Scrounging Firewood (and other stuff)

[svk]

Enjoy your weekend @MustangMike and @MechanicMatt!

Building two new deer stands tomorrow and enjoying the beautiful fall weather. There's talk of eggs Benedict and Irish coffee in the morning.

 

[dancan]

Well , no scrounging today , but , I spent all afternoon with the lil Bota fillin the woodshed , 3 1/2 cord in there , hardwood ready for this winters burn .
I'll polly tarp over another 3 to 4 cord for the winter but I've got 2 cord of SPF that I'll burn first , the best part is I've got a reserve of another 3+ cord drying for next winter , sure would like another couple of cord of dead standing spruce though .
I even fired up the swaging tool today , I made a 30' dog leash , the tool will pay for itself before I get a chance to make any wood scrounging cables LOL
I did realise that I'm limited to 5/16ths with this one so I did a bit of research , I've ordered a hand/hydraulic 12 ton crimper to get me up to 1/2" cable .
Blackflies were out today and the ac unit is still running so saving the wood for another day LOL

 

[viking01]

One of todays loads of oak, with the helper;-)

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[zogger]

So gramps was getting annoyed with the little hooligan running around doing not much but being a pest."You, boy! Go get my teeth! We're gonna go chew on sumthin"!

 

[Toxic2]

Working on my secondary scrouge pile that i sell. free load of a tree speices unknown (hardwood but not sure which) and one manitoba maple. Current scrouge sales at 2700 and 12 cords of good stuff saved up for me...lol

 

[dancan]

Hey Viking01 , what are those units in the background ?

 

[benp]

Hey Viking01 , what are those units in the background ?

I was wondering the same thing.

Recycling maybe?

I really like all the the pictures you guys have with your little helpers. It's nice to see that in this day and age.

 

[mn woodcutter]

Yesterday on my way back to the office from an appointment I took a detour to check on a field line that a client of mine gave me permission to clear of any standing dead. I was amazed to find at least two years worth of firewood just waiting for me. Nice to know it's there if and when I need it!

 

[Philbert]

Passed on an easy opportunity across the street yesterday. No room in the wood crib.



Mixed results on this. Some AS members were helping clear a piece of land to be the new home of a county Humane Society shelter (see 'Interfaith Caregivers' thread, or 'MN, WI, IA, DK GTG' thread). The positive scrounging part was salvaging the trees to be cut, split, seasoned, and given away as home heating assistance. This truck went out today: some from others cutting, some from us, much more cut still on the ground and lots yet to be cut.



The 'bad' scrounging part is leaving a dozen or so 'burn piles' of smaller stuff (see rear of pickup truck in background for perspective). If I was a 'real' scrounger, and lived nearby, with a place to stash it all, I would probably come back in the evenings and offer to 're-stack' those burn piles: lots of smaller stuff (2 - 6 inch diameter, or larger short length logs) that I am happy to burn in our wood stove. Got to get the site cleared and the big stuff out first!

 

[cantoo]

Arboristsite is like school.
They are recycling bins, different shapes and sizes for different materials.
http://franconaija.blogspot.ca/2013/09/recycling-in-france.html
verre is glass.

 

[zogger]

Passed on an easy opportunity across the street yesterday. No room in the wood crib.



Mixed results on this. Some AS members were helping clear a piece of land to be the new home of a county Humane Society shelter (see 'Interfaith Caregivers' thread, or 'MN, WI, IA, DK GTG' thread). The positive scrounging part was salvaging the trees to be cut, split, seasoned, and given away as home heating assistance. This truck went out today: some from others cutting, some from us, much more cut still on the ground and lots yet to be cut.



The 'bad' scrounging part is leaving a dozen or so 'burn piles' of smaller stuff (see rear of pickup truck in background for perspective). If I was a 'real' scrounger, and lived nearby, with a place to stash it all, I would probably come back in the evenings and offer to 're-stack' those burn piles: lots of smaller stuff (2 - 6 inch diameter, or larger short length logs) that I am happy to burn in our wood stove. Got to get the site cleared and the big stuff out first!

Man, I can just whomp it on piles of branches like that. They need like a five pound 20 cc super rpm banshee for that task. You can get a lot of no splitting required wood out of those branches, and it isn't hard once you get the rhythm and technique down. Cuts handling down a lot, so what you might lose on speed cutting it up, you get it back by being able to immediately stack it. Mixed in with the regular splits..you always have kindling and those medium pieces you need. And there's another, no kindling splitting needed. 346xp ported is overkill for that (fun, but overkill), something about half that size, with maybe an 8 inch bar.

 

[svk]

No scrounging here either but we did haul 3 heaping pickup loads of rotten wood out of the woods around my hunting cabin to clean the place up.

Found a lot more cedar in case I need to make kindling in the next decade.

Built 2 new deer stands, both are about 80% completed just need to go back and put finishing touches on them. Enjoyed some great food thanks to my wife and we got three grouse this evening. So all in all an excellent day.

 

[Philbert]

So you scrounged for grouse . . .

Philbert

 

[mainewoods]

Nice!!

 

[zogger]

No scrounging here either but we did haul 3 heaping pickup loads of rotten wood out of the woods around my hunting cabin to clean the place up.

Found a lot more cedar in case I need to make kindling in the next decade.

Built 2 new deer stands, both are about 80% completed just need to go back and put finishing touches on them. Enjoyed some great food thanks to my wife and we got three grouse this evening. So all in all an excellent day.

Woodschicken!

 

[MechanicMatt]

Nice shooting Steve. I went out couple weeks ago. Left the 870 behind and tried a model 12 winchester in 16 gauge. Went 0-4 , just couldn't get it done with that gun.

 

[svk]

I can only claim one of them. We've been trying to get my 8 yo his first bird with no luck yet. My buddy ended up dusting two that gave my boy the slip and I popped one in the thick brush.

Sipping some bloody bulls now. For those who haven't heard of this drink, it's a Bloody Mary with beef broth added for additional taste. It's a welcome deviation after several rounds with Mr Beam last night

 

[viking01]

Hey Viking01 , what are those units in the background ?

Recycling bins; glass, plastic/aluminium and paper.

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Édit: just saw that cantoo has Already spotted it

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[mainewoods]

I've scrounged about 12 cord of red oak so far , just from the tops left by the logging outfit that selective cut my neighbors wood lot.He didn't want them and I couldn't see leaving them to rot. Took everything down to 3". A man could do pretty good for himself just scrounging what the logging outfits leave behind. Pick your time wisely and ask for permission. You never can tell. If they aren't chipping you might get lucky.

 

[benp]

I can only claim one of them. We've been trying to get my 8 yo his first bird with no luck yet. My buddy ended up dusting two that gave my boy the slip and I popped one in the thick brush.

Sipping some bloody bulls now. For those who haven't heard of this drink, it's a Bloody Mary with beef broth added for additional taste. It's a welcome deviation after several rounds with Mr Beam last night

My dog had me beat on birds last year. He got 4 and I had zero.

When we go out hunting for birds we are hunting together, not him working for me.

Ground to 4' in the air is his territory and airborne is mine. Guess how many got off of the ground?

He spots them way before I do on the ground, puts the creep on them, and either ambushes them on the ground or snatches them out of the air.

Maybe I'm working for him......carrying the birds.

Bloody beers are good the next morning too. A little Clamato or Zing Zang mixed in and good to go.

I've scrounged about 12 cord of red oak so far , just from the tops left by the logging outfit that selective cut my neighbors wood lot.He didn't want them and I couldn't see leaving them to rot. Took everything down to 3". A man could do pretty good for himself just scrounging what the logging outfits leave behind. Pick your time wisely and ask for permission. You never can tell. If they aren't chipping you might get lucky.

My Dolmar dealer works with a local logger friend in this way. The stories of these huge Oak butts that are left because they cannot be used are crazy.

They wind up getting the butts cut up and loaded but I told them if they EVER wanted to borrow the 394 for that type of stuff to noodle and make it easier and faster, they are welcome.