try dusting the woodyard with Diatomaceous Earth. It kills anything with an exoskeleton. Go to a feed store to get it in bulk. Sprinkle it into the intake side if a leaf blower while pointing it at your stacked logs and firewood.
I have a pile of honey locust logs and these powder beetles apparently love it as well. The last few days I have been cutting and splitting these logs and the wood is full of larva.
Hickory also takes forever to dry from green- just like oak. I've found that not only Hickory, but Beech and Post Oak are also vulnerable to bugs that make dust... In those cases, they eat the inner bark. When you pick a piece up, all this dust sifts out... Annoying! Long as they leave my Sugar maple alone, whatever. Like Neighborly Homestead, I'm in W NY too. So far this year, I've gotten a bonanza of Norway maple from the storms- couple trees with co-dominant stems split in half, one blew over entirely, and another lost a huge limb. All but the limbs- which got chipped-now reside in my racks, nicely split, waiting for next year. Plenty of Silver maple, too- I just went after the hard maple first as Silver dries out so fast.
I feel the same with oregon oak, I get these grubs in it, and they go everywhere thru it. Helps the drying time because the wood is got ventilation 😂😂😂 but they don't mess with the core wood, so I split off the white outer wood and bark, and I got a guy who loves the super flammable powdery oak pieces. Good times. That is one wikid good log load
We have lots of shagbark hickory on our property. You're right - those bore bugs only eat into the Hickory. It's great firewood - but the bugs are a pain.
Hi Joe - it's Big Rodders in Ireland. Perhaps you could experiment by borrowing a back pack blower and blast your logs before you load up into your truck. It wouldn't take long and if it worked it could be a simple solution to your dust problem.
Yes, hickory can get nasty this time of year with the powder post beetles. I top cover my hickory to keep the dust from turning into a paste when it rains. The process of loading for deliveries, unloading and stacking removes most of the accumulated dust. Have found by removing the bark the beetles will leave it alone. Bucking up the logs and splitting freshly cut hickory starts the drying process and they don't like dry hickory as much as wet. My two cents on Hickory. I sell a lot of it in Nashville.
We don't get hickory in NZ. But boy we sure love American hickory axe handles. Great looking logs and great to see that truck and trucker back. Can't get enough of these videos mate. Cheers from HB NZ. Oh an aside, I recently got onto an olive orchard that needed cleaned up. What a fabulous perfume when burning. Have a great day mate
I cut my own firewood for myself and being in the middle of the woods I have mosquitoes, ticks and whatever else but I use a InvaTeck sprayer (fogger) that I use a product called TAlAK and I spray the whole perimeter of my yard and I spray my firewood area since it’s near my home . All bugs are gone. This thing fogs for like 15-20 out easily. Not sure if this will work on your hickory but there is other chemicals that are safe around humans and pets .
Interesting, we have tons of hickory in Tennessee and I've never seen that sand/bug (knock on wood, pun intended). Its fantastic wood; firewood, smoking meat wood, construction wood. I adore hickory even more than oak.
Nice load of wood Joe and it's good to see LHJ once again! Our weather in WNY has been weird this year. We've had 26 confirmed tornados in NY this year where we normally only have about 10 at most. Stay safe and cool out there! - Tim
Agree, I hate the hickory-dust!! In my area, I can sell hickory for twice the amount I sell "regular" firewood. I cut it at 12" and people buy it like crazy to use in their smokers / bbq pits
I got a load of cherry firewood, appx 2/3 of a facecord. (asked for a half, but we ended up just tossing the whole stack in, lol) About half of it was end cuts and chunks. A lot of people likely would have turned their noses up at it, but I was delighted! Those cut offs split up into perfect grill chunks. And since I was there- and the shed full of heating wood was right there... We finished filling my truck with all the sugar maple chunks we could dig out of the pile. THAT'S the stuff for grilling! Perfect burning qualities, and if you toss it onto hot coals, so it just smolders, it smells= and tastes fantastic. You get many people asking for that where you are?
Agreed! I use the red for making coals- usually mixed with Ash and/or Maple (what a great smelling combo that is!). The White oak goes on last, so it's still there, smoldering and smoking, when the grill screen goes on. I end up buying loads of mixed oak from dead standing trees- for next year. Irritating, that it takes so long to finish, but that's what is available.
I can split and stack red oak on my hill the wind and sun drys it in year or less hickory about 6 to 8 months.its amazing but gotta split it small i only cover top during rain ..and take big blower to it periodically..
Well that was different, learning about a hickory specific bug! I had to research it, and saw it’s distinctive “W” shaped marking, but you wouldn’t want that as part of your logo..”Ohio Wood Bug”. Heh heh. Elaine from Canada here, glad to see LH Jesse again, troubleshooting his way out of more predicaments!Hope he gets his radiator changed out successfully. Interesting video, have a great day Joe, cheers.
I totally agree with the hickory dust, but I LOVE getting hickory loads. Like a kid on Christmas morning! My pecan which is also a hickory has the same issues dust everywhere. I’m aight with the dust, but the paste is OBNOXIOUS. Thanks for the video!
@@ohiowoodburner it’s everywhere, looking at 8 pecan trees right now. It’s not good fireplace wood because even when completely dry it pops pretty bad. I’m cooking chicken tenderloins wrapped in bacon right now over pecan in my fire pit. Thanks for answering my comment. 👍
That's the reason I leave most of my hickory in log form. They don't mess with it too bad in log form. Hickory dries pretty quickly here and I process it and it leaves the same day
We have Shagbark hickory in Wisconsin. The biggest problem with it is the bark. It eats chains. Your chain will actually spark when you touch it to the bark. Really hard.
Was thinking sending that through the processor just to sit on that shaker and up to the cleaner and of course into the truck and or trailer wonder if that might get rid of enough of that dust to justify the extra effort to clean it some
Joe, great Video as always my Friend. Nice Shag Bark Hickory. I Know what you mean by the Bug getting in the Wood, it is gross. We just got Thru with Debbie on Friday. Super Humid and almost 3inches of Rain. Tell Jesse hello and Stay Safe and Well Hydrated. Starting to Cut my Firewood this Week Finally. Ron from the Woodyard in Duanesburg NY.
It might be an idea to run the dried hickory through your disk cleaner before delivering it to your customers. Also, in the summer it might be an idea to find the space to put one of those greenhouse wood driers like back 40 firewood got. It might get hot enough to kill the bugs/larve in the wood.
Great video. I am thinking of starting a firewood business. I am a CPA and in finance. I plan on buying the 405 like yours. Question. How big was that car port you got for it? I am having a hard time picking one Thanks for the content, super helpful.
I would like to see a picture of the beetle you mentioned. I cut Osage Orange (Hedge) here in Kansas to heat our home during the winter. We have a similar, if not the same, problem with a beetle that has the same coloration.
@@ohiowoodburner That's the culprit! I read the information in the link you sent and it looks my firewood is on this varmints menu. Thanks for the information.
@@ohiowoodburner That's what I thought you meant, so I was excited when I got my first big shagbark hickory dropped off and funny I don't think it smells that great lol, now cherry, oh yeah, haha.
Joe the bug helps dry the wood faster! You have calls for hickory you turn away. You have a chance to make more so I would roll with the punches and go with it. We have the same bug here. Truthfully never seen the bug but have seen the evidence. Hope you can get your inventory if logs up before winter.
haha... I was going to work in comments about my July Crisis and a blank check for a kaiser roll but that will be on a future vid LOL. I try my best to drop Easter eggs in many of the vids!
I've had stacks of hickory that had so much "sand" (that's what I thought it was when I first encountered it) that you could build a sand castle and other stacks with none at all. It is super annoying and messy and I don't like to sell it when it's like that. Dave
I made a decision not to have local pickup. I had too many appointments set up and was left holding the bag, had to rearrange the rest of my week to adjust etc. If you are looking for smoking wood there are a lot of Amish sellers around Middlefield and Orwell that have it by species much cheaper than me.
That's what I did sold firewood for my friends tree company that they split into firewood pickup loads and trailers loads pickup so much trailers have to measure then come up with price wood most times busy @@ohiowoodburner
Joe you need ironwood for making axe 🪓 handle , get my moose hunter from Ontario Canada 🇨🇦 bring in ironwood for me for axe 🪓 handle . We don’t have ironwood in the 709 joe . 😊
Horticulturalists are working towards beetle resistance in elm, hickory, etc….but progress takes generations. The bugs will always adapt….and will be here long after we will. Oh well. 👍
Joe are making axe handle from hickory? Cherry 🍒 and apples 🍎 make beautiful chips for smoked wood 🪵 for organic moose meat 🥩 jerky for the hunter from Oklahoma USA 🇺🇸 in the second and third wk off moose hunting this fall . 😊 Go good 👍 with WILD TURKEY 🦃 WHISKEY 🥃 mix with beaver 🦫 or iceberg ice 🧊 joe . HI LOGGER HAULER JESSE! 😊
Milo, sounds like you got them thar super charged, NASCAR. racing bugs. Just pour alcohol on the hickory logs. When the racers get drunk, they'll stagger out into the open and you can stab 'em with an ice pick. LOL. Your pal, YoYo the ex-terminator. Shalom/gw
G'day Joe I don't want to see Jesse doing his business 😷anyway we don't have squirrels or wood peckers in Oz for two reasons, first our trees don't have acorns and secondly the wood is nearly as hard as concrete and the peckers would snap their beaks 👍.
@@ohiowoodburneralso pignut, i have them here in north Georgia, actually just had one snap in half in a storm - lots of holes near base of trunk, first 12 feet of tree completely hollow - blessed by the Lord it didn’t fall on my house - it was a 60 ft tree very close to house The tree had plenty of leaves and nuts,they don’t need to be healthy to give fruit, that’s for sure
Joe, you said, "Fast as I can." You like to process only one or two decks per day. Maybe you could work full-time for a week. See just how much you can do.
Will tell you Joe you and your channel was one of the first I began to watch as it just popped up as they randomly do have learned much always now on the other hand just as my way of doing firewood would not necessarily be yours and yours would not be mine necessarily way of doing things the point here is one doesn't need to agree with it to respect it you have certainly earned my complete respect as far as tears of joy and the sweat of the brow nothing wrong with that that would be my positive spin on that one
try dusting the woodyard with Diatomaceous Earth. It kills anything with an exoskeleton. Go to a feed store to get it in bulk. Sprinkle it into the intake side if a leaf blower while pointing it at your stacked logs and firewood.
Good to see LHJ!!! Joe you need a few more loads of logs!! Stress reliever!!
Yes! More logs!
I have a pile of honey locust logs and these powder beetles apparently love it as well. The last few days I have been cutting and splitting these logs and the wood is full of larva.
Hickory also takes forever to dry from green- just like oak.
I've found that not only Hickory, but Beech and Post Oak are also vulnerable to bugs that make dust... In those cases, they eat the inner bark. When you pick a piece up, all this dust sifts out... Annoying!
Long as they leave my Sugar maple alone, whatever.
Like Neighborly Homestead, I'm in W NY too. So far this year, I've gotten a bonanza of Norway maple from the storms- couple trees with co-dominant stems split in half, one blew over entirely, and another lost a huge limb. All but the limbs- which got chipped-now reside in my racks, nicely split, waiting for next year. Plenty of Silver maple, too- I just went after the hard maple first as Silver dries out so fast.
Joe,it’s always awesome when you and Jessie get together in your wood yard 😮😊❤
Thanks Todd. I enjoy having him as well
I feel the same with oregon oak, I get these grubs in it, and they go everywhere thru it. Helps the drying time because the wood is got ventilation 😂😂😂 but they don't mess with the core wood, so I split off the white outer wood and bark, and I got a guy who loves the super flammable powdery oak pieces. Good times.
That is one wikid good log load
I wish hickory was more abundant in my area. Looks like it would be a monster in terms of heat output
In Virginia we get the dust from the beetles on hickory, beech, and oak.
We have lots of shagbark hickory on our property. You're right - those bore bugs only eat into the Hickory. It's great firewood - but the bugs are a pain.
Hi Joe - it's Big Rodders in Ireland. Perhaps you could experiment by borrowing a back pack blower and blast your logs before you load up into your truck. It wouldn't take long and if it worked it could be a simple solution to your dust problem.
Good afternoon Joe & Log Hauler Jesse.
Hello JC!
Yes, hickory can get nasty this time of year with the powder post beetles. I top cover my hickory to keep the dust from turning into a paste when it rains. The process of loading for deliveries, unloading and stacking removes most of the accumulated dust. Have found by removing the bark the beetles will leave it alone. Bucking up the logs and splitting freshly cut hickory starts the drying process and they don't like dry hickory as much as wet. My two cents on Hickory. I sell a lot of it in Nashville.
I figured that out on my first experience with hickory. Your comment is telling me I did the right thing. 👍
Good to hear Doug. YOu make a lot of sense.
We don't get hickory in NZ. But boy we sure love American hickory axe handles. Great looking logs and great to see that truck and trucker back. Can't get enough of these videos mate. Cheers from HB NZ. Oh an aside, I recently got onto an olive orchard that needed cleaned up. What a fabulous perfume when burning. Have a great day mate
Olive wood. Interesting! Thanks for supporting us Cliffy!
Good to see LHJ doing his thing, what a master! Amazing how those Hickory bugs can cause such a havoc.
I heart hickory 😄 and the powderpost beetle holes help season the wood faster in my experience.
haha. They sure do put holes in those logs!
I cut my own firewood for myself and being in the middle of the woods I have mosquitoes, ticks and whatever else but I use a InvaTeck sprayer (fogger) that I use a product called TAlAK and I spray the whole perimeter of my yard and I spray my firewood area since it’s near my home . All bugs are gone. This thing fogs for like 15-20 out easily. Not sure if this will work on your hickory but there is other chemicals that are safe around humans and pets .
Interesting, we have tons of hickory in Tennessee and I've never seen that sand/bug (knock on wood, pun intended). Its fantastic wood; firewood, smoking meat wood, construction wood. I adore hickory even more than oak.
Great video on hickory!! Hood to see LHJ!! Hope y'all get through the storm ok!! Stay Hydrated and Have a Safe Day
Thanks Dave. Our power was out for half a day but just north of us had it very bad
I love hickory and cherry . But you are right about the bugs and the dust . Seems like this year the hickory bugs are worse.
I saw a million of them earlier in the spring. Gross!
Nice load of wood Joe and it's good to see LHJ once again! Our weather in WNY has been weird this year. We've had 26 confirmed tornados in NY this year where we normally only have about 10 at most. Stay safe and cool out there! - Tim
We WERE very hot and dry. Went to Very hot and rainy. Now we have cooled off some!
Agree, I hate the hickory-dust!!
In my area, I can sell hickory for twice the amount I sell "regular" firewood. I cut it at 12" and people buy it like crazy to use in their smokers / bbq pits
I never get enough in supply to really make a focus on marketing and selling it
Sell it as a " limited edition"😂@@ohiowoodburner
I got a load of cherry firewood, appx 2/3 of a facecord. (asked for a half, but we ended up just tossing the whole stack in, lol) About half of it was end cuts and chunks. A lot of people likely would have turned their noses up at it, but I was delighted! Those cut offs split up into perfect grill chunks.
And since I was there- and the shed full of heating wood was right there... We finished filling my truck with all the sugar maple chunks we could dig out of the pile. THAT'S the stuff for grilling! Perfect burning qualities, and if you toss it onto hot coals, so it just smolders, it smells= and tastes fantastic. You get many people asking for that where you are?
Good to see jessie good video joe
Thanks Bob.
White oak is amazing for cooking over . Red oak is a good heat source or fire pit wood . But as you know forever to dry .
Yes takes a long time for sure!
Agreed! I use the red for making coals- usually mixed with Ash and/or Maple (what a great smelling combo that is!). The White oak goes on last, so it's still there, smoldering and smoking, when the grill screen goes on.
I end up buying loads of mixed oak from dead standing trees- for next year. Irritating, that it takes so long to finish, but that's what is available.
I can split and stack red oak on my hill the wind and sun drys it in year or less hickory about 6 to 8 months.its amazing but gotta split it small i only cover top during rain ..and take big blower to it periodically..
Well that was different, learning about a hickory specific bug! I had to research it, and saw it’s distinctive “W” shaped marking, but you wouldn’t want that as part of your logo..”Ohio Wood Bug”. Heh heh. Elaine from Canada here, glad to see LH Jesse again, troubleshooting his way out of more predicaments!Hope he gets his radiator changed out successfully. Interesting video, have a great day Joe, cheers.
Thanks so much Elaine. Hope you are staying cool
I totally agree with the hickory dust, but I LOVE getting hickory loads. Like a kid on Christmas morning! My pecan which is also a hickory has the same issues dust everywhere. I’m aight with the dust, but the paste is OBNOXIOUS. Thanks for the video!
I have cooked with hickory but I find that pecan is much better. And yes we have those same hickory issues way down south.
Never had or dealt with pecan. Must not grow up this far north
@@ohiowoodburner it’s everywhere, looking at 8 pecan trees right now. It’s not good fireplace wood because even when completely dry it pops pretty bad. I’m cooking chicken tenderloins wrapped in bacon right now over pecan in my fire pit. Thanks for answering my comment. 👍
I’m looking for 3/4 semi load of tops. Auburn, IN. Having little luck finding firewood this year.
That's the reason I leave most of my hickory in log form. They don't mess with it too bad in log form. Hickory dries pretty quickly here and I process it and it leaves the same day
At least for me I have seen it on logs. I have a big trail of dust where the logs were in my main pile
@@ohiowoodburner yep they still get in it but not as bad. I have several logs that all the bark came off and they are still clean
We have Shagbark hickory in Wisconsin. The biggest problem with it is the bark. It eats chains. Your chain will actually spark when you touch it to the bark. Really hard.
Very hard wood indeed DV
Ironwood will get ya too
Douglas Fir has a bug that does the same thing. For us, it goes under the bark and leaves trails like the ash borer bug.
I had an ash log yesterday...first one i have seen in a LONG time!
Was thinking sending that through the processor just to sit on that shaker and up to the cleaner and of course into the truck and or trailer wonder if that might get rid of enough of that dust to justify the extra effort to clean it some
A lot of great information.. thanks
Thanks for supporting us buddy
Joe, great Video as always my Friend. Nice Shag Bark Hickory. I Know what you mean by the Bug getting in the Wood, it is gross.
We just got Thru with Debbie on Friday. Super Humid and almost 3inches of Rain.
Tell Jesse hello and Stay Safe and Well Hydrated. Starting to Cut my Firewood this Week Finally. Ron from the Woodyard in Duanesburg NY.
Weather is cooling off this week this could be the good time for you to get outside again Ron
It might be an idea to run the dried hickory through your disk cleaner before delivering it to your customers. Also, in the summer it might be an idea to find the space to put one of those greenhouse wood driers like back 40 firewood got. It might get hot enough to kill the bugs/larve in the wood.
That is possible. I would need a taller conveyor to get it up into the cleaner
Great video. I am thinking of starting a firewood business. I am a CPA and in finance. I plan on buying the 405 like yours. Question. How big was that car port you got for it? I am having a hard time picking one Thanks for the content, super helpful.
Nice load! Wish I had some of that value added hickory out here in Colorado!
haha...shipping cost would be pretty high Kyle!!!!
Good seeing you yesterday, Jesse. I could use a load of hickory at my place here in Chardon. We still don’t have power from that storm.
We still have houses in Trumbull co without power too. Awful storm! Be safe up there.
Good seeing you also. Hope you get power soon.
I would like to see a picture of the beetle you mentioned. I cut Osage Orange (Hedge) here in Kansas to heat our home during the winter. We have a similar, if not the same, problem with a beetle that has the same coloration.
I found this online. This is what I am dealing with
bygl.osu.edu/node/1223
@@ohiowoodburner That's the culprit! I read the information in the link you sent and it looks my firewood is on this varmints menu. Thanks for the information.
Please ask Jessie how many loads does he need to haul to cover his radiator repair? Logging and trucking isn’t all fun and games.
I will find out next vid
Hi Joe, when you say it smells great are you talking about the smoke when burning or fresh split, just curious.
Hickory? Fresh split aroma is intoxicating. Burning/smoke is awesome too
@@ohiowoodburner That's what I thought you meant, so I was excited when I got my first big shagbark hickory dropped off and funny I don't think it smells that great lol, now cherry, oh yeah, haha.
Joe , you and Chris in the wood 🪵 yard have the wood 🪵 clients. 😊 beautiful summer for grown corn 🌽, plus corn 🌽 make whiskey 🥃 joe & Jesse . 😊
Thanks Len
The “sand” is called “frass.”
Good to know buddy. Thanks
Pecan is the same way as hickory the bugs love it in the south
Bugs bug me!
Joe the bug helps dry the wood faster! You have calls for hickory you turn away. You have a chance to make more so I would roll with the punches and go with it. We have the same bug here. Truthfully never seen the bug but have seen the evidence. Hope you can get your inventory if logs up before winter.
I will get around to them eventually. I will prob get tired of looking at them LOL
I feel slighted. No news on Dickey and Dock? You have a way of making mundane topics very interesting. And reader comments are very informative.
haha... I was going to work in comments about my July Crisis and a blank check for a kaiser roll but that will be on a future vid LOL. I try my best to drop Easter eggs in many of the vids!
Live me some Hickory, then Locust, then Oak.
Hey 👋 Joe
Hello
Jesse remember STICK on the ICE 🧊, SAW in the WOOD 🪵 and RUBBER on the ROAD LOL 😊.
Thanks Len
I bet Jessie isn't missing driving over those water soaked wood planks in the OWB swamp!
haha. Don't think so either. I love this yard and it is very easy for the trucks!
I saw Log hauler Jesse on 480 close to downtown Cleveland last week ❤
Yep that was me.
@@loghaulerjesse8228 time to get the superliner back on the road 💕
He is everywhere Rick!
@@rickscott4879 I had a load get on central av.
Is Log Hauler Jesse going to borrow the Axis again this year? Interested to hear his thoughts on the new one...
we will have to see what his needs are.
Did the wood chip idea for smokers work out? Would have to kiln dry the Hickory to till the bugs.
I still sell them yes. I have not found any bugs in the chips. Maybe I have been lucky?
Nice video. Joe
Thanks Ralph
Rough estimate what did that load cost you
I've had stacks of hickory that had so much "sand" (that's what I thought it was when I first encountered it) that you could build a sand castle and other stacks with none at all. It is super annoying and messy and I don't like to sell it when it's like that. Dave
You and me have a lot in common Dave!!!
Well everyone had the love hate with with any wood 👍😎
haha. You are prob correct Frank
Great video
Thanks Rory!
Awwh C’mon! They could’ve gotten at least two more axles under that truck by putting the tanks on top of the cab.
haha This was a tanker truck when LHJ bought it. He converted it to a log truck
will you sell cooking wood to people that live outside of your delivery range but will drive to you to pickup?.....had a tornado in Aon Lake...
I made a decision not to have local pickup. I had too many appointments set up and was left holding the bag, had to rearrange the rest of my week to adjust etc. If you are looking for smoking wood there are a lot of Amish sellers around Middlefield and Orwell that have it by species much cheaper than me.
@@ohiowoodburner thanks for info...
That's what I did sold firewood for my friends tree company that they split into firewood pickup loads and trailers loads pickup so much trailers have to measure then come up with price wood most times busy @@ohiowoodburner
Would it be worth a premium to kiln sterilize hickory to kill the bugs?
I would think heat treating would kill the larvae but I wonder if the bugs would find it regardless.
My hickory gets them dang same bugs! Such a mess👍👍
Big mess. Gross!
Joe you need ironwood for making axe 🪓 handle , get my moose hunter from Ontario Canada 🇨🇦 bring in ironwood for me for axe 🪓 handle . We don’t have ironwood in the 709 joe . 😊
Never seen iron wood but it sounds tough
@@ohiowoodburnerironwood is exactly that its undoubtedly like iron
Beech is just slick hickory. Burns and smells the same even when smoking.
Not sure if that bug eats it the same.
Beech is a great wood indeed JB
Horticulturalists are working towards beetle resistance in elm, hickory, etc….but progress takes generations. The bugs will always adapt….and will be here long after we will. Oh well. 👍
Correct. they are just like weeds to domesticated plants. Weeds and bugs had millions of years to adapt.
Scolytus quadrispinosus, your hickory friends
Good to know Steve. That wasn't the bug I saw this spring...but I have seen those before
Joe are making axe handle from hickory? Cherry 🍒 and apples 🍎 make beautiful chips for smoked wood 🪵 for organic moose meat 🥩 jerky for the hunter from Oklahoma USA 🇺🇸 in the second and third wk off moose hunting this fall . 😊 Go good 👍 with WILD TURKEY 🦃 WHISKEY 🥃 mix with beaver 🦫 or iceberg ice 🧊 joe . HI LOGGER HAULER JESSE! 😊
Thanks Len. Stay cool
Seems to me like there needs to be a sanitation process to deal with the hickory bugs.
Prob some insecticide but prob shouldn't get that around the wood
@@ohiowoodburner something organic and food safe for sure.
Milo, sounds like you got them thar super charged, NASCAR. racing bugs. Just pour alcohol on the hickory logs. When the racers get drunk, they'll stagger out into the open and you can stab 'em with an ice pick. LOL. Your pal, YoYo the ex-terminator. Shalom/gw
I will feed them chocolate covered cotton!
G'day Joe I don't want to see Jesse doing his business 😷anyway we don't have squirrels or wood peckers in Oz for two reasons, first our trees don't have acorns and secondly the wood is nearly as hard as concrete and the peckers would snap their beaks 👍.
Interesting to hear Ish. You need to experience the joys of splitting hickory one day. The smells are intoxicating
Logs are logs. Not long ago you were worried about the lack of logs. If you can sell hickory, take it all!
I did that last load with the oak but hickory is different. The mess is very annoying
@@ohiowoodburnerI bet. I've never worked with hickory but I'm guessing having it is better than nothing at all
One of the best smoking meat 🍖 🥩 woods!
i agree with you there Nick
IS THAT SHAGBARK HICKORY,
I believe there are two sub species...shagbark and bitter nut
@@ohiowoodburneralso pignut, i have them here in north Georgia, actually just had one snap in half in a storm - lots of holes near base of trunk, first 12 feet of tree completely hollow - blessed by the Lord it didn’t fall on my house - it was a 60 ft tree very close to house
The tree had plenty of leaves and nuts,they don’t need to be healthy to give fruit, that’s for sure
Those are called Painted Hickory Borers......
Good to know Glen. Thanks buddy
Remember joe , Jesse probably hitting over million board feet 🦶 in logs 🪵 hauling bye 👋 now in his life times. 😊
He doesn't seem to rest much Always on the road
I haul about 800 loads a year. Been doing it for 15 years that's alot of board footage.
Joe, you said, "Fast as I can."
You like to process only one or two decks per day. Maybe you could work full-time for a week. See just how much you can do.
I work full time + every day but it isn't always processing
I would think your processor could make firewood out of that truckload during the daylight of one day.
I know the processor could but the operator couldn't!
I guess that sand is actually Bug poo
It may be but I think it is the sawdust from the chewing mostly
You sure do cry alot
Barney you never have anything good to say so it prob doesn't matter what I do
Will tell you Joe you and your channel was one of the first I began to watch as it just popped up as they randomly do have learned much always now on the other hand just as my way of doing firewood would not necessarily be yours and yours would not be mine necessarily way of doing things the point here is one doesn't need to agree with it to respect it you have certainly earned my complete respect as far as tears of joy and the sweat of the brow nothing wrong with that that would be my positive spin on that one
Joe,, Get scientific . FRASS LOL
haha I will keep it practical...GROSS!! LOL. Thanks Jim
Oak smells like $$$$$.
No!!!
Hello Joe, People pay for my Hickory so i love it😂🪵🤘🏻🇺🇸
haha. Can't beat the smell!