Scrounging Firewood (and other stuff)

[Buckshot00]

You aren't the only one. The truck, a few saws, and two arms are my set up as well for now.

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How about 1 saw, 1 small trailer, a lawnmower and 2 arms.

 

[woodchip rookie]

It would be easier to not cart that lawnmower around with you. Just sayin.

 

[dancan]

While I've been using the tools lately don't forget that I've put my time in lol
As soon as the surgeon said "Go !" after this

I did a lot of this

To get this

Into this

Yes it sucked , there were some awfully dark days mixed in there but I've made it through and wouldn't trade it for nuthin , I learned a lot .
I'm glad that some of you guys got a kick out of some of my pics , it gave me another reason to push myself and to look forwards .
BTW , it's 74* in the house on spruce in the furnace , pffft oak shmoak ....

 

[James Miller]

I figured I would have more scrounging opportunities after the windstorm here last week, but all I managed was this small load of pine. I'm not going to fight anybody over oak or change my schedule to get it. This pine happened to be on my route and unspoken for so it will get added to the stacks.View attachment 565980

Not to sound ignorant but how long do you season pine and how does it do as stove wood. Iv always been told its junk wood by most people around here.

 

[dancan]

But , since I now have some bigger tools lol

I'll make it up in quantity since I haven't got a stick of locust , peppermint , hickory , osage or the shmoaks lol

 

[dancan]

Not to sound ignorant but how long do you season pine and how does it do as stove wood. Iv always been told its junk wood by most people around here.

Cut and split in the spring , ready to burn in the winter

 

[James Miller]

We burn pine in the outside fire pit. FIL wood throw me out if I put it in the stove. He got half ****** when I brought the dump trailer loads of walnut home last week.

 

[farmer steve]

But , since I now have some bigger TOYS lol

I'll make it up in @zogger wood since I haven't got a stick of locust , peppermint , hickory , osage or the shmoaks lol

FIXED it for ya. seriously like @James Miller said, the people around here thumb their noses at pine/spruce/hemlock. i always remind them that they could live somewhere else that they would be S.O.L. if they lived in Canada or out in western US. BTW could you get some pics of the chains that you use to hook to the logs? no hurry. thanks

 

[farmer steve]

We burn pine in the outside fire pit. FIL wood throw me out if I put it in the stove. He got half ****** when I brought the dump trailer loads of walnut home last week.

ask him how he feels next winter when it's nice and toasty in the house. tell him i can get $200 cord for it so it can't be that bad.

 

[Logger nate]

I burned a lot of spruce in Alaska and a lot of lodge pole pine here, it's not bad, it heats the house just fine.
By the way watch out for falling rock This was a driller working for a mine about 30 miles away, thankfully no one was in passenger seat.

 

[James Miller]

Some of its sold already. I can get oak under 200 a cord down the road a bit.

 

[dancan]

FIXED it for ya. seriously like @James Miller said, the people around here thumb their noses at pine/spruce/hemlock. i always remind them that they could live somewhere else that they would be S.O.L. if they lived in Canada or out in western US. BTW could you get some pics of the chains that you use to hook to the logs? no hurry. thanks

My chain chokers , I have a few different ones so here they are .

I made these

New chain I'm testing

 

[dancan]

My chain chokers , I have a few different ones so here they are .

I made these

New chain I'm testing

The first 2 chokers have old unknown chain , they work just fine .
The red hook in the second pic has grade 30 5/16" galvanized chain , it's garbage , breaks when you least expect it to .
Third pic has some 5/16" grade 70 transport chain with some Crosby rings and quick links that I welded up , so far so good with them but the chain is too big to go through the holes in my slides on the winch line so they get used on the end hook .
The last one is a hardened square link chain , so far so good , it sure bites on the log , less chance of it slipping off

 

[Buckshot00]

It would be easier to not cart that lawnmower around with you. Just sayin.

The lawnmower pulls the trailer.

 

[James Miller]

My 4 year old likes to help split kindling. She's more interested in how to use the ax then the saw.

 

[farmer steve]

The first 2 chokers have old unknown chain , they work just fine .
The red hook in the second pic has grade 30 5/16" galvanized chain , it's garbage , breaks when you least expect it to .
Third pic has some 5/16" grade 70 transport chain with some Crosby rings and quick links that I welded up , so far so good with them but the chain is too big to go through the holes in my slides on the winch line so they get used on the end hook .
The last one is a hardened square link chain , so far so good , it sure bites on the log , less chance of it slipping off

i just have a 5/16 log chain with a slip hook on the end for dragging logs. must be 20 years old. it's a pain to get under some of the bigger logs i come across and if the log rolls on the hook an even bigger pain to unhook. i'm not sure what i need/want to get to make it easier to get the chain under the logs but the one you use with the long prong on it seems to be what i need. thanks for the pics.

 

[Khntr85]

Get chaps to protect against all your newly sharpened chains!

Philbert

I swear I know someone would say that!!!

I have them and actually wear them....I was in the wrong atbthat time as I forgot to throw them in the truck....I was rushing to get over there as I already worked that day....

But in all seriousness thanks for reminding me philbert, when we get in a hurry, that's when we get hurt!!!!

 

[woodchip rookie]

The lawnmower pulls the trailer.

For a second I envisioned you pulling wood behind a self propelled push mower.

 

[dancan]

i just have a 5/16 log chain with a slip hook on the end for dragging logs. must be 20 years old. it's a pain to get under some of the bigger logs i come across and if the log rolls on the hook an even bigger pain to unhook. i'm not sure what i need/want to get to make it easier to get the chain under the logs but the one you use with the long prong on it seems to be what i need. thanks for the pics.

Two ways to get under bigger logs , the tail that I use

or

 

[dancan]

Oh , and BTW ,,,,,