Just imagine the power if you had a shorter power cord
.I'm sure your stock went up too after helping him save on that arborist, saying arborist just sounds expensive to me
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Scrounging Firewood (and other stuff)
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.I'm sure your stock went up too after helping him save on that arborist, saying arborist just sounds expensive to me
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That's a nice looking "chain" buddy
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You should have stuck a bow on it for her.
So, where's the new loader? Joe.
Unintended Consequences.
I know I've shared before that I lined the bottom of the outside of my hunting cabin (in the Catskills) with cement board to keep the Porcupines from chewing through the walls. Well, last time up we decided to install some solar panels, but did not have time to mount them above ground.
Damn Porkys used them as a ramp to get above the cement board, and after they had "dinner" of plywood they ate the electrical wires from the solar panel for dessert!
It could have been worse, even though the hole was large enough, they did not enter the cabin! Thank God! When they come in, they not only eat everything, but the also piss and poop on everything! They must have just made the hole, it looked very fresh. Good thing we got up there when we did. We repaired the hole and brought the solar panel inside, but will have to repair the wiring at a later date.
I know I've shared before that I lined the bottom of the outside of my hunting cabin (in the Catskills) with cement board to keep the Porcupines from chewing through the walls. Well, last time up we decided to install some solar panels, but did not have time to mount them above ground.
Damn Porkys used them as a ramp to get above the cement board, and after they had "dinner" of plywood they ate the electrical wires from the solar panel for dessert!
It could have been worse, even though the hole was large enough, they did not enter the cabin! Thank God! When they come in, they not only eat everything, but the also piss and poop on everything! They must have just made the hole, it looked very fresh. Good thing we got up there when we did. We repaired the hole and brought the solar panel inside, but will have to repair the wiring at a later date.
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That is insane!
Are they eating the wood to satisfy a mineral deficiency? Didn't you mention they will eat tractor tires too?
The only think porkies eat around here is evergreen bark.
Are they eating the wood to satisfy a mineral deficiency? Didn't you mention they will eat tractor tires too?
The only think porkies eat around here is evergreen bark.
We have quite a lot of silver wattles on our property. They grow quickly and die quickly. New ones spring up from the roots all over the place so you get patches of them. They're quite pretty when they flower, bright yellow.
They're a hardwood but about 10% less dense than peppermint and quite ashy so while I have burned some big chunks in the heater and they've been okay, I'd rather not when I have other options. The proliferation of small branches makes for great kindling though when they die so I regard them as my vertical kindling supplies as they dry out standing. They're also susceptible to mistletoe which also lights up great once it has dried out. We had a dead one that was about 12-14 inches diameter about 5m from the house and leaning that way. When I had one of my mates around doing the driveway to the shed in his bobcat I got him to push it over.
I took this pic after Cowgirl and I spent an hour stripping most of the twigs off this one. That is a removalists box down there, 1.5 x 1.5 x 2.0ft and we filled 6 of them before we got bored. We gave them to Roscoe so he doesn't have to split up his nice peppermint for kindling. We would probably use 2 boxes worth a year so he's set for a while. I cut up the rest with the 460 and it'll be firepit wood. @ghosta would be horrified. Then I burned the stump which gradually rolled over as it burned and neatly filled most of the hole that was left when it was pushed over. There's another dead wattle that broke in the background which also needs to be dealt with. I'll get to that someday, along with everything else.
They're a hardwood but about 10% less dense than peppermint and quite ashy so while I have burned some big chunks in the heater and they've been okay, I'd rather not when I have other options. The proliferation of small branches makes for great kindling though when they die so I regard them as my vertical kindling supplies as they dry out standing. They're also susceptible to mistletoe which also lights up great once it has dried out. We had a dead one that was about 12-14 inches diameter about 5m from the house and leaning that way. When I had one of my mates around doing the driveway to the shed in his bobcat I got him to push it over.
I took this pic after Cowgirl and I spent an hour stripping most of the twigs off this one. That is a removalists box down there, 1.5 x 1.5 x 2.0ft and we filled 6 of them before we got bored. We gave them to Roscoe so he doesn't have to split up his nice peppermint for kindling. We would probably use 2 boxes worth a year so he's set for a while. I cut up the rest with the 460 and it'll be firepit wood. @ghosta would be horrified. Then I burned the stump which gradually rolled over as it burned and neatly filled most of the hole that was left when it was pushed over. There's another dead wattle that broke in the background which also needs to be dealt with. I'll get to that someday, along with everything else.
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The wife just asked why I was laughing , Mike , your pests are my friends lol
that is some view yu have there Cowboy 
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I "scrounged" a NC30 stove a couple days ago from CL. Does that count? Its a 2014, burnt 14/15 and never burnt again. The old lady's husband died and she was afraid of it, which is a good thing she didn't try to burn it because the chimney install was horrible. 2ft up, 3ft horizontal through the wall, 6ft virticle outside. Thats all she had. The single wall horizontal pipe went all the way through to the stainless elbow outside that was a foot away from the house. There was a foot of single wall blackpipe OUTSIDE the house. The first thing I noticed about the stove was an excessive amount of creasote on the inside of the stove. I assumed at that point that they didn't run the stove very hot, which they couldnt because they put this monster in a little sunroom ad-on that was only like 15x20. They said it got too hot in the room. *DUH*....So whoever sized the stove to the room didnt know what was going on either. I figured there would be a decent amount of buildup inside the singlewall that was outside but HOLY. SCHITT. HANDFULLS. And the stove was only burnt one season. I should have taken a pic. It was unbelievable. The pipe was closed off more than 50% of the diameter because of creasote buildup.
They love the glue in the plywood, but they eat lots of other stuff. If you look closely you will see they also started on the bottom of my aluminum window frame. Ditto the aluminum door jam, and the aluminum turn buckles I used to secure the Life Guard Stand (I had to coat them with roofing tar).
And yes, the ate through the Skidder Tire that was at the cabin on one side of me, and at the cabin on the other side, he tried to leave an old PU Truck up there to tool around in, and they ate the radiator hoses and brake lines.
We let them eat a little lead when ever we see them, but that usually only happens when you stay the night and hear them chewing.
And I know I've previously told the story of when Harold and I were staying overnight in the Cabin before the door was installed, and we heard the Porky, and we rushed out in the middle of the night in underwear, but the Porky was a Bear!!!
Some Pics of my ATV, Log Dragger (designed by me, made by Harold), and a Black Cherry Log. Plus, the repaired cabin!
On the log dragger, started using rubber bungees (more than one at a time) instead of a ratchet strap. Surprisingly, seems to work a lot better, and is a lot faster. But the mod that made it useful (especially going around corners) was the two pivoting pieces of angle iron that keep the log centered. W/O them, the log goes to the side, and it tips over.
On the log dragger, started using rubber bungees (more than one at a time) instead of a ratchet strap. Surprisingly, seems to work a lot better, and is a lot faster. But the mod that made it useful (especially going around corners) was the two pivoting pieces of angle iron that keep the log centered. W/O them, the log goes to the side, and it tips over.
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Never fails to amaze me how some people burn. Bad installs and burning green wood. First couple times I cleaned my chimney, I thought I wasn't doing it right because hardly anything came out. Just half a cup of dust. Since then I've seen several others that had an inch of creosote coating the insides. Jeez it's just a fire waiting to happen.
No, just forked sticks. Originally intended as a gun rack, but is too wide, but works great at beating back prickers, and hanging things on it when you are working. The plywood is great as a saw transporter. Holes in the side pieces (sawed off pieces of 5/4 decking) hold the bungees.
and with best part of 6 cords css in the garden, tonight I started on wood for winter 2020/21 and collected a car load of silver birch. well, sort of. I am at 6 cord css and I only burn just under 2 but.... My parents have sold their house to developers and thought they might be moving this year so dad hadn't scrounged up any wood for this winter. Planning application refusal has slowed the time frame down and mum and dad will be home for another winter, so I've told them to raid my pile....burn my wood, not my inheritance . That's fine as if you remember, I collected half a cord or so of dead standing black locust, which went in the 2018/19 pile but can of course be burnt this winter so I have enough for them and for me. It just means I need a little more to be 3 years ahead, and I've decided although we don't know where they will be next winter I may as well keep going without slowing down, until I get to the point where I've wood for them for 3 years too, which means I need another 2 cord, ish. I just about have room for that, but I'm going to have to be creative to squeeze it in! I'll be trying some neat stacking against the front wall of the house, Norwegian 'South facing wall' style. Hmm, I don't do neat....but this is on show so needs to be!
Anyway Silver birch. I know it needs to be split fairly swiftly to allow it to dry not rot, the wood database (thanks @Cowboy254 ) says fairly dense, as dense as english oak when dry...which is wrong as its quoted figure for English oak is considerably less dense than it really is, but hey ho, birch is ok. The Scandinavians love it. I'm confident it will be super dry by next winter with the south facing wall method...and split small for mum and dad's really ickle stove.
. That's fine as if you remember, I collected half a cord or so of dead standing black locust, which went in the 2018/19 pile but can of course be burnt this winter so I have enough for them and for me. It just means I need a little more to be 3 years ahead, and I've decided although we don't know where they will be next winter I may as well keep going without slowing down, until I get to the point where I've wood for them for 3 years too, which means I need another 2 cord, ish. I just about have room for that, but I'm going to have to be creative to squeeze it in! I'll be trying some neat stacking against the front wall of the house, Norwegian 'South facing wall' style. Hmm, I don't do neat....but this is on show so needs to be!Anyway Silver birch. I know it needs to be split fairly swiftly to allow it to dry not rot, the wood database (thanks @Cowboy254 ) says fairly dense, as dense as english oak when dry...which is wrong as its quoted figure for English oak is considerably less dense than it really is, but hey ho, birch is ok. The Scandinavians love it. I'm confident it will be super dry by next winter with the south facing wall method...and split small for mum and dad's really ickle stove.
A new bench is on my bench! My Son In Law (they are remodding the kitchen) was throwing out the old kitchen table, so I told him to throw it my way. With the leaf it is 3 X 5. So I added a shelf under it, and now it holds 10 saws and still has the top free! I like it!
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Hickory, Oak, Ash, and Walnut advertised - I only got Hickory, Oak, and Ash. Oh darn. People that posted it sent their 15 year old son out to help load and he picked up some big pieces and worked hard. I flipped him $5 for helping, so this wasn't quite free. There were probably at least 2 more loads there, but I only had time for one last night and they had someone else getting the rest today.
Came home today and moved some more big elm rounds to the splitter and after dinner, split about half with my daughter. Probably close to two cord. Now having a big 3 tractor bucket bark fire.
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