Scrounging Firewood (and other stuff)

[SS396driver]

Just one half load today. About ran out of wood in the basement . April 10 and it’s snowing pretty good . I was trying to not have to bring more in but it’s going to be below freezing tonight but 60s next week
Forgot the snow picture

 

[Sawyer Rob]

My buddy came over today to help with firewood,

Best part is, he brought his two boys with him, so it was pretty easy to put a board in place and roll these big boys onto my splitters beam,

We ran some BIG oak through the 4-way,

and we over filled three of my half cord boxes with splits,

Not too bad for a few hours of work, and we didn't work steady either...

We have half of the downed oak cut/split/in boxes now, so next we need to go skid out the other half!

SR

 

[LondonNeil]

I'm not going 700 feet, thankfully! Down th drive, through the garage (tandem double so its long), out the side door and down 3 steps to the patio (only dropped 4 or 5 logs in total going down the steps), across the patio and back lawn which is only about twice the size of the front lawn, and then unload onto a pile at the bottom of the garden. Loading would take far longer than the journey.

 

[svk]

Back before I acquired CAD, I had a shooting/reloading addiction.

My Ruger M-77 bicentennial in 300 Win Mag used to shoot 5/8" 5 shot groups at 100 yds, and my Ruger M-77 in 220 Swift used to put that to shame.

I also played with load for my 348 a lot, and loaded for my Mini 14. Even used the Mini 14 at a High Power shoot and shot it (with open sights) at 600 yds.

Not the best gun/caliber for that distance, but I did stay on the paper once I found the paper!

That Mini 14 is an old one with the wooden top piece (instead of the vented plastic). Still have it. It is old school with the slower rate of twist meant for 55 gr bullets.

I know there will be time eventually but dang it’s been tough to get out. Also getting more back into hunting and fishing means less woodcutting.

Long winter…sick several times…divorce disruption…post divorce purge cleaning…chasing for a new woman…and so on.

Once things settle up I’ll need to cut some wood cause my new sauna stove is being installed today.

 

[LondonNeil]

i'm guessing you were well ahead though, so a slow patch isnt a major problem. i know what you mean about getting deflected and life changing though

 

[svk]

i'm guessing you were well ahead though, so a slow patch isnt a major problem. i know what you mean about getting deflected and life changing though

Yup I’m a few years ahead at the cabin and a year or two at home.

I’m going to be getting rid of the boiler at home too which I haven’t used in a few years (need to explain in a separate post) so I’ll just have the fire place and sauna stove.

 

[LondonNeil]

Ok with h-ranch away I'll do my bit and spread 39 wheel barrow shots out over the week.
First 5 loads

 

[rwoods]

A change of pace from months of felling dead ash almost every Saturday, I did a little scrounging last week and skidded out 80' of dead red oak stems.


The guys at the woodlot were so please to get the red oak, my cutting buddying and I did some more scrounging yesterday and skidded out a little over 150' of red oak stems. Only one dump trailer of 5 1/2 10' logs made it out yesterday due to the mud from the rain and the melting sleet. Forecast is rain again this week, so after church I loaded and hauled out what was left. Not pictured is a short log that I carried out with the tractor. No fears of a headache, I backed this load down the steep incline that kept the others at bay yesterday.


May have to do some more scrouging in the future as it can be productive.

Ron

 

[svk]

Mike I paid $125 per 1000 for large rifle primers and that was the only place I found them.

I heard in the peak of online craziness, people were paying a dollar per primer.

 

[Philbert]

Gotta love captive nuts. I spend more time fiddling with my loose nuts then it took them to do the entire job

There are several of these videos on YouTube. Some guys are clearly not using captive nuts, but via skill / technique they have learned how to keep them with the clutch cover.

Philbert

 

[Philbert]

Once things settle up I’ll need to cut some wood cause my new sauna stove is being installed today.

Host a GTG.

Philbert

 

[singinwoodwackr]

Mike I paid $125 per 1000 for large rifle primers and that was the only place I found them.

I heard in the peak of online craziness, people were paying a dollar per primer.

Last time I bought primers they were .03 each, oy…

 

[GrizG]

Mike I paid $125 per 1000 for large rifle primers and that was the only place I found them.

I heard in the peak of online craziness, people were paying a dollar per primer.

Times have changed... When I started reloading for my .30-06 I could buy 100 bullets, 100 primers and a pound of powder and get change back from the $10 bill.

 

[Logger nate]

First row stacked in the wood shed after cutting some floor boards to cover the uneven after dark foot trap pallets Sorry no wheel barrows were used.

 

[farmer steve]

First row stacked in the wood shed after cutting some floor boards to cover the uneven after dark foot trap pallets View attachment 980337Sorry no wheel barrows were used.

Itasca bar oil? How do you like it Nate?

 

[Cowboy254]

Hey @LondonNeil , I'm so impressed with your 9 hours of wooding that I'm going to overlook your failure to take pictures of 5 of those wheelbarrow loads.

Looking at all those woodchips on your lawn makes me think of something I did last week. Our cedar clad house is being renovated and the cedar boards are being replaced with other stuff. They haven't seen any maintenance in 30 years and any treatment or oiling is no longer in evidence. I cut up about 50 boards with the 460 (de-nailed the boards first) using a toothed sawhorse that held the boards well. Now I have many years of cedar kindling which is good.

What to do with the chips and sawdust though? Could have just blown them off the concrete to make a mess somewhere else but instead I swept it all up and packed it down hard in a cardboard box then chucked the box in the fire. Got a few hours burn time out of it.

 

[Cowboy254]

Went out for a quick scrounge after work. The shortening days don't leave that much time but can stihl get a ute load. There were a couple of good sized peppermints down but the lumpy trunks suggested termites.



The 241 did the tidying up of the tops and everything back to about 18 inches.





Some parts were good, some not perfect quality but scroungers can't be choosers.

 

[chipper1]

Home canister vacuum stopped working: motor turned but almost no suction, even with a new bag. Been a good machine over 20+ years, so I took it apart to see if there was some worn part that could be replaced.

A lot like a chainsaw: 2 halves to the case, with lots of screws, and lots of small parts that have to be aligned during reassembly. Could not find anything obviously wrong, and it worked when reassembled!

Turns out it was the cheap a** filter bags that didn’t allow enough airflow. The OEM Eureka bags for this model have been hard to find, so I had bought some ‘generic’ bags off eBay a while back.

Sometimes it is the simplest thing. Took me an hour, or so, but glad I did not have to buy a new vac. Probably some analogies to running a basic saw with a dull chain?

Philbert

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Glad it was an easy fix, gotta like those.

 

[Lionsfan]

Not really scrounging, but still of interest to all you lumberjack type fellers. A quick shot of how they unload wood chips at the Arauco particle board plant in Grayling, Mi.

 

[rwoods]

Not really scrounging, but still of interest to all you lumberjack type fellers. A quick shot of how they unload wood chips at the Arauco particle board plant in Grayling, Mi.

View attachment 980386

Reminds me of how they unloaded oranges when I was younger.

Ron