Scrounging Firewood (and other stuff)

[zogger]

OK, offsite, way the heck out and across town, first remote scrounge! About 30 miles round trip. This is cherry, and about all I wanted to tote back. Triple leader. I milked it out but only toted the larger stuff this trip. This is going in the leveraxe tryout stack.

 

[MuskokaSplitter]

Ive been running around my woodpiles checkimg out my new moisture meter.

I grabbed a piece of white oak....i think. I cut it last summer and it was already dead for how long im not sure. I got an end reading and then cut it in half to get a middle moisture reading.



and a few of my cuttin machines
The 064 wears 660 clothes

 

[dancan]

So , since I've got all this new room in my outdoor wood racks I decided to take a drive back in the "gated community" and look for some dead or leaners .

Geez , these trees sick ? I've got the ok to cut dead or leaners and all the leaves have fallen off .....

I decided to leave it and go with these leaners in stead lol

Will this all fit ??

Sure did with room to spare

I drug out another before calling it quits for the day .

Still got plenty of room and some suspension travel left LOL

Since the bucket was full I had to get creative .

The start of next years woodpile or emergency reserves in case of an extreme polar vortex .

 

[svk]

This one could have done damage to my cabin, had dead branches stuck in the crown and was starting to die.

I did "belt and suspenders" with a chain hoist and wedge. Fell exactly where I wanted it, missing the Norway seedling I've been watching over.

Cutting down to 3" wood this measured out at 3/4 cord and is en route to my buddy as a thank you for letting me borrow his splitter.

 

[mainewoods]

The white birch on my lot all dropped their leaves first this year. They were bare before the maples were at peak color. Nothing wrong with them just an early drop. The white ash weren't far behind either. Seemed like an early leaf drop this year up here. Don't cut any white birch - too many red oak,hard maple,beech and white ash to pick from. Terrible dilemma. I am truly blessed with hardwood.

 

[dancan]

You suck

 

[mainewoods]

You and the RonCo are welcome up here any time Dan.

 

[dancan]

Thanks for the invite
Wait , you just said that to taunt me some more .
You suck .






LOL

 

[svk]

So , since I've got all this new room in my outdoor wood racks I decided to take a drive back in the "gated community" and look for some dead or leaners .

Geez , these trees sick ? I've got the ok to cut dead or leaners and all the leaves have fallen off .....

I decided to leave it and go with these leaners in stead lol

Will this all fit ??

Sure did with room to spare

I drug out another before calling it quits for the day .

Still got plenty of room and some suspension travel left LOL

Since the bucket was full I had to get creative .

The start of next years woodpile or emergency reserves in case of an extreme polar vortex .

I think this is your best scrounge post yet.

 

[mainewoods]

Agreed, pretty sweet scrounge for sure! Especially when the leaves are gone and they "look" dead.

 

[kingOFgEEEks]

I scored a good scrounge opportunity this weekend. My company cleared the trees on a 40 acre site that is about a half hour from home, and the landowner said he didn't mind if I scrounged the tops before they go through the grinder this week.

I managed to get 2 loads out on Saturday before the exhaust on my truck literally fell off. I spent Sunday morning welding things back together before church, and got a third load out on Sunday afternoon.

I wish I could just take a week off and get the rest of this, but I'm thankful for what I got!

 

[wudpirat]

Nice score King.
Bet the ole chebby was grunting under that load.
Looks like a lot of dirt on that wood, small price to pay for a great score, couple stroks with a file makes everything better.
Did OK myself this weekend. Lined up a couple cord that I will pick up later.
The donoer will haul it out of the woods so I can pick it up with my 2x2 truck. It's all bucked to length maple.
Turned down some fresh cut, just no room on the landing. Still have that 20 cord of pine to manufacture.

 

[svk]

A logging operation last winter opened up access to the few good sized red oaks in our area. Theres a couple of cords of blowdown in there. Unfortunately its a 1/2 mile ATV ride on a very rough skidder trail to get to them. Being that I can get drive up access to as much birch as I care to cut I am going to have to pass on these. It does pain me to see them go to waste.


When two trees love each other very much


Very light acorn crop this year. Found several smaller pin oaks that the bear took care of like this.

 

[1project2many]

When two trees love each other very much

That's funny. I should get a post of a couple of trees on my place. I have an Alder and Maple that are wrapped 2x, and I have a Maple fighting with a Chokecherry on one side of the trunk while on the other it has completely "absorbed" 4-5 feet of a smaller Maple.

 

[mainewoods]

Nice scrounge King! Lot of good btu's in those tops. Maybe with this rain coming they will still be there this weekend!

 

[dancan]

A half mile ride for some oak .....I'd pull out the wood snob card and save the birch for later LOL

What do you guys thing , should I use this upgrade in the utv ?



Test the mc of the wood before I drag it home lol

 

[mainewoods]

Where would your wife sit?

 

[dancan]

She has her own car.

 

[MustangMike]

Well, Spike's GTG was great, but had to leave early to go work on the Cabin. Of course, by the time I got up there it was raining, then we had snow showers all day Sun (makes trying to finish the roof fun), and Mon AM started out at 25 degrees, but luckily warmed up and turned into a nice day. At night, that 55 gal drum woodstove was our friend! My ATV trailer has not even seen the ATV yet, just hauling supplies up the mountain, but good thing I got it.

Despite the weather, we made good progress, got the roof on and covered with 30lb felt, and started on the sides. Even took a pic of the view going up to the Cabin. Enjoy.

 

[mainewoods]

Beautiful spot,Mike! The cabin is really taking shape. No easy task trucking building materials up a mountain.