Scrounging Firewood (and other stuff)

[spike60]

Reid, it is also about making it a better place here & now right here. There is no downside.

The recent post from my nephew & others confirm why this was, is, and will be my favorite thread. Nothing better than good people!

I help my neighbors all the time, then they respond, not just with me, but with other neighbors, then you end up with a better neighborhood.

I'll second that motion Mike. A couple years ago, well before Clint started this thread, I started one about helping some folks who were trying to keep a somewhat struggling local eatery going. They had a woodstove as the main heat and me and a couple others would kind of sneak over there when they weren't open and drop some wood off out back to keep the supply up. The "pile that never went down" became a bit of a joke.

My intention with the thread was that a lot of the guys on this forum would do things like that and we could share some stories about sharing. Couple of idiots, and one jerk off in particular, (don't remember who), derailed it. Said we were only patting ourselves on the back, tooting our own horns, looking for "likes" and what not. I wasn't looking for applause, only similar stories.

So, Matt's story here and the reaction to it, prove that my hunch was right. Good people here, and that's why it's a good place to hang.

 

[Marshy]

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Is ash as easy to split as popple , a 10" diameter by 3' stick was heavy to trudge through 3' of snow but it split up easy in quarters and much easier to handle .

All the ash I've ever come across splits easier than a hooker. Some people have said it can be tough but I haven't found any yet. It's usually straight grained wood.

 

[MechanicMatt]

@stihly dan your right.

 

[SteveSS]

Some odd, foreign, white substance is falling from our skies here too.

 

[wudpirat]

Ditto on Zogger and his Polar Vortex machine, enuff already. Quit playing with it. blasted kids.

Pay back may be a bitch but pay forward always feels good.

CUL, gotta run.

 

[MustangMike]

Straight grained Ash is usually very easy to split, but I've also encountered knotty pieces that R not easy at all, and crotches can be very tough, Ash is a very hard wood. Ditto Oak.

 

[dancan]

Well , snowing here again
Running out of yard trees to cut
Went to see if my tractor and trailer were still there , yup still there but surrounded by 3' to 4' of snow
I could shovel it out but I'd only be able to drive up and down the road
I guess I'll take this time slack time and make a headache rack and proper davit setup for my trailer , maybe build another logging trailer for selling because it looks like the tail end of April if I'm lucky before we're back in the woods .
Zogg , please turn that dial in the other direction .....

 

[dancan]

Thread derail .....
Of all the tires I've changed and fixed over the years , this is a new one for me .

And they weren't complaining about a shake ...

 

[svk]

Thread derail .....
Of all the tires I've changed and fixed over the years , this is a new one for me .

And they weren't complaining about a shake ...

Someone was playing a joke and/or disgruntled employee?

 

[Marshy]

They probably work similar to Dyna Beads.



Skip to 1:10 mark.


I've heard good results from guys with motorcycles and guys with oversized offroad tires.

 

[MechanicMatt]

So I was able to scrounge another load of wood from the Town's cutting. Silver maple this time, I think they're cutting any trees they deem "too close to the road". This maple was not dead untill they cut it.

I was at the local gas station when I noticed another old F150 there, this truck had three 15 inch 5 lug steel wheels in the bed, my truck came with no spare so I've been on the look for one. I have two spare 235/75r15 tires with plenty of tread, but no wheel, so I strike up a quick conversation and even though I tried to pay for one, the guy gave me one! Made my day! He gave me one with a whooped, blown out tire. But I'm just happy to have my spare! Gonna mount up a tire Monday. See my good deed got payed already.

 

[MechanicMatt]

Dancan, I've been wrenching pro for 15 years and never seen that, but I have seen the pouches of rubber beads to throw in overside tires.

 

[SteveSS]

Very cool, Matt. Karma worked out real quick on that one.

 

[svk]

Exactly Matt.

 

[USMC615]

So I was able to scrounge another load of wood from the Town's cutting. Silver maple this time, I think they're cutting any trees they deem "too close to the road". This maple was not dead untill they cut it.

I was at the local gas station when I noticed another old F150 there, this truck had three 15 inch 5 lug steel wheels in the bed, my truck came with no spare so I've been on the look for one. I have two spare 235/75r15 tires with plenty of tread, but no wheel, so I strike up a quick conversation and even though I tried to pay for one, the guy gave me one! Made my day! He gave me one with a whooped, blown out tire. But I'm just happy to have my spare! Gonna mount up a tire Monday. See my good deed got payed already.

Karma...Don't forget it. What comes around, goes around. Good for you.

 

[svk]

@MechanicMatt

 

[USMC615]

@MechanicMatt

Good tune... Never heard it before. Cool.

 

[svk]

Windy, rainy day. Wish I was out in the woods cutting instead.

 

[dancan]

A foot of snow this morning , sunny now so I'm gonna fire up the BBQ for supper , closest I got to scrounging is throwing some scrounged wood in the furnace LOL
Maybe this should be my next scrounging trailer build LOL

 

[dancan]

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