KTJohnson Loc: Northern Michigan

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

jaymatt Loc: Alexandria, Indiana

Good, hard work. Congrats on your apparent success. I've done it for a fireplace, and it's not exactly fun.

TomC. Loc: Bel Air, MD

WOW! What a hard worker you are. And you are very neat about it too. Nice pics for your story.

ebbote Loc: Hockley, Texas

Very good KT.

jeanbug35 Loc: Jonesboro AR

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.

ILFarmer

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 ?

KTJohnson Loc: Northern Michigan

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

wow
you and the Biltmore ?? :shock: :shock: