Scrounging Firewood (and other stuff)

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Installed some 4" thick legs on a half round Chestnut Oak bench, then went for a hike through the woods with my younger Daughter. Found a nice shed antler in the process.

The hike up the ridge is pretty steep, it got me breathing, and rocky. Lots of Sugar Maple, Locust, Red Oak, Chestnut Oak, Beech and Mountain Laurel.
 

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Few more pics. My Daughter is standing at the stream, and there is a little water fall in the second pic. In the third pic, the road is in the valley between the two ridges.
 

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Thanks guys! The only maple I’ve come across is sliver maple. This stuff is diffferent than that.

Free wood is free wood so I’m not complaining. Fella said he’s got another cemetery a town over too that he’s got a ton of wood that he just dumps. Said I could have access to that as well. Score!
 
Can you take the wrap off Joe? I bought a Remington Logmaster for a guy and shipped it to him. The saw cost $10 and shipping was $55.:dumb2:
I mowed the lawn for my Vet. I think I found two perfect chainsaw boxes in her recycle. My problem is I over package stuff. A member, Mark, sent me two mostly complete Super EZ’s, a complete engine and a box of carbs, clutches, and little stuff. It was only $23. I tried to squeeze the 1050 in his box, but it just fell apart. I’ve got another friend that is a printer. When they finish a run, they throw the left over paper in the recycle. These spools start out at 1600 pounds. There might be 20-30 pounds left on the spool, and employees can take them. Twenty pounds might be 200-300 feet of paper. I’m going to start using that for packing. It’s very stiff paper and makes good packing. I’ll see how this works.
 
Thanks Cowboy! It’s doing ok thanks to your advise! I’m still having some arm/elbow pain but nothing like it was. As long as I keep doing your exercise’s it continues to improve, worst thing is gripping and lifting and starting saws but the tongs and starting saws left handed helps. Back hurts if I have flip line attached to waist D rings but I’ve been using it attached to strap that goes under my butt and works fine.View attachment 821965Thanks for asking, and your on line PT!
Can’t tell in the pic, but that looks like my Buckinham double D ring belt. Do you have leg straps. I never used leg straps, but if I were to ever climb again, I’d get them. I was hanging up side down once, and my butt slid right through my saddle and left me hanging by my knees. A little upsetting at the time.
 
Norway Maple is a lot harder, and more BTUs than Silver Maple. It is almost as good as Sugar Maple.

I'll bet your saw did not go through it as fast!

I almost never have to run a saw, wood is usually already bucked and I bust it up with a maul.

You have me looking into a G660 though.....guy in Lancaster County has shop, $379 before tax.
 
Had a VERY productive day today!! Neighbor (the honey hole) got his hands on a few hydraulic toys for awhile!! He isn’t too keen on running them, my pops has made me run them since I was probably 8, so we got 11loads of wood out of his place!!! Split between me and another neighbor. When I was teasing the neighbors for running Stihls they said it’s cause I must have never run one. I showed them a picture of the Mustang Maniac’s fleet..... the neighbor asked if he could hire him to clear his property. I’ll have to Introduce Uncle Mustang to the neighbor, should be a great opportunity to get me a few years ahead on woodBC15CED0-3AF4-42E4-A71C-C112A0BC80B1.jpeg8425D664-45F5-4FBC-B057-843C4AD11EC8.jpeg1D0DC94B-A3F5-4FED-992A-FC87AD714B38.jpegD7865AB8-8009-428F-8824-48802BC2EDD3.jpeg66ACFCD5-688B-4ECA-BB6A-295F568ECBA9.jpeg732AC3F9-5166-442A-8415-2DBD9EF39D6E.jpegA7BBA7DF-0ED0-4F63-A246-EDDD74F0B037.jpegFE2AEB25-44BE-467C-8234-148C4B17EAD7.jpeg
 
One of these days we might actually get a fireplace. There are little pockets of firewood dotted all over the property. Strategic prepping - scatter it everywhere so if the zombie hordes attack they won't be able to find it all.
i say get a fire place, will give meaning to the scrounge....... you never know you might get Mustang Mike over the line too!
 
i say get a fire place, will give meaning to the scrounge....... you never know you might get Mustang Mike over the line too!
But heat pumps work well. Besides, we only get a few frosts a year. Was just talking about that yesterday, as it happens. We've gone pretty hard into Northern Hemisphere tree species, but for a few years now we've not had the cold snaps that help bring on the wonderful fall colours. Still lovely but not like a few years ago.

Perhaps the firewood could be used to heat a lumber drying kiln ;-) I just need to find more logs to mill, then can kiln it, then need to get a good planer or even better a 4 or 5-side planer and then and then and then...

But certainly, if I ever build another house, it'll have a fireplace. Mainly because it'll be good to find land some ways off the beaten path so the world can leave us the heck alone. So it'll have to be off-grid.
 
I cut down a few ash trees last fall that I was going to turnn into firewood. My father-in law wanted to go this route instead. I dropped off 7 logs on Monday and these 4 this morning.

Did you calculate the weight?
 

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