Scrounging Firewood (and other stuff)

[dancan]

Snow .....

Yup snow , still plenty , still dragging wood in for the continuous burn , we don't normally have snow at this time of year , usually all gone by Easter .....
I cope and get by with a little help .

 

[mainewoods]

Heineken will do it just fine. I didn't think all the snow you still have on the ground was the norm for you guy's. Haven't stopped burnin' here yet, either. But then burning wood well into May is kind of expected around here. It is what it is.

 

[dancan]

You'll not hear a complaint from me about weather ........ yet .
I split a bunch before calling it a day to come in to rehydrate a little more
Some of today's wood was a scrounge of sorts , it was cut 2 years ago and belonged to Jerry's boss , it was all junked up but in a heap mixed with snow and ice , they're soon going to be working in the area that it was piled and Jerry's boss didn't want to deal with relocating it so I get the wood , I'll stack and measure then supply him with the equivalent in 8' that I scrounge up off of his property
I hand split up a bunch of today's stuff , this piece of yellow birch put up a fight but I won .

Some of today's tools .

It was a great day , scrounge on gentleman !

 

[MustangMike]

Clint, sounds like you are recovering well .... GREAT!

I finally got out and took down a tree today, and nice Hard Maple that must have been a woods tree, had over 25' of trunk before a branch.

Had to tie it cause it was near a house, but all went well. We are hoping to sell the trunk as timber, so we had to figure out how to move a 29" diameter 25' long Hard Maple off the driveway w/o any heavy equipment.We tried to move it with a bar and timber jack, but it would not budge, so the Engineer's brother (that's me) came up with a plan. I wrapped the rope around it several times (so it would roll it instead of pulling it) than hooked it to the rope come along and loaded it to MAX! It still would not budge, but then (with full tension still on it from the rope come along) I put my shoulder under the timber jack, and WAALLLAAA, it moved!

I also think I did a nice hinge on a 29" tree using only a 24" bar!

Enjoy the pics!

 

[MustangMike]

Ohh, I almost forgot to mention. I'm not proud of this, and I generally hate to do this, but it was so hot out there today and we worked so hard that I had to hire some outside help.

Yea, I know, I getting older, I don't want to hear it. A Man has to do what a Man has to do!

 

[Marshy]

Man, your right that thing is too nice to cut up for firewood. If you don't sell it you should consider getting an Alaskan mill and make lumber.

 

[Marshy]

Ohh, I almost forgot to mention. I'm not proud of this, and I generally hate to do this, but it was so hot out there today and we worked so hard that I had to hire some outside help.

Yea, I know, I getting older, I don't want to hear it. A Man has to do what a Man has to do!

Aint nothin wrong with dat!

 

[Marshy]

I finally got around to cutting up the tree in the back yard that had all the poison ivy. Took the time to limb it with a pruning hand saw then I pulled all the PI vines off it before I blocked it up. Only thing left is about 10-15 feet of the main trunk about half is rotten. I should take a pic of the PI vines that came off it.


Actually, you can see the PI vines to the left behind the wood pile... And rest of the main trunk center-right in the background. Originally I thought it was Elm but realized it was Ash once I looked closer...

 

[MuskokaSplitter]

Lately ive been in a milling mood! but after i get through this monster ill have had enough for a while and get back to firewood.

 

[Marshy]

View attachment 419933 Lately ive been in a milling mood! but after i get through this monster ill have had enough for a while and get back to firewood.

I want to get into some milling. Need a mill first through, then need the wood.

 

[MustangMike]

What set up R U using to make those boards, and how slow does it go?

 

[stihly dan]

Felled a pine today. You guy's suck. Nerves where in high gear because of power lines. In my younger years this would have been no problem. So its either age or you guys making my heart race. Tree 5 ft from power lines, leaning towards them, and only a 4 ft space for it to fall. Its a small pine tree 14 inches dbh 60 ft tall. Pics to follow.

 

[stihly dan]

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Felled a pine today. You guy's suck. Nerves where in high gear because of power lines. In my younger years this would have been no problem. So its either age or you guys making my heart race. Tree 5 ft from power lines, leaning towards them, and only a 4 ft space for it to fall. Its a small pine tree 14 inches dbh 60 ft tall. Pics to follow.

Pics, didn't get the standing was thinking of the take down. 2nd pic shows how close power lines are.

 

[dancan]

Hey Mike , I like the heavy equipment you guys used on the job .

 

[mainewoods]

Nice job Mike, good help is hard to find. Looks like you did alright!

 

[MuskokaSplitter]

What set up R U using to make those boards, and how slow does it go?

The mill is a granberg small alakan g777. I would have bought a larger model with support on both sides of the bar but this was the only available one i could find.

Saw is a 064 with a 32"bar. Skip /semi skip chain chisel depending what i grab with a 8pin rim. I might step it down to a 7 pin with wood this large. I can feel it struggle at times.

 

[muddstopper]

I dont know how many members are even close to this area, but this is a facebook post for free firewood.
Free Firewood
FREE
FREE FIREWOOD AVAILABLE! The DOT is clearing Right of Way along SR 64 in Clay County. They started about 4 miles below the Macon-Clay County line. They have about 3 miles already dropped. You have to block it and haul it.

If you happen to live in or near the Hayesville -Franklin NC area, you might be able to contact the NCDOT and get enough wood to fill your wood sheds. I have no other information on this matter, this is just what was posted on a private facebook page.

 

[farmer steve]

found this while looking at the dirty hand tools site. can't find any other info other than this .
http://dirtyhandtools.com/New Products Page.html
looks like it might be a good piece of scrounging equipment.

 

[dancan]

I see an iron horse , I want one LOL
Was out today and picked up a couple of loads from the woodpile .

Got the big ones split and I peeled the bark off of most of those 2yr old maple rounds , had some little white larvae about a 1/4' long and 1/2 the diameter of a pencil lead a between the bark and wood on some of the larger rounds .
Sure wish I could say that I photo-shopped the snow but it at least it was T-shirt weather while in the sun
Even had this fall off the van LOL

 

[Ambull01]

It was cool enough for a fire! hahahaha!

Corn fired works, just the price is too volatile unless you are already a big corn farmer. Better to shoot your extra corn to your beefers! Besides, cutting wood is too much fun...

You can get crops of wood fast enough to grow your own firewood, maybe like the hybrid poplars or easier and better, mulberry. Mulberry you get a three-fer, great firewood, great berries, plus it will regrow from the stump.

I'm looking into buying a plot of land around 20 or acres. I'll use it as a wood lot and the family and I can camp there for free. Speaking of camping, went this weekend. Ticks are out in force, I have multiple bites. Time to test the permethrin treatment.

I'll have to research the price of corn.

I agree. Soil needs the compost - adding NPK alone won't suffice.

Price of food is going up since we started adding corn/ethanol to gas. Tell someone in 3rd world that we grow corn to add to gas, and they'll look at you like a truck just hit them.

I just read several articles about ethanol the other week. The amount of people we could feed if we stop wasting it for fuel is mind boggling. It was probably one of those freaking good ideas that sounded reasonable/had merit but is no longer efficient. That may be the new American way. If you want a laugh, read about the super duper high tech F35. Or that NASA complex they built that costs a few billions I believe but no longer has a mission/use.