Scrounging Firewood (and other stuff)

[SS396driver]

No wood today . Just 50 lbs of venison sausage. Going on the smoker tomorrow

 

[carwashguy]

Dude I here ya. I still have my SV650, not as fast as the 750 but plenty fast to get into trouble real quick. I still ride occasionally, but as long as I stay away from the mtns I'm not as tempted to cut loose. those twisties are irresistable though. I did go up and ride for a couple days in WNC last spring for the first time in several years. it was ridiculously fun, and we had no close calls or any mishaps. I would like to think i've become a better rider, but we all know it's luck of the draw whether there's a pot hole or some gravel or a car over the line around that next bend..

from 2013 I think, at the dragon...
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I’ve road the dragon. And the snake. The snake is closer so we would go about every weekend at least once. This is my ride collecting dust with a dead battery and hard tires. 96 ninja 1100. Stretched lowered and hard tailed. Straight line bike. Not for twisties. Get your killing on this bike

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[Smacktooth]

I’ve road the dragon. And the snake. The snake is closer so we would go about every weekend at least once. This is my ride collecting dust with a dead battery and hard tires. 96 ninja 1100. Stretched lowered and hard tailed. Straight line bike. Not for twisties. Get your killing on this bike

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Hey man we actually rode the snake last spring. It was a blast! pretty recently resurfaced m, smooth as butter. Came up from Burnsville, then went back down and stayed with a friend in Roan Mtn who has a little biker campground thing going, mostly adv riders coming through. Where do you live? That’s a straightline bike for sure, you didn’t ride that on the dragon snake etc did you??? [emoji23] now that id like to see

My sv650 lives for the twisties. Which for better or worse are at least 3 hrs away. But it still hangs out in the shed with tender and good rubber, ready to go. A very faithful bike it has been.


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[Smacktooth]

Can anyone ID this wood?

Found on the side of the road the other night. There’s few a more I might go back for. Quite heavy, splitting difficultly is medium. Ash? Hickory? Bark seems different than the ash I was working with last year, though the fresh splits have a similar smell/feel. Not really familiar with hickory types other than the obvious shagbark.


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[Deleted member 150358]

Can anyone ID this wood?

Found on the side of the road the other night. There’s few a more I might go back for. Quite heavy, splitting difficultly is medium. Ash? Hickory? Bark seems different than the ash I was working with last year, though the fresh splits have a similar smell/feel. Not really familiar with hickory types other than the obvious shagbark.


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Firewood!

 

[carwashguy]

Can anyone ID this wood?

Found on the side of the road the other night. There’s few a more I might go back for. Quite heavy, splitting difficultly is medium. Ash? Hickory? Bark seems different than the ash I was working with last year, though the fresh splits have a similar smell/feel. Not really familiar with hickory types other than the obvious shagbark.


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Looks like gum to me. If it is that’s some hard to split stuff. Stringy


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[dancan]

Not sure what the roads were like but since it was a big sky day up here I headed out around 10am with the Kia to see if the dually would be a go this afternoon .

I followed the trail of breadcrumbs right to where I was yesterday

What a large day up here

Drug it out roadside and then went home for a sammich

 

[Smacktooth]

Looks like gum to me. If it is that’s some hard to split stuff. Stringy


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Yeah I kind of though it was gum, but it definitely split easier than any gum I’ve ever tried, which had always been horrendous.


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[carwashguy]

Hey man we actually rode the snake last spring. It was a blast! pretty recently resurfaced m, smooth as butter. Came up from Burnsville, then went back down and stayed with a friend in Roan Mtn who has a little biker campground thing going, mostly adv riders coming through. Where do you live? That’s a straightline bike for sure, you didn’t ride that on the dragon snake etc did you??? [emoji23] now that id like to see

My sv650 lives for the twisties. Which for better or worse are at least 3 hrs away. But it still hangs out in the shed with tender and good rubber, ready to go. A very faithful bike it has been.


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I have rode it on both. Not very fast mind you. What’s funny is watching the Honda groms come across the snake. Those boys have no fear.


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[cat10ken]

Looks like hickory to me.

 

[dancan]

After the sammich I flashed up the dually and

I junked and loaded the roadside pile , fished out a few more and cleaned up a couple of live blowdowns to collect later .

150 paces both ways but what a gorgeous day it was

 

[JustJeff]

An example of how the holzhausen repels snow vs my conventional fencerow stack. I'll be building more round stacks!

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[carwashguy]

An example of how the holzhausen repels snow vs my conventional fencerow stack. I'll be building more round stacks!

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How much is in one of those stacks?


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[JustJeff]

This one is about one full cord I'm guessing. It's about 7' diameter and 6' tall, the traditional 10' diameter holds a lot more wood but mine is built on skids so I was limited to the base size. I'm not interested in stacking with a ladder either.

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[U&A]

Check out this tree i saw a few days ago..

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[SS396driver]

I’ve road the dragon. And the snake. The snake is closer so we would go about every weekend at least once. This is my ride collecting dust with a dead battery and hard tires. 96 ninja 1100. Stretched lowered and hard tailed. Straight line bike. Not for twisties. Get your killing on this bike

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Road both on my Glide with the trailer. Had to change the front rotors in Virginia beach

 

[MechanicMatt]

Shot the best score outta 100 yet...That last Station and the first two I only got 2 but all the rest I did pretty good

 

[U&A]

Talking bikes now eh?

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[dancan]

Wasn't all peaches and cream today .
This was parked with no driver in it when I crossed the gate to go home .

 

[U&A]

Wasn't all peaches and cream today .
This was parked with no driver in it when I crossed the gate to go home .

Did the driver ......ya know.......train tracks and all......?


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