Scrounging Firewood (and other stuff)

[svk]

It’s only 53 right now but heading to 86 later here.

 

[Circle B MN]

I'm another in the low 90s for the day but I'll be cutting an splitting today. Gotta make room for the next scrounge...it's gonna be a biggun.

 

[MustangMike]

Feel better Neil!!!

 

[KiwiBro]

Was gonna wait until latest project was done but seeing how the thread has morphed into a weather channel...

 

[Logger nate]

Hope you get better soon Neil! That’s no fun.
Furnace came on this morning . 40* this morning supposed to get to 70 today.
Speaking of grandkids....Future firewood helper-scrounger

 

[LondonNeil]

Thanks. feeling a bit better today. first day in about 10 I've not needed paracetamol so must be a bit better. managed an hour and a bit of splitting before the sun got too hot....the saharan bubble finally arrived today. it was supposed to arrive mid week and to have been mid 30s C plus. mainland europe has been enduring 45C in places. thankfully it didn't get here until today and its about 32C, and tomorrow back to low 20s...so its sitting in the shade and trying to use little energy as heat and man flu sucks.

 

[farmer steve]

DELIVERED Scrounge!!! Can't beat with a stick. Mostly dead ash and some dead pin oak. Wasn't free though. Cost me a 1/2 dozen ears of sweet corn .

 

[JustJeff]

My friends 048 broke antivibe mounts and he hasn't found any. I found an 046 online and he bought it, came with a 25" bar and 5 chains. So after we revved it next to my 460 a bunch of times, he gave me a loop that will fit my new 25" bar. That count as a scrounge?

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[KiwiBro]

Thanks. feeling a bit better today. first day in about 10 I've not needed paracetamol so must be a bit better. managed an hour and a bit of splitting before the sun got too hot....the saharan bubble finally arrived today. it was supposed to arrive mid week and to have been mid 30s C plus. mainland europe has been enduring 45C in places. thankfully it didn't get here until today and its about 32C, and tomorrow back to low 20s...so its sitting in the shade and trying to use little energy as heat and man flu sucks.

Good luck with it. Flu during a heatwave can't be much fun.

 

[KiwiBro]

Anyone in here from Kansas? The planer / molder manufacturers left on my shortlist are both from Kansas. Woodmaster and RBI/Hawk/Bushton. The latter are a bit tricky to deal with as my emails keep bouncing back as "no recipient account", even when replying directly to their email.

Woodmaster say I'll need another $700 to get the 50Hz motor version. RBI say no worries with their 60 Hz motor, they'll just change the pulley to gear it to compensate for the lower motor revs.Woodmaster is LEESON, RBI is Baldor. I'm confused now. I've always been told the 60Hz may run on 50hz but always slower and to avoid burning it up I need to drop the voltage to keep the ratio of volts to Hz the same. I thought the 60Hz Baldor would be loading/warming up as it is at 50Hz but even more so if it is geared about 20% higher than originally. I wonder if it'll overheat more readily and have a shorter life. Any 'lecky people know?

I do have a 30 amp 3-phase circuit in the shed. Tried to future proof it years ago when built it and had a dedicated line and meter put in, but never used it. Perhaps now's the time and I should just get a bigger (both RBI and Woodmaster use 5 HP single phase motors as standard) 3 phase motor and call it done, even if 60 Hz?

Does anyone else hate shopping? It's not like I can take it back if it's not right.

 

[Deleted member 149229]

Going to try and talk the wife into going one day next week to vid the 9010, a vid for @Logger nate of the 490 converted to 3/8 lp and vid of winch pulling out big rounds. As of now that’s all tentative on her agreeing and the weather. Today was 90, high humidity and off and on torrential downpours.

 

[svk]

Pretty damn hot today. Did some minor carpentry projects around the cabin and tried to avoid the flies and sun.

Rain is coming and a guy asked for a cord of hardwood tomorrow. Guess I’ll have to put a load together.

 

[James Miller]

What is the cause of all the dead trees...at least they look dead in the picture?

After some reading theres is some kind of pine beetle out there. Most of the dead trees are due to that.

 

[svk]

Went for a little walk after it cooled down. The deer flies are horrendous, going to need the headnet tomorrow.

 

[James Miller]

Went for a little walk after it cooled down. The deer flies are horrendous, going to need the headnet tomorrow.

The horse flies were realy bad out at wallop island when we stopped to check out the museum. Glad I dont live down there dont know how they deal with them.

 

[cantoo]

Decided to try to kill myself in the heat today. It twas a little warm. I wanted some cedar so I could mill some day soon. Cut an ash and a poplar that was in the way. A darn cedar branch flipped up and managed to get into my handle to get into the tractor. I drove ahead and it cracked the windshield. I did get a load home and also managed to get another 261 from a buy sell site. Paid a bit for it but only had two tanks of fuel thru it and came with 8 wedges, Stihl combo file set, the 2 gallon jug with fuel, 7/8 gal of Stihl oil, crate, tru fuel and brand new Stihl chaps.

 

[JustJeff]

Decided to try to kill myself in the heat today. It twas a little warm. I wanted some cedar so I could mill some day soon. Cut an ash and a poplar that was in the way. A darn cedar branch flipped up and managed to get into my handle to get into the tractor. I drove ahead and it cracked the windshield. I did get a load home and also managed to get another 261 from a buy sell site. Paid a bit for it but only had two tanks of fuel thru it and came with 8 wedges, Stihl combo file set, the 2 gallon jug with fuel, 7/8 gal of Stihl oil, crate, tru fuel and brand new Stihl chaps.
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I was looking at that. Pretty fair deal considering what all came with it.

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[cantoo]

Jeff, got it for $550. Guy hardly used it. Said he used to do some tree removals but too many new guys under bidding now and no money left in felling ( he doesn't climb) so sold everything.

 

[MustangMike]

Among many other things, almost finished a sitting bench I'm making from a side slab of wormy Hickory. Repaired the base on my Radial Arm saw to cut (then chisel) the grooves for the feet (also made from half round Hickory).

Most of it is stained with semi transparent stain, but the sitting surface has a base coat of epoxy, and I plan to just leave it like that.

Wish I could get a close up of the worm groves and holes that were under the bark, but I'm just using a cell phone for the pics, but I like how it looks.

 

[MustangMike]

That is 1 of 4 piles of milled wood (in the back ground) that I still have to build things with … I have got to get busy! All Oak and Hickory there.

And I have logs I have not milled yet … 3 Black Walnut, Ash, White Oak and several Tulip!!!

I think my eyes are bigger than my stomach!!!