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  • #32
    DonnchaMc
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 89 ✭✭DonnchaMc


    Ok, it seems I have a slightly different idea of what picking things off the floor means.... I didnt mean cuming along with a chainsaw or axe and a trailor and going home with enough fire wood for a year.

    I sort of had in mind a little more of sum1 taken a fewsticks here n there for doing somethings at home...

    I didnt realise it was such a problem for people with land


  • #33
    djmc
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,611 ✭✭✭djmc


    If someone u didnt know came into your garden or back yard which would be your land and took sticks and bits and pieces would u have a problem with it.
    If you know the person that owns the land and ask them first they might be ok with it.


  • #34
    LostCovey
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,717 ✭✭✭LostCovey


    DonnchaMc wrote: »
    Ok, it seems I have a slightly different idea of what picking things off the floor means.... I didnt mean cuming along with a chainsaw or axe and a trailor and going home with enough fire wood for a year.

    I sort of had in mind a little more of sum1 taken a fewsticks here n there for doing somethings at home...

    I didnt realise it was such a problem for people with land

    Ting iz sum peepil doant agrie and tink privet propurty iz privet.


  • #35
    5live
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,438 ✭✭✭5live


    LostCovey wrote: »
    Ting iz sum peepil doant agrie and tink privet propurty iz privet.
    LOL LC:D


  • #36
    ootbitb
    Closed Accounts Posts: 631 ✭✭✭ootbitb


    LostCovey wrote: »
    I see what you mean but if they were mine I would let them season after they are cut up and chopped up.

    Your chainsaw and spine will thank you for it. And they would be indoors, where they wouldn't tempt silly people.


    I cut trees in winter and leave them a few months to season . My chainsaw doesn't object and my spine thanks me.


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  • #37
    LostCovey
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,717 ✭✭✭LostCovey


    ootbitb wrote: »
    I cut trees in winter and leave them a few months to season . My chainsaw doesn't object and my spine thanks me.

    Whatever works for you ootbitb.

    I find that seasoned wood blunts the chain quicker and is harder to split. I like to let it season after I split it, and I find it dries better and quicker when cut up, split, & stored in a shed.

    LostCovey


  • #38
    pakalasa
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,552 ✭✭✭pakalasa


    Come on, I've been cutting timber for years. It's much easier to cut and chop fresh timber.


  • #39
    ootbitb
    Closed Accounts Posts: 631 ✭✭✭ootbitb


    access to my woods is easier in summer months so, as I don't wish to make two deep wheel ruts through pasture, I leave any felled trees to season naturally. Never leave them lying flat of course.

    When I return in summer I find the weight is much reduced.

    Apart from beech I find little difference in splitting effort required.:)

    Agree with you seasoned wood dulls the chain quicker but also there are less stones (and wire) to hit in the shed.


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