Scrounging Firewood (and other stuff)

[panolo]

Wonder if yours was the one going out the same time as my 7910.

I'm guessing as he said he was shipping two.

 

[dancan]

Well , I've been a little lax in my scrounging lately , work has been busy as all get out and the weather has been a little non cooperative when I wanted to do a bit of scrounging.
Today was a good day , sunny , 61F , a stiff breeze and no black flies so off to the zone I headed to get another load of flat rocks and a bit of wood .
Sorry, dead battery in the phone so no pics but got half a truck load of rocks and a half load of dead standing and blown down spruce [emoji3]

 

[dancan]

After supper I decided to buck up the load of wood that I got the other weekend

 

[Circle B MN]

Product of my latest scrounge. Local contractor had a bunch of tops pulled together on his lot. Between this pile of boiler wood and what I added to my sale pile I figure close to six full cord.

 

[cantoo]

I cut down some cedar logs to band mill and make some benches out of. Went to a sale or two and bought some stuff, bunch of tires, 4/1 bucket and a big mower to repair and resell (someday). If you look at the picture of my grandson sitting on the bench you will notice a nice ball pien hammer beside his foot. 5 minutes after I took that picture he used the ball end to antique that new freshly sanded cedar bench. The new owners ( my Aunt and Uncle) loved the bench and the story that came with it. Logs were from the bush that my family used to own.

 

[crowbuster]

Scrounging? What is that? Certainly not something to be done in 97 degree weather! NW Iowa and it's still May, late May, but &(^*%*%$#**$#($$%*#*#%(.

Sorry guys, I don't like heat unless it's coming out of my stove and I can open a window to cool off!!!

Like I tell folks anymore, I can add clothes to stay warm but cant take off enough to stay cool when it's that dang hot

 

[svk]

Hard to believe that I’m going to need to don a sweatshirt soon considering how hot and humid it was earlier. I guess the humidity makes warmer weather feel warmer and colder weather feel colder.

 

[Huskybill]

Put a temperature magnetic gauge on the woodstove and another one on the stove pipe. You can use the damper on the stove to regulate the heat in the stove and the damper on the stove pipe to regulate how much heat goes up the chimney to prevent making creosote. Usually 250/300 degrees of heat going up the pipe. And run the stove at 350/375/400 degrees. You can save on the wood consumption and still get good heat. Warmer nights run the stove at 350.

I laugh when I think about how many guys wanted to cut wood with me. When they found out about the hard work they were gone.

 

[MustangMike]

Attended a Memorial Service at the Fish + Game Club, built a 15' long rack for firewood, and installed (in concrete) the uprights for a gate in the fence to access the logs in my back lot. (The fence I initially installed across the back to keep the dogs in the yard was solid).

 

[MustangMike]

Got cool enough late in the afternoon that I needed to put long sleeves on. Rain was predicted, and it felt like it would rain, but it never did. Guess I may have to water the garden!

 

[farmer steve]

Whats the car the saw and trailer are hitched too? I can't imagine a three saw family. I just put a bid in on 25 saws. I think I was a day late. I offered more than the first guy, but the owner told him they had a deal, and he's supposed to pick them up today. If something falls through, I get them. One of them is a Disston DA211 two cylinder, two man saw with a giant Bow Bar. It's the first one I've ever seen.

Joe was that the 2 lots of saws the guy had in Delalware?

 

[James Miller]

Scrounged some apple today. Standing with the bark off. Probably take this to the guy at work and trade for whatever he decides to smoke next.

 

[Marine5068]

View attachment 654448 View attachment 654449 Looking at the long range here, it’s supposed to be “August” hot for the next 4 days and then cool down for next weekend. My firewood is done for next winter so I’m not touching a stick until it cools a bit. Today my daughter and I are going to try out our boat project and see how bad it leaks.

Looks nice.
I have a 15' Princecraft with small leaks I need to seal up some seams.
Anyone ever do this? Seal aluminum boat seams? What the best way?
Maybe that liquid metal stuff?

 

[Marine5068]

25C and think it was about 75% humidity but it felt more...way more. In the garden with my toddler and 9mo so i grabbed the fiskars and split 8 or 10 rounds of cypress while watching them....eek I was a mess. sweat monster.

It got hot hot here too....and humid.
Today is 29C here today and feels like 36C with 55% humidity.
Was pretty soaked after cutting and moving the big Oak rounds I am still working.
I'll do more wood later on in early eve when it cools down.
I still have a lot of tiny trees to drop by the weekend.
I even saw some Ironwood to fell.
But now it's time to go get an Ice Cap and put the fan on the dog.

 

[Marine5068]

I cut down some cedar logs to band mill and make some benches out of. Went to a sale or two and bought some stuff, bunch of tires, 4/1 bucket and a big mower to repair and resell (someday). If you look at the picture of my grandson sitting on the bench you will notice a nice ball pien hammer beside his foot. 5 minutes after I took that picture he used the ball end to antique that new freshly sanded cedar bench. The new owners ( my Aunt and Uncle) loved the bench and the story that came with it. Logs were from the bush that my family used to own.
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Been busy I see.

 

[Marine5068]

I cut down some cedar logs to band mill and make some benches out of. Went to a sale or two and bought some stuff, bunch of tires, 4/1 bucket and a big mower to repair and resell (someday). If you look at the picture of my grandson sitting on the bench you will notice a nice ball pien hammer beside his foot. 5 minutes after I took that picture he used the ball end to antique that new freshly sanded cedar bench. The new owners ( my Aunt and Uncle) loved the bench and the story that came with it. Logs were from the bush that my family used to own.
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Your BSM looks fairly new. Woodmizer?

 

[Marine5068]

View attachment 654676 Scrounged some apple today. Standing with the bark off. Probably take this to the guy at work and trade for whatever he decides to smoke next.

Apple makes great firewood. I cut a small, live apple tree down for a buddy last week. Its still in my trailer but will get blocked and split soon.

 

[Marine5068]

This week I'm going next door to take down a medium sized Maple tree that neighbor wants gone.
Its dead or almost dead and has a few deep Pecker wounds in it. I imagine by the size of the large holes that the Piliated peckers around here have found some carpenter ants.
I'll try and get some pics or video of it dropping and blocked.

 

[svk]

Looks nice.
I have a 15' Princecraft with small leaks I need to seal up some seams.
Anyone ever do this? Seal aluminum boat seams? What the best way?
Maybe that liquid metal stuff?

Scrub it good with a wire brush then soap and water. I’ve had best luck with RTV silicon. You need something that flexes with the metal.

 

[James Miller]

Apple makes great firewood. I cut a small, live apple tree down for a buddy last week. Its still in my trailer but will get blocked and split soon.

That's just some dead limbs off the big ones in the back yard. The small one is probably 16" at the base and the bigger of the two is 20 or better. There slowly dieing but the Pits like to lay in the shade and eat the apples when they fall so we let them stand for now.