Wood PIle Again!

guido

Well-known Member
Hello,

Had to take two trees down. Blue tarp has at least 3 1/2 cords not spilt. It has been under covered for almost three years now. I guess it will grow when it is split. All the wood stacked on the first picture has been split,

Guido.
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Congratulations, looks like you're one of the few still using an old McCulloch saw. Me too, I still use them, my biggest being an 80 c.c. 800.
 
I really enjoy being in that setting. I had one of those old Mac's. It was a brute. No lightweight, but all you had to do was lay it down on the log. It was almost impossible to bog down.
 
We talked about this a few weeks back. Try a "600" saw with a BOW bar. Fastest thing you will ever run. Just have an experienced saw man show you how to us it correctly. The saw in the picture handles a 20inch no problem and I use 24 bars too. If you take your time it will handle a 28 but it will stall very easily. They are one tough saw. Best thing and the last good saw Mc Culloch made. Jeffcat
 
Hello,

The one on the foreground is wild cherry. The one with the saw on top is black locust. The pieces on the ground are from the street crew clearing the power lines. Oak, Mulberry,, cherry, and two kinds of maple. Good mix!

Guido.
 
Hello jeffcat,

I point you to the pile of chips every 16 inches or so. That is where the cherry tree fell. 14 inches or better in diameter. Pretty dense wood. Cuts where made on the log about a second an inch. Supported from the ground probably about 1/2 that time. Saw chain was not sharpened since I cut the other pieces on the ground. That is a chipper chain. You hold it tight like, or it will keep A$$ back at you. I think I'll keep at it at this pace,

Guido.
 
Hello Chuck(CA),

That is my back yard. Busy making woodchips and loving it. I know what you mean about the weight. But after 34 years it almost feels normal? NO NO..... not really. About 18 lbs. dry with a 16 In. bar and chain. I got a 20 1n 404 pith on the beast. Lay it down and it cuts!

Guido.
 
Hello gtractorfan,

That is my work saw 60 CC. 1981 vintage. I do have a mini mac for small limbs. I hardly use it thought. After using the Big one feels more like toy. But it still can gets you if you get careless,

Guido.
 

You might have 3.5 FACE cord but there's no way that tarp is covering 3.5 CORDS of wood. I wish it were that easy.
 
Hello Bret4207,

The tarp on the top is 19 feet long. It only cover 1/2 of the front. Anyway I measured it for you. The pile It is 9.5 feet wide by 13.2 feet long. I estimated six feet in the center 1/2 5 feet for the rest of the pile.
I'm thinking maybe. So I would say 9x5x13would be the cubic feet. I may have underestimated the pile size?,

Guido.
 
Hi Guido;

Your figures are conservative, which is good; people tend to believe a modest person and distrust a bragger. But even with conservative estimates, you miscalculated (and underestimated). 9 x 5 x 13 is 4.57 cords, not 3.5.

Stan
 
Hello Stan in Oly, WA

That pile has been covered since July of 2012.I just started to get to it, among other trees that needed to come down. I put my rake in front of it as you see in the picture. That is 5 feet 1 in, tall. YEA! I did the math after I measured it. Even at 4 cords it will keep me on wood for awhile. I do have another pile with a couple of split cords as well. Plus all of that on the ground still. More trees to cut as well. I stated that it will grow when split and properly stacked. Which means stacked tight enough for a mouse to get through it, but not the cat that is chasing it! I'm surprised at Brat though, he knows better then that....

Guido.
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Hi Guido;

My tarps never look that good when they've been outside covering something for almost three years. Maybe that's because I get my tarps from Harbor Freight, and yours are the good ones that you have go anywhere else to get.

Do you uncover your firewood during the dry part of the year? (Here, summer is the dry season. The wet season is all the others.) My cordwood dries a lot faster if it's uncovered during hot, dry weather, and it gets moldy if it's covered all the time.

Stan
 
Hello Stan in Oly,WA,

I keep it covered all the time. Usually I use it all up in a couple of seasons. That pile is the exception. Straight line winds brought down many trees around here in 2012. 10 days heat wave and no power. Main distribution lines were severed in many places. By the way those are Arbor Freight tarps. I have tarps on the ground for that pile as well. Hope it helped conserve the wood. I just started to split some of it, and I can tell you one thing: that wood is seasoned!

Guido.
 
Hello John

I hope to have some solid wood left on the bottom. I do have tarps on the bottom.
Will see

Guido.
 
Hello,

Wood pile getting smaller. Old saw worked good on the floor pile,

Guido.
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Oh sure enough but each saw user can or needs whatever they need. I just cut up an old dead red oak a couple of days ago with a 650 fitted with a 24" and cut through the same kurf from one side and then walked around and repeat. I would guess the log was close to 45". No safety chain with this saw. Full chisel makes nice big chunks. It had fallen up in the woods and was laying out in the meadow. Cut her into slabs and after it dries out a little I am going to see if it is worth splitting. It was so full of water I was soaked after just the first cut!
 
(quoted from post at 10:02:15 04/11/15) Hello Bret4207,

The tarp on the top is 19 feet long. It only cover 1/2 of the front. Anyway I measured it for you. The pile It is 9.5 feet wide by 13.2 feet long. I estimated six feet in the center 1/2 5 feet for the rest of the pile.
I'm thinking maybe. So I would say 9x5x13would be the cubic feet. I may have underestimated the pile size?,

Guido.

3 cord would be a tightly stacked pile 4'x4'x24'. Trying to estimate a jumbled pile...it's a waste of time. A true cord of wood is a lot more wood than most people think. I've seen people throw a pile of wood into the back of a pickup and call it a cord. I used to deliver a full cord in a pickup with racks on it. It's a lot more wood than you think and you have to pack it tightly to fit it. A jumbled pile or heap is not going to give you a very good idea of what you have.

It doesn't really matter, call it what you want.
 
Hello Bret 4207,

4x4x28=384 / 128 = 3 Cords
My pile 9.5x5x13=617.5/128=4.824 cords. I actually did my calculations by using 9x4x13
which is 468/128=3.65 cords. That is we're I got my 3 1/2 cords./ / think I will stop
here,

Guido.
 
Hello Jeff's,

We both like a chain with a big byte. Must people would not like that much byte. For us is just normal. Those two trees I just fell had water in them also. I have a few more to cut. I will need help with some of them though. I had planned to do them to-day, but it is drizzling, and wet.

Guido.
 
(quoted from post at 17:43:14 04/13/15) Hello Bret 4207,

4x4x28=384 / 128 = 3 Cords
My pile 9.5x5x13=617.5/128=4.824 cords. I actually did my calculations by using 9x4x13
which is 468/128=3.65 cords. That is we're I got my 3 1/2 cords./ / think I will stop
here,

Guido.

Jumbled pile vs tightly stacked.
 

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