Scrounging Firewood (and other stuff)

[MustangMike]

Was great being up at the Cabin today with Matt, his BIL, and 5 younger ones. We had fun and did some site seeing, caught snakes and a salamander, but also got some work done.

Cutting, hauling, splitting and built a wood shed using 2 Oak pallets for the floor, a real scrounge! Also, the metal roofing, the nails, roofing nails, and treated wood were all scrounged, re used or rescued from the garbage men!

 

[Greenmachine]

Nice score.
I like that old chevy too .

Yeah me too! I spent all day pulling an old transmission for it.

 

[Toy4xchris]

Scrounged some wood out of the edge of the yard over the weekend. Used it as an excuse to finish buddies MS290 to 390 conversion I was working on. Then my assistant came out to help load and move the noodles around.


Sent from my electronic leash

 

[nomad_archer]

Have any of you scrounging fools tried splitting wood at night with a head lamp? Everyday I am running out of daylight before I make it to wood pile and have been thinking about going out there with my head lamp and splitting until 8-9pm. What are your thoughts?

 

[panolo]

Have any of you scrounging fools tried splitting wood at night with a head lamp? Everyday I am running out of daylight before I make it to wood pile and have been thinking about going out there with my head lamp and splitting until 8-9pm. What are your thoughts?

I bought a couple outdoor lights like you see on the side of buildings. I mounted them on a pole and made a nice base. I can run a cord out to my area or a generator if I need to. I maybe have $75 into the whole deal. Illuminates a pretty wide swath and allows me to see any hazards.

 

[chipper1]

Not scrounge related but I hit the big five oh this weekend and celebrated with a fishing trip with the boys. Fish didn’t really cooperate but the scenery is fantastic. This is French River, Ontario. View attachment 607253 View attachment 607254 View attachment 607255

Happy birthday Jeff.
Looks like a real nice time and great pictures, catching fish is a bonus when you do, but the real catch is spending the time with your kids .

 

[LondonNeil]

I've split by the light from my security light on the back of the house.....I have it on a short timer after no motion, It lets me know if I'm slacking by turning off.
Not tried the head lamp.

 

[muddstopper]

I really dont like the ideal of splitting wood with a head lamp. If your swinging a axe or maul, it would be very easy to move your head and not have light on the target. I feel about the same way if using a hyd splitter. Now rigging up some sort of overhead light would be just fine. Those led's are getting cheaper everyday and they can put out a lot of light with very low power consumption. I have actually considered rigging up a pole light on my splitter, but now that I am retired, if it gets dark, I can just go inside and wait until morning to finish. And now that I think of it, I have split exactly one piece of wood in the last year and a half, so its not like I need to be in a hurry.

 

[svk]

Have any of you scrounging fools tried splitting wood at night with a head lamp? Everyday I am running out of daylight before I make it to wood pile and have been thinking about going out there with my head lamp and splitting until 8-9pm. What are your thoughts?

Yes many times. Still safer to split in the day but you do you have to do

 

[chipper1]

Have any of you scrounging fools tried splitting wood at night with a head lamp? Everyday I am running out of daylight before I make it to wood pile and have been thinking about going out there with my head lamp and splitting until 8-9pm. What are your thoughts?

I would do it for sure if I had to, there isn't enough daylight when it's cooler, especially after the time change here in the fall.
A couple extension cords and one of the dual light painting lights does a great job for me.
If only I had a splitter with electric start I would set up some 12 volt lights off the battery. Now that I'm thinking about it I have a deep cell battery, wouldn't be hard to convert that light to 12 volt leds, then I could us the battery or the extension cords and a transformer, or even one of my vehicles if I wanted.

 

[chipper1]

With the amount of replies already it looks like most of us are able to get some time in on splitting now, or at work if that's the case I'm sure it's break time though .

I have split exactly one piece of wood in the last year and a half, so its not like I need to be in a hurry.

You been getting after it buddy .

 

[nomad_archer]

Good stuff. While I would like to setup full lighting to my splitting area I would need 150'-200' of extension cords to get electricity there. I will add I am using a hydro an have a very good headlamp not a $10 cheapo special. I am going to give it a try. Like always its a use your head situation just like any other time you use a hydro splitter.

@chipper1 good idea with the paint/construction lights. I may take that idea and use it outside to do some of the car detail work that I am always racing against to clock to finish.

 

[JustJeff]

Good stuff. While I would like to setup full lighting to my splitting area I would need 150'-200' of extension cords to get electricity there. I will add I am using a hydro an have a very good headlamp not a $10 cheapo special. I am going to give it a try. Like always its a use your head situation just like any other time you use a hydro splitter.

@chipper1 good idea with the paint/construction lights. I may take that idea and use it outside to do some of the car detail work that I am always racing against to clock to finish.

I have a Coleman battery led lantern. It works pretty good as an area light whether I’m camping or working on something. Propane lamp works well too. Just hang one up over your area.

 

[Philbert]

One thing to try splitting with a maul by headlamp; I would be very leery of running a powered splitter in dim light. Those things present plenty of hazards even with good lighting.

Philbert

 

[muddstopper]

With the amount of replies already it looks like most of us are able to get some time in on splitting now, or at work if that's the case I'm sure it's break time though .

You been getting after it buddy .

Just one of many advantages of being a few years ahead. Having had knee replacement last summer, it was nice not having to worry about needing to split wood. I have wood needing split, but I have the house for sale and just dont want to stockpile a bunch of wood for the next owner.

 

[Jutt]

Have any of you scrounging fools tried splitting wood at night with a head lamp? Everyday I am running out of daylight before I make it to wood pile and have been thinking about going out there with my head lamp and splitting until 8-9pm. What are your thoughts?

Yep. I do all kinds of outside work with a headlamp when the days become shorter including splitting, snowblowing, etc. Especially with these new high output LED lights and rechargeable 18650s... I run a couple of Fenix headlamps but like this one for splitting due to the flood ability: https://www.fenixlighting.com/product/fenix-hp25r-rechargeable-headlamp/

 

[muddstopper]

Last nite had a buddy call me wanting to cut a piece of metal off his trailer, why he always waits until dark to want things is beyond me. He had a new dewalt 20v flashlite with led's. We cut the metal strip off, used his 20v dewalt circle saw to trim all the boards to length and rip one down the middle, put them on the trailer and welded the metal strip back on to hold them in place. The dewalt flashlite burned the whole time and put out plenty of light. I have been looking for some cheap led's spots to put on my boat for running at nite. There are plenty available in all kinds of price ranges. Piece of metal conduit pipe, a little wire and one of those cheap lights would make nite time into day lite for splitting wood

 

[svk]

One thing to try splitting with a maul by headlamp; I would be very leery of running a powered splitter in dim light. Those things present plenty of hazards even with good lighting.

Philbert

Funny cause I would feel safer pulling a lever in the dark versus swinging an axe.

 

[chucker]

One thing to try splitting with a maul by headlamp; I would be very leery of running a powered splitter in dim light. Those things present plenty of hazards even with good lighting.

Philbert

over the decades ive done more than my share of the dark, wood splitting, and would not advise doing it with either!

 

[dancan]

Good stuff. While I would like to setup full lighting to my splitting area I would need 150'-200' of extension cords to get electricity there. I will add I am using a hydro an have a very good headlamp not a $10 cheapo special. I am going to give it a try. Like always its a use your head situation just like any other time you use a hydro splitter.

@chipper1 good idea with the paint/construction lights. I may take that idea and use it outside to do some of the car detail work that I am always racing against to clock to finish.

12v car battery or even them fancy boost packs , 12v led lighting up on a pole .
Simple setup with lots of light had for cheap .