discussion Getting ready for Winter....

[Mini Me]

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.

 

[adt70hk]

Nice work Rick! And obviously hoping your back doesn't take into the spring to recover!!

 

[Tim Marlow]

Hard work there Rick. Big chunks of timber as well. Do they feed an open fire or is it some sort of heating furnace?

 

[boatman]

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
Chrisb

 

[colin m]

Getting ready for winter - Yes, my woolly socks are now at the front of my sock draw.

 

[Allen Dewire]

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
Allen

 

[Mini Me]

Hard work there Rick. Big chunks of timber as well. Do they feed an open fire or is it some sort of heating furnace?

I have a wood burning stove with a glass front so you can actually enjoy seeing the fire as it heats the entire house.......nothing cozier than a wood fire...especially when you come in from plowing the driveway and the missus meets you with a hot cuppa.

 

[AlanG]

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.

 

[Mini Me]

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
Chrisb

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.

 

[Mini Me]

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 Saggy on me Bro, "It Wasn't Me" as the song goes...

Prost
Allen

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.

 

[Ian M]

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.

 

[AlanG]

I use a 5kg maul! Lol.

Same here. Although the wood grenade is a excellent bit of kit and makes splitting so much easier

 

[Airborne01]

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.

Stihl is great but I prefer the balance of a 20" Husquavana ... (the colour's more relaxing too ...)
Steve

 

[Mini Me]

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!

 

[Guest]

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 .

 

[Ian M]

I don't like the idea of taking down a "green" tree just to burn it.

Me neither. We have a good few "weed trees" that have gotten a bit much and need 'managing' also a good few dead standing, then there are the trees that have passed their sell by date. Two of which are between the barn and the green-house! Should be fun.

 

[The Smythe Meister]

Blimmin Eck Rick.....
...... That's a good load of logs you did there,I love your Quad BTW, they're great fun aren't they ..... Although I guess yours is used solely as a workhorse,so the "fun" side of it has probably worn off for you.
That's a serious looking log splitter too ..... My mate has an upright jobbie that he links to the PTO of his tractor,yours looks much neater and more user friendly,( unless you get in the way of it of course!! ).

 

[Mini Me]

Right Smiffy, mine will go vertical as well.......just pull a pin and the whole upper carriage and ram pivot up and you just pin it in place to keep it upright. Handy for the real "Monsters" that you don't want to try to lift up to the horizontal position.

 

[Tim Marlow]

Best use for logs……

Currently burning hornbeam acquired from my neighbour, who had three taken down last year. He got the tree surgeon to cut them to length so I only have to split the larger chunks. Hornbeam is very tough to split, let me tell you….only way I’ve found is to use a wedge and club/sledge hammer….
I’ve also got his beech and willow prunings from the same source, great for starting a fire :thumb2:

 

[Mini Me]

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