Getting the wheels turning again…
Coppice Acer Saccharum dead on the stump. If we have to cut it with the saw, it’s fuel.
Couldn’t resist some Hop Hornbeam, with Ben toting.
Char pulling a snagged sugar maple.
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we also have dried spruce, a friend cuts it and offered me branches, as you say Jo, good for warmth, and we will see for gasification 
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Tone, the branches are sturdier stuff. More denst. They work ok for gasification.
It’s obvious you live in Leitinger land - a can of beer sitting on the log 
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Ha, Jan, nothing escapes you unnoticed, I squeezed my T-shirt and I had to pour liquids again, 5m3 of wood chips from the branches of one spruce …
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I was so envious of Marcus, Bob, Jacob and Mike chunking the other day I decided to do a little extra chunking myself.
I showed the wife pics from Mike’s and hinted it’s supposed to be like a party, with food and drinks to go with the chunking. She rolled her eyes and was off to work 
After finishing the chunking I went inside and fried myself a couple old wrinkly potatoes with a dab of intestinal haggis 
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That is a lot of wood.
How large dia will go through the rebak?
Then do you split the larger or make firewood?
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Mike, about beer can dia is the limit for the rebak.
Larger wood normally becomes firewood. I’ve split firewood lengths into 2" material to feed the rebak in the past and even cut discs for the 12-way box-wedge, but I find it less time consuming to stick to limbs or young growth.
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It started raining here.
I built a wood dryer. Torrified is what they called it.
It’s got that good smell. If J needs it it’ll be ready. Dang I am running out of bags.
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Some people would call that an antique,some call it a mankiller, I call it a classic tool that has stood the test of time. Snapon and Mac can’t even say that anymore 
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That is one of the items on my project list I haven’t bought myself to fix yet… my H is a 1950 with the cordwood saw built onto the front end. I would love to fix it but honestly it would be a money pit it was worn out for the second motor rebuild back in the early 90s we it last ran. The tires are all junk and the transmission needs atleast one gear replaced. I ran numbers and I could easly buy a different H running for less. Which was when I stopped but every time I see one I think I should go start working on my grandfather’s H it was such a cool tractor in its day.
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Lol! The saw is hard on one’s ears. The blade rings. I can operate it all day though, it doesn’t tire my back like a power saw. If I do something stupid, the belt falls off, and it quits.
It has a conveyor for production work. I need an assistant to feed me Runga when it’s all set up.
https://youtu.be/D3vMBgzdv1o
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Music to my ears, like standing at the circular mill watches the slabs fall
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Dan,
I have parts machines. I get them whenever I find them. I have a way to load them in winter.
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At least a week of work to reduce this to 2” cubes and refill my drying bins.
Cut them into 20” lengths, use the woodsplitter to reduce to 2” max, then happy chunking.
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Thanks for the wood Mike. Tomorrow we i will drive almost completely on your wood seeing as that is about all i have left.
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I set up my portable shop hoist to pick those HEAVY Douglas fir rounds onto the splitter.
Then reduce them to 2” and chunk away.
This is fun but hard work, keeps me out of my recliner part of the time.
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Seems like some big wood to make into chunks. But it is nice to see it get used. Too much wood goes to waste.
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