Scrounging Firewood (and other stuff)

[svk]

Steve, you read that right.... Maybe you don't know about ole Uncle Mike, once a player always a player. Every year for my birthday I try and get the guys together for a night of drinks and dinner. One year I show up to the restaurant and there is a lady at the table. Im thinking WTF! who brought a girl.... Turns out its some gal from his past that recognized him and left her date to come over and talk to him.... So in his case, yes the WOMEN as in plural... I don't know how, but some how the gals love that fool...

Some guys just have the mojo.

I am not one of those guys lol.

 

[Cody]

Those are great for splitting/handling but I use the welders for all the stove handling. The old Fishers and the old Huntsman I got would burn you just opening the door. The Huntsman doesn't even have a spring on the door handle.

Absolutely, I have an insulated leather glove by my stove as well. The Ansell's are just a multi purpose glove that I use, they certainly don't hold up to handling wood though so I still use leather gloves there.

 

[Philbert]

It's alot of work cleaning branches off a Christmas tree for a little stump of firewood aint it?

Machete.

(@dancan does it all the time!)

Philbert

 

[farmer steve]

Merry Christmas scroungers. hope you all have a great day. looks like a scrounged firewood burning day.

 

[James Miller]

Merry Christmas all. The minions have me up early.

 

[Nick Kent]

Merry Christmas all. The minions have me up early.

I hear ya. Nothing like having the covers ripped off you before daylight accompanied by screaming

 

[flatbroke]

Merry Christmas all. The minions have me up early.

My In laws have me up early. 0430 here.

 

[dancan]

Merry Christmas scroungers! Keep it safe and happy, and enjoy your time with the people you love.

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Don't worry, I warned the guy with the Christmas tree farm about Dancan, I told him to keep an eye out for minivans with chainsaw wielding drivers.....

Funny you say that Matt , I was kinda eyeing up all that greenery on them hills in the Cowboy's view plane lol

 

[muddstopper]

Merry Christmas

 

[MustangMike]

Hey, woke up to a White Christmas ... got 2" this morning, right on cue!

No, I can't claim I was ever the big lady's man. I knew the woman that Matt is referring to even before we both got married, and even dated her a few times. After we were all married (and we all knew each other before the marriages) we both had daughters about the same age. We got together often, and even went on vacations together at the Jersey shore.

Matt likely does not realize it, but he has likely seen a picture of me holding their daughter while going into the Ocean. Her parents did not swim, and I used to take both girls into the water + waves. That pic used to be in the living room when I was married to my first wife.

Guy that liked to play pool and work on their cars did not attract women like the ones who did nothing but dance, tell lies and use drugs.

 

[svk]

Merry Christmas!

We had an attempted Santa check at 1 AM but we kept them at bay until 5 minutes to 6. I then napped until about 9. Turkey is in the oven and I am about to cook brunch.

 

[panolo]

Merry Christmas scroungers! Thanks for all the laughs and info!

Don't have kids but I took great joy in getting videos from my brothers and sisters of all the toys I gave because I am the king of the noisy toy. Nothing like getting an 11 year old an electric guitar and amp but conveniently forgetting to wrap the head phones

 

[woodchip rookie]

It's about to be winter for real. Bout to find out how the big 30 holds up to heating a whole house.

 

[MechanicMatt]

Beware all deer....

 

[farmer steve]

evening scroungers. my wife asked me this morning (4:30 am) when i put christmas lights on the produce stand.Huh? i could see blue neon twinkling lights but i wasn't going out just yet. found this big HEAVY wrapped package with battery operated lights taped to it. no the dummy didn't take a pic. found this inside.

gonna be a new scrounging tool for dragging logs and such. found out that it came from my buddy who i hauled soybeans and corn to the mill for and i wouldn't take any $$$$.

 

[cantoo]

I got back to the bush for a couple of hours. Got about 7 or 8 trees down and most of them pulled to the landing before I blew a hose on my grapple. I'm working in a pretty twisted up mess of the bush. Poplar and cedar blow downs and grape vines with the ash mixed in. I'm only taking the ash right now so it's a pain and more than a little dangerous. Almost every tree gets caught up in something and I end up pushing it down with the tractor. Takes a lot more time to get the trees to the landing.

 

[cantoo]

This tree did a 1/4 turn, I should have wedged it but it was leaning the "right" way. Darn thing stood straight up then spun on the bar. I pushed it off with the tractor. The bar was fine but the chain had a little twist on it that I was able to straighten out. The heavy looking branch was on the side that I put the notch on, I still can't figure out why it swivelled other than there was some wind gusts at the time and maybe that was it.

 

[cantoo]

FYI, I'm cutting the stumps real low as we use this bush for atv trails and sledding so don't want anything sticking up. My cut was pretty straight across but a little low on one side.

 

[Marshy]

Hey, woke up to a White Christmas ... got 2" this morning, right on cue!
...

Gotta love a white Xmas and good for you on the 2" this morning bud. I heard that's a sign of a health heart at your age.
Merry Christmas Mike. Merry Christmas everyone.

 

[Marshy]

This tree did a 1/4 turn, I should have wedged it but it was leaning the "right" way. Darn thing stood straight up then spun on the bar. I pushed it off with the tractor. The bar was fine but the chain had a little twist on it that I was able to straighten out. The heavy looking branch was on the side that I put the notch on, I still can't figure out why it swivelled other than there was some wind gusts at the time and maybe that was it.
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Maybe cut your holding wood or left too little if it spun on the stump.