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They break down snow accumulation by centimeters?
Scrounging Firewood (and other stuff)
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Ayup , close to an inch tonight but the temps are 34F tonight going up to 50F tomorrow , I don't know where the snow fits in ?
I'll make up in shear quantity for what I lack in quality 
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even if its pallet wood 
Well , I've done the pallets , I'm gonna go for more scrounged wood and the scrounged pallets for stacking lol
We cut lots of oak today at the GTG
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Spent 2 nights chipping and ended up with 2 trailer loads 6x10x 3' sides. Thought the chipper was sounding a little loud but blamed it on my radio headphones batteries dying and just seeming louder. Before taking the chipper off I decided to service it and grease all the bearings. Got halfway done and found this. 2" bearing on the main drive shaft right at the pulleys. Good thing it's pretty new everything came off easy. Buddy owns a welding shop and he has new bearings wait for me to pick up tomorrow. Smyth Welding, I'm sure some of you guys have some of their equipment. http://smythwelding.com/
I also bought a couple more buckets, one to keep and one to sell. It's a 4 prong bale fork that I plan to use to hold logs to cut them into 32" long rounds. They are HLA who is also not far from me. http://hlaattachments.com/
I also bought a couple more buckets, one to keep and one to sell. It's a 4 prong bale fork that I plan to use to hold logs to cut them into 32" long rounds. They are HLA who is also not far from me. http://hlaattachments.com/
A good piece of ash is hard to find . . . (referring to soft wood forests, of course).
Some people don't know their ash from a hole in the ground . . . ( it's a real problem when planting)
Some people can't find their own ash with 2 hands and a flashlight. . . (messy wood piles, I assume).
Hey, I'll be here all week folks, . . .
Philbert
In theory, today is my last opportunity for big scrounge out at the Lady Farm as next week is the appointed time for the Lady to vacate the farm...though it is possible that things may be delayed in that respect yet again. I've lacked a little motivation to scrounge, possibly when you're four years in front the immediate need fades a little. On the other hand, I figured that maybe I was just tired of cutting peppermint and perhaps needed a change.
Hello candlebark.
Candlebarks generally have nice straight trunks and are pleasant to cut. There's clear delineation between the pink heartwood and the pale sapwood. The heartwood is very good burning with very little ash (sorry Philbert) while the sapwood is ashy and the bark is even more so. I'm after the pink bits. The bark often peels off fairly easily and failing that I'll split it off the big rounds and use it as bonfire material.
The rounds were pretty big. I'll admit that I needed to use two hands.
Once I had this load all secure, I let Limby and Old Faithful have a rest while I took it home and unloaded. Play nicely boys while I'm away.
So, I got that load home and drove out to the farm again. Here's load number 2.
Then I got that home and drove out for more again, even though my back was suggesting that we had enough for the day.
There are a few bits left, mostly irregular bits but I might be able to sneak out tomorrow arvo and pick them up along with a few other odds and ends that I have left lying around in different spots. This branch material I'll split and let dry then take down to my brother. There's a lot of sapwood and bark in the branchy stuff but he doesn't care, I'll also take down some peppermint to help it burn down better. 4.5 cubes, or a cord and a bit is enough scrounging for one day but it's all good, it makes me feel like a man again.
Hello candlebark.
Candlebarks generally have nice straight trunks and are pleasant to cut. There's clear delineation between the pink heartwood and the pale sapwood. The heartwood is very good burning with very little ash (sorry Philbert) while the sapwood is ashy and the bark is even more so. I'm after the pink bits
. The bark often peels off fairly easily and failing that I'll split it off the big rounds and use it as bonfire material. The rounds were pretty big. I'll admit that I needed to use two hands.
Once I had this load all secure, I let Limby and Old Faithful have a rest while I took it home and unloaded. Play nicely boys while I'm away.
So, I got that load home and drove out to the farm again. Here's load number 2.
Then I got that home and drove out for more again, even though my back was suggesting that we had enough for the day.
There are a few bits left, mostly irregular bits but I might be able to sneak out tomorrow arvo and pick them up along with a few other odds and ends that I have left lying around in different spots. This branch material I'll split and let dry then take down to my brother. There's a lot of sapwood and bark in the branchy stuff but he doesn't care, I'll also take down some peppermint to help it burn down better. 4.5 cubes, or a cord and a bit is enough scrounging for one day but it's all good, it makes me feel like a man again.
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^^^^I nominate this guy for the scrounge award for 2017. (Cowboy)
I second that!
Thanks! It was a great scrounge day, beautiful weather, about 20 degrees, nice shady spot, lovely tree to cut. Went out there at 9.30am, finished at 5pm. It's only 10 mins to get to the farm but then another 10 bouncing around to get to the scrounge spot. Doing everything but the cutting by hand is time consuming but good exercise!
Enough with the 'ash' jokes.
Now is that a Subaru Outback, outback, near the outback . . . . ?
Philbert
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nah.....just out back
Well , this afternoon I decided to process that load of Zoggerwood
More wood in the shoulder season stacks
More wood in the shoulder season stacks
Snips it off pretty neatly!Well , this afternoon I decided to process that load of Zoggerwood
More wood in the shoulder season stacks
Here's an 'Outback' pic.... out on the back porch.
Got some wood ready for winter, 3 cubes of hardwood, 0.8 cubes of kindling. Our fire place is just inside the sliding door.
The big stack is 7ft tall my wife 5ft something. She asked me how's she supposed to get it?... Told her I'm in charge of bringing wood in for the first few weeks
Got some wood ready for winter, 3 cubes of hardwood, 0.8 cubes of kindling. Our fire place is just inside the sliding door.
The big stack is 7ft tall my wife 5ft something. She asked me how's she supposed to get it?... Told her I'm in charge of bringing wood in for the first few weeks
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