Cordwood saw
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Deerlope
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A lot of those saws were home made. Does yours use a flat belt? I have spent many an hour tailing one of those.
This is not a homemade one, It was made by the LaFont corp of Wiscosin. It is mounted on a trailer, has a 16 hp B/S engine. The blade is run by a v-belt and uses a sliding table to cut the wood on and actually uses a counter wieght to return to table to the operator. Ones I figure out how to post pictures I will have to take a few to show everyone.
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G-day guys.
Forgive my ignorance, but what is cordwood?
I've read about it before in the USA and/or Canada, but still have no idea what it is.
We certainly don't hear of it in Australia.
Forgive my ignorance, but what is cordwood?
I've read about it before in the USA and/or Canada, but still have no idea what it is.
We certainly don't hear of it in Australia.
EdC
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Allen
Cord wood is just wood that has been cut and split so you can use it in a wood stove or fireplace. A cord is a measure of wood that is 4 ft high, 4 ft wide, and 8 ft long. Cord wood can be any type of wood but hardwood is preferred because it burns longer and also is cleaner so you don't have to clean the chimney as often.
How cold does is get in your area?
Cord wood is just wood that has been cut and split so you can use it in a wood stove or fireplace. A cord is a measure of wood that is 4 ft high, 4 ft wide, and 8 ft long. Cord wood can be any type of wood but hardwood is preferred because it burns longer and also is cleaner so you don't have to clean the chimney as often.
How cold does is get in your area?
Flatheadyoungin
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if you do a search on youtube for "cordwood" you can actually see one on an 8n in action...
grandpa has 3 of them, just waiting on the day another great depression hits so he doesn't have to be cold this time
they are pretty slick but shooowee, i sure wouldn't want to be anywhere near that big exposed blade....that's a man killer!
grandpa has 3 of them, just waiting on the day another great depression hits so he doesn't have to be cold this time
they are pretty slick but shooowee, i sure wouldn't want to be anywhere near that big exposed blade....that's a man killer!
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EdC, thanks for your explanation.
Winter days in the Barossa are a little colder than near the coast, generally 10 - 15 deg C (48 - 56F I think), nights are often 2 - 7 C (35 - 43F) but sometimes up to -10C (too hard to convert!).
Wood is sold here by the trailer load (imprecise) or by the tonne.
I presume a cord of hardwood might be about a tonne (2400Lbs)?
We have a wood stove in our house as many around here do, but we use our own old vine stumps (soft) or broken vineyard trellis posts which were always hardwood in the past.
Currently we use creosote treated softwood trellis posts and these, I'm told are unsafe to burn and environmentally unfriendly. So we're cutting down on the use of the treated softwood by going one wood post then two 1 1/4" 304Stainless tube posts and so on. We've used galv steel posts but these rust off at ground level too quickly, but Stainless is getting mighty expensive.
Winter days in the Barossa are a little colder than near the coast, generally 10 - 15 deg C (48 - 56F I think), nights are often 2 - 7 C (35 - 43F) but sometimes up to -10C (too hard to convert!).
Wood is sold here by the trailer load (imprecise) or by the tonne.
I presume a cord of hardwood might be about a tonne (2400Lbs)?
We have a wood stove in our house as many around here do, but we use our own old vine stumps (soft) or broken vineyard trellis posts which were always hardwood in the past.
Currently we use creosote treated softwood trellis posts and these, I'm told are unsafe to burn and environmentally unfriendly. So we're cutting down on the use of the treated softwood by going one wood post then two 1 1/4" 304Stainless tube posts and so on. We've used galv steel posts but these rust off at ground level too quickly, but Stainless is getting mighty expensive.
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allenr said:
Most of the sought-after hardwoods (Hard Maple, Oak, Beech, White Ash) for firewood here in the northeastern US run close to 4000 Lbs per cord when dry/seasoned. Green wood of the same species runs in the neighborhood of 5000 - 6000 Lbs per cord.
Some hardwoods run as low as 3000 Lbs or less per cord.
White Pine runs around 2200 Lbs per cord dry. Not sure what it runs green.
A cord is defined as a stack 4 X 4 X 8 Feet. That's 128 cubic feet of wood, bark, and air. In the real world, after accounting for the airspaces in the stack, you get about 80 cubic feet of wood, when it's nicely stacked (not just thrown in a pile).
