Scrounging Firewood (and other stuff)

[Hutchinsonkw]

Because she told him to .
But he has said elsewhere that he wears them, she just buys them .

Hopefully you know we're all joking .
It does look like a nice load.
I think I'm at around 20yrs now , I blame the guys in this thread .

Happy wife leads to a happy life. One of the truest statements I have been told.

 

[svk]

View attachment 638194 I put a little time on the 3/8lp setup this morning. These saws oil like a busted pipeline I turned it all the way down and it' still a bit much. The safety chain leaves me wanting. May have to have @farmer steve fix that for me next time he stops by the stihl dealership.

You should find the PS or PS3 chain from Stihl very satisfactory compared to that. You can also have it square sharpened to cut even a little faster. As a heads up you need a full service Stihl shop who will spin 45/52/56 DL loops for you versus the shops who want to hand you a box with 44/50/55 DL meant for Stihl brand saws.

 

[James Miller]

You should find the PS or PS3 chain from Stihl very satisfactory compared to that. You can also have it square sharpened to cut even a little faster. As a heads up you need a full service Stihl shop who will spin 45/52/56 DL loops for you versus the shops who want to hand you a box with 44/50/55 DL meant for Stihl brand saws.

My dealer spins loops to what ever do count you want. What confuses me is the spare chain I got when I picked up the 355t is non safety Carlton but the chain I got yesterday is Carlton safety chain.

 

[Cowboy254]

You're going to need something bigger than a jeep. I don't know how but the guys over at the construction site dropped 2 of the big red oaks at the entrance so I could get to them.

Well, did you scrounge it or just take a picture of it next to your truck then turn around and go home?

After some experimentation late last year, I felt that the easiest way to cut up those big logs is to noodle two vertical cuts and two horizontal cuts on the end so that when you do the bucking cut, the wood falls off into nine pieces. That way you have manageable bits rather than this great big (and potentially dangerous if it rolls towards you when you are finishing the cut underneath it, pinning your hand) 300kg round to try to manhandle and less noodling to do at ground level.

 

[KiwiBro]

That or mill it where it lays and sell the lumber for about 10x more than firewood, while still getting firewood from it as a by-catch.

 

[farmer steve]

Steve, is that crew for hire?

they are but not cheap. they only run stihl's.

 

[JustJeff]

Tomorrow’s scrounge awaits. Buddy had some trees dropped and I reap the rewards!

 

[Cowboy254]

View attachment 638334 Tomorrow’s scrounge awaits. Buddy had some trees dropped and I reap the rewards!

Now you're talking. Since it looks like being your lucky day, remember not to tire yourself out too much for the evening!

 

[woodchip rookie]

Wowzers! yep, that is a big twig right there

Yes. SIX of them in this pile.

 

[woodchip rookie]

Yikes! Looks like there are some vertical cracks in it anyhow so once each cookie tips over you can quarter them and the quarter again. Or noodle the log then cut a cookie from each side and the halves will separate.

I was trying to put a mental gameplan together for these monsters. I was thinking put the 20" on, noodle the end in a grid, then put the 32" on and make the bucking cut and all the bits would fall off the end?

 

[woodchip rookie]

NICE!! i'll send some help.
View attachment 638186

Please?!

 

[woodchip rookie]

The jeep is what I would have. I'd still be a guy running a second saw and that gets the work done faster.

Rent a Uhaul so you can atleast take a load home with you. I got plenty of room at the house. Bring a cot/pillows/blankets.

 

[woodchip rookie]

I like lots of oil, I like my oil tank empty when the fuel is empty. That one looks nice and wet.

I turn the oilers all the way up on the saws I have that have adjustable oilers. Very rarely do I let the saw run out of gas anyway.

 

[dancan]

You're going to need something bigger than a jeep. I don't know how but the guys over at the construction site dropped 2 of the big red oaks at the entrance so I could get to them.

I call Photoshop , they don't make trees that big and Shmoak at that ...

Nice score

 

[woodchip rookie]

Well, did you scrounge it or just take a picture of it next to your truck then turn around and go home?

I stopped to check and see if they moved a new load of wood to the entrance. I had to do bank stuff, then insurance stuff, then go to Rural King and get more bar oil, then back home to start cutting on the stuff that the gas company dropped. 2yrs ago when they came through with the 1st round of paperwork my neighbor said he didnt want any of the wood. 2hrs after I been cutting he comes out and says he wants it. So I get to keep what I cut today in his yard and thats it for his yard. No big. I got scrounge piles laying everywhere. The 50ft wide path they cut through the woods across the street is just about unaccessable. The brush is so thick I can barely get myself to the wood, let alone a trailer, wagon, wheelbarrow or 4 wheeler, let alone my truck. So I'm going to have to put that scrounge on hold till the brush guys come through with some equipment to make any of that accessable. SSOOO....that means tomorow I'll be chewing on a giant red oak with the 395. That needs tuned terribly. I even went to the dealer today to get files and stuff and forgot it. The 445 needs its "post-break-in tune up" as well.

 

[woodchip rookie]

I call Photoshop , they don't make trees that big and Shmoak at that ...

Nice score

Drive here and take a pic with your own fone then. I thought about standing in front of it and taking a selfie but my arm isnt long enough to get the whole thing in the pic.

 

[woodchip rookie]

After some experimentation late last year, I felt that the easiest way to cut up those big logs is to noodle two vertical cuts and two horizontal cuts on the end so that when you do the bucking cut, the wood falls off into nine pieces. That way you have manageable bits rather than this great big (and potentially dangerous if it rolls towards you when you are finishing the cut underneath it, pinning your hand) 300kg round to try to manhandle and less noodling to do at ground level.

I think from now on this is what I will do. The 36" ash I have down the street is managable but no way am I going to be able to wrestle an 18" thick piece of 60" oak.

 

[Cowboy254]

I was trying to put a mental gameplan together for these monsters. I was thinking put the 20" on, noodle the end in a grid, then put the 32" on and make the bucking cut and all the bits would fall off the end?

Yes, that's it. Shorter bar for the grid cuts. I used the 20in bar on the 460 then broke out the big boy for the bucking.

 

[LondonNeil]

I'm envious of all these pics of wood scrounging going on. We had a week of snow here which has gone now but left my garden a muddy swamp and if I go out to split I'm stood in a muddy puddle after one round. It also must have played havoc with my tree guy's work, and he hasn't yet got back to me about the rest of the 'big oak'. So I'm stuck, and frustrated....and envious. I AM READY FOR SPRING NOW PLEASE!!!!

 

[dancan]

We just got a dumping of heavy wet snow yesterday , not looking good for scrounging this weekend