Scrounging Firewood (and other stuff)

[farmer steve]

It was a sad day when the smurfs took over the dolmar factory.

 

[LondonNeil]

The refill of this year's bay is coming along. At the length I cut my wood I get 9 rows stacked into the bay that is 2.5 x 3.5m and to 2.3m high which comes to 20 odd cubes or 5 and a bit cord. I have 6 and a half rows stacked so I'm 3/4 of the way there. This is for winter 2021.

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I look at that and think, 'When you going to do the splitting?' then i remember I'm the only one here with a small stove. Hurumph! nice stick btw, and very nice shed.

 

[Jeffkrib]

It was a sad day when the smurfs took over the dolmar factory.

They still do smurfs in our part of the world. I’d go the red version any day over the blue.

 

[MustangMike]

I like Blue ...

 

[Bobby Kirbos]

Scrounged up half a Tucson full of zogger wood in 3-4 foot lengths. The power line tree trimmers went through the area around work earlier this summer and left quite a few pieces over 3" dia. Mostly Locust with a piece or 2 of Mulberry. The Poulan 2000 made quick work of it once I got it tuned.

 

[Cowboy254]

I look at that and think, 'When you going to do the splitting?' then i remember I'm the only one here with a small stove. Hurumph! nice stick btw, and very nice shed.

Too big is defined as "Doesn't fit in the heater", so by that definition, splitting is done. 12 inch diameter is the limit and I can get two rounds that size in side by side. The important thing is getting the air flow around the logs right and you need to have enough heat in there already, you don't want to start with big stuff of course. As you can see in the pic though, I put smaller rounds up high in the rows so there's always some smaller material to get things going.

 

[Cowboy254]

Scrounged up half a Tucson full of zogger wood in 3-4 foot lengths. The power line tree trimmers went through the area around work earlier this summer and left quite a few pieces over 3" dia. Mostly Locust with a piece or 2 of Mulberry. The Poulan 2000 made quick work of it once I got it tuned.

 

[woodchip rookie]

A regular 460 wouldn’t touch these, it would need to be a magnum! Lol.

What would happen if I put a magnum sticker on my 395? Would it plunge cut faster?

 

[Deleted member 149229]

What would happen if I put a magnum sticker on my 395? Would it plunge cut faster?

Gotta remember, faster kickback too!

 

[chipper1]

What would happen if I put a magnum sticker on my 395? Would it plunge cut faster?

Even little huskys can do it, no need for the magnum sticker .

 

[hamish]

Days are getting shorter, darn work getting in the way of the scrounge

 

[chipper1]

That's julian/redbull660 correct. Does all the testing for the tree monkey saws.

That's the one.

I don’t believe so unless he goes by hotsaws101 on YouTube.

Whoops didnt watch the video just thought I saw one he did that was similar.

You got it right .

 

[chipper1]

The Poulan 2000 made quick work of it once I got it tuned.

I like hearing that, more saw than many on here even need .

 

[svk]

Extreme winds came up tonight. We were driving into town and saw a tree hit the line. Huge blue ball and sparks everywhere. That one only caused the power at home to flicker (wife was on the phone with my son) but a few minutes later the power was out for good.

 

[chipper1]

Extreme winds came up tonight. We were driving into town and saw a tree hit the line. Huge blue ball and sparks everywhere. That one only caused the power at home to flicker (wife was on the phone with my son) but a few minutes later the power was out for good.

Oh snap, pun intended .
Glad you're alright, that stuff aint nothing to play with.

 

[svk]

Going to be some trees down, no doubt. We had to swerve around 3 spruce trees on the way to town.

I took all of the geriatric trees off my land a couple years ago so knock on wood we have done pretty well.

 

[chipper1]

Going to be some trees down, no doubt. We had to swerve around 3 spruce trees on the way to town.

I took all of the geriatric trees off my land a couple years ago so knock on wood we have done pretty well.

Hopefully it stays that way.
My kiddo(8yr old daughter) asked me today, why do we have to cut down all these dead branches; well better to get it all done now rather than every little storm that blows through, theres plenty enough random branches that come down and we have the time now .
When trees come down in a storm my wife calls it natural pruning, same with the forest fires. You prune it, or nature will, and sometimes nature will even when you already have.
Oh forgot to say, I swerve for spruce too, but stop for oak and locust .

 

[James Miller]

I look at that and think, 'When you going to do the splitting?' then i remember I'm the only one here with a small stove. Hurumph! nice stick btw, and very nice shed.

I would split most of that stuff 2 more times.

 

[Deleted member 149229]

I would split most of that stuff 2 more times.

You just want an excuse to swing the Fiskars.

 

[James Miller]

Extreme winds came up tonight. We were driving into town and saw a tree hit the line. Huge blue ball and sparks everywhere. That one only caused the power at home to flicker (wife was on the phone with my son) but a few minutes later the power was out for good.

We had lightning strike a power pole the other night and knock the power out for about an hour. Not much wind but it sure put on a light show.