Scrounging Firewood (and other stuff)

[muddstopper]

I think I have let my scrounge card expire. I havent cut a stick of wood since my knee surgery back last June. I did rebuilt a husky 55 last week and cut a couple of cookies with it. With this weather, it looks like my current wood pile might make it a extra winter. I have the house up for sale so I aint trying to stockpile anymore wood to leave behind or have to move. I have to read thru this thread to get my firewood fix.

 

[James Miller]

Started turning some of my scrounges into stackable wood and noodleing the rest to manageable size.

 

[rarefish383]

Mudd, how's the knee doing?

Photobucket is back. I pulled 4 logs out of the green brier where I could buck them up. The first was about 16" at the fat end. I got 35 blocks at measured 18" blocks, that made the log 52' long. The second was 18" at the fat end and 55' long. I din't have a good tree to hang my snatch block in to get the front off the ground, I like to stick some cross pieces under the logs before I set them down. But it was nice and flat so I just cut 3/4 the way thru with the 660, then every 10 blocks I used the Echo 305 to finish the cut, and rolled the log over and finished the bucking. I've got a logger coming to look at the standing Oak next week. My buddy wants to get everything that can reach one of the rentals down, and while he's at it, see if he can make a few bucks, Joe.

 

[rarefish383]

My buddy said I could use the tractor when ever I wanted. I couldn't find the key. He came over after I had it all cut up. The key is on a hook inside the unlocked garage door, now I know, Joe.

 

[farmer steve]

My buddy said I could use the tractor when ever I wanted. I couldn't find the key. He came over after I had it all cut up. The key is on a hook inside the unlocked garage door, now I know, Joe.

thought maybe it was out of fuel Joe. good haul on the oak.

 

[muddstopper]

Mudd, how's the knee doing?

Knee is doing ok. I did fail my Function Capacity test required to go back to work. cant crouch, kneel or crawl. Job wont let me go back to work with any restrictions, got that letter yesterday, so I am going to file for my disability. I was going to retire in July anyways. Been remodeling my house getting it ready to sale. Planning on building a new one on the wifes old home place. At least I wont have a job to get in the way.

 

[rarefish383]

Knee is doing ok. I did fail my Function Capacity test required to go back to work. cant crouch, kneel or crawl. Job wont let me go back to work with any restrictions, got that letter yesterday, so I am going to file for my disability. I was going to retire in July anyways. Been remodeling my house getting it ready to sale. Planning on building a new one on the wifes old home place. At least I wont have a job to get in the way.

My knee forced me to retire also. I had planned on working till I was 62 because our pension gets a 6% per year bonus for each year worked over age 60. I was going to wait till I retired to get the knee done. Then I tore the retina in my right eye and missed 5 weeks of work. Was off job so no comp. I was a shifter moving trailers in the yard. When I came back to work I was informed that once my bid run had gone 30 days open, they could cancel the run. They put me back to work inside sorting packages. Same pay but no overtime. I was getting 15 hours a week OT shifting. After a few weeks inside, working on steel grates and concrete, my knee got so bad I couldn't wait. It's been a year and 3 months and I can only get about 100 degrees on my bend, but no pain. Now the other knee is as bad as the first, so I'm looking at getting it done this year, Joe.

 

[rarefish383]

I'm heading up to the big Harrisburg gun and outdoor show with a couple friends. Supposed to meet them at 11. Think I'll go hit the wood pile for an hour or so, before it starts to get hot. Calling for mid 60's today, should be mid 30's, Joe.

 

[muddstopper]

My knee forced me to retire also. I had planned on working till I was 62 because our pension gets a 6% per year bonus for each year worked over age 60. I was going to wait till I retired to get the knee done. Then I tore the retina in my right eye and missed 5 weeks of work. Was off job so no comp. I was a shifter moving trailers in the yard. When I came back to work I was informed that once my bid run had gone 30 days open, they could cancel the run. They put me back to work inside sorting packages. Same pay but no overtime. I was getting 15 hours a week OT shifting. After a few weeks inside, working on steel grates and concrete, my knee got so bad I couldn't wait. It's been a year and 3 months and I can only get about 100 degrees on my bend, but no pain. Now the other knee is as bad as the first, so I'm looking at getting it done this year, Joe.

I get full benefits with 60/30. I have 60/40, not much I can gain from working 4 or 6 months longer. for me, disability has a few side benefits over regular retirement. With the disability, I get my insurance paid for until I'm 65, on retirement, I pay for the insurance from day one. You also get a few breaks on income and property taxes.
I mentioned to my doctor last week that my other knee was giving me more pain than the one he operated on. He told me to give him a months notice and he would cut on it. I am not certain I want it fixed. It hurts now, but I think I would rather deal with it than deal with the surgery and rehab after.

 

[PSUplowboy]

I'm heading up to the big Harrisburg gun and outdoor show with a couple friends. Supposed to meet them at 11. Think I'll go hit the wood pile for an hour or so, before it starts to get hot. Calling for mid 60's today, should be mid 30's, Joe.

I'll be there Friday!

 

[rarefish383]

I went to rehab till the insurance started squawking. That was about 6 months, they said I wouldn't make any more gains after 6 months.Then I started going to the health club. The owner set me on a new routine. In two weeks I went from 23 degrees extension to 5. I'm still making progress after a year.

Getting old sucks! I put an hour and a half on the Fiskars, and this is all I got done, Joe.

 

[James Miller]

I'll be there Friday!

I noticed your from western Maryland are you familiar with the Grantsville/New Germany state park area.

 

[PSUplowboy]

I noticed your from western Maryland are you familiar with the Grantsville/New Germany state park area.

Somewhat- live in friendsville and work in Oakland

 

[rarefish383]

Somewhat- live in friendsville and work in Oakland

I was just getting ready to ask that question! We used to hunt from Green Ridge up into Grantsville/New Germany and Accident, Joe.

 

[PSUplowboy]

I was just getting ready to ask that question! We used to hunt from Green Ridge up into Grantsville/New Germany and Accident, Joe.

All somewhat familiar. I grew up 12miles north of Friendsville in PA, so haven't hunted MD quite as much as PA even though I lived right on the border. My family has been in this area for a long time, though, so I'm fairly familiar with either hunting there or hearing about it.

 

[PSUplowboy]

I noticed your from western Maryland are you familiar with the Grantsville/New Germany state park area.

Do you hunt there or scrounge there?

 

[farmer steve]

I'm heading up to the big Harrisburg gun and outdoor show with a couple friends. Supposed to meet them at 11. Think I'll go hit the wood pile for an hour or so, before it starts to get hot. Calling for mid 60's today, should be mid 30's, Joe.

I'll be there Friday!

i worked at the show years ago. i got a job working for a call company after i beat the companies owner in the greater northeast deer calling competition a couple of times. they don't have that contest anymore. have fun guys. take lots of $$$$$$

 

[rarefish383]

I just bought 3 old Savage 1899's and a Fecker and Lyman target scope, I'm broke, just going along for the ride, Joe.

 

[svk]

I just bought 3 old Savage 1899's.

What chamberings?

 

[Cowboy254]

Since I don't have any more room in the woodshed, I have wood sitting around outside at the moment. Technically there's some space in the bay in the shed for this coming winter but I want to burn the wood that's in there already (some lower quality stuff there) so no point putting more wood in front of it. I scrounged up two long pallets that some equipment came on at work. I'm not sure if it counts as a scrounge because I bought the equipment 9 years ago and the pallets have been sitting out the back in the rain, slowly decomposing and forgotten about ever since. Are scrounges time-sensitive? However, with a few bricks shoved into the saggy bits and four star pickets each, I now have two wood racks measuring 1.4m x 3.0m x 0.65m = 0.7 cord each or so.



This wood is peppermint that I brought home before Christmas that looked a bit ratty and termitey but with some drying time and having had the termites picked out by the meat ants it actually now looks pretty good.