Scrounging Firewood (and other stuff)

[turnkey4099]

That stinks and is good to know. My truck has a remote starter and my next one will as well. It's one of those convenience items that once you have it there is no going away from it. What's neat with my wifes new car that you dont have to put the key in the ignition is that I can go out and start it and take the keys back in the house while it warms up. It will stay running but will not move without the key being inside the vehicle.

Do the doors stay locked in that mode? Must frustrate some theives to climb into a running car and be unable to move it.

 

[KiwiBro]

Supposed to be pushing 40°C (104°F) in parts of Oz today.
We just have high winds. Might go windfall/blowdown scrounging tomorrow after the wind dies down. Any excuse to run a saw. I swear the 395 is giving me the evil eye after so long on the shelf.

 

[bear1998]

Good morning all you lucky sap suckers who get to stay in the warm today.....
Severals weeks ago..found 3 cords of 3 year old css red oak n black locust for a very good price. Decided 2 weeks ago to pick it up today....(would have to be the worst cold so far). Luckily a co worker who works 4)10s offered to help otherwise it would have been just the wife n i (she wouldn't have lasted long in this stuff)...ill take a couple pics of our find.
Everybody have an awesome day!!!

This is the only pic I got...phone froze up lol.

 

[farmer steve]

This is the only pic I got...phone froze up lol.
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looks good Bryan. your in my parking spot in Hampton.

 

[bear1998]

looks good Bryan. your in my parking spot in Hampton.

Oooppps

 

[LondonNeil]

I've always been an East Coast Wood Snob. About 4 years ago I cut down a bunch of Ailanthus trees, and instead of dragging them to the burn pile, I split and stacked them in the wood shed. The past few years have been so mild I haven't gotten to the back of the shed. So, finally, I moved that back wall to the front porch to burn, it was a mix of all 4 year old Oak, Cherry, and Ailanthus. It burns OK, but I have a big canvas bag I carry the wood into the house with. One load of Oak in that bag usually burns all day (12 hours). I've been going through 3-4 bags using the mix. I've never burned Ash before, not because of the Snob thing, just never had any. On page 1351 I posted pics of the big Ash my BIL and I cut up last week. I just brought in one of my canvas bags full to see how it does, report to come in a few hours, Joe.

you'll like that Ash! ive just started to burn some of my 'wire' ash, never had it before. it burns great! super hot and long. feels even better as i had such a battle with this stuff!

 

[woodchip rookie]

I've never burned Ash before, not because of the Snob thing, just never had any. On page 1351 I posted pics of the big Ash my BIL and I cut up last week.

Best smelling wood. Burns great if dry. Coals up more than I like, burns a touch longer than silver maple.

 

[Jeffkrib]

Someone said ‘stay warm’ a few pages back.
Well I’m going to a wedding tomorrow and is expected to 45 C, I will be wearing a black suit.
Who in damnation wished this on me LOL .

 

[dancan]

Well , our powerco still has 15k outages after yesterdy's weatherbomb , 250k at it's peak .
I have one of my gennies loaned out and fixed a friends today .
High temp was around the 50 mark , some places got winds up to 125 mph with some of the coastal roads being washed away due to high tides and storm surge .
We still have 30 to 40 mph winds but the temps are dropping fast to 10F being the warmest for the weekend .
I'll be out this weekend to see if the weaterbomb got us more scroungable wood

 

[MechanicMatt]

Another day moving snow....

Here's pics of the snow blower, biggest POS on earth!!

 

[MechanicMatt]

 

[dancan]

No snow here lol

 

[Cowboy254]

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All done

Looks great!

Supposed to be pushing 40°C (104°F) in parts of Oz today.
We just have high winds. Might go windfall/blowdown scrounging tomorrow after the wind dies down. Any excuse to run a saw. I swear the 395 is giving me the evil eye after so long on the shelf.

Yes, we're looking at 40 deg C here today. It's been two weeks since I've been fishing so I thought I'd better get up early before it gets too hot. I was on the road before 5am heading up the mountain. There's a hydro lake up there that I have fished a few times without result and I thought that today was the day. I saw a good size deer (maybe upper waist/lower chest height on me at the shoulder) on the side of the road on the way up and stopped to take a snap. Didn't come out too well.



Moving on, I made it up the top just before sunrise.



There was a bit of breeze which made it pretty fresh. Hard to believe that it's forecast to get to 40degC today but this was at 5500ft.



Unfortunately, despite trying a range of lures, I ended up with my fishless record at this lake intact. Not a single hit. After a while, I decided to head down to another lake half way down the mountain where I have picked up some good fish in the past. It's a nice spot and the water was clear as.



Despite having two troutpedoes follow different lures, still no hits. So I gave up and went back down to drink beer in front of the cricket. At least I might have a win there.

 

[MechanicMatt]

In case you guys didn't know, I'm the service manager at the dealership. The prep department manager is the guy in the machine in the last pic. The sales manager helps clear snow, but he is a citidiot and crashes or breaks too much stuff. He means well, but is just a animal on the machines. Last night backs into building, salter broken. This morning jumps in the snow blower, snaps the shear pins. I can run that snow blowing POS two three storms before it breaks a pin. You just can't dive it straight into a plowed pile, you need to nibble at it. Erksine is the name of the manufacturer, they didn't put locktite on the set screws in the gear box, after thirty hours the gear box self imploded. The chain on the front augers has snapped several times, has three master links. The shear pins break when ever one of the city boys use it, that I can't blame on Erksine, the ********* engage the PTO at 2,700 rpm, jackasses. Then they act surprised when it breaks. I drive it in the shop cus'in up a storm pissed at the world, gotta crawl under that wet cold monster and fix everything. The shear pins are on the drive shaft that runs under the machine. It's a rear pto that goes into a chain driven "gear box" then the power goes under via the driveshaft to the front blower. I HATE that shitbox design! After 5 more coors, I might tell you fellas how I really feel....hahahahahaha

 

[woodchip rookie]

Let us hear it Matt.

 

[Bobby Kirbos]

In case you guys didn't know, I'm the service manager at the dealership. The prep department manager is the guy in the machine in the last pic. The sales manager helps clear snow, but he is a citidiot and crashes or breaks too much stuff. He means well, but is just a animal on the machines. Last night backs into building, salter broken. This morning jumps in the snow blower, snaps the shear pins. I can run that snow blowing POS two three storms before it breaks a pin. You just can't dive it straight into a plowed pile, you need to nibble at it. Erksine is the name of the manufacturer, they didn't put locktite on the set screws in the gear box, after thirty hours the gear box self imploded. The chain on the front augers has snapped several times, has three master links. The shear pins break when ever one of the city boys use it, that I can't blame on Erksine, the ********* engage the PTO at 2,700 rpm, jackasses. Then they act surprised when it breaks. I drive it in the shop cus'in up a storm pissed at the world, gotta crawl under that wet cold monster and fix everything. The shear pins are on the drive shaft that runs under the machine. It's a rear pto that goes into a chain driven "gear box" then the power goes under via the driveshaft to the front blower. I HATE that shitbox design! After 5 more coors, I might tell you fellas how I really feel....hahahahahaha

Shear pins? Fk that sh it. My grandfather put grade 8 allen screws with nylock washers into his - an old 48" wide Sears single stage on his 14HP lawn tractor. That thing would cut through any snow pack and throw it 20 feet.

 

[svk]

Is there a GTG thread? I'm starting to gain access to LARGE lots of timber and no way can I cut all this myself. Is there a "GTG guy" I need to talk to about planning that kind of thing?

If you want to have a gtg thread go over into the chainsaw forum and post a thread with the title including GTG and your town and state. Nearby folks will show interest if they are into gtg's and you then set a date and get things rolling.

 

[95custmz]

Looks great!



Yes, we're looking at 40 deg C here today. It's been two weeks since I've been fishing so I thought I'd better get up early before it gets too hot. I was on the road before 5am heading up the mountain. There's a hydro lake up there that I have fished a few times without result and I thought that today was the day. I saw a good size deer (maybe upper waist/lower chest height on me at the shoulder) on the side of the road on the way up and stopped to take a snap. Didn't come out too well.

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Moving on, I made it up the top just before sunrise.

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There was a bit of breeze which made it pretty fresh. Hard to believe that it's forecast to get to 40degC today but this was at 5500ft.

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Unfortunately, despite trying a range of lures, I ended up with my fishless record at this lake intact. Not a single hit. After a while, I decided to head down to another lake half way down the mountain where I have picked up some good fish in the past. It's a nice spot and the water was clear as.

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Despite having two troutpedoes follow different lures, still no hits. So I gave up and went back down to drink beer in front of the cricket. At least I might have a win there.

Hey Cowboy, that deer is huge. Was that a night photo? [emoji51]


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[Cowboy254]

Hey Cowboy, that deer is huge. Was that a night photo? [emoji51]
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Huge...hmm, perhaps wouldn't go that far. Good size though, he was standing on the road and I had to stop so I didn't end up with him on my lap. He moved off and climbed halfway up the bank then stopped and looked at me. That's his eye reflection you can see. Should have turned the flash off and tried a long exposure shot in the low light but I was stationary in the middle of the road in a 80km zone so I didn't feel like staying too long. This one time, at band camp, when I was driving up this road at pre-sparrow fart (~3.30am) I counted 13 deer on the way up, varying from border collie size to almost horse size. They're feral here and all over the place.

 

[turnkey4099]

Well , our powerco still has 15k outages after yesterdy's weatherbomb , 250k at it's peak .
I have one of my gennies loaned out and fixed a friends today .
High temp was around the 50 mark , some places got winds up to 125 mph with some of the coastal roads being washed away due to high tides and storm surge .
We still have 30 to 40 mph winds but the temps are dropping fast to 10F being the warmest for the weekend .
I'll be out this weekend to see if the weaterbomb got us more scroungable wood

With those winds there should be a lot of it.