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[BackRoad]

The plastic bins are quite handy to have also. I cut the tops off a few.

One I put over my stump grinder. Makes a perfect storage cover over the whole implement.

I use a couple more when I get bulk mulch or mushroom soil, as I don't have a dump truck or dump trailer.

I put the bins back in the metal frames and load them side by side on my utility trailer. Then the folks at the greenhouse dump 3-4 full buckets of mulch into the bins which pretty well fills the 2 bins.

I can then lift the bins with forks at home, then take where needed and dump them. It saves LOADS of time trying to get it a bucket (or shovel full) at a time out of my utility trailer and keeps the mulch from blowing all over on the trip home.

 

[Rockbadchild]

impressive but for me this is much more impressive... I remember asking as a kid to my grandfather how is this possible and he told me they would start with lighter load and slowly increase it until the tracks (ruts) where made and these would become slippery and icy, they would help the horse off the start with logs as levers and once they get going you just don't stop.

 

[J&K]

Getting some big oak round and Ash split and will be loading into totes for next winter. Try to keep a year ahead.

 

[Hilbilly]

Got a couple of logs out of the bush for a sawmill shelter I plan on building. They are from one tree and each one is 30' long. The bottom section is 16" at the but and 12" at the top. I learned that peeling logs is a young mans job. This old man took most of a day peeling one log. I had to take a lot of breaks and sure feel it in my arms and shoulders today. Still got one more to go. Oh boy!

 

[RobertEH]

Just some old pictures that I thought were interesting.


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gg

If y'all like historical reads on logging, "they tried to cut it all" by Edwind Van Syckle is a really good book.

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Goes thru the early logging history in Washington State, the timber barons, towns and industries that sprung up as a result and many other fascinating bits of info.

 

[Gordon Gould]

Got a couple of logs out of the bush for a sawmill shelter I plan on building. They are from one tree and each one is 30' long. The bottom section is 16" at the but and 12" at the top. I learned that peeling logs is a young mans job. This old man took most of a day peeling one log. I had to take a lot of breaks and sure feel it in my arms and shoulders today. Still got one more to go. Oh boy!View attachment 1606289View attachment 1606290View attachment 1606291

Wow - Three 30'ers from one tree. Nice wood ! I'm lucky to get three or four 12'ers from one of our firs here.

They might peel easier in the spring. Hard work whenever you do it though.

gg

 

[Rockbadchild]

Got a couple of logs out of the bush for a sawmill shelter I plan on building. They are from one tree and each one is 30' long. The bottom section is 16" at the but and 12" at the top. I learned that peeling logs is a young mans job. This old man took most of a day peeling one log. I had to take a lot of breaks and sure feel it in my arms and shoulders today. Still got one more to go. Oh boy!View attachment 1606289View attachment 1606290View attachment 1606291

a bit late now but for next time with this log peeler it take the fraction of the time.

 

[Hilbilly]

a bit late now but for next time with this log peeler it take the fraction of the time.

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I bought one of those. It took some time to get the blade set right and also took time to figure out how to best use it. But the chainsaw gets real heavy with that hanging off the end. I had to take breaks to let my old arm recover. Also have a problem with the chain coming out of the bar and running along the lower side of the bar, even though I had the chain tensioned pretty tight. It seems to happen when I use it on an angle to peel part way down the side of the log. Could be because the bar on my Husq 550XP is quite narrow at the tip. I figure it out sometime.

 

[Rockbadchild]

I bought one of those. It took some time to get the blade set right and also took time to figure out how to best use it. But the chainsaw gets real heavy with that hanging off the end. I had to take breaks to let my old arm recover. Also have a problem with the chain coming out of the bar and running along the lower side of the bar, even though I had the chain tensioned pretty tight. It seems to happen when I use it on an angle to peel part way down the side of the log. Could be because the bar on my Husq 550XP is quite narrow at the tip. I figure it out sometime.

ha k, it also did took me some time to get it right, I had to shorten the chain by a few link, I keep that bar and chain just for that set up... it work best by going forward with it and yes it is hard on the arm, my left arm would cramp right up after a few hours. and I never had the problem of the chain falling out of the bar groove and I did 150ish 8 foot post with it. It is messy to use, sap fly all over the place. By hand it looks better, with this peeler it makes flat spots by hand it gives it a nice rustic look.

 

[deezler]

Respect to those of you stacking wood nicely in the totes!
I decided to get more totes and just start chucking the wood in there and only making it a bit neat here and there - I'll throw wood in off the splitter for a while, then go straighten stuff a bit but not a lot.
I figure I could probably fit 5% more wood in if it was better stacked but I'm not sure it's worth the time (and also, my gnarled oak isn't straight enough to cut to precise length and many pieces are off-sized which makes stacking more of a pain).

The main reason my OCD forces me to stack the wood in two rows in my IBC totes is:
1) critters. In a haphazard pile, they have so much protected nooks and crannies to build a stellar little nest. With two even rows, there is a 4-5" air gap down the middle between them that isn't so safe for nesting
2) wood drying. Usually I am splitting wood rounds that still need to dry out and season. By stacking them with the aforementioned air gap between the rows, I suspect they dry better. Especially if left out in the weather and getting rained on, then drying out faster afterwards.
and yeah 3) you fit more wood in the tote overall.
but also 4) easier to grab out a whole arm load when unloading. It saves time overall to stack the wood in two neater rows up front.