Scrounging Firewood (and other stuff)

[Logger nate]

Can you cut for someone else? Say your neighbor wants 10 cords? Or does a person from the household need to be present while cutting?

Also be cool to see some of the logging truck loads. Around here a 30” tree is large.

Yeah you can cut for someone else but yes they do have to be present. Probably good for me to take a brake anyway I guess, my right elbow and forearm been hurting pretty bad, getting hard to grip and pick things up with my right hand. Probably won’t happen but sounds good, lol. Just have to use my left one more .
I will try to get some pics, sure have missed some good ones, usually see them when I’m driving.

 

[Logger nate]

Also be cool to see some of the logging truck loads. Around here a 30” tree is large.

Some pics from FB, friends that have their own trucks

 

[chipper1]

Hey Brett, wow that looks very nice there!

It is, gotta enjoy the sunshine early in the day because it turns into overcast just about every day .
Literally just took this pic .

Some pics from FB, friends that have their own trucksView attachment 771361View attachment 771362 View attachment 771363View attachment 771364

Funny seeing all those big sticks and hardly any axles under the trailers .
Most folks these days have no idea how much lumber was produced in Michigan, the trees are smaller, but a lot heavier .

 

[svk]

Well I’m just trying to get the courage to go into the cold woods to do some tracking. The wolves have been through here at least twice since Monday and at least once since Wednesday. The “shack deer” ie doe and fawn that hang out in my yard all of the time returned last night.

 

[chipper1]

Well I’m just trying to get the courage to go into the cold woods to do some tracking. The wolves have been through here at least twice since Monday and at least once since Wednesday. The “shack deer” ie doe and fawn that hang out in my yard all of the time returned last night.

Are you scared of the cold or the wolves .

 

[svk]

The cold.

Unless you use a predator call in the woods, your chance of seeing a wolf, especially when walking is nearly zero.

 

[chipper1]

The cold.

Unless you use a predator call in the woods, your chance of seeing a wolf, especially when walking is nearly zero.

I figured, beside I wouldn't doubt you'd be carrying and equalizer to make up for any outnumbering of you if they were there .

 

[MustangMike]

Low 20s here this morning, and snow flakes!!! Delivered 5 trailer loads of wood by noon (2.5 cord total). Hope to get into my tree stand before dark.

 

[chipper1]

Low 20s here this morning, and snow flakes!!! Delivered 5 trailer loads of wood by noon (2.5 cord total). Hope to get into my tree stand before dark.

You're a machine Mike.
Lake effect snow just west of us so only flurries here, if the wind was to pick up it would be snowing here.
Heading out to load another cord shortly.

 

[svk]

I figured, beside I wouldn't doubt you'd be carrying and equalizer to make up for any outnumbering of you if they were there .

22 single shot today. Saw three grouse but no shots.

 

[steved]

And so it begins...first fire of the season...

Pulled the brick, ran the brush...stuff was so light and so little that most of it blew out the top of the chimney from the draft. No creosote at all...

Dog knew right away what that meant!

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[steved]

Low 20s here this morning, and snow flakes!!! Delivered 5 trailer loads of wood by noon (2.5 cord total). Hope to get into my tree stand before dark.

See flakes here everyday, most of them behind the wheel...

Saw my first snow flakes this morning too, parents had snow on the ground last night...lake effect I'm sure.

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[panolo]

I'll get some pictures when I'm out splitting next time, may be a while as ive been doing a lot of reverse scrounging lately, lots of unprepared people needing wood this year.
So ash burns that much hotter/longer than elm. I've never noticed that myself(not disagreeing just never compared them/paid attention), but ash splits a lot easier for sure except the real nasty ones, they'll stop a hydraulic splitter .

I have some elm mixed in as well for the cold. I had cut some dead standing and that was next in the pile, only reason I called it shoulder season wood. I maybe have a couple days of box elder and I am done. Main staple will be sugar maple with mixed ash and elm. Never paid attention to the difference in burn time between the two, ash just dries quicker. I got nothing bad to say about elm though. I got a gasser OWB so it all burns well. Maple just relights quicker and gets hotter faster.

 

[svk]

Ready

 

[woodchip rookie]

See flakes here everyday

Even in the summer. Oh wait. SNOW flakes.

 

[Logger nate]

Some pics from FB, friends that have their own trucksView attachment 771361View attachment 771362 View attachment 771363View attachment 771364

Few more my buddy Joey just sent me

 

[svk]

Few more my buddy Joey just sent meView attachment 771428View attachment 771429

That’s gotta piss people off LMFAO

 

[Cowboy254]

Dad passed early Tuesday morning. It was faster then we expected. Translates to tons of unattended details. Actually had an appointment with the attorney for the same day to do all of the paperwork which turned into retaining him to handle probate. I feel there is a lesson there and will put my own affairs in order once this is wrapped.

The positive is most of the family had an opportunity to spend time with him and he went without suffering a long time.

Pretty sure his blood pressure just bottomed out and with Afib his heart just couldn't do it's job anymore

Right to the end he just wanted to get well enough to come home. It was heartbreaking in that regard. He is the first of his family of 8 to die and in the middle age wise at 75. He really didn't want or expect to be first.

Hopefully I can stop hemorrhaging cash soon and get some time in the woods after firearm deer season.

I'm very sorry to hear that, sad times. All the best.

 

[husqvarna257]

Cut up the deer my wife hit, lots of good meat and the rest go to dog food. Coyotes were near by last night but left us alone, I had back up fire power ready just in case. 1st snow flakes today as I cut up deer meat and its going to be in the teens tonight. Owb is going strong, first night I'll add some more wood.

 

[James Miller]

Not as dark as the phone makes it look. Chain needs serious help just did enough to make it cut. Will probably just replace it.