Scrounging Firewood (and other stuff)

[Backyard Lumberjack]

HAHAHA! My grandma saved every plastic bag she came across. Half went to my cousins and half went us. Wasn't uncommon to be wearing two different types of bread.

 

[Backyard Lumberjack]

hear that. setting in the plow trucks for the last week sure does cramp up the old body when not used to setting around! moving snow does make one tired but not in the way an active body is used to being moved with real action... ? what's the old adage, "a body in ?"

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[Deleted member 150358]

I grew up on a farm in N Idaho. Grades 1-8 walked 1/2 mile to country school. We had students who walked, rode horses up to 4 miles. HS it was a 2 mile hike to the bus. Also 2 miles for the younger siblings to the country grade school. No such thing as a "snow day" even when the county road was closed due to drifts. Even 1st graders did it.

Have a picture somewhere of my Grampa giving the little kids a sleigh ride to school. Guess when the snow was what he considered too deep for them to walk they got to ride. We had country schools up till the late 60's.

 

[Backyard Lumberjack]

I guess areas to the west of us had -32 this morning

pardon me, but ""SOB!" dang, man... that's cold! was going to ask you what's it dropped to up your way...

even +32f will kick my a**! brr -

 

[chucker]

Have a picture somewhere of my Grampa giving the little kids a sleigh ride to school. Guess when the snow was what he considered too deep for them to walk they got to ride. We had country schools up till the late 60's.

how we remember

 

[Backyard Lumberjack]

Have a picture somewhere of my Grampa giving the little kids a sleigh ride to school. Guess when the snow was what he considered too deep for them to walk they got to ride. We had country schools up till the late 60's.

I can remember when we lived in Tewksbury Ma... and the snows there. the snow plow pushed snow was very big. tall. high. almost like a small ice mountain to me.

 

[Backyard Lumberjack]

Cold night, heated dog bed...

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pretty good! our north dogs have 'snow beds, too'. lol... but alas, they are not electrically heated. good pix!

 

[chucker]

I can remember when we lived in Tewksbury Ma... and the snows there. the snow plow pushed snow was very big. tall. high. almost like a small ice mountain to me.
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and they still are .. " a body in motion stays in motion" , "a body at rest needs rest" is what I remember.

 

[Backyard Lumberjack]

The face of contentment there!

easy to tell that... that there is a warm room! lol

 

[Deleted member 150358]

don't waste your time bud! it will happen sooner then later!! neighbors should respect the fact you are probably doing the plowing at a reduced rate anyways! they want plowed . " MOVE YOUR CRAP. CAUSE IF I HIT IT! WELL THATS WHAT IT BECOMES!!"... THE ONLY THING I MOVE IS THE SNOW....

Been doing the neighbors their **** moves. Was a kayak at the end of the drive just far enough I could push a pile along side. Now it's 20' farther up the drive but right on the edge. Drive is 400' I go up n down and clear room for 2-3 cars at the top. The yard is so busy I don't even try to clear a walk way to the house anymore.

This was a few years ago. Its at least twice as busy today as back then. More cars and equipment for sure.

 

[Backyard Lumberjack]

Wood fireplace, gas fireplace, and boiler and burning away tonight. It’s warmed up to -3 now.

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my wood fireplaces going these days, too. I call them...'back there in the log cabin' (this MBR)

 

[Backyard Lumberjack]

SVK, I have never seen it that cold! But I do remember going up to my cabin with two friends (one insisted on driving). It was -16*F, he did not bring chains, and the 4wd road was ice, so we had to hike the 2 mi uphill to the cabin … and we were all sweating by the time we got there! I had to light the stove right away, because the Pointer's feet were frozen!

Worse part was, we could not find a grouse anywhere! Poor dog could only stay outside for a little while before we brought him back in to warm him up again.

I had a customer up White Horse way... and he said never drives out alone when temps down like that. always take 2 vehicles. if one stops, can be life threatening... if stuck far out and overnight! -40 stuff....

 

[Backyard Lumberjack]

Somehow I missed this post yesterday . I'm not really sure, I'm just trying to post as much as everyone else . Hope you're having a great day.

lol! I try not to post too much, but sometimes it is totally impossible not to post a comment or reply!

 

[Backyard Lumberjack]

I worked one winter in Gallup, NM and the temp bottomed out several times at nearly 40 below. Diesel and hydraulic fluid look like jello at that temp, even gas engines didn't want to start without coercing...I had to park the 850 JD dozer on some old truck tires to keep it from freezing to the ground. The guys would let the equipment idle overnight to keep things moving, or we would spend hours the next morning thawing things out with those big weedburner propane torches...There is nothing fun about working outside after the temp goes below about 20 degrees...let alone sub-zero. Sent from my SM-G950U using Tapatalk

seen it many times up in the mtns of the Pac NW! ~

 

[Backyard Lumberjack]

how we remember

Farmer Steve found a pix from 1924 of his grandmother... young, beautiful... up on a horse. B&W. no snow, but imo... pretty cool! posted it over on the morning coffee thread...

 

[LondonNeil]

So SVK, have you been in the 100 degree difference club?

 

[Backyard Lumberjack]

soon we will be starting up the modded '79 Triumph 750 Bonney... been sittin' 8 yrs. last of the fuel sys cks, etc done. crudded up fuel entry to carb fitting now clean. ready to go. soon to 'kick a tire and light the fire!'

tank, bat, fuel and Ign ON, and kick it... looking fwd to riding it.

 

[chucker]

Been doing the neighbors their **** moves. Was a kayak at the end of the drive just far enough I could push a pile along side. Now it's 20' farther up the drive but right on the edge. Drive is 400' I go up n down and clear room for 2-3 cars at the top. The yard is so busy I don't even try to clear a walk way to the house anymore.

This was a few years ago. Its at least twice as busy today as back then. More cars and equipment for sure.
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I have a single client set up like this 400'x60' wide. used to call me after every 3rd snow and packed like concrete! charged the same as if I had plowed all 3 times and 100.00 more for the extra bouncing around! lol didn't take them long to figure that it was cheaper in the long run to just keep up with the snow fall as it comes!!!!!!lol as of tomorrow I will have plowed them 3 times in 1 week.

 

[Backyard Lumberjack]

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and they still are .. " a body in motion stays in motion" , "a body at rest needs rest" is what I remember.

oic; got it. am thinking... while my body at rest right now finishing some ...reading 'the news'... it needs to revert into one that is: " a body in motion stays in motion"



agenda items on the Agenda List... today's items.

 

[Deleted member 150358]

soon we will be starting up the modded '79 Triumph 750 Bonney... been sittin' 8 yrs. last of the fuel sys cks, etc done. crudded up fuel entry to carb fitting now clean. ready to go. soon to 'kick a tire and light the fire!'

tank, bat, fuel and Ign ON, and kick it... looking fwd to riding it.
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Didn't they used to build the 650 hard tails with a reversed 750 head? Can't imagine wanting to go far on one of those bone busters. Buddy sold a 650 to another friend who knew nothing about bikes. The uneducated freind didn't survive the summer. Over lubricated meat in the seat didn't mix well with all that performance.