-) Let me add, my house looses power whenever...

I've heard that elm is miserable to split, and then slivers when dry. True?

I've got a pair of 100 footers dying out front. No place safe to drop 'em, power lines going toward the lean. The tree service that said they would take the tops off seems to be standing me up. So much for a handshake.

I peeled a half dozen 16 foot hemlock logs last week. I used a long handled "edger". As I have for the past 30 years. I haven't come across a proper spud. I'm still aching in the upper body. 72 years old is too late in life to be peeling logs. But I just added four new ones to the pile ;-)

Pictures maybe tomorrow, But.... I cut to length the last log on the pile today. Some of the sleepers are yet to be cut, but they need washed off to save the saw chain. I used the Pro=Mac 10-10 today. (heavy, but cuts like a no one;s business) At times I was wishing the thing would...

I've been working up fuel wood these last couple of weeks, cutting off the pile of logs. Yesterday, I rode the motor bike into the hardware store and bought the Stihl Hook-a-roon . A bit spendy, but it was available. Damn! I can hardlt keep up! There must be batteries in there...

Those modern O-ring chains used on about 80% of the more costly motorbikes (with chain drive) are the cat's meow. They really NEVER need lube in a low speed application unless the chain get's washed clean. Though I do lube the motorbike chain with "Chain-Wax" at the beginning of every...

No Pics yet, but a phone call was made to bring in another truck load of logs. Heat won't be getting any cheaper over the next couple of years. I'm pretty sure on that. Might go get a ton of pellets tomorrow as well. It's good to have options ;-) Pickup and a utility trailer. should do...