1project2many
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No thanks. I prefer my snow certified green. I'd prefer anything green.
Scrounging Firewood (and other stuff)
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No thanks. I prefer my snow certified green. I'd prefer anything green.
dwasifar
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What about eggs and ham?
1project2many
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It'd take my mind off the snow!
Ambull01
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Well, it may be too cold for scrounging this weekend. Supposed to have highs in the lower 20s with windchill sending temps down to single digits. A minor inconvenience for some of you guys but that's cold as a witches tit to me.
On another note, I've been trying to teach myself how to write code/program in Python. Supposed to be real easy. Man I feel like an idiot. Snot nosed kids are making games and crap and I can't seem to print out a simple word. I need to put my big boy pants on, brave the cold, and take my frustrations out on a few logs.
On another note, I've been trying to teach myself how to write code/program in Python. Supposed to be real easy. Man I feel like an idiot. Snot nosed kids are making games and crap and I can't seem to print out a simple word. I need to put my big boy pants on, brave the cold, and take my frustrations out on a few logs.
Put on a turtleneck, insulated bib overalls, a warm jacket, and a good hat, boots & gloves, and U won't want to come back inside!
By the way, I think Colt made the Python, about all I know about it!
mainewoods
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Saw a couple of scroungers digging through a snowbank beside the road yesterday. They made a hole wide enough to back in a pickup truck, so it would be off the pavement, and hit the mother load. 2 very large maples were just taken down by the tree trimmers and were up for grabs. The landowner told 'em they were welcome to the wood and they jumped on it. Talk about extreme scrounging. Those snowbanks are 10' high, but they shoveled it out and hauled off load after load of prime sugar maple, all loaded by hand. Where there's a will, there's a way.
SteveSS
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Now that's dedication.
Or despair....
Sugar Maple is very good wood. Not easy to split, but very good wood.
Ambull01
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For the most part keeping my body warm isn't the issue. Once I start moving around I usually have to shed layers to keep from sweating. My precious little fingers and toes are what usually gets cold, especially with the steel toes.
Usually if you keep your core warm, your extremities will also stay warm, especially if you are working. In the cold, wear the warm boots! I flex my hands regularly to keep the circulation going. Constant gripping can cause problems.
KenJax Tree
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I gotta keep muh feets warm for anything else to be warm. This time of year we do a lot ofbucket work trimming city trees so im all dressed up in Carhartt goodies and Danner Pronghorn boots.
Its too hard to wear all that when you gotta climb around.
Its too hard to wear all that when you gotta climb around.
Ambull01
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Now your job must be cold. Stuck in a bucket cutting without the ability to really move around to get the body temp up. I would be taking frequent breaks inside the warm truck.
I havent been doing any scrounging lately, been trying to get my snowmobile in operating condition but that is a story for another thread. Anyways, I recently purchased a poly utility sled to moving firewood with. IDK if any of you guys own one or have thought about getting one but I recommend getting one. I really wanted to get a the XL Jet Sled made by Shappell but they are wicked expensive after shipping. I ended up going with a smaller sled made by KL Industries and I like it a lot. I found out really quickly that it is the perfect size if you are pulling it with your own strength. I would opt for something larger if I was using a snowmobile or 4 wheeler but I'm not. I bought mine from Amazon and got "free" shipping because my wife bought into that Amazon Prime...
Here is what I bought. I'll see if I can get a picture in action. I already moved about half a face cord of wood with it.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0...d_t=201&pf_rd_p=1944687462&pf_rd_i=B003Z74GKU
Here is what I bought. I'll see if I can get a picture in action. I already moved about half a face cord of wood with it.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0...d_t=201&pf_rd_p=1944687462&pf_rd_i=B003Z74GKU
Simple, yet likely very effective. Nice buy. By the time I can get up to cold country, I'll be 60. If I play my cards right, I should be in good enuf shape to yank one of these around; although there may not be enuf lube on the ground in Eastern TN / Northern GA when I need it. Maybe outfit something like that with wheels or sumthin'. Will have to research when I'm closer to pullin' the trigger.
I've got one just like that for walk in fishing trips. Would get the jumbo size if I was scrounging by snowmobile.
Twice I had about 1/4 of a face cord stacked in it (20" lengths of maple) and I pulled it on the edge of the snow covered road for a distance of 500 feet and at the end of each pull I was breathing heavy. It would be a lot more work if I was trying to pull it through knee deep snow. Decided 2 trips was enough for one night, that'll make a man out of you if you do it enough times. I was pressed for time last night so I took the car down and put 3 sled loads in the car and drove it up to the house.
here's the newest scrounge for another farmer that wants his woods cleaned up. this blew down in hurricane Sandy. have 2 or 3 8' saw logs and the rest firewood. 
Nice, those oblong pieces will really give your saw a workout!
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