Scrounging Firewood (and other stuff)

[muddstopper]

Hey guys. Scrounged up couple of hogs in Georgia and I’m on my way home now. Should be home tonight barring the weather. Girlfriend texted me and there is supposed to be several inches of snow in my neck of the woods over the next several hours.

I scrounged quite a bit of brass when I was down there too. I’m amazed at how many people don’t reload or even save the brass for someone who does. This pile is only about half of what I scrounged. And about 75% of it is not .223! I’ve got a case cleaner as well so this stuff will be looking good soon!
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Where in Ga did you hunt. If you want a lot of action, you might want to contact these guys, https://www.facebook.com/SmokeyMountainXtremeOutfitters
Last count I had they had killed over 200 since Jan. season for them is about over now, snakes are out, but the legal season is year round.

 

[GrizG]

Yesterday my cutting partner and I spent 8 solid hours cutting storm damaged trees on a two mile segment of a rail trail. The only time we weren't cutting was while refueling, swapping chains, or moving to the next hazard site. As I mentioned previously we got hit with an ice storm that had 6/10ths of an inch of ice accretion. That took down some 120 trees across the trail and the initial push was to punch a hole through the debris. Since then we had a rain storm that dumped over 4" in less than 24 hours. That resulted in a whole bunch of big trees uprooting... lots of bed rock and little soil helped that... and additional previously damaged trees fell. In that 2 mile segment I'd estimate at least another 40-50 hours of saw time is needed just to get the hazard trees on the ground and bucked into manageable pieces. Saturday the land trust is having volunteers move cut branches and such to the edge of the trail in preparation for a tree service coming in with chippers.

It's still a dangerous stretch of trail... We went in 2 miles and turned around. On the way out we had to buck two trees that fell on the trail after we went in!

Firewood... OMG... there is potential! There are oaks, lots of maple and ash, and smaller volumes of lots of other species. The reality is much of it is going to rot in place. An excavator with a thumb or grapple is needed to get much of it onto the trail itself due to benches cut into the hillside and berms. An additional reality is that there is no funding to bring in big equipment. In terms of manual work, some of the best firewood species are in the 24"+ range and would need to be noodled and/or split on site. Lastly, there are only a few of us authorized to be on the trail with vehicles and chainsaws... Formal training and experience are required... it's no place for a good heart, homeowner saw and poor skills! I'll take some wood for my own use and there is an 83 year old guy who heats with wood that get some. A couple of the other saw guys will do the same and we will not make a dent in what is down before it rots. There is some discussion about us cutting and then having folks come in and load their own under supervision on a "firewood day." Not sure that will go anywhere as it's a single track corridor allowing one way traffic and it could be a cluster f...

 

[svk]

Where in Ga did you hunt. If you want a lot of action, you might want to contact these guys, https://www.facebook.com/SmokeyMountainXtremeOutfitters
Last count I had they had killed over 200 since Jan. season for them is about over now, snakes are out, but the legal season is year round.

Down near Dry Branch, tons of hogs around!

 

[turnkey4099]

Well that went sideways in a hurry. Truck came back from the shop day before so I loaded all the wooding tools and headed out to the willow bush this morning. didn't make 3 miles when the oil pressue started down. Turn around and back home with the warnings and lights coming on as I was almost home. WTF? That i why I sent it to the shop to be fixed. Odd dthat they didn't know it wasnt' working as my place is 4 miles out of town. That should have happened before they even got here.

Called them to pick it up again. Put all the tools back in the car and went out to work on a nice tree that is horizontal to the ground the full lenght. I can't see the main stem as the "top" where branches split out was sticking out of some kind of thorn bush = not wild rose, this st uff has nasty thorns about an inch long with stems 6-8' long and branches all tangled up. 3 hours and dead tired but the top all done and around 1/2 load of rounds. Branches were mostly big and I bucked probably over 80' of them just walking along dropping them. Never had a tree so cooperative before. last rounds were approaching 20".

I dunno what I am going to do about the thorne brushl. Try to pile it and te pile will be 8' tall after only a few stems.

Shopping today and stopped to talk to the mechanic. He had thought the oil warnings were due to a bad sensor connector and changed that. Thinks it is now the sensor. I'll drop it off in the morning as I can make it to the top of the hill in less than a mile then shut off and coast for the new 2.5 miles puts me in town. Here is a chronology of the situation

1. Last week I got a 'check engine' light. Dropped it off and it was there for most of the week.

2. They brought it back and the driver said the oil guage dropped and the warning light and tones came on just before arriving. Check and there was oil in it. I checked the oil and it was down 2 gradations on the dipstick I couldn't get the filler cap off so decided to take it to them for a new oil cap. Fired up cold - pressure just above 40psi. At about 2.5 miles the pressure started to drop and the warnings came on just before engering town at 4 miles.

3. The brought it bacvk when I wasn't here. No note saying anything was wrong.

4. Yesterday headed out to wood. Fired up cold but the pressure was only a bit above 20psi and started to drop after about .5 miles. I turned back at 2 miles with pressure down under 5psi. Made it back with no pressure and the warnings.

My thoughts. It had neveer happened to me before and occurred right after they changed that 'check engine light'. I cannot think how that could have caused it.

Engine is not making any noises and does not burn oil.

Anyone have any idea other than a bad sensor or bad oil pump?

 

[SS396driver]

Did one of the stumps today and I think I’m going to cookie it make a couple of small tables . Very interesting colors in it

 

[svk]

Shopping today and stopped to talk to the mechanic. He had thought the oil warnings were due to a bad sensor connector and changed that. Thinks it is now the sensor. I'll drop it off in the morning as I can make it to the top of the hill in less than a mile then shut off and coast for the new 2.5 miles puts me in town. Here is a chronology of the situation

1. Last week I got a 'check engine' light. Dropped it off and it was there for most of the week.

2. They brought it back and the driver said the oil guage dropped and the warning light and tones came on just before arriving. Check and there was oil in it. I checked the oil and it was down 2 gradations on the dipstick I couldn't get the filler cap off so decided to take it to them for a new oil cap. Fired up cold - pressure just above 40psi. At about 2.5 miles the pressure started to drop and the warnings came on just before engering town at 4 miles.

3. The brought it bacvk when I wasn't here. No note saying anything was wrong.

4. Yesterday headed out to wood. Fired up cold but the pressure was only a bit above 20psi and started to drop after about .5 miles. I turned back at 2 miles with pressure down under 5psi. Made it back with no pressure and the warnings.

My thoughts. It had neveer happened to me before and occurred right after they changed that 'check engine light'. I cannot think how that could have caused it.

Engine is not making any noises and does not burn oil.

Anyone have any idea other than a bad sensor or bad oil pump?

Remind me how many miles and model year?

 

[djg james]

Did one of the stumps today and I think I’m going to cookie it make a couple of small tables . Very interesting colors in it View attachment 982859

That's what I call a Black Oak. I'm probably wrong.

 

[svk]

That's as good as money in the bank my good man.

Heck yeah!

We have several 06's including a Garand so I like to have a lot of ammo around!

 

[muddstopper]

Down near Dry Branch, tons of hogs around!

I know where thats at. My buddies hunt around Perry. They have permission on just about the entire county. They hunt about every weekend after Jan until the copperrattlemoccasins start moving. and then just locally for problem hogs when someone calls.

 

[H-Ranch]

Shopping today and stopped to talk to the mechanic. He had thought the oil warnings were due to a bad sensor connector and changed that. Thinks it is now the sensor. I'll drop it off in the morning as I can make it to the top of the hill in less than a mile then shut off and coast for the new 2.5 miles puts me in town.

My thoughts. It had neveer happened to me before and occurred right after they changed that 'check engine light'. I cannot think how that could have caused it.

Engine is not making any noises and does not burn oil.

Anyone have any idea other than a bad sensor or bad oil pump?

Had a 4.0L I6 Jeep engine with a similar situation recently. After warmed up for ~15 miles, oil pressure would drop and warning would come on at idle. Increased engine speed to 1200 RPM and oil pressure would return to normal. No engine noises or other indications of actual oil issue. Sensor had indications of oil in connector so may have leaked internally. Replaced sensor and problem was solved.

 

[LondonNeil]

Have the fault codes been cleared? If it's modern enough to have an engine management system that is.

 

[SS396driver]

Some wheelbarrow action for @H-Ranch . Had to wheel it as the grass was to mushy to drive on with the truck or Kubota . Custom duelly with extended axle

 

[H-Ranch]

Custom duelly with extended axle

Oh yeah! Is that baby sharpened for Friday night competitive wheelbarrow racin'??

 

[SS396driver]

Oh yeah! Is that baby sharpened for Friday night competitive wheelbarrow racin'??

She pulls hard to the left . Left tire is solid and smaller than the air filled right . But I never had to turn it around ,I just went in circles

 

[H-Ranch]

She pulls hard to the left

Oh? Only turns left, then it's a NASCAR racebarrow. But the solid tire and axle mods have promise for a derbybarrow.

 

[JustJeff]

Shopping today and stopped to talk to the mechanic. He had thought the oil warnings were due to a bad sensor connector and changed that. Thinks it is now the sensor. I'll drop it off in the morning as I can make it to the top of the hill in less than a mile then shut off and coast for the new 2.5 miles puts me in town. Here is a chronology of the situation

1. Last week I got a 'check engine' light. Dropped it off and it was there for most of the week.

2. They brought it back and the driver said the oil guage dropped and the warning light and tones came on just before arriving. Check and there was oil in it. I checked the oil and it was down 2 gradations on the dipstick I couldn't get the filler cap off so decided to take it to them for a new oil cap. Fired up cold - pressure just above 40psi. At about 2.5 miles the pressure started to drop and the warnings came on just before engering town at 4 miles.

3. The brought it bacvk when I wasn't here. No note saying anything was wrong.

4. Yesterday headed out to wood. Fired up cold but the pressure was only a bit above 20psi and started to drop after about .5 miles. I turned back at 2 miles with pressure down under 5psi. Made it back with no pressure and the warnings.

My thoughts. It had neveer happened to me before and occurred right after they changed that 'check engine light'. I cannot think how that could have caused it.

Engine is not making any noises and does not burn oil.

Anyone have any idea other than a bad sensor or bad oil pump?

Probably one or the other. Hopefully a sensor!
Before cell phones I was out in the back of beyond in my 74 Bronco. Oil pressure dropped to nothing. Stopped and checked it and it was down a bit. Put a quart in and it was up on the stick but no oil pressure. Dumped my other quart in and took it easy for a few miles till I got to a country store. Bought their last 3 quarts and poured those in and drove back home. You could hear the lifters rattling. Had the oil pump swapped, mechanic couldn't believe how much oil came out if it! Lol. But it saved the motor and I drove it a couple more years.

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[Renegade32]

Shopping today and stopped to talk to the mechanic. He had thought the oil warnings were due to a bad sensor connector and changed that. Thinks it is now the sensor. I'll drop it off in the morning as I can make it to the top of the hill in less than a mile then shut off and coast for the new 2.5 miles puts me in town. Here is a chronology of the situation

1. Last week I got a 'check engine' light. Dropped it off and it was there for most of the week.

2. They brought it back and the driver said the oil guage dropped and the warning light and tones came on just before arriving. Check and there was oil in it. I checked the oil and it was down 2 gradations on the dipstick I couldn't get the filler cap off so decided to take it to them for a new oil cap. Fired up cold - pressure just above 40psi. At about 2.5 miles the pressure started to drop and the warnings came on just before engering town at 4 miles.

3. The brought it bacvk when I wasn't here. No note saying anything was wrong.

4. Yesterday headed out to wood. Fired up cold but the pressure was only a bit above 20psi and started to drop after about .5 miles. I turned back at 2 miles with pressure down under 5psi. Made it back with no pressure and the warnings.

My thoughts. It had neveer happened to me before and occurred right after they changed that 'check engine light'. I cannot think how that could have caused it.

Engine is not making any noises and does not burn oil.

Anyone have any idea other than a bad sensor or bad oil pump?

Had a similar situation recently with my ‘01 4Runner w/273k miles- bought it new, I’m the original owner.
Lots of drama, but all it took was a new oil pressure “switch”. Doesn’t have a oil pressure gauge, just an idiot light.
Easy diy fix, only about 20 buck. Could find an OEM on a Saturday, so I had to go with a POS from AutoZone.
Good luck, I hope yours is as simple—

 

[GrizG]

Have you ever seen Joe's Firewood Videos on YouTube? I started watching them years back because it was like a train wreck when they were felling trees... I waited for the disasters! It got boring as he started buying wood from other guys and I didn't watch much. The train wreck may be coming back though! The most recent one had me excited... shot after they had liquid lunch! Look at the face cut before he did the bore cut and then look at the stump. If not for the heavy limb weight to pull that tree over it could have gone badly!

 

[MustangMike]

Don't know exactly what happened, but this site looks completely different to me today!

 

[GrizG]

Don't know exactly what happened, but this site looks completely different to me today!

I noticed that too...