Scrounging Firewood (and other stuff)

[zogger]

They don't need to be moved far, just enough to make it too much monkey business for one person to roll and wrestle into the splitter. Fortunately it operates in vertical and horizontal.

I had an idea for yet another tool I can't make...log tongs with built in rollers. The tong part stabs into a big huge round on both cut ends, but behind that it is a sleeve with a bushing or bearing going to the handles, where you can grab them both with a winch rope and roll the round out, instead of dragging it. Sort of like making the round a big flintstone wheel.

 

[dancan]

Splitting and stacking first, then scrounging I've got some 20-25" Norway to roll up to the splitter and could really use another man to help me with it. Otherwise I'm going to need to sledge and wedge into quarters...too much work for one person to take whole being they are on a hillside and I can only get the splitter uphill of them.

A 2 wheel hand cart modded with big tires work well
Make sure to get pics of the city fella enjoyin the good country life , tell him you'll give him his 5 minutes of fame LOL

 

[Sawyer Rob]

Weather wise, it was another nice day here today, so I headed back to the tornado damaged woods, to scrounge/skid, tree's/logs out. I skidded red oak, silver maple and cherry today,

I moved all of todays nice red oak logs to the, "to be sold pile" and this time,

I only filled my wagon with "firewood logs" and headed home,

and what a nice load of scrounged red oak I got,

I'll be going back soon to get the silver maple butt log and the cherry I skidded out today, as I ran out of room and time today to get it home...

SR

 

[dancan]

Good weather , pfffft , you suck .
4 days of rain just gone by , 3 more to come
Might have a small window tomorrow to work with so I'll have to see if I can get a stick of wood or two in the utv

 

[fishmanstan]

New low member from Michigan here.. I've really enjoyed reading the scrounging thread. Pretty inspiring and useful posts here.

This is my latest big score. I should have taken pictures before I started hauling out the log. And I found a swarm of yellow jackets in the process.

I'm still saving up for a minivan so the yard cart will have to work for now

 

[MustangMike]

Welcome Stan, and that is a nice size yard tractor!!! Put a set of chains on that bad boy and it will likely take U anywhere!

 

[H-Ranch]

New low member from Michigan here.. I've really enjoyed reading the scrounging thread. Pretty inspiring and useful posts here.

This is my latest big score. I should have taken pictures before I started hauling out the log. And I found a swarm of yellow jackets in the process.

I'm still saving up for a minivan so the yard cart will have to work for now

Your day sounds very much like my day - except the part about the yellow jackets. And I'm OK with that.

We should all be so fortunate to have a minivan UTV to stack to the roof. I'm saving for that upgrade myself.

 

[MustangMike]

And w/the mower deck.

 

[KenJax Tree]

New low member from Michigan here.. I've really enjoyed reading the scrounging thread. Pretty inspiring and useful posts here.

This is my latest big score. I should have taken pictures before I started hauling out the log. And I found a swarm of yellow jackets in the process.

I'm still saving up for a minivan so the yard cart will have to work for now

Where at in Michigan?

 

[H-Ranch]

And w/the mower deck.

Oh yeah, have to keep the woods well groomed!

 

[dancan]

Well , since the 40% chance of showers seemed to stay on the 60% chance of just clouds I decided to take the utv out for a run to see what I could find .
Did I ever tell you guys how much I love these gated communities ?

I also love the wind , gives me more wood that fits my permit lol

I didn't take that spruce tree today but it did point to a road that I hadn't been down yet .

About 20' it I found some "permit" wood , some leaning red maple

Small pile but all I had to do was back up to it and load

So , I go down the road .......

And then some , I spotted polly 5 + cord just from the road , JACKPOT !!!!! LOL
Since there was a big berm that I had to get the utv over on the way out of that road I decided to leave that road a little light because I've already had to reattach the front bumper cover twice and fix the exhaust once
On the way out I did one quick snatch and grab .

Threw that in and headed for the main road LOL

Almost out I found 2 sugar maples that looked like a real hazzard to passing motorists and pedestrians so I couldn't leave them there in good conscience .

So in the utv they went and on the way home I went .

It was a good day , if we get another 60% chance of not rain I think I'll go drop some of them leaners to hide them from the other woodbuggahs and retrieve them at a later date .

 

[mainewoods]

Nice wood scores, Stan and ranch. Your own woodlots, or true scrounges? Either way that's some fine firewood!

 

[mainewoods]

Dan , another fine example of UTV skidder work. Those tow straps are pretty handy to have on board. Yank them logs out to where you can work on 'em in a nice open area, with nothing underfoot to trip you up.

 

[Philbert]

Dan , another fine example of UTV skidder work.

Don't encourage him. It's just the same photo of the overloaded mini-van he uses over and over and over . . .

Phbert

 

[dancan]

Photoshopppppppppp...........
I use the straps a lot , not that expensive , I buy them on sale but I try to take care of them , they don't take kindly to sharp rocks etc ...
I usually have chains or cable slings that I'll use as a choker and let then get the abuse and use shackles to join them together .
Fine pics there Stan and Ranch , the utv beats any 1/4t truck hands down any day of the week LOL

 

[mainewoods]

 

[dancan]

.... the utv beats any 1/4t truck hands down any day of the week LOL

But a 4x4 utv sure wood be awesome , save me on exhaust and bumper repairs

 

[mainewoods]

As long as you can twitch those logs out to the road, you're fine with that fwd UTV,Dan. Put a set of chains on the front for more traction, and make the bumper a quick connect so you can leave it at home when your logging.

 

[mainewoods]

It does make an excellent wood hauler though, and seems right at home in the "gated community". Just goes to show you don't need a $40,000 4x4 pickup to scrounge firewood with. A little ingenuity goes a long ways.

 

[mainewoods]

And the willingness to work!