We heat with wood & our winters are sometimes seven months long, so ... during the summer I have to supply our wood. We had seven kids who all used to help me, but ... they're all gone now. Since I retired, this is the only job I absolutely HAVE to do (other than take pictures).
I finally got our tractor running right to do some logging. Most if not all of these were taken with my phone while I was working. Nice to be done & let the drying begin. Started with eight full cords left over from last winter, have 21 now.
My logging buddy - 1959 Case 811-B
Case with logging tongs
I pull wood up to a "cutting/splitting" area
Notch the tree in the direction you want it to fall
Cut above & from opposite side, leaving about a 2 inch "hinge"
That boot is exactly one foot long
After cutting for over twenty years, I can (almost always) drop them where I want them to go
I enjoy being out in the woods & apparently the wood agrees
A full woodpile
KTJohnson wrote:
We heat with wood & our winters are sometimes seven months long, so ... during the summer I have to supply our wood. We had seven kids who all used to help me, but ... they're all gone now. Since I retired, this is the only job I absolutely HAVE to do (other than take pictures).
I finally got our tractor running right to do some logging. Most if not all of these were taken with my phone while I was working. Nice to be done & let the drying begin. Started with eight full cords left over from last winter, have 21 now.
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Good, hard work. Congrats on your apparent success. I've done it for a fireplace, and it's not exactly fun.
KTJohnson wrote:
We heat with wood & our winters are sometimes seven months long, so ... during the summer I have to supply our wood. We had seven kids who all used to help me, but ... they're all gone now. Since I retired, this is the only job I absolutely HAVE to do (other than take pictures).
I finally got our tractor running right to do some logging. Most if not all of these were taken with my phone while I was working. Nice to be done & let the drying begin. Started with eight full cords left over from last winter, have 21 now.
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WOW! What a hard worker you are. And you are very neat about it too. Nice pics for your story.
You can send some my way. I don't heat with wood but I love my fireplace. Have a fire every night that I can in the winter.
I like your pictures and your logging buddy. I grew up on Case tractors. The first one I drove was a 1936 CC Case. We now have a dozen or two ranging from a 1930 Model L to Case IH Magnums.
I always liked the Case o Matics. We have an 830 Case o Matic Diesel.
Enjoy your winter cozy and warm.
Merlin1300
Loc: New England, But Now & Forever SoTX
WHAT kind of a Castle do you have that can eat 21 cord in a winter??
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And has all of that been split ?? Or does it get split as needed ?
Merlin1300 wrote:
WHAT kind of a Castle do you have that can eat 21 cord in a winter??
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And has all of that been split ?? Or does it get split as needed ?
Well, the house IS kind of big, as I said, we had seven children. Our furnace is hot-water baseboard, heated by either fuel oil or wood. Since fuel oil is rather expensive, we usually heat with wood. We have eight acres of woods & its a renewable resource. It just takes a bit of gas, oil, and a new chain saw every couple of years.
Oh yeah, and a bit of labor. And, yes, all that wood is split. Stuff on the left is softwood for Oct. - Dec. ~ on the right is hard maple for Jan. -Apr. We usually burn 12-15 full cords, but I like to be prepared.
Merlin1300
Loc: New England, But Now & Forever SoTX
KTJohnson wrote:
Well, the house IS kind of big, as I said, we had seven children. Our furnace is hot-water baseboard, heated by either fuel oil or wood.
We usually burn 12-15 full cords, but I like to be prepared.
wow
you and the Biltmore ?? :shock: :shock:
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