The Tree Saga of 2024 Part 7: Branches and Cordwood and Trains! Oh My!

Today, it's a mixed load of branches and cord wood chunks heading for processing.
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[@zenontrainstrucks9433]

Great video!

[@sdmsapphiremodels]

The wheel slip was neat haha

[@s16100]

such a mess to clean up. The railroad is getting a work out now for sure.

[@idemanddonuts]

I was worried about making a 7.5" gauge for my property because of how much wood it might be able to haul Vs 15/16 inch gauge. But I think 7.5 will be just fine and I can save some money on track building costs

[@MillBrookRailroad]

@@idemanddonuts Absolutely! Also, keep in mind that my locos are about the size of 44 tonners. You can do a lot more with a larger loco.

[@timjim10]

Good looking flat cars my man!

[@MillBrookRailroad]

@@timjim10 They have a lot of hard use on them.

[@wmason1961]

​@MillBrookRailroad that's what makes them look great. Real loads.

[@wmason1961]

Yep. "Random" was just the right word.

[@idemanddonuts]

Have you guys thought about using a wood chip stove/boiler? Because you're then able to turn all the wood into chips and carry it all in essentially hopper cars and augers

[@MillBrookRailroad]

@idemanddonuts We burn wood pellets at the moment. I thought about stacking this wood up and seasoning it to fuel an evaporator that I plan to either build or buy so I can start making maple syrup again. My other thought is seasoning it and selling it by the bundle.

[@lordsherifftakari4127]

good ole #70 getting a workout. curious as to why you don't have a Gondola out to carry the smaller sticks/kindling that are still worth keeping for firewood. I can see a use for the Tank Car as a sprayer for weed control. fill it with a farm safe weed control, pump it up and sit on a Flatcar with the nozzle to spray the right of way. nothing gunks good trackwork like Weeds!

[@MillBrookRailroad]

@@lordsherifftakari4127 I have four gondolas, but they're in storage until I build a car barn.

[@amesmathee7052]

Try a splitting maul...much better than an ax for splitting wood.

[@MillBrookRailroad]

@@amesmathee7052 I'll have to try that.

[@andygerber4624]

Need to build some log cars (just a basic frame) that you can cut the wood on the cars then move the cars to where your stacking it..... just a thought for the future...... Good video.....

[@MillBrookRailroad]

I've thought about building log racks, but then I think about the cost of building them and wondering where I'm going to put them. You can do a lot of different things with flat cars. You can even use them as passenger cars. Log racks are a little harder to do as much with without modifying them. Then at the end of the day, you have a flat car with stakes.

[@Stefan_Boerjesson]

What about mounting a garden size wood chopper on a car blowing the chips into a collecting hopper car? Joking but only a bit. Lots of diesel around today. It was flowing in one car but not in the other....

[@MillBrookRailroad]

A wood chipper into a gondola isn't a bad idea. I would just have to acquire a wood chipper and build some high side gondolas. I think I need to build car storage before I do that.

[@Stefan_Boerjesson]

@@MillBrookRailroad What about additional walls to a gondola You already have? Put on the walls when needed, remove them afterwards....

[@artillerest43rdva7]

at the end was that a you de-railing? what a haul of wood will you use it as a part of your heating regiment just in a fire pit. it is crazy with the ants ! nice video, thanks for sharing.

[@MillBrookRailroad]

@@artillerest43rdva7 I'll either use it in sugar making or season it and put it out by the road to sell in bundles.

[@tryingagain14]

Road would give you a couple of bucks for maintenance ​@@MillBrookRailroad

[@johnlottes7440]

Some straps might've helped crush that brush down and hold it in place.

[@MillBrookRailroad]

True, but we'd still have to tuck all the branches inside the stakes.

[@ThePaulv12]

Everything in life is knowing the tricks lol. For splitting wood an axe isn't the correct tool for the job. Axes are best used for cutting at 90deg to the grain. What you want is a splitter or block splitter - like an axe but the head is shaped to split wood lengthwise along the grain. Axe can be used in a pinch but when it jams, trying to extricate it stresses the handle, so your reliable axe starts to get loose. Also, sitting one round on another reduces the length of your swing therefore the the amount of power you can generate. Having it lower down on a firm surface and aiming for the half of the log round past the center (so the half furthest from the center) yields excellent results. When one gets really good one can use one's manual splitter wherever one likes and is great fun playing with where to split. The more you do it the more productive you become. You begin to be able to read where to split on difficult to split species too.

[@MillBrookRailroad]

@@ThePaulv12 Thanks for the tips!

[@robertheinkel6225]

Collecting firewood for your steam engine?

[@MillBrookRailroad]

@@robertheinkel6225 it's a little large for the steam engine, but I'll figure a use for it.

[@bradfordthompson8326]

Are The tree branches going to be used for steam engine fuel????😊😅😮😢🎉😂❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@MillBrookRailroad]

@@bradfordthompson8326 There is much work to be done to the steam engine before I can think about fuel.