Scrounging Firewood (and other stuff)

[steved]

Actually if you smack the bottom outside edge of the hook they pop right out in 2-3 hits with the hammer. I love these things, have to find another set.

I wonder if you would find them in an Amish community? They may still forge them...

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[Deleted member 149229]

I wonder if you would find them in an Amish community? They may still forge them...

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Lots of Amish about 15 miles north of me. May have to take a ride and see the Dutchie I bought all my double wall pipe from, he could point me in the right direction. Good idea.

 

[steved]

Actually if you smack the bottom outside edge of the hook they pop right out in 2-3 hits with the hammer. I love these things, have to find another set.

I actually remember those guys hitting the log alongside the hook, and the hook would just pop out of the log (they never hit the hook itself). It amazed me as a kid that they would stay in the log to be dragged out, but on hit on the log would dislodge them.

It was an old timer using them, carried a simple single bit axe to install/remove them...they were using them with an old (very rough) military half track.

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[Deleted member 149229]

These things are amazing. Drove them in about 1-1 1/2” on each, hooked the winch to the ring and pulled those 800 pound rounds with no trouble, always stayed hooked.

 

[dancan]

Actually if you smack the bottom outside edge of the hook they pop right out in 2-3 hits with the hammer. I love these things, have to find another set.

Find a real blacksmith, that's how most were made.

 

[steved]

Find a real blacksmith, that's how most were made.

If someone sources them, let us know how much...I'd be interested for the right price.

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[svk]

Ok, derail, not wood. Been seeing ads on tv for a new movie coming in November. MIDWAY!!! Finally a movie that might be worth seeing.

Yes!!!

 

[Deleted member 149229]

Find a real blacksmith, that's how most were made.

I know a couple guys that make knives but no real forge guys around here.

If someone sources them, let us know how much...I'd be interested for the right price.

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Will do.

 

[Deleted member 117362]

Nope , it's an 04 with a 7.3 and I have a spare
Might take my Ef2Fiddy and convert the Ef3Fiddy to a 4x4 ?

Nice, my 04 had a 6.0, not so nice.

 

[U&A]

Does anybody have an idea where I can find another set of these skidder hooks? I like these because pulling big rounds off the trailer and they roll over these it doesn’t hurt these, skidding tongs would be trashed. I actually think these are older than me.
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My best answer is make them. Have a shop cut them out of AR400 or AR500 or they can cut it out of A36 and then send them out for heat treat to harden a bit.

Or T1

Or hardox plate

Or ....[emoji1787]

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[chipper1]

Correct, never turn down oak. Told Wayne we were done until winter. Wrong!

Unless you can get black locust .
Oak is heavy, I like white oak better than red for sure.

 

[chipper1]

I just use fiberglass rods and a poly brush from inside, roof climbing isn't my specialty and my peak at the chimney is all of 35 feet to the asphalt...

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I drop a rope down the chimney and pull my poly brush through from the stove.
It doesn't seem to be necessary, but cleaning the top of the baffle is as ash will pile up on it. The cap on my chimney gets plugged with flat pieces that come off the chimney, if I see any back puffing it's time to clean it, real easy to do.

 

[chipper1]

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Congrats.
No tree is safe.

 

[steved]

My best answer is make them. Have a shop cut them out of AR400 or AR500 or they can cut it out of A36 and then send them out for heat treat to harden a bit.

Or T1

Or hardox plate

Or ....[emoji1787]

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I was actually thinking a handy guy could make a set...just need a grinder, a torch and some steel...could even start with a forged chain hook.

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[steved]

I drop a rope down the chimney and pull my poly brush through from the stove.
It doesn't seem to be necessary, but cleaning the top of the baffle is as ash will pile up on it. The cap on my chimney gets plugged with flat pieces that come off the chimney, if I see any back puffing it's time to clean it, real easy to do.

Mine did that until I cut the screen up a little...the screen was 3/8" mesh, I cut every other wire to make it 3/4". Mine would plug off every time it cooled and we refired. I initially removed the screen, but then had a bird get into the stove during the summer...

My baffle is removable, just rock it up out of the way. So for me up and out is easier than out and down.

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[U&A]

I was actually thinking a handy guy could make a set...just need a grinder, a torch and some steel...could even start with a forged chain hook.

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Yes sir,

Do an oil quench with the steel at the correct temp. Nice and hard but still not brittle


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[Deleted member 149229]

Unless you can get black locust .
Oak is heavy, I like white oak better than red for sure.

For some reason in my area locust is just barely more prevalent than a live ash.

 

[James Miller]

Congrats.
No tree is safe.

Neither is his back .

 

[U&A]

For some reason in my area locust is just barely more prevalent than a live ash.

Its funny how different the trees are just county’s apart. There are a lot of oak, maple, black locust, cherry in my areas.

Go one county north and there is a lot of pine in the mix


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[Deleted member 149229]

Its funny how different the trees are just county’s apart. There are a lot of oak, maple, black locust, cherry in my areas.

Go one county north and there is a lot of pine in the mix


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This summer my wife and I went down to northern Kentucky to the Ark. I was blown away because I couldn’t tell you what half the trees I saw were.