I've been working off and on all Summer long cutting, splitting and stacking.....once full the woodshed holds about a 2 year supply. a good chain saw and a 24 ton splitter makes short work of it but my back won't get over it till Spring! Just replaced the floor and side boards on the trailer....the old ones are on the "slash" pile (last pic.) ready for our Annual bonfire.
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Nice work Rick! And obviously hoping your back doesn't take into the spring to recover!! -
Hard work there Rick. Big chunks of timber as well. Do they feed an open fire or is it some sort of heating furnace?Comment
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HI Rick love your mini tractor an as Tim says lot of hard work there but at least you an the missus
will be warm this winter when that white stuff starts fallin jen an i used to do all this wood cutting an usein an axe an back breakin work it was but lovely to see it burning on a open fire but for us those days are gone now sadly it all just oil central heatin an not the same as i loved to sit an watch the flames go all colours in the fire
ATB
ChrisbComment
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Getting ready for winter - Yes, my woolly socks are now at the front of my sock draw.Comment
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Ahhh!!! Flashbacks to my younger days and stocking up for the winter in New York. Stihl Farm Boss and an axe for splitting it back at the house. Bigger pieces split with a sledgehammer and steel wedge...
Over here, the price of wood has skyrocketed, and people are stealing what the Foresters have fallen and stacked in the woods. They have resorted to implanting satellite tracking devices in the logs to catch the thief's red handed when they get back home with their haul......
BTW Rick, who mounted the front right tire backwards on the cat??? And don't do a Shaggy on me Bro, "It Wasn't Me" as the song goes...
Prost
AllenLife's to short to be a sheep...Comment
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I've split my wood ready for winter as well. Just need to go and fill my coal bunker now. Also got the chance to grab some oak wood staves from old whisky barrels. They give off fantastic heat and smell bloomin' lovely when burning.Comment
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Yeah Chris, the white stuff is coming and my bench time is suffering till I get my Fall "chores" done. And I pretty much am on my Quad (mini tractor) year round. In the Spring Summer months I'm logging with it and in the Winter months I do the driveway plowing with it after I chain it up on all four and hang the plow on it. My stove is equipped with a Catalytic burner so I can keep it going for as much as 20 hours on one load of wood......so it stays lit all winter long and I just add to it as it burns down.Comment
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You'll have to talk to the previous owner bout the tire Allen......I know nothing! :tongue-out3: Know what you mean about the Stihl Chain saw, been using my 440 for the past 17 years. I swapped the 24 inch bar and chain out for a more manageable 20 inch and have never regretted it.Comment
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Only a little envious.
Due to the situation in Europe fire wood is insane expensive right now. What could be bought for £50 A cubic meter is now £300 per cubic. And most sold out. Only fresh cut wood to be had. If I want that I gave a few trees in the garden that need to come out.
Nice four wheeler as well. A 24 ton splitter. I use a 5kg maul! Lol.Comment
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Same here. Although the wood grenade is a excellent bit of kit and makes splitting so much easierComment
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Don't feel alone Ian, it's through the roof here as well......I just thin out the standing dead each season to keep the fire hazard down.
I don't like the idea of taking down a "green" tree just to burn it. This year I got lucky, on top of my usual haul I had a friend who dropped more than a few trees to get access for a driveway......invited me to haul away what he didn't want....SCORE!Comment
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Nice Rick, that keeps you busy and healthy then
I've a couple boxes of coffee logs ! Yes compressed ground coffee waste made into a oblong brick .Give off great heat .Also have a good store of dried logs for this season if it gets cold enough .Comment
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