Scrounging Firewood (and other stuff)

[Backyard Lumberjack]

One spray with round up will put an end to wild rose.

i keep a spray bottle of it around at all times... weeds - always comes in handy

 

[Backyard Lumberjack]

This mess was right at the end. Five trees here, and two more just around the corner.

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big mess! big crew! good job!! good pix!!!

I mountain pix!

 

[Backyard Lumberjack]

As H Ranch said, "Uh, No". That's kind of nicest thing that can be said of him. He was like, the "Pancreatitis" of the site. He was good for some laughs sometimes, rest of the time he was like gangrene in the intestines.

oic

 

[mountainguyed67]

big mess! big crew! good job!! good pix!!!

I mountain pix!

We were an hour and twenty minutes at that spot. The F.S. lead said it’d be two and a half hours, I knew it wouldn’t take that long. We had 5-6 saws going, that many saws can’t work to max efficiency that close together though.

 

[rarefish383]

I put a tarp down on my rock driveway to do splitting/noodling. Easier to keep driveway clean. Then dump in trash bin. Noodles go on flower beds for mulch.

My neighbor had 5 giant Cherry Trees taken, down back in the spring. His tree guys brought all the wood up and dumped it on my court. They had stumps 4' across and some big knots. I noodled so much wood, I covered my garden in the front yard with a layer 4" thick. I had other neighbors asking where I got the beautiful red mulch. I just looked, I think I deleted the pics. If I find them I'll post again. I got 7+ full cord split and stacked. They marked their wood to be cut in 16" lengths, and I cut mine at 18", so I had a LOT of shorts, cut offs, and uglies. My cousin almost had a stroke when he saw me burning all that Cherry in my fire pit. He took 4 pretty big loads on his 6.5' bed on his F150.

 

[Backyard Lumberjack]

off to the Great Beyond.

thanks for all the swell posts and pix !

 

[mountainguyed67]

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The women in the background here were directing the logs being rolled out of the way, there were also a couple guys out of view behind the trees.

 

[djg james]

My neighbor had 5 giant Cherry Trees taken, down back in the spring. His tree guys brought all the wood up and dumped it on my court. They had stumps 4' across and some big knots. I noodled so much wood, I covered my garden in the front yard with a layer 4" thick. I had other neighbors asking where I got the beautiful red mulch. I just looked, I think I deleted the pics. If I find them I'll post again. I got 7+ full cord split and stacked. They marked their wood to be cut in 16" lengths, and I cut mine at 18", so I had a LOT of shorts, cut offs, and uglies. My cousin almost had a stroke when he saw me burning all that Cherry in my fire pit. He took 4 pretty big loads on his 6.5' bed on his F150.

I hope none of it was grade logs for lumber. I know we've been here before. More valuable to you as firewood than as lumber.

 

[muddstopper]

Today was the day to deal with the driveway. Wild roses were encroaching / going over onto the driveway. took the tractor out and ad my wife drive up while I stayed in back on the backhoe . Ripped them up but they will be back. Anyone building a survival house could line all the outskirts of the property with wild roses, slow anyone down and no truck or car could drive though them. Took out the Husky 450 out for a run cutting down small trees overhanging the drive. I have not used it in a year but I only run Husky pre mix so it ran like a dreamView attachment 997007

Since we are on tractors, I am thinking about buying a grapple for my new ls m342. Lift cap. is 2600lbs at the pins. It has a 6ft bucket, but I dont think I need or want a grapple that wide. Seems to me a wide grapple just adds weight to the loader. What is everybodies opinion on this. My main use for the grapple would be for brush and picking up logs. A 4ft grapple might be to narrow and I am leaning toward a 5ft.

 

[Kodiak Kid]

Anybody here have any idea on the year and displacement of this old Mac? The chain is huge! Way bigger than .404, and this relic has a reduction gear with a sight glass! What an old Beast! Check out the bracing on the reinforced wrap! To cool! Also, I could be wrong but,I'm assuming the saw is direct drive into the gear box with no clutch. Therefore, no cover plate! Just a little aluminum block to clamp the bar on! The entire chain is exsposed while running! I'll bet this thing vibrated so hard it would "Shake Your Foundations"!


Is there any collectors on this website that may want this for parts Maybe? My neighbor dropped it off just a few minutes ago. He was going to toss it. I'd hate to see it thrown away. Especially if someone might need a part or two off of it that they've been looking for! Any info on this old vintage saw would be awesome! I've never been a Mc Man, but some collectors are crazy about these old saws!

Cut safe, stay sharp, and be aware!

 

[JustPlainJeff]

Just went out on the porch to have another coffin nail, and came across this. I know it's not a world record or anything, but IT IS the biggest moth that I've ever come across before, that wasn't in a magazine or online or something like that. This thing was every bit of 4" across.

 

[JustPlainJeff]

Anybody here have any idea on the year and displacement of this old Mc? The chain is huge! Way bigger than .404, and this relic has a reduction gear with a sight glass! What an old Beast! Check out the bracing on the reinforced wrap! To cool! I'll bet this thing vibrated so hard it would "Shake Your Foundations"!View attachment 997380
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Is there any collectors on this website that may want this for parts Maybe? My neighbor dropped it off just a few minutes ago. He was going to toss it. I'd hate to see it thrown away. Especially if someone might need a part or two off of it that they've been looking for! Any info on this old vintage saw would be awesome! I've never been a Mc Man, but some collectors are crazy about these old saws!

Cut safe, stay sharp, and be aware!

Man, now you're just "dry bragging", and showing off all of those Stihls that you've got lined up under your workbench to make me jealous!!! LOL

 

[Kodiak Kid]

Just went out on the porch to have another coffin nail, and came across this. I know it's not a world record or anything, but IT IS the biggest moth that I've ever come across before,View attachment 997180View attachment 997181 that wasn't in a magazine or online or something like that. This thing was every bit of 4" across.

Another all time Boone and Crocket! Better get it in the book while you can!

 

[WoodAbuser]

Anybody here have any idea on the year and displacement of this old Mc? The chain is huge! Way bigger than .404, and this relic has a reduction gear with a sight glass! What an old Beast! Check out the bracing on the reinforced wrap! To cool! I'll bet this thing vibrated so hard it would "Shake Your Foundations"!View attachment 997380
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Is there any collectors on this website that may want this for parts Maybe? My neighbor dropped it off just a few minutes ago. He was going to toss it. I'd hate to see it thrown away. Especially if someone might need a part or two off of it that they've been looking for! Any info on this old vintage saw would be awesome! I've never been a Mc Man, but some collectors are crazy about these old saws!

Cut safe, stay sharp, and be aware!

There is a Mac museum in Iowa.

 

[Kodiak Kid]

Man, now you're just "dry bragging", and showing off all of those Stihls that you've got lined up under your workbench to make me jealous!!! LOL

No, actually not. It was just so you could see the size comparison between the different Stihl's and the Mac. But since you brought it up. I might as well capitalize on it!



Cut safe, stay sharp, and be aware!

 

[farmer steve]

Just went out on the porch to have another coffin nail, and came across this. I know it's not a world record or anything, but IT IS the biggest moth that I've ever come across before,View attachment 997180View attachment 997181 that wasn't in a magazine or online or something like that. This thing was every bit of 4" across.

That's a female polyphemus moth Jeff.

 

[svk]

Yeah, but there is only one Gunny, and lots of other good folk from that neck of the woods. My daughter went to Alvernia University just out side of Reading. Lots of her friends were from Lebanon. Didn't Gunny get a new name and get kicked off anyway. Did he ever make it back?

He’s been back under several other names but not for the last year or so.

 

[svk]

Knew a guy made his fire starters from dryer lint and and toilet paper rolls. Might have used some wax too (?).

Philbert

Whitespider? He did use wax too.

 

[mountainguyed67]

Uhhhh... no.

Then why call him Gunny???

 

[WoodAbuser]

No, actually not. It was just so you could see the size comparison between the different Stihl's and the Mac. But since you brought it up. I might as well capitalize on it!

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Cut safe, stay sharp, and be aware!

Are those Stihl pipe wrenches?