Scrounging Firewood (and other stuff)

[Deleted member 150358]

That just sucks. It's usually bad this time of year. Hope they catch up with facebook guy!

 

[Benjo]

Hearing nothing but good about the Subaru Ascent. Plus it has 5,000 pound towing capacity (I think).

Same here, it drove better than any other 3-row I've been in, and it does indeed have 5k towing on everything but the most base model. I was going to try to convince the neighbors to replace their old Outback with the Ascent, but the wife wanted a van and they leased a Kia before I even brought it up. They love it except for the lack of AWD in winter.

They also don't tow anything and get their wood from me...and I haven't been able to stomach the prices of new or slightly used midsize SUVs and trucks, so my poor subaru sedan pulls my wood in a 3500lb trailer. I think of dancan every time the hitch bottoms out. Picked up 3 loads of some craigslist silver maple that no one was taking because it was all pretty big, not cut, and down a muddy track. In case you're wondering, a 395, 385, 046, and 372 fit in the trunk of a subaru pretty well together.

The tree was a bit bigger than the one in the background. Those silver maples sure love riverside locations, stump was 6' across but not all that old, I counted about 60 rings.

The poor subaru is hiding in this pic. Sides on trailer are 36" so she was just about maxed out.

 

[Philbert]

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Oh man! I thought that was a chainsaw strike at first!

Philbert

 

[muddstopper]

That just sucks. It's usually bad this time of year. Hope they catch up with facebook guy!

Facebook guy is on the run. He lives partime right at the end of my driveway. They have been peddeling dope on the side of the road leading up to mine and my brothers house. He has already been into a lot of other trouble and the law has been doing survellance of the house. Why he hasnt been locked up before now is beyond my reasoning. The crime around here has went up over 500% since they opened up the casino so it isnt just a seasonal thing. We are now almost twice as likey to be a victim of volent crime than the rest of the entire state. Chance of being a victim of property crime are 1 in 55 and averageing 4 crimes per sq mile. With a crime index of 33,(100 being the safest) of the entire US. Need to bring back public hangings and cutting off of hands.

 

[Cowboy254]

My back is slowly improving, emphasis on the slowly. But I understand that any improvement is a VG sign. Been almost 2 weeks! Yesterday is the first day I could walk up stairs w/o a Gorilla Grip on the railing. Hard to know where the line is between doing too much, and not doing enough, and no one seems to want to get involved with helping on that. Guess I just have to keep winging it.

Bending down and reaching are still very painful. Also, have not slept in my bed for over a week, lying flat just hurts! I get mixed advice on if stretching is good or detrimental!

I think the best thing on my side will be my determination, but it ain't easy! I think the Docs would rather just do surgery.

That's what I observed when I did my post-grad in the US (Austin, TX). Surgeons over there would operate on people seemingly at the drop of a hat - and in many cases unnecessarily, unfortunately.

 

[MustangMike]

Sorry to hear about the crime increase, that SUX!!! Luckily, things are pretty good around here, but not far away there are problems from the large influx of illegals, including some camp sites in the woods near elementary schools and some inappropriate behavior as a result.

A few months ago I left the house with my Stepson, who is NYPD. As soon as we got down the steps he turned and said to me "we forgot to lock the door". I laughed at him and said "we don't lock the door, we have (my dog) Lucy"! He got a good chuckle and we continued on our way. Nothing beats some good dogs, even if they just serve to alert you before it happens so you can be ready, but 99 times out of 100 when they hear the dog, they just go the other way.

We never lock our house, but we always feel protected!

 

[muddstopper]

I dont even know where the keys are for my house. I dont think a thief will be to scared of my two schnauzers. Now old man Glock and Mr Smith might make them tremble. My brother has one of those driveway alarms. Two in fact because he has two exits out of his drive. He heard the alarms go off multiple times but didnt check it out, thought it was deer. He even has cameras in his barn, but dont have them hooked up. This is the second time they have hit his barn, got a chainsaw and his golf cart first go around. Got the golfcart back, found it at the golf course turned over in a creek, but no saw.

 

[MustangMike]

They are both nice dogs, but strangers are terrified of Pits!!! Linus is just big + strong, but not a bad bone in his body. Lucy is smaller, but she is the boss, and she will protect the barriers. If we open the door, she will lick you, if we don't open the door, she will grab you! I call her a "barrier" dog. If there is no barrier she is fine, if there is a barrier, don't cross it.

 

[James Miller]

This is how you'll find mine most of the time. But you won't get through the door if they don't know you until your invited in

 

[MustangMike]

Nice James, very similar!

 

[95custmz]

Here is my home security team. On a side note, just got the Fiskars 8 lb/ Isocore in the mail today. Can't wait to try it out on some gnarly Cherry stumps.

 

[Deleted member 149229]

Same here, we let you in you’re ok, come in on your own, he’ll own you. A couple years ago Sonja was leaving and tripped down the cellar steps. She was on the landing crying and he went nuts. Granted it was a hollow core door but he clawed and chewed a hole thru the door to get to her. Fortunately nothing was broken, replacing the door cost enough.

 

[Buckshot00]

Here is my home security.

 

[panolo]

Same here, we let you in you’re ok, come in on your own, he’ll own you. A couple years ago Sonja was leaving and tripped down the cellar steps. She was on the landing crying and he went nuts. Granted it was a hollow core door but he clawed and chewed a hole thru the door to get to her. Fortunately nothing was broken, replacing the door cost enough.View attachment 689650

I have a half german shepard half norweigan elk hound that people had deemed a throw away puppy. Loyal and loving dog unless he feels you are a threat. Watching over the kids like a hawk at all times. No doubt he would take bullets for them.

 

[Deleted member 149229]

I have a half german shepard half norweigan elk hound that people had deemed a throw away puppy. Loyal and loving dog unless he feels you are a threat. Watching over the kids like a hawk at all times. No doubt he would take bullets for them.

I bought him from the Amish, they didn’t feel he was aggressive enough to be a good farm dog!!!!!

 

[MustangMike]

A lot of fine looking dogs out there, glad to see them!

 

[farmer steve]

some of the farm security force.
Barn security is Clyde.

 

[dancan]

My door alarm lol

 

[James Miller]

In my opinion small dog will bite faster then big ones. But I grew up around rottweilers and boxers. Also not brainwashed by the MSM anti pity agenda. They should do some research on the history of the breed they would be shocked by what they find especially when it comes to pure game bred dogs and human aggression.

 

[JustJeff]

I have a Jack Russell/Chihuahua cross. Her body is Jack and her head chihuahua. So her head is actually smaller than her neck. I can’t keep a collar on her. If you come to the door she will bark and then greet you with affection because surely you came just to see her!
If you show up with aggression on your mind, it’s not the dog you need to worry about. However nothing much ever happens around here. There are some thefts in the area but home invasions aren’t really a thing here. I lock my stuff up to keep honest people honest. If they really want it, there’s not much I can do other than keep paying insurance.