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We paid a professional to fell a bunch of trees last Spring to make space
for a shop addition. There were several high risk trees and the rest too
close to my existing shop to risk it. They cut them to length but did not
buck them. I almost wish I'd paid them to do so, as it's been either too
hot or too wet or both for me to fight with them. I bucked and split a few
trees so we are good on our initial firewood needs but I have a winter of
bucking and splitting ahead of me. It's been a mild summer by our standards
(Upstate SC) but I feel the advances of age, even though I have more
equipment at my disposal than ever before.

Warren

On Tue, Aug 30, 2016 at 10:11 PM, Don Bowen <don.bowen AT earthlink.net> wrote:

> On 8/30/2016 7:49 PM, Madison Woods wrote:
>
>> Don we haven't gotten any of our firewood ready yet this year and I know
>> we're going to regret that later.
>>
>
> I am hoping it will be dry by early November.  I checked it the other day
> and most of it is at 20% M.C.  Should be OK when needed.
>
>> Year before last we were caught the same
>> way and had to cut during  10 degree days.
>>
> That is a good time to be in the woods, no bugs.    Maybe this year.
>
>   Last year in June a flash flood caused a
>> landslide here that took out the driveway.
>>
> The second year we were here a flood washed a huge hole by the concrete
> crossing.  Usinf my tractor and a borrowed tractor we filled it with as
> many big rocks we we could find then progressively  smaller rocks until it
> was full. So far no more wash out.
>
>   He felled it in the woods too, and we're
>> cutting it in 6-8' sections so we can haul it to the sawmill to have
>> boards
>> made of it.
>>
> I had a big Pine by the driveway that made a mess of anything under.  I
> had it taken down and took one 12' log over to Gene's where we cut out four
> 12" wide boards.  They will be ready to use this winter.
>
> I am headed to another mill this week to get some rough Pine boards.  My
> son bought a house in Connecticut that was built in 1915 and remained in
> the same family since.  He needs to replace some door frames that are 7/8
> thick.  I will plane them then take them back to him in a couple of weeks..
>
>> What is "bucking the logs"? I've heard the expression, but haven't a clue
>> what it means, lol.
>>
> Cutting them into sections for firewood.  That is what a Buck Saw is used
> for.  I cut mine to 16"-18", not with a buck saw but a chain saw.  I also
> split with a hydraulic splitter.  This place is so well insulated that I
> can only feed one piece at a time into the stove. Otherwise it drives you
> out.  We have to open upstairs windows most of the time.
>
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