Scrounging Firewood (and other stuff)

[chipper1]

Or should I saw “tree” above.

I saw'd a tree46 in the basement today, it was sweet .
We got down to 7 this morning, an hr later it was 16 .

 

[rarefish383]

It's still hovering a couple degrees below freezing. The dogs water skimmed over in a half hour. The kids moved into their new apartment Sunday. The hearth has been stacked with all their stuff and wedding presents. So, it was nice to get a fire going. It was 66 in the house, on the heat pump. Like usual I was in shorts and crocks. But I was just chilly enough I had a long sleeve shirt on. After it got going I cut the damper way back. Next thing I know I had to get rid of those long sleeves. It was up to 72 in the house. That's about as close to the hundred degree club as I want to get. I'm good down in the mid 20's and that's about it. There are only so many pairs of shorts you can put on and your legs start to get cold. There is an old Norwegian saying, "There is no such thing as bad weather, only bad clothes". If it gets below 20, I have to go get all new "good" clothes.

 

[Backyard Lumberjack]

Congrats Joe. Got skunked here this year except for a doe yesterday. No Horn soup for me!!

never heard of it! but, alas... found out there are recipes for it. live n learn...

 

[Backyard Lumberjack]

No bugs, beers cold.
Out checking the ice on my crossings.View attachment 780326

great pix! winter all the way! I like it. I like the cold, too... maybe not that cold. lol. don't have to keep the beer in refer once popped. no bugs, but I hear some up N still have them...

 

[Backyard Lumberjack]

Well, darn, snowed out. Temp here finally dropped back to normal season. hi's/lo's right around freezing.

hi turnkey - been down around freezing here of late, too. few hours each morning. covered the tomatoes. I have a handful to pick today. stay warm...

 

[Backyard Lumberjack]

We set the house 2 weeks ago. Lower level walls were built on site and the upper units were built in our factory and craned in place.

house looking swell!

 

[Backyard Lumberjack]

Forgot to add this when I did it, but scrounged an alder out of the weeds this spring. Split and dried all summer and now in the woodshed. Little yota had to tug the chain a few times!View attachment 780477View attachment 780478 View attachment 780479View attachment 780480 View attachment 780481

hi BC - good job! big job! I remember getting alder when living in PNW. a popular firewood choice.

 

[Backyard Lumberjack]

I'd be happy to make a lap and not bin it in spectacular fashion like Guy Martin. A bit long but realy shows to what level that guy is wired differently from the rest of us.

I am for sure, not wired like that! not on 2-wheels anyways. as a youth, living just S of London... my dad had a British friend who raced TT on dirt. his class was sidecar. 2 riders. we used to go watch him race. kinda wild! I remember all the action in pits, the dust n dirt flying as they flew by... and the smell of the fuels exhausted into the air. my dad commented to me one time: " he is doing good, #3 now... sometimes he has the ba**s... and gets over the edge and wins!' usually the winners run on the edge, or just a bit past it... 'no guts, no glory!' thx for the vid...

 

[Backyard Lumberjack]

Yep, if you make it thru the race you are a winner . Good video, never saw that one, didn't seem long at all.
If you've never had a bike over 150 or had the front tire off the ground at 100 then it's hard to fathom how fast they are going, and even having done those things what they are doing is at a level that's un-perceivable to me . I'd still like to buzz that course, but the same woman who asked me to stop riding may have something to say about that, she probably saved my life .

nope, never have! you have? omg... some vids or pix, please... well, at least frt wheel off track as you scream into the turn...

just something simple ~

 

[Backyard Lumberjack]

Got the picture .
I asked her why she gave it to her mom, and she said, because we are Santa and Mrs. Claus .
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u r right, chipper... cute!

 

[Backyard Lumberjack]

Or hickory. You know how us PA wood snobs are.

I would like some hickory. only got some bbq chips in a bag ~

 

[Backyard Lumberjack]

With extreme cold tomorrow, I emptied 5 gallons of ash and coals out of the boiler. Would have liked to let the coals burn down a bit more but didn’t feel like flipping back to propane for another 24 hours. The old ash bucket is out in the middle of the driveway in 8” of snow so all of the coals can safely burn out.

I have to be careful cleaning out fireplaces. hot coals can be hidden. next day stuff usually use my old metal pail...

 

[Backyard Lumberjack]

thanks! Yeah I will definitely be looking for help if I decide to try and make the splitter a project. I think they said it was a 10-ton, that's kinda puny, yes?

it is not 25-T, but it will do a lot of splitting. there are ways to get smaller tonnage to act like the big boys...

 

[Backyard Lumberjack]

Sounds like a deal, for him lol.You store it and keep it running so he can use it when needed .That's why I like to buy them and then sell them when I'm done for a while, I get my wood split and make a couple bucks and I don't have to store it. This burning season is the first time I haven't sold any splitters and I have one here in around 8 yrs, I didn't have one then .

my splitter is 35 yrs old. still splits & looks like new!

 

[Backyard Lumberjack]

Here's a bonus pic of Cowgirl with a GT that she caught on a handline off the coast of Cape York (northern-most tip of Oz) in 2015. View attachment 780753

bet that was fun to land! good pix! looks bit like an amberjack -

 

[Backyard Lumberjack]

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I have one of those, used to sit about 6inches off the ground with no vertical option. I bought it 4th hand for $200. I say used to sit 6inches because the third owner raised it to Waiste height. Split a ton of wood with it the two years I used it. Wife runs the lever and I try not to loose any fingers. Daughters stack....

The Briggs that was on it always had carb issues. I’m to cheap to buy a carb kit, brother in-law was throwing out 16hp Honda snowblower when bought a Quad with plow. Guess what motors gonna make its way to that poor splitter...... yup, that’s the smarts I got, carb kit is probably less than $20, but I’ll spend $100 to make the engine swap work.

some old pics of my “skidder” and the wood processor

good farm pix! I liked them.

 

[Backyard Lumberjack]

-15 currently here. Be interesting to see where it bottoms out at.

hi svk - your temp posts are interesting to say the least. I always wonder how cold it is up at svk's! ?

 

[JustJeff]

In case you guys were wondering what I look like. Snowblower selfie!

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[steved]

In case you guys were wondering what I look like. Snowblower selfie!

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Around here we would figure you'd be knocking off the local 7-eleven looking like that...

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[steved]

I have to be careful cleaning out fireplaces. hot coals can be hidden. next day stuff usually use my old metal pail...

Same here...it may stay inside, but on a granite step. The metal pails get hot too...

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