Scrounging Firewood (and other stuff)

[MechanicMatt]

I was down stairs, but mustang mikes daughter gave me the play by play. My sis can be a drama queen and my wife is a no b.s. kinda girl supposedy it was "epic". Cousin said she enjoyed it, hahahaha

 

[Ambull01]

On my Dolmars, going to a bar larger than 20" changed the balance of them in a nice way. With 24 and 28" bars, they both feel lighter than when the 20" was on.

This was just my experience.

I only leave stuff smaller in diameter than my wrist when scrounging. But, I have the luxury of the cart and wheeler being right there. I understand the being choosy when you have to hoof the wood to your vehicle.

Yeah I'm going to get a 24 and 28" bar once I do the BBK upgrade.

On one hand I don't want to mess with the small stuff because it will mean more trips back and forth to load. On the other I feel kinda bad about leaving all this burnable stuff. I'm going to order this thing and take everything. One good thing about the van, I can take out the middle seats and fit this thing in.

http://www.walmart.com/ip/Gorilla-C...fault&beacon_version=1.0.1&findingMethod=p13n

 

[Ambull01]

Pffffft , Caddy's, Mustangs, Towncars ....... Urban troop transporters is where it's at LOL

I guess the saw has to ride up front

I know you mentioned it before but who made that wooden handled ax again? Do you use it for splitting or limbing/chopping?

 

[SteveSS]

Had some good time on the saws and the splitter today over at Dad's. Got a big mess of white oak split up so it has time to get some dry in over the summer. Big tree that was a blow down from the neighbors property. Still more to be split on that one, plus three big black oak that we falled and bucked two weeks ago. Got sidetracked after a while when he mentioned joining two sections of trail through the property so he could make a big loop around the entire place. I'm guesstimating, but it was probably just shy of 200 yards of trail that need to be cleared. Got down to about 40 yards or so when the light got dim and we had to pack it in for the day. Everything that needed to be cut is cut, except for the blow down limbs and stuff that's already on the ground. Another couple hours and the trails will meet. I think tomorrow I'll stick around the house and burn down a couple brush piles that need to go away around here.

 

[Marshy]

Took down a maple yesterday (Saturday) at a coworkers house and got some footage of the 285 noodling. I have more of dropping the tree but need to edit and load it. Let me know what you think.

 

[dancan]

I know you mentioned it before but who made that wooden handled ax again? Do you use it for splitting or limbing/chopping?

That one is a Gransfors Bruks large splitting axe , I bought it because it was return at 50% off when they sold for 179$ new , I see that they've gone up to 200$ .
I like it more than the Fiskars of the same size because of the wooden handle but I think the Fiskars might split just a bit better on the stuff I've been scrounging lately but both of them together working both sides of the round get the job done most of the time

 

[benp]

Benp , spruce rocks , very low ash , lots of heat , I'll have a couple of cord ready for next winter
About them knots , tight growth rings around them , lots of btu's there .
These were full of knots , I split them all ...... Except 2 that I needed a bit of help LOL

I haven't decided if I'm gonna turn this into firewood or try and saw a couple of beams out of it .

Lots of knots on one side of the stem and lots of knots on the second piece .

That is an awesome score Dan!!! That big Spruce is a dandy!

I can smell that sweet aroma over here.

I remember how mad my mom would get after I would go climbing up into the Spruce trees when I was little. I would be just covered in pitch.

 

[dancan]

Not much pitch on this one , cut some pine or balsam fir for a day if you want to see pitch LOL , ask Cliff , he knows .
I'm amazed by the amount of heat and burn time out of these spruce branches , definitely gonna process the rest of them , not gonna have them end up in the bonfire pile .

 

[MustangMike]

Since you asked, Chaps & boots, but no ears, eyes or gloves??????

You won't catch me doing that!

 

[Marshy]

Since you asked, Chaps & boots, but no ears, eyes or gloves??????

You won't catch me doing that!

Gloves are optional in my mind. You bet your arse I use them when I'm throwing rounds or chunks of wood though. On a warm day splitting an cutting is done with no gloves.

I wore glasses for the whole tree except this part. Took them off right before this for a short break and they were so sweaty and dusty I couldn't get them to clean up with a wipe, needed a stream of water to rinse them off. If it sounds like I'm making excuses your right I am. Thanks for the coaching.

 

[nomad_archer]

Best thing I ever bought was a few pairs of inexpensive fog free safety glasses. Some were tinted like sun glasses. I have two or three pairs in my cutting stuff.

 

[MustangMike]

When U get old and say "EHHH", you will wish you had always worn ear protection also. One of my friends also has the constant "ringing" in the ear, must not be fun.

 

[KenJax Tree]

I don't own chaps, but gloves are a personal preference(i wear Mechanix or Jamestown gloves) but ear plugs and glasses are a MUST. I wears my Spy sunglasses. Yup thats really my ugly ass.

 

[Marshy]

I always wear hearing protection. I don't like hearing damage. Ear plugs are cheap. I also have a set of ove the ear muffs that have a radio in them. When you can pull in a station it's nice. If it's always breaking up then it's more annoying and I just turn them off. I need to put some anti fog on my glasses.

 

[dancan]

When I win the loto boys no more scroungin' for me , I'm gonna drive up to the woodpile in one of these

 

[Philbert]

You don't already have one? I have two!!! - bought with the money I made off of a couple of rare and valuable black walnut logs I found on CraigsList . . .

Philbert

 

[svk]

You don't already have one? I have two!!! - bought with the money I made off of a couple of rare and valuable black walnut logs I found on CraigsList . . .

Philbert

 

[tla100]

Some decent ash from a week or so ago. Should have gotten there a day earlier, it was all pushed in a pile ready to burn. There was some nice straight stuff about 24" diameter but buried. Only had a little daylight and was friggin cold. Pulled a couple out with chain. Finally got to use my "new" flatbed trailer. Owner said he would give a call when next ash tree is down and help load with grapple. I said sure thing! Need another wagon to put splits in, so it is tied up for a bit. I did get most cut ready to split.

 

[Oldman47]

When it comes to hearing protection I bought an assortment of ear plugs for about $15 a few years back. I tried one after another until I found some that really work for me. Then I went back and bought a 30 years supply for a bit over $10 of a type/style that actually fit me. I lose a pair or two a year using them mostly when I ride my bike but also whenever I do anything noisy. If I lose a pair or they are worn out I just open a new pair and start using them. The ones that fit me are rated to reduce noise by 32db which is a bit over 1000/1 in terms of sound pressure. Every 10 db is ratio of 10/1 so 20 db is 100/1 and so on.

 

[Ambull01]

Speaking of hearing protection, I used to be the finance guy for the Army's Hearing Protection program. If you guys are using the insert type earplugs, do you know the proper way to do it? I used to just stick the things in but the hearing docs showed me the proper way. You're supposed to reach over your head with the opposite side hand (putting earplug in left ear you would use your right hand), pull up on the top portion of your ear, and snugly insert the earplug. They also frown upon those foam type earplugs yet that's all we use in the Guard lol. They gave me some "combat earplugs" that were kinda cool. It had a small plastic flap on the end that you could either leave open or snap it shut. Leaving it open allowed normal tones to be heard with relative ease and closing the flap was for consistent noise.