Scrounging Firewood (and other stuff)

[Deleted member 149229]

I have always just drank water and when it got 80 or above about time I almost had trailer full I’d start feeling terrible and no energy. After you guys talking about Gatorade and your super man elixir I tried some Gatorade with water and felt WAY better. Still had energy and didn’t feel like I was going to die. Might have to try something else though, Gatorade seems to give me a headache sometimes.

I swear by PowerAde. I don’t like Gatorade, too sweet. If sweating a ton you need something along these lines, you need to ingest electrolytes. A dehydrated person drinks just a bunch of water and it can cause the brain to swell.

 

[SS396driver]

I'd cut them and start buying Aunt Jemima! My favorite wood.

Not happening . I make about 4 gallons of syrup every year.

 

[Smacktooth]

I did some drilling in Paducah, Kentucky one very hot summer. The young lady running the project had a Gatorade in her hand at all times during the day, I can't imagine how much she had that summer...she started out that project at about 125 pounds, she left at nearly 175 three months later!

Gatorade will make you fat if you don't watch it...

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When I contracted Lyme's 2 years ago, in addition to the antibiotics, the doctor perscribed me to drink 80 fl oz per day of a homemade gatorade solution that was basically oranges, lemon, salt, and honey. It felt like kinda an insane amount, but i did it, and over the summer noticed less headaches and fatigue than I usually do working in the heat. So even after I got over the Lymes I kept making it when I had to be out in the heat. I bet I would've gained some weight drink gatorade that whole time. Still hate summer here with a passion though lol!

 

[SS396driver]

Yesterdays haul

 

[SS396driver]

You know you have alot of wood when it can be seen from space

 

[Smacktooth]

Got some more work done at the school. I work for a couple hours after dropping my son off.

Making some “shingles”

Fiskaring at its finest

An emaciated Sasquatch came to help

Left my old schwiggle handle ax there for the homeowner to do some splitting with. Tried it against the fiskars for one round. Really notice how much more rigid the fiskars handle is.

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[turnkey4099]

I don't have room for another gun cabinet in the house, or anther saw in the garage!

I still need to finish some of my projects and move some saws along. I really don't need 7 - 066/660s!!! But persistence has paid off, in that I have a Asian 660 clone that runs super strong!

It makes noodling large hardwood rounds so uneventful!

I also like to have multiple saws when milling, so I don't have to change or sharpen chains in the middle of the process, and to allow the saws to cool down. Milling is tough on them.

"I don't have room for another gun cabinet in the house, or anther saw in the garage!"

That is blasphemy!!!! There is always room for one more of either even if the wife has to move out!

 

[Philbert]

I swear by PowerAde.

BLECCCCCH! ( to quote 'MAD' magazine). I can't stand the taste of any artificial 'sweetener'.

JMHO

Philbert

 

[steved]

Got some more work done at the school. I work for a couple hours after dropping my son off.

Making some “shingles”

Fiskaring at its finest

An emaciated Sasquatch came to help

Left my old schwiggle handle ax there for the homeowner to do some splitting with. Tried it against the fiskars for one round. Really notice how much more rigid the fiskars handle is.

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I have one of those hybrid plastic/wood core handle single bit axes...I hate how limber/flexible the handle is on it. I have a fiberglass handle single bit and it is so much better for splitting because the handle is rigid.

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[MechanicMatt]

I am definitely done when it is over 80 degrees unless someone really needs wood and is paying what I tell them.

I was splitting around the 4th of July last year and got heat stroke. Not fun. Although now that I drink water and Pedialyte I feel a lot better in warmer weather.

I like sqwincher better than gatorade. But 50-50 pedialyte and water is probably better. Honestly I drink more beer than anything when it's that hot.

I’m with Panolo! Nothing hydrates like Gods water, Coors Light!!

 

[SS396driver]

For hydration I use Nuun tablets . One tab per 16 oz of water. Just drop it in and it dissolves with a little carbonation. Get the for free when we do bicycle rides for charities. Must have a case by now.

Now for dehydration without work its vodka.

 

[MustangMike]

I don't have beer till the work day is done. For Hydration I like to mix either Gatoraid or juices with 1/2 water.

 

[MustangMike]

Well, it was a project to get it back there, but splitting by hand is going too slow. So I moved the Hydro back to my wood pile with the ATV. I had to back it through the fence gate, and having the plow on it did not make it any easier, but I got it done.

The lots around here are 100 X 150, but I bought the one in back of me (which is not buildable) at a Tax Sale for $330!!! My property used to end where that small Maple tree is (the ball is near it). Now I own back tot he next block. The garden, and my wood piles and logs are back there.

Did about an hour of splitting today. The photos are from my back deck, the second pic is 5X telephoto. (This new phone camera goes up to 8X, but that was too much!)

All this just to keep Cowboy happy!!!

 

[SS396driver]

I don't have beer till the work day is done. For Hydration I like to mix either Gatoraid or juices with 1/2 water.

I can't do the sugar . Not that I'm diabetic or anything but sugary drinks make me feel sluggish. And no alcohol with machinery.

 

[MustangMike]

Get the for free when we do bicycle rides for charities

How much bike riding do you do? I used to do a lot more, but I still like to ride now and then. My Road Bike is a Trek Madone 8 and my Mtn Bike is a Trex EX-8.

 

[SS396driver]

Saturday I am felling at least 9 ash trees before this warmup. The owner of the property asked us not to go in when its muddy. So I'll drop and take what I can and then split until it gets cold. But I can get wood near MachanicMatts next week since the truck and trailer will be on the road.

 

[MustangMike]

When I was biking more "heavy duty" I used to use the Hammermill products (Heed and/or Perpetuim) in water.

They seemed to work well.

 

[SS396driver]

How much bike riding do you do? I used to do a lot more, but I still like to ride now and then. My Road Bike is a Trek Madone 8 and my Mtn Bike is a Trex EX-8.

Not as much as I used too or would like to. Life gets in the way . I have a Specialized hybrid . Not really a mountain bike or street bike maybe a trail bike ?

But my baby is a Cannondale Synapse carbon fiber road bike it weighs 20 lbs. My wifes Specialized Ruby elite is the other one and yes they are both on the wall in my livingroom

 

[SS396driver]

Ya 30 to 40 miles was an average ride. Now I can do maybe 10 . But if I do more often I could be back up there. My main ride was 44-55 over the mountain to new paltz. Like 3 miles uphill each way going up the mountain . But the coasting was great going down the other side about 25 miles each way.

 

[Logger nate]

I swear by PowerAde. I don’t like Gatorade, too sweet. If sweating a ton you need something along these lines, you need to ingest electrolytes. A dehydrated person drinks just a bunch of water and it can cause the brain to swell.

No wonder I didn’t feel good! Lol
Haven’t tried power aid, don’t care for the sweetness of Gatorade either but have always heard high fructose corn syrup (in power aid) is worse for you than sugar and like a fertilizer to cancer. Don’t know how true it is but I try to avoid it.