Scrounging Firewood (and other stuff)

[dancan]

Oh btw , this is one of my favorite looked forward threads one the net .

Scrounge on gentleman

 

[stihly dan]

The news never lies. Take your skepticism to the political form. Lol

24 hrs later and I'm a liar. -14 here this morning and +2* in Boston, That certainly is a little more than a few degrees. My bad. But it generally is true, Really.

 

[pennsywoodburnr]

that would be fun to watch, as MOST toms aren't playful, but flat out MEAN!!!

Yep, mean! I've got a tom me and the wifey adopted back when he was just a wee little thing, and every now and then if I'm walking in front of him he'll swipe at me. Not aggressively or anything. Just more like a: hey-I'm-here-don't-step-on-me type thing. But the other toms that visit the yard better be ready to rumble. I was asleep on the couch one afternoon on the weekend when my cat and another big tom went at it in front of my shed. All the windows in the house were open and I almost jumped out of my skin when the commotion started!

 

[chucker]

yupp!! that's what we need on here , a good kat fight to liven things up... anyone got a shoe string and a couple kats to watch? watch from a distance that is???? just kidding you know! lol

 

[MechanicMatt]

Here's a sample pic of someone selling cedar slabs @ $40/cord. The oak pics are similar, but half as long. You'd get two bundles with the oak.



I'd only cover the east and west ends......the short sides. Front and back would be open to the wind.
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My moms older sister, my Aunt Cathy, her first husband a guy named Johnny. That's how he heays his place, my cousin told me about it, said its made firewood a ton easier for his pops.

 

[Philbert]

If I heated with slab wood a lot, this is the saw I would want:





Philbert

 

[MustangMike]

I think it need to be ported!

 

[Philbert]

Couple of interesting things about these saws:

Used to be sold with the STIHL label. The first one I saw (in a lumber yard) had a STIHL bar - I thought someone painted it as a joke, like 'Binford'.

STIHL still makes scratcher chain for these, although, they also are sold with conventional saw chain.

Philbert

 

[farmer steve]

I'm supposed to send you a PM? What for?

read the first post in the PA GTG thread.

 

[KiwiBro]

That bundled slab-wood crowd might get a kick out of this:

 

[zogger]

That bundled slab-wood crowd might get a kick out of this:

HAHAHA! I like the spinneroonie de-craperizer attachment!

 

[SteveSS]

That bundled slab-wood crowd might get a kick out of this:

Now that's the way to get it done. Too cool!

 

[DFK]

Zogger:
You need to reset the sights on the Mini-Ice-Age machine.
They are set for "To far South".
We might get from 3" to 6" of snow today and tonight.
David

 

[zogger]

Zogger:
You need to reset the sights on the Mini-Ice-Age machine.
They are set for "To far South".
We might get from 3" to 6" of snow today and tonight.
David

Ya..GF is putting stew on and as soon as it warms enough I got to try and fireup old smokey the tractor and get some hay moved. We'll have snow on top of deep mud...well, I get paid for going bogging! HAHAHAHAHAHA

I'm still hitting the iceage good hardwood stash pretty hard...need some more tweaks on that machine, we ain't supposed to get full yankster effects! More HAHAHAHAHAHA

 

[greendohn]

Been slow on the scrounging scene around here. Was way too soft to get out a few weeks ago, I have a sore elbow so that's okay, rest the elbow,, then we've been hammered with an arctic blast and the woodshed is fat enough that's okay, I'll coast.
,,,,,,a few weeks of arctic cold and coasting,,,NOW,,the woodshed is getting skinny, down to maybe 5 cord, my poor old truck, the Great White Hope is piled up out back and seemed anxious to hit a woodlot when I thawed him out and knocked the snow off 'im last Monday. Uncle Ache looks at me sideways with his ears pinned back and growls at me when I'm in the garage slurping cold frosties, wanting to burn some 2 cycle...man, I need to get out of doors and make little ones outta' the big ones.
Thanks for the thread guys. Peace.

 

[kingOFgEEEks]

Been slow on the scrounging scene around here. Was way too soft to get out a few weeks ago, I have a sore elbow so that's okay, rest the elbow,, then we've been hammered with an arctic blast and the woodshed is fat enough that's okay, I'll coast.
,,,,,,a few weeks of arctic cold and coasting,,,NOW,,the woodshed is getting skinny, down to maybe 5 cord, my poor old truck, the Great White Hope is piled up out back and seemed anxious to hit a woodlot when I thawed him out and knocked the snow off 'im last Monday. Uncle Ache looks at me sideways with his ears pinned back and growls at me when I'm in the garage slurping cold frosties, wanting to burn some 2 cycle...man, I need to get out of doors and make little ones outta' the big ones.
Thanks for the thread guys. Peace.

I'm with ya. My log pile is buried and frozen to the ground, so no way I am able to burn mix right now. On Sunday I literally shoveled out a few pieces 6-8' long and made 3-4 rounds each out of them, just to get the smell of exhaust, chips and bar oil in the air. I need to make more 'lumberjack glitter' before I go crazy.

It's a good thing I have a stack to work out of, and I'm not burning hand to mouth, because I wouldn't be able to do it right now.

 

[Ambull01]

If I heated with slab wood a lot, this is the saw I would want:





Philbert

I want one of those to buck logs.

 

[MustangMike]

Looks boring to me, just let me cut if off the downed tree, no machines holding it, just you, your saw, and the tree!

 

[Ambull01]

Looks boring to me, just let me cut if off the downed tree, no machines holding it, just you, your saw, and the tree!

Did you mean to say this: Just you, your 10 saws, the tree, bucking wedges, wheel barrow, chain file, stump vise, trailer, truck, 4 wheeler, special scrounge tool compartment, etc?

 

[mainewoods]

I don't really have man ****s, it was just a feeble attempt at "vortex" humor. That and a little "rheumatiz medicine".