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That's a nice bunch of timber there. It will be nice and cured by next winter.

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So the zaimokuyasan was around again this morning and we've now got piles of logs dotted all over the place.

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That is just two dump truck loads, think this should see us right for the next few years and we've several friends coming over next week to chop up and take away several of the other piles.

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Have you considered growing shiitake? You could use some of those logs for seeding the plugs.

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Most of it is sugi and hinoki which is unfortunately no good for shiitake, the resins in the wood have an anti microbial effect. But we are thinking of perhaps starting a maki business as they delivered 8 dump truck loads by the end of yesterday.

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ZN - great that the logs are flowing your way!

Helped the neighbour stack his firewood (mostly oak) last week. Three people, took us a whole day. Made him very happy. He also gave us a K truck load. Plus last month he gave us around five hundred 1m long oak logs for shiitake. Got 150 more to drill and inoculate. Then we have about 18 months + to think about what to do with so many shiitake. haha
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Thanks Ian,

We really appreciated him delivering them to us with his dump truck as it saves us from doing it. That wood shed is awesome, it puts my scaffolding one to shame :D, it really is well made. Is it yours or your neighbour's shed and how long does that much wood last for ?

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ZN - That is the neighbour's shed. I don't think he will use all of that firewood. Is already on a waiting list for an elderly care home.

We made a quick one last year at our land using beams we had on site. Rough, but does the job.
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Ha ha, even your 'rough' jobs look great Ian, lovely use of the concrete storm drains and materials you have to hand.

Do you have a chainsaw ? Can't remember if you did or not but if you do might be an idea to order up some clutch springs to have in stock. One of mine broke the other week so the clutch wouldn't disengage which meant the chainsaw was out of action for a week while waiting for a replacement to arrive.

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ZN - Yes, we have a chainsaw and I also think it is a good idea to keep spare parts. :thumbup:

We are also lucky to have a hardware store (chainsaws too) and machine hire place five minutes down the road. They have been great for various repairs and parts.

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Hi Ian,

I'm with you on keeping a stock of parts but hadn't considered stocking clutch springs, it's unfortunate how it often seems to be the bit you haven't got in stock that fails :doh:

What type of chain do you use on your saw ? Up until now I've been using Stihl Picco chains which are pretty comfortable and very stable with very little kick back but was thinking of moving over to something a little more aggressive like a full chisel chain for faster cutting now we've got so much wood to cut up.

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