Got Wood !
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I had to leave the farm yesterday and go to a town about 60 miles west of here. What I saw was just a shame. Several places they had logged off 40+ acres. The way they left the fields would make a gasifier cry. They de-limb the trunks, leaving all the limbs in the field. Then they cut the trunks up into 104 inch pieces. if part of a trunk was left after cutting into these pieces, they just left it lie in the field. A person could go into anyone of these places with a “chunker” and chunk up enough wood to drive around the world. Then there were the pieces of trunk-- you could heat a house for a couple of years. They cut the trunk into 104 (?) inch pieces so the truckers can stack them perpendicular to the trailer and not be too wide. It sure is a shame. TomC
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I’ve been asked several times, by several different people, when milling logs:
-What are you going to build with these boards?
I’ve been asked several times, by several different people, when chunking:
- Whith this much fuel, where are you going?
I’ve never been able to come up with a short answer. What I would like to say is:
- I don’t know. The trees were down by the wind anyway, and I have to do something with them before they go bad. Every now and then I will need a couple boards for something.
-Fuel is needed every day and this particular batch won’t be used until it’s dry and bagged. I have no idea where I will be driving at the time.
I believe a good portion of the 75% in life is about forward planning.
Wayne, it seems you’ve managed to hit the 76% mark by now 
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Good thing you didn’t see this before @JocundJake left minnesota. He would have brought his chunker, and we would never hear from him again. 
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Ha, that’s funny because I DOWed home from town an hour ago and I was thinking the exact same thing. They had been clearing young growth next to the road for several miles. I guess it will be left to rot. It would have fit my rebak perfectly.
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We have piles of that wood around here but I prefer hauling it from the cabinet shop.
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They are doing around our limited access highways, but they are chipping almost all of it. I suspect they are afraid someone would come in and take it for firewood. I can’t actually figure out what they are doing, it is something like adding drain pipes to the median. I dont see why it is necessary though.
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Iv got a property next door with about 75 slash piles 20’ tall 30’ around and I can’t find out who owns it 
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Maybe call the County? They’d know who had it cleared I’m sure.
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Norman; Cody is right. The county will know who is paying taxes on the property. I have a county “platt-book” that tells who owns every parcel in the county. TomC
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We used to have one of those. They might still be published but in our county you can look it up online. However, there is a limit to the number of queries without paying a fee. But the Register of Deeds in the county keeps track of all the property and has all the transactions recorded going back to the start.
Chances are it was put into a forest management program and taxes were deferred on it until harvest so the state might have a record of it as well. But the sure bet is the county. The township may also have a record of the property as well, and they typically don’t have any many people coming in and out of the office and may know off the top of their heads.
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Speaking of chainsaws my brother and I were out on tree service today removing some big leaf maples, still have several more to take should make some good hardwood gasifier fuel
Nice jag of maple firewood for my brother
And a load of branch wood for my chunker to feed on
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Problems.
I’m having a hard time storing all the fuel. DOWed a 50 mile roundtrip this morning to deliver some documents in person. Saved the stamp cost and was able to do away with some chunks.
Watched more chunks drying on the trailer when I got home and tried to figure out where to store them when bagged up.
Did I mention I happen to take pics mostly when there’s wood involved? 
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Can you find a way to send that problem my way 
ill need all I can get when this v10 gets up and going!
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We’ve had a dry, sunny and windy spring. Good for drying chunks. I would be happy to help you feed the beast, Marcus. Wish we lived closer.
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Now I have heard it all, DOW to save the price of postage. Only in Sweden. This has to be a first for the record book.
Bob
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If you have a hauling trailer for the V-10 wood truck you can come over the mountains and get all the cherry wood you can haul. And we can chunk it up too.
Bob
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Any excuse will do, it seems. Wayne struggles with this as we have seen.
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Maybe it’s time to start making it into charcoal for long term storage. It won’t rot and you could make some Rocket Fuel mix with it.
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Hey JO.
I truly feel your pain 
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