Yeah, Usually they like to burn or bury it because a lot of times the prunings will have various diseases in them. It is the same thing I ended up with a large brush pile i needed/wanted to get rid of. If it sits for a year or so, it is pretty easy to break up by hand to put in the 55 gal drum.
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Bob, there won’t be any charcoal when burning the prunings, unless they work the pile and shovel the charcoal at just the right time into an air tight container. I have made quite a bit of charcoal in open flame. TomC
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A pile that is that big will have to be burned in the winter time with snow on the ground, or they will have to have a water supply to control it. They have not burned it in 30 years so I think it will be around for a while.
Bob
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Bob please tell me you have talked to someone about this before just picking these up on someone else’s property. As a land owner and farmer I can assure you it doesn’t go over very well when people don’t ask first.
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Yes I always ask first. We have highly inforced no trespassing laws here in Washington State. No fences or signs needed, if it not your property get permission first. I help the cherry orchard manager keep a watch on the orchard next to me. They have had equipment stolen in the past.
Bob
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I had a day off from work and found some free cut cottonwood rounds about 7 miles away
BIG ROUNDS! My HF hoist could barely lift them, 4 full 5 ft3 wheelbarrows after splitting the first one.
Having a cup of coffee and planning… resting in my recliner
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Tough splitting that cottonwood I’ll bet, unfrozen.
An amazing tree. It grows from Manitoba at least to northern Mexico, and I’ll bet a lot further south than that.
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Wait a minute Michael. Have you shown us this thing before?
I’m going to speak on the behalf of at least one other person on this site. I think we deserve a video of how you operate your Log Lifter 2000. It looks like some of us can benefit from this. My back feels better just seeing it.
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Man splitting those big chunks you earn the wood. I try have done plenty of them myself but am alway happy to get down to the smaller parts of a tree.
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HF part #61522 $150 they also reference 60731 looking to see if I have a coupon. But Michael has an electric winch on his which ups the cost
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This video from 3 yrs ago while i was still building my gasifier
I have made a spring loaded round grabber that is shown in the recent pictures
1” pipe telescopes inside 1 1/4”
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Good morning all.
The last couple of days I chunked some wood and have it under the shed for drying .
I don’t know how much wood is here but many miles and smiles 
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What’s that white stuff on the ground? Was there a spill of talcum powder? 
Or is it just frost, or the shine off the grass?
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No frost this morning . It has been raining for 2-3 hours and looks like a good day to use some of the wood .
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Minus 28C in Winnipeg yesterday morning, that’s definitely winter…
-18F…
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Sorry but I have no comprehension .
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And lucky for you…
Although, come to think of it, we have no copperheads…
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I have to say if my choice is -18F during the winter or 110f in the summer I will take the cold I can always toss more wood in the stove. But around here so far I have been holding right around a low of 2 to 20f with days up to 30s I keep hoping Gary keeps the colder stuff up there he can enjoy the ice fishing I don’t need it.
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I live in southern Indiana and occasionally go into a local Amish store and they have some really good stuff. I don’t think that they are that strict but they are certainly interesting
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