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One of the neighbors came by yesterday to give me the heads-up that the local firewood lot (about a mile away) was apparently going out of business. The gate was open and they had a "Free Wood" sign out front.
The piles had been pretty picked over by the time I got there...most of what was left was the bigger pieces. All the better for me. I loaded up a couple big pieces of what I think is oak, and filled the rest of the space with some large chunks of jacaranda. Since it was dark when I got home, I waited until today to unload it.
Especially with a few hundred pounds on the liftgate, the ol' Ranger was a bit hunched down this afternoon when I went out to unload it...
The two big pieces standing on end are the suspected oak, and the rest is jacaranda...
The smaller chunk on the liftgate is a jacaranda crotch...
What looks like two smaller logs behind that piece is actually the creased face of another large jacaranda log. It should make an interesting natural edge piece...
Both of the oak chunks are pretty checked on the ends that were exposed to air. The logs are big enough that I suspect I can still find plenty of turnable wood inside. I'll know more when I get into them, but at the very worst, the neighbors will have a bit of good oak firewood.
Ran out of daylight today before I could get any of it cut up, but I'll probably start making blanks tomorrow. I think I did all right for the price.
The piles had been pretty picked over by the time I got there...most of what was left was the bigger pieces. All the better for me. I loaded up a couple big pieces of what I think is oak, and filled the rest of the space with some large chunks of jacaranda. Since it was dark when I got home, I waited until today to unload it.
Especially with a few hundred pounds on the liftgate, the ol' Ranger was a bit hunched down this afternoon when I went out to unload it...
The two big pieces standing on end are the suspected oak, and the rest is jacaranda...
The smaller chunk on the liftgate is a jacaranda crotch...
What looks like two smaller logs behind that piece is actually the creased face of another large jacaranda log. It should make an interesting natural edge piece...
Both of the oak chunks are pretty checked on the ends that were exposed to air. The logs are big enough that I suspect I can still find plenty of turnable wood inside. I'll know more when I get into them, but at the very worst, the neighbors will have a bit of good oak firewood.
Ran out of daylight today before I could get any of it cut up, but I'll probably start making blanks tomorrow. I think I did all right for the price.