Scrounging Firewood (and other stuff)

[farmer steve]

Nice, those oblong pieces will really give your saw a workout!

that was about 25' from the base where the first crotch was. i hate them. gave me a workout too.

 

[Ambull01]

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. View attachment 402981 View attachment 402983 View attachment 402984 View attachment 402985

That's a big ole log right there. What size bar did you need to get through it?

 

[farmer steve]

That's a big ole log right there. What size bar did you need to get through it?

had to use my 036 w/18" bar. waiting on a part for my 361 that we put a 25"bar on for those big ones. just sawed from both sides and the 036 did fine.

 

[NCSteveH]

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.

If I was stuck in a bucket all day in this cold I would have a piece of foam to stand on, someone's couch may go missing a cushion but my feet would be warm.

 

[Ambull01]

had to use my 036 w/18" bar. waiting on a part for my 361 that we put a 25"bar on for those big ones. just sawed from both sides and the 036 did fine.

Nice. Didn't think an 18" would get through that thing taking the dogs into consideration. The suckers on my Makita are freaking huge, cut's down about 3-4 inches of bar.

 

[Marshy]

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.

Without snow wheels are way easier unless the ground is soft or you have obstacles to run over. My Dad's property has a steep grade so he uses the sled year around because the house is down hill to all the wood and he can practically ride it down the hill without any snow even... I wouldn't dare think about dragging this sled without snow unless it was lightly loaded. With the snow it slides easily but still becomes a workout up hill. We just got another foot of snow so I don't think I'll move any wood until next week when the temps come back up above single and negative numbers.

Time to go snow blow the drive way. Running out of room, some banks are 6 foot tall. I emptie the ash pan and had to walk through snow waist deep. I love it.

 

[zogger]

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.

If you get in the real mountains and not the hills, there's rocks all over north georgia sticking up outta the ground, totally random. I think that will be your biggest problem on hauling through the woods unless on established trails. So maybe a log arch might be better, that and one of those spiffy gas powered capstan winches.

And watch out picking up them copper colored green sticks! A lot ain't sticks.....

 

[X-S-FLA]

Thanks Zog! Yeah, I've spent some time up in Blairsville just North of ya. I've seen those copper colored sticks
I won't be scrounging any of those. Heck, I'm just now learning how to ID trees; how embarrassing is that? Think I've finally
figured out we've got a bunch of white oak down here in Lauderdale. Not that it does me much good; or anyone else for that matter.

 

[hamish]

I couldn't imagine getting the bulk of my firewood without snow on the ground. I would need a helicopter and a hovercraft to have a go at it. Winter time is my season, and no I don't play hockey.

 

[MechanicMatt]

A Canadian who doesn't play hockey?WTF!?!

 

[MustangMike]

Send him to RIT! Couch Catlin couched Football there (while I was there), but they don't have football any more, just Hockey!

 

[dancan]

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Pellet shortage up here because of this extended cold blast ,,,, At lest I can scrounge up a kitchen table and chair set to throw in the furnace if I ran out of wood LOL

 

[dancan]

Scrounged wood on the way to house , that 4 cord shed is almost empty .

 

[svk]

Did a lot of tree viewing today. There's enough standing dead elm along I-90 in upstate NY for 100 lifetimes!

 

[dancan]

Hey Ambull , I don't give up any bar length because of the dogs .

 

[SteveSS]

Went over to Dad's place to help him replenish his shrinking wood pile. It was nearly gone so we needed to freshen it up. Spent most of the day cutting small, dead standing Black Oaks that were firewood ready and could burn immediately. We cut enough to get him through another 3 - 4 weeks. There's plenty of other wood cut over there, but it's still in varying stages of seasoning. One big stack is good to go in my opinion.

This is how much we cut today, aside from the small bit in the corner that was still left from last year.


These are some stacks that are sitting down in the gully getting a good dose of wind. All of these stacks have been cut in the last 45 days or so. All dead standing oak that will be ready to burn real soon.


And this stack of cedar is the by product of cleaning up around the "to cut" fire wood trees. There are several local places around that buy it by the cord. Must be cut to 4' lengths and trimmed flush, no smaller than 3" diameter. Average price is $100/cord. I think we have 2 cord ready to deliver right now. Maybe just a bit less. That stack to the right is some hickory from last year.


Still a lot of dead standing oak that needs cut and split. There's one giant black oak that I'd guess will produce close to 4 cord.

 

[Circle B MN]

Looks good, what do they do with the cedar...?

 

[Ambull01]

Hey Ambull , I don't give up any bar length because of the dogs .

Dude, someone cut your dogs off.

 

[Ambull01]

Spent about 4 hours today bucking up some downed white oak from a lady's yard. There's about 10 or so large trees that I can cut and a handful or so dead standing. I'll be busy for a long time. If I can just figure out how to keep the chain out of the dirt it would make cutting a lot easier.

 

[1project2many]

Did a lot of tree viewing today. There's enough standing dead elm along I-90 in upstate NY for 100 lifetimes!

I've given up my quest to get dead wood from NH highways. Too many of the highway garages are using OWB's.