Scrounging Firewood (and other stuff)

[mainewoods]

Speaking of venison, I was coming back from the wood lot a little while ago and a big old bruiser was standing right in the woods road in front of me. A quick count, before he melted into the woods, showed 7 long tines on one side. Naturally deer season just closed Saturday!

 

[dancan]

Nice score Mikey517 !
Kudos to your friend !

Ambull , I gots no 550 and the 250 was borrowed
Why the van ? Well since it was paid for in one very affordable lump it's what I had to work with .
When I started on this road to recovery , 1 row in the back was an awful go for me but as the weekends clicked by it got to 2 rows and then 2 rows and 2 trips and I can tell you that it was still a hard go , I think if I had a truck bed staring at me it would have been discouraging because I wouldn't have been able to fill it .
Well as time went on the wood became a longer drag so back to 2 rows , 1 trip a day and it sucked .
Fast forward to now , I'm working on next years wood and hope to be into the following years wood by this spring and I don't care if it's 1 vanload at a time LOL , I'm at the best I've been in 3 years and yes it still sucks but the days don't look as grey at day's end and I'm still gaining .
Now that I think of it , I remember some days that were sunny but everything was still grey and dark ......
I don't know where I'd be if it wasn't for the firewood and the van but I'm positive I wouldn't at the strength level that I'm at .
This was after 1 plate and some hardware that was giving me some real problems had been removed .

None of the above is a lament , just a statement , hope it makes sense or helps someone , I've learned an awful lot in the last 3 years .
BTW , our WCB rates an amputated foot at a 15% disability so I'm only assessed at 5% .

 

[MustangMike]

More power to U Dan. My brother and I have joked a lot of times that U just can't listen to Doctors. They wanted to put my brother on full disability years ago. He told them where to go. He has had several intestinal operations after a bout with food poisoning on an airline.

 

[Ambull01]

Nice score Mikey517 !
Kudos to your friend !

Ambull , I gots no 550 and the 250 was borrowed
Why the van ? Well since it was paid for in one very affordable lump it's what I had to work with .
When I started on this road to recovery , 1 row in the back was an awful go for me but as the weekends clicked by it got to 2 rows and then 2 rows and 2 trips and I can tell you that it was still a hard go , I think if I had a truck bed staring at me it would have been discouraging because I wouldn't have been able to fill it .
Well as time went on the wood became a longer drag so back to 2 rows , 1 trip a day and it sucked .
Fast forward to now , I'm working on next years wood and hope to be into the following years wood by this spring and I don't care if it's 1 vanload at a time LOL , I'm at the best I've been in 3 years and yes it still sucks but the days don't look as grey at day's end and I'm still gaining .
Now that I think of it , I remember some days that were sunny but everything was still grey and dark ......
I don't know where I'd be if it wasn't for the firewood and the van but I'm positive I wouldn't at the strength level that I'm at .
This was after 1 plate and some hardware that was giving me some real problems had been removed .


None of the above is a lament , just a statement , hope it makes sense or helps someone , I've learned an awful lot in the last 3 years .
BTW , our WCB rates an amputated foot at a 15% disability so I'm only assessed at 5% .

What happened to your foot? May have missed it in this thread. Have to be honest, didn't read through the every post. 175 pages is a bit too much.

 

[MustangMike]

I think U should re read the post a little more closely.

 

[mainewoods]

What!! You didn't read all 175 pages? Shame on you.

 

[Ambull01]

I think U should re read the post a little more closely.

Hmm, I don't see anything mentioning what happened to it.

 

[dancan]

One thing that I have to say is that I owe a big thanks to pioneerguy600 , he cut and delivered me a few truck loads when I wasn't able and got me the intro with his boss who let's me cut where I'm at now .
Thanks Jerry .

 

[MustangMike]

It is not his foot, it is his back, look at the X Ray.

 

[dancan]

Ambull lots of good info and bad humor in them old posts lol
Basically I fell , got my foot jammed between a rock and a root while clearing a houselot for a contractor , i knew it wasn't good when my foot was pointed in the wrong direction so I took my chainsaw boot off , cut a crutch with my saw , hobbled to the car and drove to my brothers place 15 minutes down the road where he drove me to the emergency .
There was no wait time for me , got shoved right to the head of the line lol

 

[dancan]

Yup broke the tib/fib very close to the end at the ball socket so not much flat bone for them to work with so now the joint is out of alignment.
You'll hear no complaints from me though , I ain't got it bad as some

 

[zogger]

Hmm, I don't see anything mentioning what happened to it.

And I didn't see anything about any new blue saw..well, did ya go git it? Pics if ya did!

 

[MustangMike]

My bad, I hav got to read things more carefully!

 

[mainewoods]

I guess I'm no better, I thought it was a broken neck. I am so glad I was wrong. My wife says I have early dementia, please feel free to let me know if I start to not make sense or ramble on!

 

[cantoo]

Duncan, I had a bad wipeout on a 3 wheeler many years ago and they used the same strap and screws to build me a new elbow. 4 days later and I was back to work and it never did heal correctly. I got the hardware taken out after 3 years when I wore a hole thru to the steel in my elbow and it got infected. I took a day off work for day surgery then went back to work the next day, passed out on the shop floor a couple times before they made me go to the first aid room and lay down. Cracks and crunches all the time now and cold or wet weather it just plain aches. I'm also afraid to stop working because I think it'll just get worse. My knees and back are also in poor shape from years or working on concrete too much. I'm almost hoping for lots of snow so I have a reason to stay out of the bush for awhile.

 

[MuskokaSplitter]

I like to stay positive about these kind of injuries as best i can.

2 YEARS AGO i broke a bone in my right hand.
Last year i broke the same bone in my left hand.

6 weeks off work each time but hey. It could have been worse.

Only thing is my wrists easily get sore now and i have a lack of.strength in my hands.

I still do what ive always done....just grunt a little lol

 

[steved]

Would this be over kill as a wood hauler?

Lowboy axles...don't plan on towing very far or it will shake you out of the seat.

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[Ambull01]

And I didn't see anything about any new blue saw..well, did ya go git it? Pics if ya did!

Yes sir, I did! Ambull's got a new used ugly blue and white saw! Finally right!? Dropped it off to a local small engine shop to have them look it over and adjust the carb if needed

 

[Ambull01]

I thought it was his back too until the last sentence.

Lowboy axles, sounds like a bad thing.

 

[mikey517]

That's a pretty good buddy you got there Mikey. He didn't have to offer you up some of that wood, but he did. I'd say you must of deserved it., but us senior citizens are a friendly bunch most of the time.

Well, not sure if I deserved it or not, but he is a great guy and a real good neighbor to all of us!