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Scrounging Firewood (and other stuff)
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This pastTuesday, the plan was to cut and split some wood yesterday at my friends place, but heavy rain left us drinking coffee in his barn. While shooting the breeze, we decided to trek over to our Husqvarna dealer. My friend bought some oil, filters and assorted other stuff - I bought NOTHING!!
While there, rain stopped and sun came out. On the ride home, we came across the remnants of a white oak that had been taken down by the county. The easy stuff was all taken and the only stuff left was the trunk and larger logs. Did I mention these parts were also up an embankment.
We found it really hard to drive away from all that good oak, so.... off to his place (15 minutes away) where we got his dump truck and farm tractor, saws and other "implements of destruction", and headed back.
We set out cones and got to work. These photos were taken while I waited for him to take the first load back to his place. All in all, two full dump loads. We'll process it at his farm later.
All in all, a good day!
While there, rain stopped and sun came out. On the ride home, we came across the remnants of a white oak that had been taken down by the county. The easy stuff was all taken and the only stuff left was the trunk and larger logs. Did I mention these parts were also up an embankment.
We found it really hard to drive away from all that good oak, so.... off to his place (15 minutes away) where we got his dump truck and farm tractor, saws and other "implements of destruction", and headed back.
We set out cones and got to work. These photos were taken while I waited for him to take the first load back to his place. All in all, two full dump loads. We'll process it at his farm later.
All in all, a good day!
S U C K !!!!! yep! thats how you spell it!! good score.....
Scrounged a rummage sale. No saws though. I found a scrench for 25 cents, a 3 way t handle for 50 cents, a weber smokey joe grill for 2 bucks, and a Budweiser mug for 25 cents. Not too bad.
nomad_archer
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No good scrounges around Jere yet this year. But they will come. They always come. The weather has regressed into winter again so hopefully that doesn't slow down the appearance of scrounges.
stihly dan
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scrounge is dead around here. even cl has nothing.
Yard Sailin tomorrow morning 
A sure sign of spring ...... I sure wish someone would call Mother Nature and let her know ...
You guys make it over to the pig site in case this site gets hacked for good ?
We can start a refugee scrounging thread over there , hate to miss out on all the scrounging and how you guys go about it with a bit of guns , whiskey , beer and maple syrup thrown in ..... BBBBBBacon as well LOL
A sure sign of spring ...... I sure wish someone would call Mother Nature and let her know ...You guys make it over to the pig site in case this site gets hacked for good ?
We can start a refugee scrounging thread over there , hate to miss out on all the scrounging and how you guys go about it with a bit of guns , whiskey , beer and maple syrup thrown in ..... BBBBBBacon as well LOL
zogger
Tree Freak
Whoop! Finally, what I have been looking for, for two years now, I "scrounged" up a competition cooking guy. That's what I have wanted, guys looking for the best quality wood. He heard about me and came over to see my primo wood. Just freaked out, said it was the best wood he had seen. Gave him wholesale on around 5 buckets of hickory and cherry, it's going to a competition tomorrow. I fresh split some of my "sweet" honey oak for him and he's like this is unreal, but he didn't want to chance it at the cook off, but is gonna come back and experiment at home with some of that.
nomad_archer
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Well walked into a sale at the sporting goods store today. Heck if I didn't buy a gun safe. $749 otd for a browning 23 gun safe. I kept the safe on the small side so it is movable with 2 guys at 500lbs. This was a necessary purchase with a three year old running around.
USMC615
Wood's Tougher Than Woodpecker Lips...
Here's a shot of the little 'scrounge' we got from a neighbor weekend before last, a couple of houses from mine. Little mix of oak, hickory, and I think maybe a type of elm, not sure of that one though (I split a couple of pieces of what I think is elm...pretty stringy stuff and just as light yellow on the inside as it can be). Almost like sweet gum but I know it's not that. It'll burn outside in the firepit regardless, Lol.
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This find here was as crazy as it can get...saw a 'Firewood For Sale' sign on one of the aircraft hangar breakroom post-it boards...said $25 pickup load, all red oak and hickory, you load, you haul. I told the guy I had a 5'x10' utility trailer and he said bring it on, so I asked him how much...again $25 a load and said stack it as high as you can safely get it down the road. Had I not forgot tie-downs to lay down first, I would've stacked up and down both sides as high as the center and cinched the ratchets down, could've gotten several more splits. He just wants to get rid of it...damndest thing I've ever seen for $25, I even offered a little more, he'd have nothing to do with it. There's enough left already split to make 3-4 more full trailer loads. He's got about 20-25 red oak/hickory logs that are anywhere from 16"-30" diameter, 20-30 feet long, that haven't even been bucked yet. Needless to say, we're heading back tomorrow for a few trips to get the rest of the split hardwood...rain keeping us from fooling with it today.
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This find here was as crazy as it can get...saw a 'Firewood For Sale' sign on one of the aircraft hangar breakroom post-it boards...said $25 pickup load, all red oak and hickory, you load, you haul. I told the guy I had a 5'x10' utility trailer and he said bring it on, so I asked him how much...again $25 a load and said stack it as high as you can safely get it down the road. Had I not forgot tie-downs to lay down first, I would've stacked up and down both sides as high as the center and cinched the ratchets down, could've gotten several more splits. He just wants to get rid of it...damndest thing I've ever seen for $25, I even offered a little more, he'd have nothing to do with it. There's enough left already split to make 3-4 more full trailer loads. He's got about 20-25 red oak/hickory logs that are anywhere from 16"-30" diameter, 20-30 feet long, that haven't even been bucked yet. Needless to say, we're heading back tomorrow for a few trips to get the rest of the split hardwood...rain keeping us from fooling with it today.
T-shirt and bikini weather up here today so out to the woodpile we went
Got there and found that the road hand been raised about 3' this week .
Which meant that the woodpile was now over there
But , with a little help from mechanization it wasn't too much effort to get it close LOL
We got it all blocked up and I split up the bigger stuff for easier stacking , sorry bout the blurry pic .
It was a great day , I got 2 1/2 van loads plus a load in Jerry's tundra home , Jerry took a load home at the end of the day .
BTW , don't eat the yellow snow .
Got there and found that the road hand been raised about 3' this week .
Which meant that the woodpile was now over there
But , with a little help from mechanization it wasn't too much effort to get it close LOL
We got it all blocked up and I split up the bigger stuff for easier stacking , sorry bout the blurry pic .
It was a great day , I got 2 1/2 van loads plus a load in Jerry's tundra home , Jerry took a load home at the end of the day .
BTW , don't eat the yellow snow .
zogger
Tree Freak
T-shirt and bikini weather up here today so out to the woodpile we went
Got there and found that the road hand been raised about 3' this week .
BTW , don't eat the yellow snow .
That excavator is pure cheatin!
cheatin I say!
One strong minivan, hauling that bad boy over there though
It was a good cheat LOL
nomad_archer
Addicted to ArboristSite
Back yard scrounge. Pine is from the neighbor. Oak from a stump I finished. There is oak from a tree that fell a few years ago. The out side was punky but the center is rock solid. I planned to cut the log into big chunks and roll it to the property line. But when I was throwing big chips when I cut it, the plan changed and the wood went to the woodpile. Now when I was finishing a cut and was off the throttle I heard a metal on metal sound. Turns out there was a small pile of barbed wire and chain linked fence under the log and the leaves. Thankfully no kickback just an odd sound and a chain that made a date with the grinder. Healthy reminder why we wear our PPE and always pay attention. There was no way to know what was under or in the log so stay sharp.
Backyard clean up scrounge with a few rounds of pine the neighbor left on the property line for me.
Backyard clean up scrounge with a few rounds of pine the neighbor left on the property line for me.
stihly dan
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What are those green things on the trees or the ground?
mainewoods
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I never think to carry a camera with me when I'm in the woods, and I don't ( gasp) own a cell phone. I do, however, really cut down trees with a chainsaw and haul them out to be c/s/s. You will just have to believe me!
Don't worry about the no pic to prove a thing Clint , you'll never be able to prove that I cut,hauled,split any of the wood in the pics I put up ,, might have found them on the internet lol
mainewoods
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It has to be your wood operation,Dan. Who would take a pic of someone else's van full of firewood, and dragging on the ground. I don't do selfies either and I always cut by myself. lol
Not my pics ,,,, really , all staged and photochopped lol
stihly dan
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You can borrow some of my daughters, she has a gazillion of them. I could probably bring down the cloud and internet if I uploaded them, boy would we be lost then.
