More work for the 108 billy buck thingy.

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Definitely not a froe. Here's a bit more yard work I did with the 108. This was a major tree branch that had fallen sometime during the previous owners time. It was stabbed into the ground so far I couldn't pull it out, and was leaning on another live tree at a 45 degree angle. Normally I'd leave it for the woodpeckers, but it was leaning over a fence on a property line so i removed it. I though I had a "before" photo, but you'll have to accept my crude drawing. The tree was half rotted, but I still think it was good challenge for the tool. I wasn't disappointed.

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bucksway said:
In Florida we call it 'lighter' and some almost burns explosively. I tossed a big chunk by accident in my fireplace back in the 80's and I will NEVER make that mistake again.
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Where I live in Indiana, finding any in the wild is a low probability endeavor. I get mine by the bag at Home Depot!
 
When I first bought our little farm house on 5 acres back then Kathy wanted kerosene heaters and I hated the smell. I did not have a chainsaw so I would stop on the side of the road and pick up wood. Longer pieces I found 2 trees close together would snap them into manageable lengths. The 'lighter' chunk was about 20" by 12"-14"..It spit flaming drops of burning sap most of the night and scared both Kathy and I. I really thought it might catch the house on fire as I had never seen a piece of wood burn so fierce! It actually roared..I bought 2 heaters that week.
 
I had not heard of fat wood until I went to southeastern Oklahoma the summer of 2015. Down there they called it pine knots or pine knees. It is very humid and wet in that area around Broken Bow it was raining about every other day and we were camping and fishing at the lake. It was difficult to find good dry wood for a campfire but using the fat wood / pine knots to get it going was a good lesson to learn. It was like using lighter fluid and burned really hot, the damp wood smoked some but it burned. We would go out in the forest and look for the pines that had fallen and rotting and break them open to get the fat wood. Two five gallon buckets lasted all week long.
 
rhino said:
Where I live in Indiana, finding any in the wild is a low probability endeavor. I get mine by the bag at Home Depot!
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Yes I did keep it to burn later. In the northeast you can find it everywhere. I often shave it onto a piece of birch Or other bark to get my fires started.
 
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