Scrounging Firewood (and other stuff)

[sean donato]

@Cowboy254 why the sad face with my last post mate? I'm pretty happy with what I'm getting. I'm going for (hopefully) the last load of the downed stuff today after work. I promise I'll get pics this time lol.
We have forecasted 6 inches of rain or so over the next two days. The park already shut down for tomorrow, but maintenance is still expected to show up. Need to stop and fill up a fuel can or two just in case the power goes out. I'm hoping it's hyped up and not ad bad as they claim.

 

[sean donato]

Well the big fire here is up to 37 percent contained so that’s going in the right direction.

I’m trying to sell my old Yukon (for $4000) and have had a couple of yahoos respond. Guy messages me “nice truck 3500” so I ask him if he’s offering 3500. He responds no, 3000. Sorry pal. I put on the bottom of my ad “I will not negotiate via email…show up with cash and we’ll make a deal. Lowball offers and people asking my bottom dollar will be ignored”

I just hate people who start that crap. They haven’t even looked at the vehicle.

99% of the reason I hate selling stuff. My wife and I recently decided to sell off her focus. (Her first car) its old and beat up but works good yet, she just doesn't drive it and I'm sick of it going to crap just sitting in the driveway. Just hate the thought of dealing with the people to sell it.

 

[Haywire]

Come to Michigan, unmeasurable quantities of that kinda' **** gets pushed into burn piles and shoved into the chipper on a daily basis. Most outfits would tell you to take whatever you want.

It is a shame, but when there is higher BTU wood at every turn it's just bonfire wood to most.
Heck we got all sorts of hardwood here, even petrified wood.
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Then we got the infamous red oak, just bring your wheelbarrow .
Most those pieces are probably 2-500 lbs .

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I don't know, man. I betcha I use less of my **** pine each winter to heat my house, than you flatlanders do with your fancy dancy oak.

 

[chipper1]

Well the big fire here is up to 37 percent contained so that’s going in the right direction.

I’m trying to sell my old Yukon (for $4000) and have had a couple of yahoos respond. Guy messages me “nice truck 3500” so I ask him if he’s offering 3500. He responds no, 3000. Sorry pal. I put on the bottom of my ad “I will not negotiate via email…show up with cash and we’ll make a deal. Lowball offers and people asking my bottom dollar will be ignored”

I just hate people who start that crap. They haven’t even looked at the vehicle.

Oh the joy, now you're living in my world .
When I'm interested in an item and they don't want to tell me a price, I just tell them I need to know how much to bring .
When selling my prices are normally at the low side of "Craigslist retail", typically the first or second person to come look buys whatever I'm selling. What I find funny is an item will just sit and sit for weeks, then everyone has to have it lol.
My latest purchase, bought out of @H-Ranch neighborhood, it was a late night.
I haven't seen any decent prices on splitters in the last year, then the last two months I snagged up 3. This one should be gone this weekend because it will be pretty cheap, theres a good chance the next one will go this weekend also from the excessive calls I'll get on this one so I'll never have to advertise it.

This was most likely the last load I'll be hauling with the 20' aluminum trailer as I sold it, which wasn't even part of my short term plan. The guy stopped by to purchase a 16 tilt trailer and saw it, he said I'll give you... and I'll help you unload it . The bummer is now I have to get all those big rounds and the 12 quarters off the ground to split them .
It did a lot of work for me, I'll miss it; well probably not lol.
The trailer behind it on the right is the one I listed.

 

[chipper1]

I don't know, man. I betcha I use less of my **** pine each winter to heat my house than you flatlanders do with your fancy dancy oak.

I don't burn much oak, it takes too long to season, I like locust , it's the spruce of heaven.
Here's some for you, just saw the ad a bit ago, come get it, it's free!

 

[Haywire]

I don't burn much oak, it takes too long to season, I like locust , it's the spruce of heaven.
Here's some for you, just saw the ad a bit ago, come get it, it's free!

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We have locust here too. It takes a lot though to make a decent fire.

 

[chipper1]

We have locust here too, it takes a lot though to make a decent fire.

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Probably a bit messy when you split them .
My next new "scrounging" opportunity, going to look at it friday, they said to bring the wife and kids and hang for a bit.
Right between the two houses, Lake Michigan is to the left .

 

[H-Ranch]

My latest purchase, bought out of @H-Ranch neighborhood, it was a late night.
I haven't seen any decent prices on splitters in the last year, then the last two months I snagged up 3. This one should be gone this weekend because it will be pretty cheap

I guess I should be watching right in my backyard a little closer. If you can spend 5 hours driving to get it, they must be reasonable. Or just have you deliver the next one directly to me as I'm a little busy for splitter hunting.

 

[chipper1]

Some elm for those who don't like pine lol.

 

[H-Ranch]

Some elm for those who don't like pine lol.
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Yeah, for sure Ima need ya to drop off a splitter.

 

[chipper1]

I hear they have been very tough (unreasonable???) on you folks down under, and it is not much better in many places here in the States!

However, there seems to be a lot of "non compliance" both from individuals and businesses. Sign on the door of Walmart says to mask, but inside only about 1/2 are actually wearing them.

I'm sure it will get better when everyone gets their shots .
Oh the irony, straight from down under!
https://www.bitchute.com/video/2CwrBBIp6I3Y/
Also look at the numbers from the states at 3:12 seconds, and those are under reported.

Here's why so many Australians are really upset though .
Lets do the right thing, no more drinking without masks .

 

[chipper1]

Yeah, for sure Ima need ya to drop off a splitter.

You coming to get that elm .
From the sounds of it, you would want a tractor or a quad and trailer for it, didn't sound like much "fun".

 

[JustJeff]

The arborist that dropped of that huge load of ash for me last year was doing some maple maintenance at my boss's place today. I was chatting with him during my lunch break and watching him use his climbing saw one handed, ms261! He said he hasn't used a top handle in 10 years and prefers to use the 261 for tree work and a 461 on the ground. I'd hate to arm wrestle a man that one hands a 50cc saw every day!

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[Lionsfan]

I don't know, man. I betcha I use less of my **** pine each winter to heat my house, than you flatlanders do with your fancy dancy oak.

Point taken. I guess you should be thankful for the Pine, sounds like the only other thing you got to burn is Elk bones and Wolf turds.

 

[Cowboy254]

@Cowboy254 why the sad face with my last post mate? I'm pretty happy with what I'm getting. I'm going for (hopefully) the last load of the downed stuff today after work. I promise I'll get pics this time lol.

That was it, no pics! No pics make Cowboy sad.

 

[sean donato]

Well guys, no wood getting for me today. Wife called when she went to pick our daughter up from daycare. Apparently the bus she was supposed to be on was late, then when the bus finally showed up (wife was there at this point) my daughter wasn't on the bus. I was on my way to get the wood but, made a quick u turn to go get my daughter. Wife beet me to the school, and my daughter wasn't there. The principal was just about having a heart attack when we explained what was going on. They went to call the busses to find out if she got on the wrong bus. She's 5 second day of school. Not allowed off the bus with out a parent or one of the day care lady's, and they employ a "bus assistant" that tells the kids when to get off the bus, via a tag that's hooked to their backpack. It all had to match up with the paper copy that they have. So everything had to match up before the kid can get off the bus. So in the midst of all this my wife's phone rings. Here it's another school. The lady said there were two kids dropped off and she found them playing in the playground, realized they didn't belong and called the number on their tags. The stupid "bus assistant" told my daughter and another kid to get off the bus at this other school, with a few older kids that were supposed to get off. I was pretty pissed about all this. The best part wad after I got my daughter, I checked the tag on her pack and it was correct. The principal assured us this would never happen again. Not how I wanted my afternoon to go. All ended well, fortunately the lady at the other school was leaving late and noticed the kids that didn't belong, and had the smarts to Check the tags out. Really makes you wonder about letting you kids in someone else's care, thank God she didn't get dropped off somewhere else.

 

[sean donato]

That was it, no pics! No pics make Cowboy sad.

Ok, ok, here's yesterday's haul.

 

[MustangMike]

This is what my brother and I did today. We both had other things to do this morning, so we did not get started till 10:30. We were finished by 4:30. Not bad for a 67 and 69 year old!!!

The back corner of this guy's foundation failed, so we replaced it with a much larger/deeper footing, and did the block work today.

My brother is the PE on the project.

 

[H-Ranch]

That was it, no pics! No pics make Cowboy sad.

 

[old CB]

Well guys, no wood getting for me today. Wife called when she went to pick our daughter up from daycare. Apparently the bus she was supposed to be on was late, then when the bus finally showed up (wife was there at this point) my daughter wasn't on the bus. I was on my way to get the wood but, made a quick u turn to go get my daughter. Wife beet me to the school, and my daughter wasn't there. The principal was just about having a heart attack when we explained what was going on. They went to call the busses to find out if she got on the wrong bus. She's 5 second day of school. Not allowed off the bus with out a parent or one of the day care lady's, and they employ a "bus assistant" that tells the kids when to get off the bus, via a tag that's hooked to their backpack. It all had to match up with the paper copy that they have. So everything had to match up before the kid can get off the bus. So in the midst of all this my wife's phone rings. Here it's another school. The lady said there were two kids dropped off and she found them playing in the playground, realized they didn't belong and called the number on their tags. The stupid "bus assistant" told my daughter and another kid to get off the bus at this other school, with a few older kids that were supposed to get off. I was pretty pissed about all this. The best part wad after I got my daughter, I checked the tag on her pack and it was correct. The principal assured us this would never happen again. Not how I wanted my afternoon to go. All ended well, fortunately the lady at the other school was leaving late and noticed the kids that didn't belong, and had the smarts to Check the tags out. Really makes you wonder about letting you kids in someone else's care, thank God she didn't get dropped off somewhere else.

Sean, so glad to hear things worked out in the end. When you raise kids (or are alive in this world) some rough moments occur.

When our daughter (first of 3 kids) was in 1st grade we threw a birthday party for her. We were relative newcomers (been there 3 yrs) in a small country town where I operated a farm and cattle operation. So not strangers to anyone, just not from there. We invited, I don't know, maybe 5--8 of her friends/schoolmates (written invitations, rsvp requested). No parents responded in any manner, but we figured even a couple of kids would make a party. NO ONE SHOWED. My wife and I tried to put a brave face on, and play all the games and such. It was one of the saddest moments of my life--and at a few weeks from turning 70, I've had several. Our daughter years later did not even remember that this had occurred.

Life is tough. Wear a helmet.