Scrounging Firewood (and other stuff)

[MustangMike]

Clint, I know just what U mean! I find myself paying a lot more attention to how I dress when it is cold out. Luckily, can check what the temp is going to be for hours in advance like we never could before!

 

[Ambull01]

I went 35 miles to work once in a bad snow storm with a 68 Mustang with radial snow tires on the back (yea, they used to have them). Got there, and all the doors were locked. Had to drive home and charge leave for the day! And, on the way home, had to ram though a snow bank (they plowed a cross street and blocked the street I was on).

Oh well, gave me something to talk about!

Nice!

While not really ideal, there are some benefits to driving a rear wheel drive car in the snow. Like laughing my ass off as I pass SUV drivers that slid of roads into ditches because they drove like maniacs.

 

[mainewoods]

The independent finger chopper mitt's let's you squeeze the trigger while the other 4 fingers grip the handle. When all digits are encased in regular deer hide choppers, you tend to have more fatigue of the trigger finger. When you are feeding a skidder and he returns every 30 minutes for a twitch, a fatigued trigger finger loses money.

 

[farmer steve]

Nice scrounge Steve, how did you come across that mother load?

it was on the farmer neighbors place .we keep the field edges cut back and anything down and dead on his farm is fair game. we had to take down a semi-dying oak to get to this one.that wood will be for 2 years out. i might even have to break out the ms361/25" bar for this one.

 

[Ambull01]

When you are feeding a skidder and he returns every 30 minutes for a twitch, a fatigued trigger finger loses money.

Umm, I have no idea what you just wrote lol. Sorry. I'm assuming that doesn't apply to me. I don't have a skidder, have no idea what a twitch means, and I'm not doing this for money.

 

[mainewoods]

A twitch of wood.

 

[mainewoods]

Making the skidder operator wait for a twitch is not a good thing. Especially when you are the one who has to hook up the chokers.

 

[Ambull01]

Making the skidder operator wait for a twitch is not a good thing. Especially when you are the one who has to hook up the chokers.

Umm, could we all just try to speak English from now on. So a twitch is a log and a choker is a chain? Help me out here.

 

[mainewoods]

These are the chokers we used.

 

[Ambull01]

These are the chokers we used. View attachment 394597

Oh yeah, I think I saw that on Axe Men. Biggest bunch of whiners/complainers I've ever seen. Hope real loggers aren't like that. It would drive me nuts to hear grown men whine like little children everyday.

 

[mainewoods]

You did, and they are!

 

[mainewoods]

A twitch of wood. View attachment 394578

Actually that is a grapple load. This is a choker twitch.

 

[svk]

Oh yeah, I think I saw that on Axe Men. Biggest bunch of whiners/complainers I've ever seen. Hope real loggers aren't like that. It would drive me nuts to hear grown men whine like little children everyday.

I'm sure those guys are posers.

Although two groups of dudes I wouldn't mess with are loggers (the non joystick kind) and true cowboys. Shaking hands with the logger that is doing our property is like trying to palm a 2x6, his hands are huge!

 

[Ambull01]

I'm sure those guys are posers.

Although two groups of dudes I wouldn't mess with are loggers (the non joystick kind) and true cowboys. Shaking hands with the logger that is doing our property is like trying to palm a 2x6, his hands are huge!

Have you seen the family of numb nuts cutting in Wyoming? I was sure someone was going to die. They were competing who could fell the most trees. Crap was falling all over the place. No safety gear of any kind, not even freaking ear plugs!

 

[zogger]

The independent finger chopper mitt's let's you squeeze the trigger while the other 4 fingers grip the handle. When all digits are encased in regular deer hide choppers, you tend to have more fatigue of the trigger finger. When you are feeding a skidder and he returns every 30 minutes for a twitch, a fatigued trigger finger loses money.

How do those heated handle saws work, just the front bar?

 

[dancan]

Front bar and some heat the carb as well .

 

[SCBBQ]

I'm sure those guys are posers.

Although two groups of dudes I wouldn't mess with are loggers (the non joystick kind) and true cowboys. Shaking hands with the logger that is doing our property is like trying to palm a 2x6, his hands are huge!

As I have posted before my dad is a retired brick mason. He will be 70 in July. I would think twice before I tried him now. I am 6' and 230lbs. They don't make men like that anymore. The last load of oak I posted that came from my neighbors yard they were loading by hand. My 50 year old neighbor started to pick up a nice size piece of oak then stopped when he realized it was too much for him. My dad patted him on the back and said don't worry son I will take care of that. LOL.

 

[svk]

As I have posted before my dad is a retired brick mason. He will be 70 in July. I would think twice before I tried him now. I am 6' and 230lbs. They don't make men like that anymore. The last load of oak I posted that came from my neighbors yard they were loading by hand. My 50 year old neighbor started to pick up a nice size piece of oak then stopped when he realized it was too much for him. My dad patted him on the back and said don't worry son I will take care of that. LOL.

Yes I know one of them too. He's in his 60's and pretty worn out at the joints from being at it for 40 years but is built like, well a brick sheethouse.

 

[cantoo]

Ambull, we do wood in the cold here sometimes. These pics are from last year. Last week we had 5 snow days in a row, I was at work every day, 4x4 and a brain between my ears.
1st pic, heading to the bush snow over the hood of my tractor.
2nd is the pathway to the tree, Fence posts almost covered.
3rd is clearing snow from my barnyard.
4th is my garage door, about 4' overnight.
5th is the wood after splitting and piling.
Trust me this year I have enough cut that I will never "have" to cut in the cold again.

 

[cantoo]

Screwed up the garage door pic.