Tractors and wood! Show your pics

[bcp]

I've heard Hem-fir used different ways, so I looked it up.

Here, it is described as a group of similar trees:
Hem-Fir

"Hem-Fir is a species combination of Western Hemlock (Tsuga heterophylla) and five of the True Firs: California Red Fir (Abies magnifica), Grand Fir (Abies grandis), Noble Fir (Abies procera), Pacific Silver Fir (Abies amabilis), and White Fir (Abies concolor). While Western Hemlock and the True Firs are sometimes marketed separately in products graded for appearance, these species share similar design values making products graded for structural applications interchangeable."

Bruce

 

[Gordon Gould]

Back in the days of yore framing lumber choices in central New England were commonly SP - spruce, SPF - spruce/pine/fir and included some eastern species, DF - doug fir, SYP - southern yellow pine, and Hem Fir which we only used when we had to, same with SYP. I didn't like Hem Fir because it split easily when nailing and SYP was to hard. There was nothing like spruce and fresh doug fir for framing.

gg

 

[cat fever]

What, no pics of that nice new building going up?

If you look for the the title "Raising a barn" in the "Rural living" thread you'll see many pictures of building it. I just finished in November, the big door are going on next Monday. I'll post a picture or something to bring the thread back to the front.

 

[cat fever]

I assume that us the back of your equipment shed which is a good idea. Otherwise if it is a woodshed and you are going to fill it, you must burn some serious wood.

Tom I do burn a fair amount of wood. I mostly have it for emergencies (power going out) but it sure is nice to come in out of the cold and stand by the wood stove. This year we have been burning almost every day.
When we built the barn we decided to add the awning area for wood storage, sure glad we did it is nice having that much room.

This is the area where I store the wood. 36' X 12' and higher than I can reach at the high side.

 

[John_Mc]

Seems to me popular forms less creosote than pine does. Anyone confirm this?

The creosote is not really so much a factor of species as in how you burn it. I suspect pine got the undeserved reputation for forming creosote because it burns fast and hot (at least when properly seasoned), so folks tend to try to choke down the air supply to get it to burn longer. It's the colder smoldering fire that causes creosote to form.

 

[Quebecguy]

This is the area where I store the wood. 36' X 12' and higher than I can reach at the high side.

Don't pile your firewood higher than your wife can reach!

 

[Quebecguy]

double post

 

[cat fever]

Don't pile your firewood higher than your wife can reach!

I tell her not to pile it higher than she can reach.

 

[keony]

Took down the ailing European mountain ash, more wood for next winter. This trick for bucking it up that I got from this forum really works well and saves my back:

 

[Greenland South]

Seems to me popular forms less creosote than pine does. Anyone confirm this?

Speaking from experience, I've never had creosote in the chimney when burning poplar. It's pretty much all I burn. The horizontal wall thimble part of my chimney does need to get cleaned a couple times a winter from ash build up though.