My workout, my gym

September 12, 2020, 05:56 PM

chbibc

My workout, my gym

A little light workout on a beautiful Saturday. 36" oak, will be great firewood in a year after it's split and dried.

My muscles are a little sore.

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September 12, 2020, 09:11 PM

chbibc

quote:
Originally posted by 9x18:
Looks like fun! Didn't you cut it a little short? Wood stove perhaps?

I have a wood burning insert. I have to cut some of those wheels thin (12") otherwise they're too heavy for me to move. The wood is dense and heavy.

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September 12, 2020, 09:19 PM

1s1k

I got these cut down Friday. Now the work begins.

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September 12, 2020, 09:26 PM

chbibc

quote:
Originally posted by 1s1k:
I got these cut down Friday. Now the work begins.

Nice! Great workout for sure. Are those oak?

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September 12, 2020, 10:03 PM

1s1k

quote:
Originally posted by chbibc:
quote:
Originally posted by 1s1k:
I got these cut down Friday. Now the work begins.

Nice! Great workout for sure. Are those oak?

A couple are Oaks and the majority are Hickory. I have to get this done pretty quickly because I have 8 more Hickory’s to get dropped.

September 12, 2020, 10:53 PM

Ox190

I'd love to access to hickory to cut and split myself. I use a lot in my smoker. Having a pecan tree cut down in my front yard and another one trimmed on Monday. All of the pecan will be stacked to dry for smoker fuel.

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September 13, 2020, 08:03 PM

Oz_Shadow

Reminds me of doing the same earlier this summer. Other than sore muscles I forgot to take off my ring. Hitting the wedge with a sledge pinched a huge blood blister that eventually exploded. That’s about when I noticed.

September 15, 2020, 08:11 PM

chbibc

quote:
Originally posted by alreadydead:
did you count the rings? any idea on the age of that tree?

I never thought to do that at the time we were cutting and hauling. Counted tonight - 210 rings. Pretty old. Shame to lose it, but it was rotted at the base and came down due to the winds we had on Labor Day.

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September 16, 2020, 10:56 AM

bendable

I see ancillary income in your future.

You will make a series of 25 minute work out videos,
Each vid will show how to utilize a different set of muscles .

Chopping ,lifting ,bending ,twisting and lunging with a Peavy.

$49.00 for a set of five vids,
You will sell it with the help of the Shark Tank.
And
End up retiring after three years of sales.

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September 16, 2020, 11:07 AM

MNSIG

I know it's pure heresy to the gym rats, but I've always preferred staying active with useful work over mindless repetitions on a machine.

September 16, 2020, 01:47 PM

Rey HRH

quote:
Originally posted by chbibc:
A little light workout on a beautiful Saturday. 36" oak, will be great firewood in a year after it's split and dried.

My muscles are a little sore.

I'm ignorant. Why would it take a year before you can use it as firewood?

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September 16, 2020, 01:50 PM

MNSIG

quote:
Originally posted by Rey HRH:
I'm ignorant. Why would it take a year before you can use it as firewood?

There's a lot of moisture in fresh cut wood. Tough to get it to light and it wastes a lot of your heat boiling off the water.

September 17, 2020, 08:04 PM

chbibc

quote:
Originally posted by MNSIG:
quote:
Originally posted by Rey HRH:
I'm ignorant. Why would it take a year before you can use it as firewood?

There's a lot of moisture in fresh cut wood. Tough to get it to light and it wastes a lot of your heat boiling off the water.

Exactly. THe wood needs to season (dry out) to be best for burning. This oak is heavy and dense. In a year it will be perfect.

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September 19, 2020, 02:22 PM

Rey HRH

quote:
Originally posted by MNSIG:
There's a lot of moisture in fresh cut wood. Tough to get it to light and it wastes a lot of your heat boiling off the water.

I can readily understand that it might be tough to get it to light but the idea of wasting heat to boil off the water is an eye opener and makes perfect sense. Thank you.

September 19, 2020, 02:38 PM

slosig

I always use dry wood to start, but sometimes if you want a fire to burn for a while on “low heat”, adding fresher wood is just the ticket.

September 19, 2020, 02:47 PM

drill sgt

A old trick --- after taken down the tree either by chainsaw or falling by mother nature is to leave it fully intack for a couple of weeks/months or as long as possible and the leaves will help dry out the larger limbs and body. But seasoning storage is still needed. ......................... drill sgt.