Scrounging Firewood (and other stuff)

[turnkey4099]

Noodling nsty Ash is the way forward. Unfortunately mine was that well know Ash sub species....wire ash. Still got a couple of rounds to deal with.

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It has always puzzled me why wire ash and other such species are never seen anywhere but in old fence rows.

 

[muddstopper]

Does that mini mag qualify as a short mag or a super short mag?

Nope, the minimag has halogen bulbs, the short mag has led.

 

[flatbroke]

Loaded up

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Coupla bits in the back to keep the boys company

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Not much left of the tree now, I've taken 6 loads out of it now plus stuff in the Subaru = a bit better than 2 cord all up. Under the noodle pile is the slab I was referring to.

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It's pretty rough as it was only there as I wasn't game to cut through the log (bucking cuts were closing up) and didn't have any plans for it but I took it as is. I might be able to tidy part or all of it up to make something from it, or failing that, it'll still burn. Manna gum is not really the timber worker's wood of choice as it honeycombs and checks badly but we'll see how we go.

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Back home and unloaded. Once I get all this stuff down to stove size I'll stack it along and on top of the retaining wall in front of the shed.

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you got strong winds or bumpy roads for that stuff to fly out of the trailer? you did an impressive job on the cutting.

 

[muddstopper]

Shortage range deer I ever got was this summer. Seen a pair of little bucks swimming across the lake. I put my trolling motor in the water and trolled right up to one. The propeller cut the deers throat. Throwed my anchor rope around it neck and towed it to shore. Skin it out and cut up and put in the cooler. Made me some bucktail doll flies out of its tail and caught a mess of crappy that evening..

 

[woodchip rookie]

Noodling nsty Ash is the way forward. Unfortunately mine was that well know Ash sub species....wire ash. Still got a couple of rounds to deal with.

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Dude cut the wire and throw that in the stove just the way it is. Getting wire out of ash is way easier than pulling wire out of wood

 

[Philbert]

Dude cut the wire and throw that in the stove just the way it is. Getting wire out of ash is way easier than pulling wire out of wood

Turning the Ash into ash, is the best defense against de fence?

Philbert

 

[woodchip rookie]

Turning the Ash into ash, is the best defense against de fence?

Philbert

^^^^^;What he said^^^^^

 

[LondonNeil]

Dude cut the wire and throw that in the stove just the way it is. Getting wire out of ash is way easier than pulling wire out of wood

exactly what i did. well, it got cut and then stacked,it'll burn though. Nails, wire, all that stuff goes through the stove fine.

 

[Cowboy254]

you got strong winds or bumpy roads for that stuff to fly out of the trailer? you did an impressive job on the cutting.

Thanks! The rope is for the benefit of the cops. Most of those bits sticking up out of the trailer were icebergs and had precisely zero chance of coming out, but according to the black letter of the law, the trailer was borderline overloaded. The local police are fine and wouldn't worry about it but if I was unlucky enough to meet a member of the highway patrol on the way home they might stop me. If you stuck an SS uniform on the highway patrol guys and transported them to Europe and 70 years back in time, they'd fit right in. So the rope is there to say that I've made an attempt to secure my load.

 

[MechanicMatt]

It's amazing what a badge and uniform can do to a "good guy". We service the state police vehicles at my dealership, most of them are cool guys, but a few........... yeah buddy, they are on another planet.

 

[svk]

It's amazing what a badge and uniform can do to a "good guy". We service the state police vehicles at my dealership, most of them are cool guys, but a few........... yeah buddy, they are on another planet.

Big difference between those wearing a badge to protect and serve versus to further their own agenda.

My dad was on the police commission in my hometown up until his death. I could tell some stories....

 

[KiwiBro]

Loaded up

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Coupla bits in the back to keep the boys company

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Not much left of the tree now, I've taken 6 loads out of it now plus stuff in the Subaru = a bit better than 2 cord all up. Under the noodle pile is the slab I was referring to.

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It's pretty rough as it was only there as I wasn't game to cut through the log (bucking cuts were closing up) and didn't have any plans for it but I took it as is. I might be able to tidy part or all of it up to make something from it, or failing that, it'll still burn. Manna gum is not really the timber worker's wood of choice as it honeycombs and checks badly but we'll see how we go.

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Back home and unloaded. Once I get all this stuff down to stove size I'll stack it along and on top of the retaining wall in front of the shed.

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Wouldn't surprise me if at least one neighbour near that tree is about to lose the bet they placed against you finishing that log.

 

[farmer steve]

well since @Cowboy254 kinda got us back on topic. bad back and all i went out and worked on this pile the neighbors said i could have. maple/ash(no wire) and walnut. cut 3 buckets full. painkiller for the back now.

 

[KiwiBro]

Thanks! The rope is for the benefit of the cops. Most of those bits sticking up out of the trailer were icebergs and had precisely zero chance of coming out, but according to the black letter of the law, the trailer was borderline overloaded. The local police are fine and wouldn't worry about it but if I was unlucky enough to meet a member of the highway patrol on the way home they might stop me. If you stuck an SS uniform on the highway patrol guys and transported them to Europe and 70 years back in time, they'd fit right in. So the rope is there to say that I've made an attempt to secure my load.

Same here. Like this was ever going to bounce out without the tie downs.

Both good and bad cops pull me over when I've got a load on. The bad ones are looking for anything they can find. The good ones wanna talk chainsaws and trees and stuff.

 

[svk]

Got acorns?!

 

[woodchip rookie]

Got acorns?!

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[dancan]

I found this on FHC , thot it was a nice read
http://archive.lib.msu.edu/tic/holen/article/2007apr30.pdf

 

[flatbroke]

Got acorns?!

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damn healthy crop of acorns. I'd have some happy dogs and an abundance of hogs if the trees produced like that here

 

[LondonNeil]

It was a nuts year for acorns here too, and fruit, scrounged up so many blackberries! Local park has a lot of oak trees and it was ok for me as i crushed then as i stepped on them but my little girl was skating around like on a sea of marbles! One particular tree..wow, seemed to be entirely galls, a carpet of galls, amazing little things. I saw a documentary back in the summer all about an oak tree (really, it was better than it sounds!) and apparently the wasp actually changes the DNA of the tree to make a gall form instead of an acorn.

Oh and apparently oak (or english oak at least) will do a super abundant crop of acorns every 7th year.

 

[MechanicMatt]

Just got done cleaning my rifle, just got it back from my oldest nephew. Handed him another to try out. He left with my 6.5, just cleaned up the .223 and let him tell me and my daughters how he dropped the deer in her tracks with the Mini 14 "entry wound was tiny, exit only about the size of a dime, but when I gutted her the heart had exploded". I told him he was lucky, and a .22 to the heart would kill a deer in its tracks, doesn't mean he should go out and use one. He asked what he could use instead then. The daughter offered her rifle, the 6.5. I don't mind because I have $100 into it, while the .223 I have about $1000 into. Needless to say, if he took care of his gun he wouldn't need to borrow mine. So I'm kinda reluctant to let him borrow mine all the time.