Scrounging Firewood (and other stuff)

[Backyard Lumberjack]

Looks like I got some catching up to do! Been in camp a week now boys! Just finally settling in. No cutt'n pics yet but a couple skiffing out pics! Im in big wood right now. Its pretty awesome! Several 60" plus on the ground. Grounds not to steep in my current strip. A few small benches, but nothing drastic. Pretty manageable and safe. I'll post pics soon. Hope everyone is doing well, cutting safe, staying sharp, and being aware!

Getting ready to leave town.
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Crossing Marmot Bay twords camp.View attachment 999499View attachment 999500

Welcome to Danger Bay Afognak Island View attachment 999501

and the 'Life Below Zero' kid returns... swell skiff pix. huge lake to cross!!!! down south of us, they pack 40 in boats like that and try to make the mainland....

results often are:

 

[sean donato]

and the 'Life Below Zero' kid returns... swell skiff pix. huge lake to cross!!!! down south of us, they pack 40 in boats like that and try to make the mainland....

results often are:

Bet they could get more then 40 in that one.... just saying lol.

 

[Backyard Lumberjack]

Looks like I got some catching up to do! Been in camp a week now boys! Just finally settling in. No cutt'n pics yet but a couple skiffing out pics! Im in big wood right now. Its pretty awesome! Several 60" plus on the ground. Grounds not to steep in my current strip. A few small benches, but nothing drastic. Pretty manageable and safe. I'll post pics soon. Hope everyone is doing well, cutting safe, staying sharp, and being aware!

Getting ready to leave town.
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Crossing Marmot Bay twords camp.View attachment 999499View attachment 999500

Welcome to Danger Bay Afognak Island View attachment 999501

am guessing ??? the bike is a life boat, skiff-sized in case skiff capsizes.... life-sized!

 

[Backyard Lumberjack]

Bet they could get more then 40 in that one.... just saying lol.

packing... $13K!
packing... $13K!
packing.... $13k!

keep packing, the skiff still has room for more...

when the salmon are running....

 

[Backyard Lumberjack]

At first glance I thought you were going to pedal that boat with some kind of attachment!

maybe a compass/GPS pointer? manual kind. w/wheels. see how it's pointed straight to the pass!? camp prob just clear of that....

 

[Backyard Lumberjack]

Looks like I got some catching up to do! Been in camp a week now boys! Just finally settling in. No cutt'n pics yet but a couple skiffing out pics! Im in big wood right now. Its pretty awesome! Several 60" plus on the ground. Grounds not to steep in my current strip. A few small benches, but nothing drastic. Pretty manageable and safe. I'll post pics soon. Hope everyone is doing well, cutting safe, staying sharp, and being aware!

Getting ready to leave town.
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Crossing Marmot Bay twords camp.View attachment 999499View attachment 999500

Welcome to Danger Bay Afognak Island View attachment 999501

just here for the pix!!! ur's AK all the way!!!

 

[Backyard Lumberjack]

We thought you skiffed out on us .
Glad all is well, I was wondering if they lied about having internet service just to get you there .
Sounds like some nice timber.
Later man.

i was wondering if he caught any lakers... while trolling on up to hiss camp?

"yeah!" caught this guy when i made a mid-trip necessity stop... and dropped my.... err... line in the water..."

 

[Backyard Lumberjack]

My parts were supposed ahead of schedule and were arriving at the latest tonight, no box on the porch though. Maybe tomorrow, I guess.
I see what you mean, at this point it's easier and quicker to pack it full, as I need to stay focused on the trailer .
I'm hoping to get some angle iron welded onto the frame vertically a couple inches above the top of the frame tomorrow, but I'm not sure if the welder will reach outside that far. My buddy made a paint booth just inside the bay door, it's totally blocking the bay door from opening. So, if the extension cord doesn't reach I'm dead in the water on my plans, but I'll start getting a few more smalls done. If I do get those angles welded on, I'll be bringing the trailer home and "pressure washer blasting" the frame and then priming/painting it Thursday.
Today I got the wheel openings very close to finished(depends on how the metal goes in I guess), cut the board from the deck that was warped and sticking up, and did a bunch of tire swapping, removing, and replacing. I'm still not 100% what tires I want to use, but the tires determine how much clearance I need in the wheel well. I think I want to use the black wheels off my single axle trailer, I'll just need to buy at least one more rim. I'll finish trimming the c-channel when I have the deck off the next time as it will be easier when it's tipped on it's side, unless I'm rocking tomorrow or I can't get the welding done.
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I was doing a little grading when I got home, and there was a rock that looked to be about 10-12" I wanted to pluck out because I didn't want to hit it with the lawnmower. So I started picking at it, then more, then more, then . I told my wife, look mom, I found a rock, can we keep it . The bucket is 4' across (this is the little tractor), and the whitish part on the top by the grill is all I could see, it was about an inch out of the ground and maybe 8" around if that.
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Then there was a tree that was in my way grading(also when backing a trailer to near the bonfire pit), so...
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Managed to get another bucket full, this time with cherry wood .
Hope to get it all split in the morning, then I'll do some more tire swapping but on the trailers at the house.
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WOW! now that is a Laker of a rock! amazing!!... how did u get it into the bucket? i got some smaller ones i want to move out of front yard garden area up at my ranch... and not sure just how to do it...'cause i don't want to scratch up the paint on the bucket....

 

[Backyard Lumberjack]

Morning skiffers, rock hounds and wood cutters.

hey WA - you thinking maybe an AK gtg fishing trip might hold some merit?....up at KK's camp, maybe?....

 

[Backyard Lumberjack]

Sometimes, but usually not for extended periods. Lots of 20's occasional teens. Maybe it's because I don't burn until is gets below 30 for more than a couple days. I have a heat pump that does OK 30 and above with reasonable electric bills.

my plan is to usually quit burning when it gets to 113f for a couple of days....

104f in shop other day up in ceiling corner

on my workbench...

 

[Backyard Lumberjack]

Reminds me of a set of rocks I came across when trenching for power. Very inconspicuous with a tiny bit showing.
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rocks? i would say at a min... landscape boulders! ~

 

[Backyard Lumberjack]

Rocks are nonexistent here on the Eastern Shore….the only rocks I have on the farm are the property corners set by the king of England who used ship ballast.

'don't worry... soon we will be there! and we can mark our claim...'

 

[Backyard Lumberjack]

Nice. Just need a few more and you could have a full blown trials course . I have another one out back that was showing about a 3-4' top, but only 3-4 inches out of the ground, I covered that one best I could, it must be ginormous. What do those look like. We are in the grand river, river valley, I've seen plenty of small car sized rocks set out in front of people's homes, businesses, or at gravel pits.

i can see why at a residence, but why at gravel pits? to make gravel out of them?

 

[djg james]

am guessing ??? the bike is a life boat, skiff-sized in case skiff capsizes.... life-sized!

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Yeh I was going to say it really looks like the guy is going to work. A mountain bike, fishing rods and who knows what else. Who's he trying to kid?

 

[Backyard Lumberjack]

They look useful…there not even a rock the size of a marble here…nothing…I’ve been 20 feet deep, still nothing….

i have several types of rocks up at the ranch... and some of them are petrified wood. guess it all was an ocean at one time! glad i am on a hill...

 

[Backyard Lumberjack]

They look useful…there not even a rock the size of a marble here…nothing…I’ve been 20 feet deep, still nothing….

could be a situation changer:

 

[Backyard Lumberjack]

Well made progress on the loader for the kubota, finally got all the fittings in and spent most of my day yesterday bending lines and making hoses. Nig thanks to my uncle and cousin for getting to this point.
Today before work, I started to tear it all back apart, have a few gussets to weld on it, clips for the lines, finish boxing the arms and uprights. Few rough corners to smooth over then paint and back on her.

i learned it in my splitter's OM... always cylcle my ram 10 times summer, 20 in winter or fall, colder temps. i always do. i also always cycle my bucket up, down load, dump 10 times... always. I never go to work on cold seals, clearances or oil....

but sometimes it does seem a mute point!

 

[Backyard Lumberjack]

Hope I didn't miss anything in the past 11 pages. Uneventful vacation so far in NY. Heading to Cape Cod tomorrow. Hot as blazes Saturday and Sunday. Rainy Monday and mild the last two days.

just the pix!!!!

 

[Backyard Lumberjack]

Wish I could say the same. These are from planting one treeView attachment 999661
And there are rocks and rock walls everywhere on my property. Even deep in the woods View attachment 999662View attachment 999663View attachment 999664

swell pix! i came for the pix... i like ur #1... gives me some ideas...

my plan is to move some 'rocks' from corner of front lawn/fence (see thru hurricane type) to some roof tin that i placed in front of my bunk house over some pesky weed! days come, days go... same the months and the years... but not the weeds there! so tin has done its trick. want to move the rocks. but do not want to have to trim or spray/mow around them. so plan on putting on top of the tin. pardon the pun... kill a couple of birds with one stone!

 

[Backyard Lumberjack]

When I was in SE Alaska they'd push them into the ocean, cable them together and tow them around with a tug boat. Sometimes they'd have rafts of them a mile wide and 4-5 miles long.

and... skiffed them away, so to speak... eh?

'toot-toot!'


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