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This one made some noise when it hit the ground, that's a stihl pro series saw with a 22 inch bar .
The big saw is the one that is stuck in the log the one sitting on the wood is an O28,

Good stuff MM!

Almost makes me wanna be cold.

MontanaMarine;
Good afternoon to you sir, I hope the day's been a good one for you and this finds you and yours well.

Thanks for starting the timely thread for many of us and for sharing how you do it in your part of the world.

Up here we download a free firewood permit which allows us 10 cords of either standing or dead fallen wood. While it used to be any wood, a few years back some Mensa candidate decided we couldn't cut either Larch or Cedar anymore, so we have to do with Doug Fir for the cold months and pine or spruce for the shoulder season.

Here's a typical tree that came down sometime in the years previous to me finding it. That's 24" bar on the Husky.



Depending on how far one wants to drive, finding a nice sized tree near a road can be tough, but if one has the time to skid it out.



Last year I picked up a small trailer to haul some of the fire suppression pruning I've been doing on our yard Ponderosa Pines and for bringing firewood down. It's easier to load and unload than the back of the pickup, but of course less maneuverable than just a pickup.



The saws are a 372XPG Husky and a Stihl MS170 that goes along as a spare. The axe collection is for splitting, limbing and what have you.

The arms that accompany me most often in the mountains are a Tikka T1X .22 and a Chiappa 92 Trapper in .357 Mag that comes along to deal with the vagaries of life.

Thanks again for the thread and for those who've shared their firewood photos as well, it's interesting to see and read how it's done in other places.

All the best to you this fall.

Dwayne

Luv this pic...........

but I'm a lazy fhuucck

Wood smells good burning.......but NG in the house for me

nothing like burning good, dry hardwood...add a little white birch for fragrance, partial to the smell of maple burning, too

Great thread and pictures
It doesn’t get cold enough here to worry much about heating
How much is a cord?

This is our 14th year since putting in a woodstove. I have my process worked out for me pretty well. Everybody does it different to some degree, but with the same objective. Tough to beat wood heat when it gets cold.

I buy logs, mostly beetle kill, by the truckload. One load lasts about four winters.

Here's a few pics from this summer/fall, working on the firewood.


Stacking it up,




Show your firewood pics if you want.

Shane