A Load of Firewood

[TheMrpalid]

how long before that will be ready to burn?

[springcreekfarmer]

@TheMrpalid - It was ready by the following winter...not that long...It's white ash so it can almost be burnt green because it has a naturally low water level. It was also a dying tree so it was already partially dry.

[keanan00709alex]

i see..iv only cut down one ash in my life.we have a lot of douglas fir im WA state

[springcreekfarmer]

@keanan00709alex Wow. You have real trees where you are. We have some huge oaks and maples and beeches in my area but I'd love to have some D. Fir.

[keanan00709alex]

@springcreekfarmer im about to do a job that i have to take out 7 douglas firs (over 48n) in a back yard

[keanan00709alex]

if you make your back cut a lil higher it will have a henge

[springcreekfarmer]

@keanan00709alex I know what you mean but on these small trees I don't bother. Sometimes a hinge can make it split.

[s37d]

i like your pale white ash

[mayormoonshine]

Great video...thanks for sharing. I cut wood about the same way and we've started placing the chain on the ground before felling the tree......saves trying too fish the chain under the tree before skidding. As in a previous post, we winch our trees off the ground beside another tree too cut into blocks...easier on the back and the saw.

[ilikealicia]

you, sir, have the toys and strength a city boy like me can only dream about.  thx for sharing. question, how long did that whole process take?

[springcreekfarmer]

@ilikealicia - Thanks. Each load is different but I can usually do a load, on average in an hour and a half. Sometimes it takes longer if I hang the tree up or if I have a tree in a tricky spot to get out to my trail.

[almollitor]

Nice video. That ash looked pretty nice. Might it have had more value as a sawlog some day?

[springcreekfarmer]

@almollitor - Yes it would, but a lot of my ash trees are dying. It's all I can do to stay ahead of them and keep them from falling to the forest floor on their own. I have a few big ashes left in there that I protect but this one in the video had a lot of dead wood on the top of the tree so I took it before nature did. On top of that, we have the Emerald Ash borer one county over. I haven't seen any sign of it here yet. I think the culprit in my area is ash yellows coupled with drought.

[poetlionheart]

You handle a saw well. Consider making a smaller first cut. 1/3 the diameter. A notch that is too big can cause a problem if the tree is limb heavy or leaning. Also it is easier to "steer" the felling if one leaves some wood on either side. That bit will pull the tree to that side thereby avoiding "hangers".

[localcrew]

If I were you I'd use that winch to my advantage. Get a short strap like the off-roaders use to loop around trees to winch their Jeeps & stuff out. Loop it around a tree about seven feet off the ground. Put a sheave on it with winch cable through sheave. Attach winch cable end near center of log. Winch log to the loop/sheave tree and up off the ground about waist high. Saw your rounds from each end while maintaining balance of log. No bending over. No dirt in your chain. WINNING!!!

[huuhko]

great, i make the same , but with sledge cos of winter

[aTellerOfTruths]

I did the same thing, but on a much smaller scale, when I camped over the weekend. Its fun to see the high volume processing after I just did enough for the evening campfire with my hand saw and large splitting knife that I batoned through the wood with a branch.

[iMatt65]

I really enjoyed this video. Great place you have there .

[dustyflair]

I do not think I would like to piss this guy off at the local bar and then ask him "you want to step outside"...

[HedgehogOutdoors]

Beautiful plot you've got, nice chainsaw and tractor, too! I have 2 Stihl chainsaws, 1 Stihl Weedwhacker, 1 Stihl weedwhacker w/ chainsaw and saw blade attachments, and 1 Stihl leaf blower. most of them are old, one chainsaw and the weedwhacker w/ chainsaw attachment are new. We also have a John Deere model 50 from 1955, working on restoring that.

[nickzdumb]

nice saw



[f89276704]

Nice video. I want to go cut some wood now.

[stevesrt8]

Thumbs Up for cutting off the Stump!

Beautiful Area you live in.

[koolruss1]

now thers a guy that dont fuck around!

[tdfsu1]

If I recall, white ash has a fairly high BTU rating. I wish we had stuff like that down here. BTW, nice saw. I have a 250 with an 18" bar and it cuts great. I can only imagine how well a 361 would gnaw through some of stuff I cut. Great video, thanks for posting!

[tdfsu1]

What kind of wood is that? It sure did cut and split easy. The darn red and white oaks and hickory we have down here in Florida are an absolute BEAR to deal with.

[springcreekfarmer]

@tdfsu1 The wood is white ash and yes, it is easy to split.

[deriso1234]

look at all that poisen ivy

[centaurogrizzly24]

Pas mal mais ce type de matériel ne convient pas ici en particulier car les chiens se mettent assi pour ne pas tomber quand ils aboient !!!!

Amitiés

CF

[frodo70444]

i love stihl

[vgreco76]

What model Stihl chainsaw is it?

[springcreekfarmer]

@vgreco76 MS361 with a 20" bar.

[wes4rocknroll]

good job

[alec14141414]

how far is the firewood from the barn

[springcreekfarmer]

@alec14141414 The woodlot is about half a mile.

[ShaneCummings08]

very well done

[bofts]

well done

[Gromitdog1]

man that stihl starts nice. Whats the bar length?

[springcreekfarmer]

The saw has a 20" bar.

[thedemoboy]

Hey - What is the name of that tool you're using to rotate your felled trees? I'm in the Nebraska Sandhills (ie; not many trees... except in low valleys), so that may explain why I havent seen anything like it...

[springcreekfarmer]

That device is called a cant hook. There are other models that have a steel point on the end as well as the hook and they are called peaveys. Thanks for looking.

[FreGilHai]

I like how simple your setup is. That winch sure earns it's keep and the shiny new Stihl is the cherry on the cake. It seems you have done that a time or three before. Thanks for posting it.

[jabo2121]

nice farm man. how come my logs don't split that easy when i use the log splitter.

[springcreekfarmer]

Thanks. The wood is white ash which splits very easily. The axe is a splitting axe I got from Lee Valley Tools and is very effective.

[dorkfish2007]

I love the vid...combonation of survivorman and monty pythons Im a lumber jack...lol