Scrounging Firewood (and other stuff)

[Logger nate]

Nate...we spent last week in Darby, Montana. Had a cabin in town and the fist evening a really nice whitetail buck wandered past about 20' from our front door!! Definitely a town deer, he actually stopped and looked booth ways before crossing back over hiway 93. Smack, dab, in the middle of town!!

Never been to Darby, sounds like a neat place. My cousin used to run an outfitting business on the Idaho side, Red River, Elk City area. Always wanted to drive that dirt road that goes from there to Darby, going to someday.
Lol, yeah you can always tell a town deer.

 

[Logger nate]

When I looked at your pic Nate, I didn’t really see the deer, I was more picturing you lifting those concrete blocks for wood scrounge training.

Lol! Yeah I wish, I don’t really do much heavy lifting. I know where a nice red fir is that’s over 4’ across that I found last fall hunting, lots of wood there but think I’ll wait till my son can help me with it, he’s the heavy lifter

 

[Deleted member 149229]

Lol! Yeah I wish, I don’t really do much heavy lifting. I know where a nice red fir is that’s over 4’ across that I found last fall hunting, lots of wood there but think I’ll wait till my son can help me with it, he’s the heavy lifterView attachment 674970

Dang, a real Sasquatch pic!

 

[cornfused]

Never been to Darby, sounds like a neat place. My cousin used to run an outfitting business on the Idaho side, Red River, Elk City area. Always wanted to drive that dirt road that goes from there to Darby, going to someday.
Lol, yeah you can always tell a town deer.

If you do take the ride from Elk City to Darby take plenty of spare fuel etc. There's nothing between the 2. Haven't been on that road for a few years but it's not bad. Beautiful drive.

 

[KiwiBro]

This at the lights an hour ago. What is it? Me like.

 

[Philbert]

This at the lights an hour ago. What is it? Me like.

Variation of this car?




Philbert

 

[LondonNeil]

It's the batmobile!

 

[chipper1]

In case anyone is looking to scrounge up a super split HD .
https://www.arboristsite.com/community/threads/supersplit-hd-3-000.324491/#post-6669530

 

[MustangMike]

First pics 58/59 era T Bird, Phils pic 55/56 T Bird. 55-57 were two seaters and had 292/312 Y block motors.

The 58 was a 4 seat 2 door, and came with the 352 FE motor (which evolved into the 390/428/427). When I was 16 I found a 58 T Bird (Black) for sale for $500, and wanted to buy it bad, but my Dad would not allow it. Always regretted I was not able to get that car.

When I purchased my 70 Boss 302 Body for $800 (I put the 427 Ford Motor in it), anther guy was trying to sell me a 56 T Bird with the removable port hole roof for $900. The only reason I went with the Mustang instead of the T Bird was because it had a stick shift, and the tranny would bolt to the 427. The T Bird would have been much more work.

When I see that guy now and then (I went to HS with him), we still joke about the 56 T Bird for $900!!!

 

[JustJeff]

Be lots of those cars here this weekend. The golf course where my son works hosts the concours d’elegance car show. The cars can only be entered every 4 years. I wouldn’t mind to check it out but we are hosting the in laws 50th anniversary today. Besides I appreciate hotrods more than restorations. Slap a blower and an eibach kit on a fox body and I’m licking the window. Lol. 60’s- early 70’s cars as well but the price for those is getting insane.

 

[Logger nate]

Dang, a real Sasquatch pic!

Lol, my buddy Scott is the Sasquatch
55” red fir, 15 blocks was 2 cords. Even he had to half/ quarter them to load. Not like your guys hard wood but still pretty heavy.

 

[panolo]

That's a big dog! Couple cords in the branches!

 

[svk]

Feeling a little grumpy. At the cabin and the weatherman predicted t-storms all day so I have no saws except for my gutless 4218. It’s overcast and breezy which would have made a great day for tree work. Guess I’ll work on caulking inside as that has to be done at some point and I have the supplies.

 

[farmer steve]

Can't beat it with spruce stick. Free wood DELIVERED!!!!!

 

[svk]

Daughters and I got 6 tubes of caulk applied. Another 6 or so and we should be done and ready for trim.

One of those buggers had a crack and glooped about 1/4 cup of caulk out the side and onto the floor before I noticed. Wrapped it up with duck tape and finished the project.

 

[James Miller]

Can't beat it with spruce stick. Free wood DELIVERED!!!!!
View attachment 675096

All walnut?

 

[farmer steve]

All walnut?

Yep.

 

[KiwiBro]

It's the batmobile!

In that case, wow, batman really let himself go.

 

[KiwiBro]

58 was a 4 seat 2 door, and came with the 352 FE motor

thanks Mike. Not being around such cars I couldn't understand the exhaust note. It didn't sound like a 6 and I would never had picked it as a v8. I was hearing a four cylinder but that's just plain wrong.

 

[Deleted member 149229]

@chipper1 Here’s the pic of the final haul from the locust. I did get the trailer in there to save a second trip with just the truck. Not as much as I thought but a good score. Should have taken a pic of the brush pile, man those things have a lot of branches.