Why You Shouldn’t Burn Bark
Bark falls off wood when cutting, splitting or all around moving it, and all that ends up making it accumulate.
Bark falls off wood when cutting, splitting or all around moving it, and all that ends up making it accumulate.
The debate between whether or not firewood stacks should be covered from the elements is definitely a common one, so on this article I’ll try my best to explain the both sides.
Cutting up a tree in one go instead of two saves time and energy, although it only works out when the chainsaw’s bar is longer than the tree itself. The great thing is that they come in many lengths and are easy to change, but the question today is, what’s the biggest bar a chainsaw…
Most of us split the wood we cut whenever there’s time available, but is there any better way to go about it, i mean, is splitting rounds of green firewood better than doing so when they’re seasoned?
Properly seasoned firewood is important if you want to use the wood with its full potential. Issue is, there are many types of wood out there – it can be confusing to know exactly how long specific type of it dries for.
Many homeowners might think that burning, splitting and handling of firewood should not smell bad, but that’s not always the case as there are types of firewood, especially one, which can make any activity related to it slightly unpleasant.
Skidding tongs are tools which let you pull, or in other words, skid logs from one place to another with a help of a vehicle, winch or even a horse (yes, that’s still being done). Imagine doing that purely by hand? You would need to roll the logs by bending down, then making turns, who…
The season of wood burning has come once again, but this time something is wrong with the wood pile – it has been attacked by termites. But what do you do now? Do you still use the firewood, or get rid of all the hard work you had put in?
Don’t you love to just sometimes sit back behind a fireplace or a wood stove and listen to those pops, crackles and hisses burning firewood makes? The sounds might sure be pleasing, but if they’re louder than usual there might be a problem with firewood your’e burning.
A firewood cart is a cart specifically made for moving firewood. Wheelbarrows can do the same thing too, but not as easy or efficiently as a specifically made cart for that reason.