Scrounging Firewood (and other stuff)

[JustJeff]

Split some wood with the fiskars tonight because I had about half an hour to kill before supper and didn’t feel like hooking the tractor up to the splitter. Ash and sugar maple flew apart, I left the elm in the pile for the splitter. My little rocket stove project. I didn’t like how it burned so I added the tube at the bottom for air, allowing the 45 degree tube to be completely filled with sticks. Seems to be the right choice. Now to make a grate on top for the coffee pot!

 

[svk]

Split some wood with the fiskars tonight because I had about half an hour to kill before supper and didn’t feel like hooking the tractor up to the splitter. Ash and sugar maple flew apart, I left the elm in the pile for the splitter.View attachment 641617 My little rocket stove project. I didn’t like how it burned so I added the tube at the bottom for air, allowing the 45 degree tube to be completely filled with sticks. Seems to be the right choice. Now to make a grate on top for the coffee pot!View attachment 641618

Nice flame! Now add a grate on top? And maybe a wider horizontal beam on the ground to reduce tippyness?

 

[Marine5068]

Split some wood with the fiskars tonight because I had about half an hour to kill before supper and didn’t feel like hooking the tractor up to the splitter. Ash and sugar maple flew apart, I left the elm in the pile for the splitter.View attachment 641617 My little rocket stove project. I didn’t like how it burned so I added the tube at the bottom for air, allowing the 45 degree tube to be completely filled with sticks. Seems to be the right choice. Now to make a grate on top for the coffee pot!View attachment 641618

What's it for? Just to boil water?
That's cool, but looks like you have too much time on your hands...lol.

 

[woodchip rookie]

Well....I took apart my neighbors 011 AVT and cleaned it a little. Now I know what it looks like when you use a saw without ever flipping the bar. It had that dip wear thing just in front of the nose sprocket. Otherwise the bar looks ok. Oregon 3/8LP 54DL with a greasable nose sprocket but it had that homeowner extra-bumper-depth-guage thing in between the cutters. And it looked like it had never been sharpened in its whole life. Pulled liquid caps. Bar oil looks ok. Gas had evaporated and left behind the oil but it looked clean. It wasnt sludgy. Poured gas in it and it leaked out as fast as I poured it in from the clutch side somewhere. Ran through the house with it headed for the front door and threw it out in the front yard. Gonna put it all together and tell him to take it to the Stihl place right around the corner. Normally I would have a blast taking it apart and tinkering with it but I'm buried in firewood right now and dont have time to mess with it. Might be dragging home a splitter today then loading up the 395 for the last of the scrounging for a couple seasons. I'm running out of places to put the stuff without having to mow around it.

 

[JustJeff]

Well....I took apart my neighbors 011 AVT and cleaned it a little. Now I know what it looks like when you use a saw without ever flipping the bar. It had that dip wear thing just in front of the nose sprocket. Otherwise the bar looks ok. Oregon 3/8LP 54DL with a greasable nose sprocket but it had that homeowner extra-bumper-depth-guage thing in between the cutters. And it looked like it had never been sharpened in its whole life. Pulled liquid caps. Bar oil looks ok. Gas had evaporated and left behind the oil but it looked clean. It wasnt sludgy. Poured gas in it and it leaked out as fast as I poured it in from the clutch side somewhere. Ran through the house with it headed for the front door and threw it out in the front yard. Gonna put it all together and tell him to take it to the Stihl place right around the corner. Normally I would have a blast taking it apart and tinkering with it but I'm buried in firewood right now and dont have time to mess with it. Might be dragging home a splitter today then loading up the 395 for the last of the scrounging for a couple seasons. I'm running out of places to put the stuff without having to mow around it.

If it’s not messing with your mowing, you’re not scrounging enough! Lol.

 

[JustJeff]

What's it for? Just to boil water?
That's cool, but looks like you have too much time on your hands...lol.

I saw a rocket stove on a tv show and never having heard of one, I looked it up. I thought it was a neat idea and thought if it works good enough, it could replace the Coleman stove on my fishing trips because fuel is just laying on the ground instead of hauling propane cans. In reality I’m probably just amusing myself and need to get busy finishing my other projects!

 

[woodchip rookie]

If it’s not messing with your mowing, you’re not scrounging enough! Lol.

Right now it will be. I need to get that mess cleaned up. I dont wanna mow around that all summer.

 

[Deleted member 149229]

Saw this blown down white oak up the road and stopped and asked if I could have it. Yep. Note the saw hiding in the pic for reference, it’s an Echo Timberwolf.

 

[turnkey4099]

Well....I took apart my neighbors 011 AVT and cleaned it a little. Now I know what it looks like when you use a saw without ever flipping the bar. It had that dip wear thing just in front of the nose sprocket. Otherwise the bar looks ok. Oregon 3/8LP 54DL with a greasable nose sprocket but it had that homeowner extra-bumper-depth-guage thing in between the cutters. And it looked like it had never been sharpened in its whole life. Pulled liquid caps. Bar oil looks ok. Gas had evaporated and left behind the oil but it looked clean. It wasnt sludgy. Poured gas in it and it leaked out as fast as I poured it in from the clutch side somewhere. Ran through the house with it headed for the front door and threw it out in the front yard. Gonna put it all together and tell him to take it to the Stihl place right around the corner. Normally I would have a blast taking it apart and tinkering with it but I'm buried in firewood right now and dont have time to mess with it. Might be dragging home a splitter today then loading up the 395 for the last of the scrounging for a couple seasons. I'm running out of places to put the stuff without having to mow around it.

My new MS362 leaked oil, took it back and he found it was leaking around the oil pump which hides behind the sprocket. I always wondered how and where one got at those things.

 

[dancan]

I had a couple of hours to spare this afternoon so off to the scrounging zone to finish the clump I went

Got it all done

There's plenty more to get on this little side road , even a nice spruce blowdown

 

[LondonNeil]

Dan, no piccies for me.

 

[dancan]

Only pics of that rare Aussie PepermintEukeBluegommeOsage that grows like weeds up here , 4' in diameter , about a 10 cord tree that I dropped , cut , split , drug home and got all stacked today

I'll repost the pics later when they finish Imgur upload lol

 

[woodchip rookie]

My new MS362 leaked oil, took it back and he found it was leaking around the oil pump which hides behind the sprocket. I always wondered how and where one got at those things.

Not oil. Gas.

 

[woodchip rookie]

Scrounging season just about over for me. Almost time to start splitting season. I was lazy the last three days. Instead of going out and bringing trees back I told the trees to bring themselves so they did. Small load of 20" pine. Already delimbed, cut to 15ft lengths. Stacked nicely in the yard with all the other trees that brought themselves to my house. Oh wait. I scrounged this.

 

[woodchip rookie]

Full on construction site at my house now. They rolled in with a Morbark Woodhog 600EX something-or-another. That thing is a monster. They are puting whole trees in it.

 

[farmer steve]

since it is to wet and soft from the snow to go to the woods i figured i better get some scrounged wood split. had the big pile of ash from last weekend covered so it was dry. only thing was where i plowed the snow away from the pile to put the splitter it was really muddy. did i ever mention i hate mud more than snow? since there were some big rounds i pulled out the 036 and made a nice bed of ash noodles to stand on while splitting. got a 1/2 cord split and stacked.

 

[farmer steve]

Scrounging season just about over for me. Almost time to start splitting season. I was lazy the last three days. Instead of going out and bringing trees back I told the trees to bring themselves so they did. Small load of 20" pine. Already delimbed, cut to 15ft lengths. Stacked nicely in the yard with all the other trees that brought themselves to my house. Oh wait. I scrounged this.

looks good but i can't tell the brand. like the side table.

 

[woodchip rookie]

Countyline 30 ton "fast" model. 5yrs on parts/workmanship, 3yrs on engine, 3yrs on hydraulics. $1,284 OTD with hydro/engine oil included and they gave me an extra qt of engine oil with it. The TSC in Circleville, OH is good people.

 

[dancan]

Full on construction site at my house now. They rolled in with a Morbark Woodhog 600EX something-or-another. That thing is a monster. They are puting whole trees in it.

Can't like that

 

[dancan]

Here's a quick wood ID lesson
White spruce

Tamarack

White spruce

Tamarack

White spruce

Tamarack

Both were cut down about 3 years ago but left in log length and just blocked this fall , the white spruce is still to wet to burn while the tamarack is full of turps and good to go .
Black spruce is usually denser than the red spruce .