Minnesota,Wisconsin,Iowa, Dakotas GTG's thread

[WoodAbuser]

Welcome, neighbor. I just moved to Decorah.

Nice area. Welcome to a little part of my world. Where do you exercise your saws?

 

[WoodAbuser]

Hey Philbert,
That looks like a fun competition. Wish I could see it, but I will be stuck configuring firewalls today.

 

[wendell]

Hi Steve
Hows you


Sent from Hoskey Hills

Doing well. Hope to finish the remodel in the next month and have life be a little more normal.

 

[wendell]

Nice area. Welcome to a little part of my world. Where do you exercise your saws?

Haven't found a place for sure yet. Have a couple possibilities in the works.

 

[old guy]

How about tomorrow? In Minneapolis. Free.

https://www.facebook.com/events/2561401200753920/permalink/2583263898567650/

Minneapolis Lumberjack Championship
Come watch professional woodchoppers battle head to head in chopping, buck sawing, and power sawing to see who will be the Minneapolis Champion.
Free admission
Free parking in ramp on the S.E. corner of Central & 40th
Presented by:
Minneapolis Saw Inc.
Husqvarna
Urban Foresters Certified Arborists

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Philbert

First I've heard of this, Philbert, I may have to come down!

 

[WoodAbuser]

Haven't found a place for sure yet. Have a couple possibilities in the works.

There is plenty to cut at my place and I could always use the help. I have only been cutting up what the excavating guy pushed over to terrace and put in my driveway. Haven't cut anything down yet. Not looking forward to it either as I have never felled a tree.

 

[WoodAbuser]

How about tomorrow? In Minneapolis. Free.

https://www.facebook.com/events/2561401200753920/permalink/2583263898567650/

Minneapolis Lumberjack Championship
Come watch professional woodchoppers battle head to head in chopping, buck sawing, and power sawing to see who will be the Minneapolis Champion.
Free admission
Free parking in ramp on the S.E. corner of Central & 40th
Presented by:
Minneapolis Saw Inc.
Husqvarna
Urban Foresters Certified Arborists

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Philbert

How was the competition?

 

[wendell]

There is plenty to cut at my place and I could always use the help. I have only been cutting up what the excavating guy pushed over to terrace and put in my driveway. Haven't cut anything down yet. Not looking forward to it either as I have never felled a tree.

I'm tied up until mid-September finishing my remodel but would be happy to help after that.

 

[WoodAbuser]

I'm tied up until mid-September finishing my remodel but would be happy to help after that.

Help anytime would be appreciated. Thank you.

 

[Philbert]

There is plenty to cut at my place and I could always use the help.

Welcome to A.S.!

Organize a 'Get-To-Gether' (GTG).
Pick a date. Organize some food. Have some fun things to do too (racing or playing with saws).

Then mark out what you want cut!

Philbert

 

[huskihl]

Haven't found a place for sure yet. Have a couple possibilities in the works.

Hardwoods, a couple buddies, a stogie and some Scotch and you'll be dancin'

 

[WoodAbuser]

Welcome to A.S.!

Organize a 'Get-To-Gether' (GTG).
Pick a date. Organize some food. Have some fun things to do too (racing or playing with saws).

Then mark out what you want cut!

Philbert

Thanks for the welcome!
From the looks of it GTG's can be a pretty big deal. I don't have a lot of space and most of it is pretty steep. Might only be able to park 6 or 8 vehicles.

 

[WoodAbuser]

NORTHERN IOWA GTG

Save the date Oct 5 2019. 9:30 am to 5:00 pm
Just north of West Union,IA

All attendee's will be entered in a prize drawing. Drawing items will include at least one chainsaw, one hookaroon, one timberjack 2 cycle oil, bar oil and other items. No one will go home empty handed.

An all home cooked meal will be provided by Jan, Pulled pork, chili, homemade bread, homemade corn bread, slaw and potato salad.
Be thankful Jan is cooking and not me!

We will have fresh spring water from the spring on the property. Coffee and soft drinks too.

Bring your favorite saw/saws to show off and use for making the firewood pile grow.
We will be cutting down a fair number of trees. Many are healthy, a few are in bad shape and some are dying. There are several trees that are already down that need to be cut up and a few with wind damage. They range in size from 4" to 35" in diameter.

If somebody has a chipper they could bring that would be great. We could sure use some mulch for around our berry plants.

Please RSVP by pm. I will provide the address and directions if needed.

Thank you we are looking forward to meeting you and learning from your experiences.

ps Tall tales are allowed during lunch.
pps We have arraigned for overflow parking at a spot just down the road from our place.

Thanks again,
Art

 

[hoskvarna]

NORTHERN IOWA GTG

Save the date Oct 5 2019. 9:30 am to 5:00 pm
Just north of West Union,IA

All attendee's will be entered in a prize drawing. Drawing items will include at least one chainsaw, one hookaroon, one timberjack 2 cycle oil, bar oil and other items. No one will go home empty handed.

An all home cooked meal will be provided by Jan, Pulled pork, chili, homemade bread, homemade corn bread, slaw and potato salad.
Be thankful Jan is cooking and not me!

We will have fresh spring water from the spring on the property. Coffee and soft drinks too.

Bring your favorite saw/saws to show off and use for making the firewood pile grow.
We will be cutting down a fair number of trees. Many are healthy, a few are in bad shape and some are dying. There are several trees that are already down that need to be cut up and a few with wind damage. They range in size from 4" to 35" in diameter.

If somebody has a chipper they could bring that would be great. We could sure use some mulch for around our berry plants.

Please RSVP by pm. I will provide the address and directions if needed.

Thank you we are looking forward to meeting you and learning from your experiences.

ps Tall tales are allowed during lunch.
pps We have arraigned for overflow parking at a spot just down the road from our place.

Thanks again,
Art

Sounds good will try to make it [emoji106]


Sent from Hoskey Hills

 

[WoodAbuser]

Kewl! Should be a down hill drive from Hoskey Hills.

 

[hoskvarna]

Kewl! Should be a down hill drive from Hoskey Hills.

Lol

Did you put this on the gtg thread?



Sent from Hoskey Hills

 

[WoodAbuser]

Lol

Did you put this on the gtg thread?



Sent from Hoskey Hills

I didn’t know there was one.

 

[GrizzlyAdams86]

Back running the mill again this year at a threshing show. (Me in the orange shirt) Working on a black walnut log.



What was milled this year. First pic is a mixed bag: pine, popluar, few cedar boards (usually mill a few small cedar logs into 4x6 or 6x6 cants then cut into 16" long blocks for a shingle mill) and even some box alder lumber! The boards on top with a lot of bark the owner keeps to be turned into decorative pieces.



Black walnut a local brought in to have milled.



White oak another local brought in to be milled.



And the load of slabs for the OWB.



The powerplant for the mill: An early 60's Massey Ferguson 97, a re-badged Minneapolis-Moline G-705. It came from Amish that could use tractors where they used it on a sawmill. These pictures are from a few years back.

 

[WoodAbuser]

Back running the mill again this year at a threshing show. (Me in the orange shirt) Working on a black walnut log.

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What was milled this year. First pic is a mixed bag: pine, popluar, few cedar boards (usually mill a few small cedar logs into 4x6 or 6x6 cants then cut into 16" long blocks for a shingle mill) and even some box alder lumber! The boards on top with a lot of bark the owner keeps to be turned into decorative pieces.

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Black walnut a local brought in to have milled.

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White oak another local brought in to be milled.

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And the load of slabs for the OWB.

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The powerplant for the mill: An early 60's Massey Ferguson 97, a re-badged Minneapolis-Moline G-705. It came from Amish that could use tractors where they used it on a sawmill. These pictures are from a few years back.

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Where was the show?

 

[wendell]

Unfortunately I have another commitment that weekend so won't be able to make it. [emoji21]

I'm sure it will be a great time!