Scrounging Firewood (and other stuff)

[panolo]

Boxers have always been under rated. However, notice that full contact Karate (aka kick boxing) is about 90% boxing, and they REQUIRE them to kick or they loose. Why is that??? They don't have to require boxers to throw jabs or left hooks or straight rights??? Just sayin...

K1 guys get very good at defending kicks. You still see many knockouts via head kicks but also if the fighter is bad at defending the kick they will chop them down and fighters do win via leg kicks or rib kicks.

James Toney was a terrific boxer that got strangled when he tried to fight mma. Don't know of any boxers that wouldn't get crushed in the octagon very quickly. But it goes both ways. Very few MMA fighters would last more than a few rounds against a good boxer.

 

[Marine5068]

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!

It is pretty neat though. I like that idea of not hauling propane cans around too and you're right about fuel laying around.
I've done many years of back-country camping/fishing and used the local dried wood for our campfires.

 

[Marine5068]

View attachment 641707 View attachment 641708 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.

Great score

 

[Marine5068]

Well the 2 green chippers headed to their new homes yesterday. In theory I made $1500 but in reality my wife got $1500 for her birthday. I got to see it for a second. Next time I have to cut out the middle man, she has quick fingers.
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Our money is so colourful

 

[James Miller]

K1 guys get very good at defending kicks. You still see many knockouts via head kicks but also if the fighter is bad at defending the kick they will chop them down and fighters do win via leg kicks or rib kicks.

James Toney was a terrific boxer that got strangled when he tried to fight mma. Don't know of any boxers that wouldn't get crushed in the octagon very quickly. But it goes both ways. Very few MMA fighters would last more than a few rounds against a good boxer.

Crocop in my opinion was an ok striker but everyone feared those kicks. Right leg hospital left leg morgue. BJJ will take a boxer every time unless they get clipped on the way in. It's all high skill level stuff no matter what there trained to do. I'l watch boxing or mma .

 

[Cowboy254]

You were correct Cowboy, snow up in the hills. Maybe getting the fire going was the right decision after all.

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It was a bit borderline yesterday but the outside temps peaked at an overcast 12°C today. Fire is going again today but we'll let it burn out overnight. Back up into the 20's tomorrow.

 

[Marine5068]

It was a bit borderline yesterday but the outside temps peaked at an overcast 12°C today. Fire is going again today but we'll let it burn out overnight. Back up into the 20's tomorrow.

About the same here on the other end of the Earth.
-7C at night and around +12C daytime high, but it's been real windy for over a week now so it feels a lot cooler out.

 

[Jeffkrib]

Apart from when I’m at work I’ve only worn shorts and tee shirts for the last 6 months.

 

[woodchip rookie]

Now thats funny.

https://columbus.craigslist.org/snw/d/polaris-sportsman-600-awd/6519425909.html

 

[rarefish383]

Now thats funny.

https://columbus.craigslist.org/snw/d/polaris-sportsman-600-awd/6519425909.html

I like "will trade for cash only"

 

[LondonNeil]

Average seating for the entire NFL is 72,000. Average price is another animal. Tried to find you that answer but couldn’t find straight answers. Here in Pittsburgh the cheapest season ticket is $1200 and there is a waiting list.

That's for what, 8 games of regular season? Wow, quite a cost.

 

[chipper1]

I had to delete my quote cause you beat me to it. The less mowing the better.

Hey James.
I think it's much like anything using equipment, the better the equipment the more I like doing the job. I have allergies and can't stand to push a mower around, but running the 60" exmark laser z around for a few hrs is good fun .

View attachment 641840 I decided since I couldn't work on my own firewood I'd help my brother with some stuff for his out door put. I got half way threw the pile and found these guys.View attachment 641843 Decided I'd better split it all in hopes they freeze over night and proceeded to turn his yard into an ant grave yard.View attachment 641844 Total about a half hours work. I told him to split it last year but he's lazy.View attachment 641845

I use my little propane torch and burn them all.
When I'm splitting I have it right by the splitter .

 

[chipper1]

Who's Your pick in Khabib/Ferguson? McGregor was the down fall of UFC in my mind feeding him midgets at 145 and acting like he's amazing. If he fought at 155 his whole career he'd be just another also ran. They need to end all the **** talking a get back to just fighting.

Let them go old school octagon, no real rules/weight classes Gracie didn't back down from guys who were way above his "weight class", and often had them tapping out after being on the ground for quite some time, these days they would call a fight long before that and he would have lost.

Bring back the days of Randy Couture, Matt Hughes, Royce Gracie and Chuck Liddell. No BS. To quote the old Nike commercial, Just Do It! I know Dana White did a great job of making the UFC big but going the way of WWE sucks.

Back in the day .

 

[Deleted member 150358]

Uhg! Skunk was in the wood shed within the past 2 days. Welcome to spring!

 

[chipper1]

Did a little parts scrounging this week. Noting to bragg about, but SVK, you might want to stop by next time you visit your Uncle. I think I can end up with 4 runners out of the mess.
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Bunches of 51 and 55 parts in the basket. Did find what I think is a jred 490 cyl that looks good enough to reuse if someone is needing one. Piston might be in the box, I havent dug into the bottom yet and there are bags of small parts.View attachment 642133 View attachment 642134
Closed port. Does have some scaring, but I think it is just aluminum transfer. I'll clean it up and take a few pic of the insides. I actually thought it was a closed port 55cyl when I first saw it, but 55 piston wont fit in it. Measures 44.93mm.
And then there is this jewel, looks almost new, has good compression but didnt crank. I havent checked it out yetView attachment 642135

Nice scrounge .
The one looks to be a closed port in the pile.
This one, look at the top of the cylinder, the pointed corners where the OP is round on the curved portion.

 

[James Miller]

Let them go old school octagon, not real rules/weight classes Gracie didn't back down from guys who were way above his "weight class", and often had them tapping out after being on the ground for quite some time, these days they would call a fight long before that and he would have lost.

Back in the day .

The Gracies ruled UFC and Pride until they ran into Sakuraba AKA the Gracie Hunter. Stand up fighters didn't stand a chance. They should use Pride rules in the UFC. I'd rather watch a stand up war like Lawler/MacDonald 2 by far the best fight the UFC has ever had. Then Khabib maul a guy against the cage for 5 rounds. The way he controls people on the ground is amazing. The Johnson and Barboza fights only got out of round 1 cause he let them.

 

[Sawyer Rob]

I got back to this wagon load of scrounged wood today,

And got started splitting it,

Having a good 4-way wedge sure speeds things up,

If they were too heavy, they got ripped with my 268xp and then put on the splitters beam,

And S N I had a nice pile of oak, about 2 cords in all!

Now it's time to get that wagon loaded again!

SR

 

[panolo]

Let them go old school octagon, not real rules/weight classes Gracie didn't back down from guys who were way above his "weight class", and often had them tapping out after being on the ground for quite some time, these days they would call a fight long before that and he would have lost.

Back in the day .

Royce got to use his gi in early UFC. People had never seen a lapel choke and before you knew it the lights were out. He was so good at taking the slightest mistake and using it against them. However the sport evolved and he had trouble once they removed his gi. He got destroyed by Matt Hughes. Royce is in my eyes one of the top 3 guys to ever step foot in there. His early success usually giving up 100+ pounds was a thing of beauty.

 

[panolo]

On another note it feels like I threw a complete game. My buddy was loading the super split and I was running it and throwing/sliding splits in a pile. I couldn't keep up so we split into the bobcat snow bucket and dumped it after my arm started to feel like jello. It really is as advertised. You can split as fast as you can load it.

 

[farmer steve]

I got back to this wagon load of scrounged wood today,

And got started splitting it,

Having a good 4-way wedge sure speeds things up,

If they were too heavy, they got ripped with my 268xp and then put on the splitters beam,

And S N I had a nice pile of oak, about 2 cords in all!

Now it's time to get that wagon loaded again!

SR

nice Duetz ? Rob. and a nice pile of wood.