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More biners!!!
Nice work, Ruel. Interesting to see that tree just barely kissing the house.
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Jed
TreeHouser
Nice work sir! Hope the shoulder mends soon!
Maine Sean: WOW! Cool pics, and SUPER rad work. Thanks.
South Sound Sean: Yer the man. LOVED the 3-strand friction notches. Good times imho.
Frankie: Sir: firewood is an abstruse science, and in my opinion, one should never rely on British Thermal Units as a suitable index fer how stuff is gonna burn... EXAMPLE!... years ago, when I worked for a big giant company, we got all excited because we were going to get to cut down a huge, introduced red Oak for Paul Allen. I dragged a bunch of it home with me, and split it up (this particular tree was crazy straight, and split like a dream) and I found it to burn wonderfully hot, and for a long long time, but in the end… this crazy stuff called clinker started to accumulate in the bottom of my woodstove.
Now Douglas fir, my friend... with this ambiguous species we encounter something truly weird in that, depending on growing conditions... there’s really no two of them which are the same.It sounds to me like the stuff that you got your hands on, is the type of stuff that folks in our neck of the woods call, “fluff.” Some fast growing, fat-ringed little pig, that had all of the sunlight it ever could have desired, because some murderous rascal with a chainsaw cut all of his competitors down. Darkwoods Firs are a whole nother monster, and I do mean monster. If you ever got yer greedy little hands on some of the twisted, gnarled, tight ringed,(where are the earlywood and latewood are darn near the same size) heavy, sap-seamed specimen, well then I dare say that you would leave a ton of that broad-limbed stuff to the furniture makers. But then... I could be wrong... I guess in the end, we burn what God grows us.
Here’s a shot of three Firs I cut (one fall and two climbs) today... not super tight grained. (Davin and Sam in the pic.)
Maine Sean: WOW! Cool pics, and SUPER rad work. Thanks.
South Sound Sean: Yer the man. LOVED the 3-strand friction notches. Good times imho.
Frankie: Sir: firewood is an abstruse science, and in my opinion, one should never rely on British Thermal Units as a suitable index fer how stuff is gonna burn... EXAMPLE!... years ago, when I worked for a big giant company, we got all excited because we were going to get to cut down a huge, introduced red Oak for Paul Allen. I dragged a bunch of it home with me, and split it up (this particular tree was crazy straight, and split like a dream) and I found it to burn wonderfully hot, and for a long long time, but in the end… this crazy stuff called clinker started to accumulate in the bottom of my woodstove.
Now Douglas fir, my friend... with this ambiguous species we encounter something truly weird in that, depending on growing conditions... there’s really no two of them which are the same.It sounds to me like the stuff that you got your hands on, is the type of stuff that folks in our neck of the woods call, “fluff.” Some fast growing, fat-ringed little pig, that had all of the sunlight it ever could have desired, because some murderous rascal with a chainsaw cut all of his competitors down. Darkwoods Firs are a whole nother monster, and I do mean monster. If you ever got yer greedy little hands on some of the twisted, gnarled, tight ringed,(where are the earlywood and latewood are darn near the same size) heavy, sap-seamed specimen, well then I dare say that you would leave a ton of that broad-limbed stuff to the furniture makers. But then... I could be wrong... I guess in the end, we burn what God grows us.
Here’s a shot of three Firs I cut (one fall and two climbs) today... not super tight grained. (Davin and Sam in the pic.)
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Frankie
I Build and Run Ported Saws !
@Jed - I do not find firewood to be an “abstruse science” any more so than building chainsaws ... Experience is the key ! While it’s true that certain characteristics will foment variation in the same genus - Ya just cannot polish a 💩 ... The densest knottiest crotch of silver maple will seldom if ever throw the heat of the spindliest limb of shagbark hickory and most certainly will not maintain the burn cycle for hours on end ... I see these videos of guys on the PNW cutting relative “balsa-wood” and thumping their chests and I have to quietly chuckle inwardly - I’m wise to that game. If ya haven’t run your saw in our Eastern hardwoods ya ain’t got nothin to say about it 
Burnham
Woods walker
Douglas fir is a softwood that produces medium heat , sparks , is easy to split and seasons in about 6months ... Even though it’s technically a softwood it is listed favorably in the btu / cord charts
I think that is pretty close what I tried to say. To clarify for all the slow New Englanders...it's pretty much top of the tier for fuel wood, here in my part of the world.
Now in north Africa, camel dung is the best cooking and heating fire fuel available. Want to call their fuel, the only thing they have, poor in comparison to yours? Want to import some red oak, Frankie?
Pffft.
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Frankie
I Build and Run Ported Saws !
I’m not from New England , I’m from Buffalo Ny aka “the city with no pity” and rest assured I’m not interested in burning dung for heat nor giving away ANY of my Red Oak ... You want some of this ... You gonna PAY!
Burnham
Woods walker
I'm sorry...I try to be generally pleasant and give space...but you sir come across as a full on idiot...again.
Frankie
I Build and Run Ported Saws !
SeanKroll
Treehouser
Started solo-speedline at around 100', downslope to an running-bowline anchor point that I pushed up a fir trunk to 20'.
Slung and clipped in my way up until out of slings, pulled excess rope up tight and friction wrapped to anchor it, taut.
Descended 15-20' to the bottom of the remaining canopy, stripping on the way up, getting beyond the original trunk, getting into the smaller branches on the regrown leader, which I could just get into the drop zone, with a slight breeze pushing falling limbs toward house and deck.
With about an hour of day, I got to 4", caught the top on a rope, and chunked down to 20" diameter with fuel to spare in my ms193t, but running down on light. Was running out of space in the drop zone.
Slung and clipped in my way up until out of slings, pulled excess rope up tight and friction wrapped to anchor it, taut.
Descended 15-20' to the bottom of the remaining canopy, stripping on the way up, getting beyond the original trunk, getting into the smaller branches on the regrown leader, which I could just get into the drop zone, with a slight breeze pushing falling limbs toward house and deck.
With about an hour of day, I got to 4", caught the top on a rope, and chunked down to 20" diameter with fuel to spare in my ms193t, but running down on light. Was running out of space in the drop zone.
biggun
Monkey for Hire
Frankie, you cut firewood for beer money yet you act like you are Mr Big.
WTF is that all about?
WTF is that all about?
Mick!
TreeHouser
I never have any idea what you’re describing Sean, but it does look like a lot of organisation to do a job like that solo, so well done (even though you’re quite mad)
Frankie
I Build and Run Ported Saws !
There are a few men on this mortal coil that can out cut / out split me ... You’re not one of them
biggun
Monkey for Hire
Haha... right o, mate. If you keep telling yourself that maybe you will believe it. Doesn’t make it true though...
Being the best wood splitter??? Really, is that your greatest achievement so far in your life?
The only thing you will beat me on is blowing your own trumpet! You have that down to a tee, I’ll admit that.
Probably saw tuning as well... you keep telling everyone you are the best saw builder/tuner.
You, are a legend in your own underpants.
Do you know that an empty vessel makes the most noise?
Some of the absolute bollox you come out with is friggin' hilarious.
Being the best wood splitter??? Really, is that your greatest achievement so far in your life?
The only thing you will beat me on is blowing your own trumpet! You have that down to a tee, I’ll admit that.
Probably saw tuning as well... you keep telling everyone you are the best saw builder/tuner.
You, are a legend in your own underpants.
Do you know that an empty vessel makes the most noise?
Some of the absolute bollox you come out with is friggin' hilarious.
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Mick!
TreeHouser
Nobody but NOBODY mashes potatoes like me, the way I put butter and milk in, then a bit of pepper and salt...
You can only dream of mashing potatoes like me, you loser.
(Gonna post a vid soon of Ol Mick mashing taties,that’ll learn ya!)
You can only dream of mashing potatoes like me, you loser.
(Gonna post a vid soon of Ol Mick mashing taties,that’ll learn ya!)
Frankie
I Build and Run Ported Saws !
biggun
Monkey for Hire
50 what? Cakes?
Frankie
I Build and Run Ported Saws !
How can I help u sir ? Are you interested in a Hotwoods ported saw? Perhaps my internet book “how to build a chainsaw properly that will spank-0-la 95% of the competition” just 3 easy payments of just 59.99 !!!
biggun
Monkey for Hire
I suppose your book is a best seller too?
Jog on sunshine.
I have had enough of feeding the troll.
There we are then!
Jog on sunshine.
I have had enough of feeding the troll.
There we are then!
Frankie
I Build and Run Ported Saws !
biggun
Monkey for Hire
You obviously didn't look very hard.
Frankie
I Build and Run Ported Saws !
My apologies, what’s the utube channel name , and Instagram : heavens knows I’m not psychic
Nutball
TreeHouser
Don't forget some olive oil.
CurSedVoyce
California Hillbilly
More high lead work today. Just set it down at the chippah.
Nutball
TreeHouser
I've seen some dump trailers with a rear hitch, and have always wondered what it would be like to pull 2 things let alone trying to back them up. Do you pull the chipper behind the tralier?
Frankie
I Build and Run Ported Saws !
Couldn’t PAY me enough to join that group of wanna be , NEVER BE know-it-all’s ... There’s a reason why that place is what it is ... I don’t see Hotsaws101 as a member there and his saws will whoop a cat on ol Bird legs’ and his band of Gypsy’s somethin fierce ...
.... heck , look at the BS - storm when my fellow NYer Ironhorse tore down a MM saw on one of his utube videos !
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