Scrounging Firewood (and other stuff)

[James Miller]

That is a bummer James, two saws dying in the same log like that!!!

Just some bore cuts so I could take a pic. Picture turned out better then I figured it would.

 

[chipper1]

Gopher wood anyone.
Next door to a lawn I mow. They were quoted 8 grand by one company to take this down. The cuts at the top are around 28-32", theres still a good amount of work to get the rest down and cut up, but at least it cuts quick.

 

[Deleted member 149229]

81* here today but no real humidity. Starting to cool down nice when the sun gets low. Got the last limbs off the oak and bucked, sorry, forgot pics. I will get pics of Wayne, at 84, using either a 7900 or the 9010 when we cut the trunk off the rootball and drag it out to make bucking easier. He ran the 6421 tonight, “Boy, that’s the way to cut wood!” We only work 2-3 hours each evening, his wife is an invalid and that’s his time limit to leave her alone. Fine with me, he’s great to work with. Leaving tonight he said, “ Pretty good night of work for a couple old guys.” I had to look in the mirror to see my gray hair before I figured out who the other old guy was.

 

[Deleted member 149229]

I'll go, can you pick me up on the way .
I was thinking about you when I saw these, weren't you looking for the hats at one point.
https://sleequipment.com/echo-99988801209-value-pack.html
I need some new ears myself, mine are pretty rough except the ones on my helmets and I don't want to have to wear those all the time.
https://sleequipment.com/echo-99988801525-hearing-protection-safety-glasses-value-pack.html

Sure, I’ll drive to MI from PA, pick you up then go back to OH, how you getting home? lol I was looking for the Timberwolf hat, @CJ Brown hooked me up. Those common Echo hats came as a bonus in the saw boxes, needless to say I have enough. I don’t have Echo muffs but I do have Echo calf wrap chaps I got NIB dirt cheap on eBay

 

[steved]

Check NAPA for filters.

Or Tractor Supply Company for Zingers...

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[chipper1]

Sure, I’ll drive to MI from PA, pick you up then go back to OH, how you getting home? lol I was looking for the Timberwolf hat, @CJ Brown hooked me up. Those common Echo hats came as a bonus in the saw boxes, needless to say I have enough. I don’t have Echo muffs but I do have Echo calf wrap chaps I got NIB dirt cheap on eBay

Maybe I can buy a Honda scooter while I'm down there, it's only about 300 miles back .
Okay, just saw them and remembered you were looking for an echo hat of some sort, glad you found what you wanted .

 

[chipper1]

Or Tractor Supply Company for Zingers...

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[steved]

Got a little bit anyway...

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It was painful...they had a Stihl 362 that would have had a hard time cutting a stick of butter...

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[H-Ranch]

Next Friday is my birthday, and I was thinking of taking a ride over to the "Lost 40" so named as it was missed in survey and as a result it was never logged so it is the only pure stand of virgin white pine timber remaining in the area (maybe anywhere??).

https://www.dnr.state.mn.us/snas/detail.html?id=sna01063

Also, it will be my 40th birthday and I am always a bit lost LOL

We stopped at Hartwick Pines, one of the few old growth white pine areas in Michigan, on the way to vacation a couple weeks ago. I kinda made it into part of the family vacation which was no surprise to my wife and kids. Actually they enjoyed it also.

https://www.michigan.org/property/hartwick-pines-state-park-visitors-center-logging-museum

It looks similar to the photos on the link you posted. One of the rangers admitted that it's really more of a mixed forest now with all of the maple, beech, and other species starting to encroach. Back in the day the canopy was so thick that it was dominated by white and red pine. There are several near 48" white pine left standing and some down that were victims of age and wind over the years.

 

[steved]

We have some virgin pine stands in the Allegheny National Forest, it neat to see...still nothing compared to the western states.

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[Deleted member 149229]

@James Miller, you still thinking about going to Paul Bunyan Festival or staying content just going to Randy’s?

 

[Deleted member 150358]

Or Tractor Supply Company for Zingers...

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I did look at TS as they are cheapest on the hydraulic oil. This one is small though.

NAPA would be a safe bet but after O'Reilly struck out I went to Autovalue they have some good folks at the counter here.

I am planning to order some of the disacant charged filters. Would like to put a bigger reservoir on just never gets to the top of the to do list. That's why I use the 2 qt filter.

 

[James Miller]

@James Miller, you still thinking about going to Paul Bunyan Festival or staying content just going to Randy’s?

Not going to Randy's. The truck needing a trans put an end to that trip. Dont trust it to go to far out of town .

 

[Deleted member 149229]

I'm getting ready to part with my prized MS440 with less than 10 tanks through it. I'm at a loss as to where to locate a strong enough box to ship it in without damage to the saw. Our local Stihl dealerships are pretty much geared to homeowners, so I seriously doubt that I could get a large enough box from one of them. I was hoping someone who ships a lot of saws could offer some advice on where to find a strong enough box that would hold the saw. Thanks in advance.

Not going to Randy's. The truck needing a trans put an end to that trip. Dont trust it to go to far out of town .

That sucks. If you were going to Paul Bunyan I could probably meet you near here and make room.

 

[James Miller]

@Dahmer this is the only echo hat I have.

 

[chipper1]

We stopped at Hartwick Pines, one of the few old growth white pine areas in Michigan, on the way to vacation a couple weeks ago. I kinda made it into part of the family vacation which was no surprise to my wife and kids. Actually they enjoyed it also.

https://www.michigan.org/property/hartwick-pines-state-park-visitors-center-logging-museum

It looks similar to the photos on the link you posted. One of the rangers admitted that it's really more of a mixed forest now with all of the maple, beech, and other species starting to encroach. Back in the day the canopy was so thick that it was dominated by white and red pine. There are several near 48" white pine left standing and some down that were victims of age and wind over the years.

Did you swing by and visit @Duce while you were there.
You guys getting slammed by the storm tonight.
Here and gone pretty quick, but some awesome lightening .
You boys over in Canada here it comes!

 

[Deleted member 149229]

View attachment 756222 @Dahmer this is the only echo hat I have.

 

[Cowboy254]

Happy birthday @Cowboy254 .

Happy birthday @Cowboy254

Happy Bidet Cowboy !
Here's a bidet song for ya !

And happy birthday from me too Cowboy!

Have a Happy Birthday Cowboy!!!

I still get a kick out of the fact that it was advice from down under that led to me getting the physical therapy to get my back back to normal! To think in Nov the Orthopedic Surgeon wanted to remove a disc!

Happy birthday @Cowboy254 !!!

Happy B-Day Cowboy!

Happy B day Mr cowboy! Hope you had a great day.

Thanks fellas . I was offline for a bit and then found I was about a dozen pages behind but I always make sure I read all the posts rather than just skip back to the present, don't want to miss out on good scrounges. I had a good birthday, don't feel a day over 44. My family know me well...check the cake!



Wouldn't split with that fork, had to noodle it . That's a spider on the far end of the log .

 

[Cowboy254]

Last couple of birfdays, I've made sure I made some time to run a saw...which I haven't done for a couple of months at least . A dead wattle fell onto the deer fence I put up around Cowgirl's horticultural compound so it had to go. The small stuff was all broken up for kindling, then I carried the trunk @Logger nate 's son style over to the flat spot in front of the woodshed to cut up.



Really like the logosol, makes dicing up long poles easy.



So, some firepit wood, dry and ready to go. Admittedly not the world's biggest scrounge but it was good to run a saw just to help get some lead back in the pencil.

 

[Cowboy254]

where is our aussie @Cowboy254 friend? hope he isnt sulking over the cricket

Hey Neil, I actually sat up till 2am watching that, always thinking that we'd knock England over anytime. I'm glad I did stay up and watch it, without doubt it was the most incredible day of cricket I have ever seen. Stokes's performance (he's a Kiwi, right?) will be talked about for decades to come and will be the yardstick by which other performances will be measured. TBH, when it got under 20 runs to get, I was hoping England would get up - it would be a tragedy for such a masterful innings to fall short.

That said, the gloves are off for the next Test!



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