[Closed] PSA - for Stoner, Mcmoonter and any other STW wood fans

Oh well done Ski.... excellent stuff 😀
edit: Episode 1 is repeated on Sunday @ 6:30 on BBC HD as well

That was ace.
Didn't Rob write a bike book? It's all about the bike??

That was ace.
Didn't Rob write a bike book? It's all about the bike??

Yes, mentioned on previous thread by me!

cheers ski. Will set up series record on the computer now.

Perfect timing as I am now the proud owner (completed yesterday) of my own "abandoned" coppice. Work starts next month on reviving it.

What variety of tree is in it stoner, I have a small area of very wet peaty land that I could plant out for a coppice and I'm thinking willow for its fast growth, it's only for a bit extra fire wood for my wood burner and possibly for a home made wood burner/kettle boiler for my shed

I can get willow clippings gratis so it's tempting

mefty - assumes I saw/read a previous thread.....
....I didn't but I do have two copies of the book and watched the programme about it/him.
Not trying to steal your thunder 😛

Tim

lyrikal - Member

What variety of tree is in it stoner, I have a small area of very wet peaty land that I could plant out for a coppice and I'm thinking willow for its fast growth, it's only for a bit extra fire wood for my wood burner and possibly for a home made wood burner/kettle boiler for my shed

I can get willow clippings gratis so it's tempting

Yes willow is good choice, might be worth looking for some hybrid varieties to plant.

lyrikal - I planted some fast massing willow varieties in our back field - wet and clay. These are for harvesting on 3-4 year short rotation coppicing.

http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/i-got-wood#post-3323896

http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/talk-to-me-about-chainsaws/page/3#post-4273973

The coppice I bought however is a former standard poplar plantation that was clear-felled 5 years ago and allowed to re-grow from the stump stools.

Not trying to steal your thunder

I have oodles of it - you are welcome to some.

Work starts next month on reviving it.

Thanks for the heads up ski.

Am merely a user of wood, but am on the lookout for a corner of a field round here some time with the intention of creating a small coppice. Where I live (West Lancs) is now the home of veg production, but used to be a willow growing area - my house is called Wood View, though there is no longer any wood to see..!

Ooo, he's a fiesty one.
I'm too old to need thunder. I can get into enough trouble without it :O)
Stoner - A blog would be a great idea. I'm doing some coppasing/scrub clearance on the SDW this winter assuming all goes to plan so it will be good to see someone else out in all weathers burning some 2 stroke!

Excellent recommendation. Best afternoon at work I've had for a while.

timbur - I'll make sure I take loads of pics and either put some posts up in here, or stick something in my blogger account.

There's a local guy does day courses round here too - I might sign up for a one dayer just to get a chance to ask him questions about timing and tree management. Im not particularly into coppice production stuff like fences and bean poles, just into fuel.
http://malverncoppicing.co.uk/index.html

PS My brushcutter is 4-stroke 🙂

Stoner - pics and/or blog or it never happened.

4 stroke brushcutter? Tsk tsk :O)

I've got a Stihl Kombi. It's my favourite tool. Just like a big boy Swiss Army Knife.

Oh, and a few chainsaws.

Can't beat an old school billhook if you have the time though.

Was going to get a billhook from the malvern coppicing chappie. His prices are better than eBay

Honda brushcutter - bloody awesome 🙂

Just hoping my MS023 will hold out for a few seasons...

I watched the first episode last night. Great stuff. Just the sort of minority interest TV the BBC should make.

Stoner - Member

Perfect timing as I am now the proud owner (completed yesterday) of my own "abandoned" coppice.

Based on the first episode I reckon it will be three weeks until Stoner buys some pigs.

squeal l`ll piggy 😉

Thanks for that, I will try and catch it on the iPlayer when I get back.

Hornbeam depending on its purpose, not worth it just for firewood.

Bootiful

LOL - I've got an 023 as well. Perky little belter!
Hoping to pick up an 025 from a friend next week and looking for something a bit bigger as there's rummours of some felling work with another chap soon.
Life isn't half bad.
Billhook - I went to a wood show and was amazed at the prices for what seemed fairly poor quality tools. I ended up getting a "vintage" one off eBay. Devon Billhook with curved front and axe back. Like a Southern Counties but a bit more useful. Old school steel that has a good edge and is a pleasure to use and sharpen.
Rob last night was using his the wrong way (if I was taught properly)

[url= http://www.coppice-products.co.uk/The_National_Coppice_Restoration_Project.htm ]http://www.coppice-products.co.uk/The_National_Coppice_Restoration_Project.htm[/url]

I'd ask that you'd look into biodiversity of coppicing as well - just to make a good thing even better and make yours more resilient to disease etc.

Looks a good prog, will watch the rest tonight.
I've got some unmanaged ash, which used to be coppiced, now on the list of things to do. (But some if it is, I guess, to big now.)

Looks a good prog, will watch the rest tonight.
I've got some unmanaged ash, which used to be coppiced, now on the list of things to do. (But some if it is, I guess, to big now.)

Ash burns great.
Fell, log and burn within 3-4 weeks.
It drys quickly and burns HOT.
Tim

Oak-logs will warm you well
That are old and dry
Logs of pine will sweetly smell
But the sparks will fly
Birch-logs will burn too fast
Chestnut scarce at all
Hawthorn-logs are good to last
Cut them in the fall.
Holly-logs will burn like wax
You may burn them green
Elm-logs are like smouldering flax
With no flame to be seen
Beech-logs for winter time
Yew-logs as well
Green elder-logs it is a crime
For any man to sell.
Pear-logs and apple-logs
They will scent your room
Cherry-logs across the dogs
Will smell like flower of broom
But ash-logs, smooth and grey
Burn them green or old
Buy up all that come your way
They're worth their weight in gold.

and

Beechwood fires are bright and clear
If the logs are kept a year,
Oaken logs burn steadily
If the wood is old and dry;
Birch and fir logs burn too fast
Blaze up bright and do not last;
Chestnut's only good, they say
If for long it's laid away;
But ash new or ash old
Is fit for a Queen with a crown of gold;
It is by the Irish said
Hawthorn bakes the sweetest bread;
Poplar gives a bitter smoke
Fills your room and makes you choke;
Applewood will scent your room
With an incese like perfume;
But ash wet or even ash dry
For a King to warm his slippers by...

Ash burns well not so much because it dries quickly but when cut green in winter there's not a lot of moisture in it in the first place.

*Grumpy old git alert*

I watched the woodland prog, not impressed so far. The description was bad enough - 'Woodsman Rob Penn brings an abandoned woodland back to life'. It was already semi-mature woodland, hardly a desert, full of stuff, presumably including the things that live in or on deadwood and big trees. About two minutes in the blokey is using a billhook like he's never used one before. I muttered at him several times - both hands behind the blade, you fool, and work up the branch. I wondered later what chainsaw training he'd had. Then what does he know of standing deadwood, and will we see a coronet cut? Half the prog was about the pigs, I guess the film crew turned up on schedule so the pigs had to be moved that day, even though they were prolly more interested in each other.

*And relax*

slowoldgit,
Yes, I was hoping for good tips on dealing with hung trees, but I think I'll look elsewhere.

I enjoyed it but was expecting more. Definitely could do with another half hour slot to make it an hour long.

Chestnut's only good, they say
If for long it's laid away;

Yup I have some thats been seasoning for 8 months and it stil doesnt burn that well 🙁

8 months isn't that long really.
Assume it's split? If not then that will help speed matters up.
Stored somewhere dry and windy? Greenhouses are ideal if you don't have much of it
(windows and door open)

I've burned horse chestnut, decided it was best mixed with other wood.