Scrounging Firewood (and other stuff)

[Backyard Lumberjack]

I get rain every week here in South Carolina.

every week? really - sounds like Seattle...

 

[sean donato]

Didn't have time for pics today, I'll grab a few in the morning for you..... your darn near as demanding as my wife.....
I also have 2 parts saws sitting in unopened boxes lol. Work sucks right now.

 

[Backyard Lumberjack]

I usually do when it's on the same topic, sorry if I'm making it harder to catch up .

I really hate the way the new quote feature works, it's easier to leave them all in one post actually. When you cut the next ones half the time is doesn't pick up who you are quoting, and most all the time you have to delete who you were quoting as it's still left in the post you are making . The old system you just responded to the first guy, cut out the rest of the quotes, hit "post reply", then made the next post.
It still works that way over at the other place, although I don't comment much over there so...

i guess i could try 5 or 6 pages of ST thread posts... all in just one great big reply post. let the reader sort out the names, etc... topics. is there any limit to the size of the text box? i know this site does not respond normally to std enhanced text protocoal... sometimes it's hard it seems to just reply with a simple... hello

 

[Backyard Lumberjack]

Didn't have time for pics today, I'll grab a few in the morning for you..... your darn near as demanding as my wife.....
I also have 2 parts saws sitting in unopened boxes lol. Work sucks right now.

evening sd -

trust me, prob not even close....

 

[Backyard Lumberjack]

I usually do when it's on the same topic, sorry if I'm making it harder to catch up .

I really hate the way the new quote feature works, it's easier to leave them all in one post actually. When you cut the next ones half the time is doesn't pick up who you are quoting, and most all the time you have to delete who you were quoting as it's still left in the post you are making . The old system you just responded to the first guy, cut out the rest of the quotes, hit "post reply", then made the next post.
It still works that way over at the other place, although I don't comment much over there so...

i never use it, just do a reply and then use my graphics skills to manage the reply and white space....

oops!, sorry svk

 

[Backyard Lumberjack]

You need the humidity to add to the 90 degree temps right .
We have friends down there, too hot for this guy, but you do what you gotta do and keep on trucking .

hi chipper - it was gray, wet and humid here all afternoon. then weather moved on, blue skys and some cumulus... a breeze and then the humidity din't seem quite so bad. actually, quite nice late in afternoon here...

 

[Kodiak Kid]

I took these photos from inside the cab of the six pack on the way back to camp after work the other day. She and her wee one's were just off the road at about 10 yards. While slowly mosy'n away. She kept looking back at us as to say "PISS OFF!!! Don't you know its rude to stare?!?! Get out of that truck and lets talk about it!!! Never mind! Im outta here! Come on kids! Lets go before **** gets real, and real quick! Dont forget your manners! Wave good bye to those A holes and tell them to PISS OFF!!!"
Who can blame her? She's a single mom with two kids!

 

[Backyard Lumberjack]

A little more progress on the shaving horse today, I got legs under it. The wood was scrounged maple, hope that counts. If it don’t work I can always chuck it in the Jotul for heat.

yep, you worked that maple real nice. i got a kitchen work center... Boo's maple butcher blocks and table... measures 9'. i use mineral oil to keep the wood n good shape. imo, maple counts for a lot.

i like that horse. D-proenneke made a lot of stuff with his up at Twin Lakes, AK

these cabin doors just some of the wood and lumber items he made using his shaving horse bench

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he was a man that had woodworking past a science and down to an art! ~

 

[Backyard Lumberjack]

I may be one of the guilty parties. I've tried to multi-quote before, and for some reason, just can't wrap my head around it. I always screw it up when I try to multi-quote LOL!

wonder just what happened? did he forget and leave his fone home?

i guess a guy could just read and toss out a Like here n there to catch up. i know how easy it is to get behind on the AS ST. but sometimes the pix alone are worth the effort to keep up.

i definitely am here for the pix!

 

[Backyard Lumberjack]

IF I just want to move a big rock, I generally can drag it,

BUT, if I want to lift it, I have to break out the big guns!

SR

i am impressed with the rock lift, and even more a) rig din't tip over! and b) din't get stuck....

 

[Kodiak Kid]

Bought my gooseneck last year, and bought a 12K winch for it. But haven't had it installed yet. It's not something that I want to tackle myself as I hate dealing with electrical. So, I'm finally going to have my plow dealer install it for me in the next few weeks. I've had a need for a winch with my plow trucks for years and years, but now you watch. As soon as I have it installed, I won't have a need for it for a while! At least that's my hope.

I'm not a Harbor Freight advocate by any means, and I'll almost never buy tools there. But when I started researching winches, this Badland winch kept coming up in conversations. It's sold by Harbor Freight, but I've looked at hundreds of reviews, and it's awfully hard to find a bad review on them. So, I'm giving one a shot. This seems rock solid, and heavy as hell. So, I'm anxious to see how it actually performs.
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I like the looks of that Goose neck!

 

[Backyard Lumberjack]

The problem with the Badland winch is the "duty cycle"...

Should be OK for occasional use on a trailer though.

SR

is it long enuff to run the cable completely out... and pull it back in? loaded up to 12K?

 

[Backyard Lumberjack]

I haven't seen anything about it's duty cycle. Honestly, I don't even know what that means. Would you explain this in a little more detail please? Because if there is some issue that I'm not aware of, I'd just as soon buy another winch for the trailer and use the Badland one here around my property. I'd rather not be let down "in the field" when in the middle of a blizzard somewhere when I really need it to work.

here is a short answer.

What is meaning of duty cycle?

Duty cycle is the proportion of time during which a component, device, or system is operated. The duty cycle can be expressed as a ratio or as a percentage.

 

[Backyard Lumberjack]

You are just going to have to wait for H-Ranch to be back on the job.

hi WA

for me it was more like... You are just going to have to wait for H-Ranch to see that!!!

 

[Backyard Lumberjack]

I took these photos from inside the cab of the six pack on the way back to camp after work the other day. She and her wee one's were just off the road at about 10 yards. While slowly mosy'n away. She kept looking back at us as to say "PISS OFF!!! Don't you know its rude to stare?!?! Get out of that truck and lets talk about it!!! Never mind! Im outta here! Come on kids! Lets go before **** gets real, and real quick! Dont forget your manners! Wave good bye to those A holes and tell them to PISS OFF!!!"
Who can blame her? She's a single mom with two kids!

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awesome pix there, KK! for most of us, especially those in the lower 48... we see bear pix. we see bears and cubs. we see bears while others r on hikes.... Hey BEAR!! etc and they stroll off. but seldom do we see bears angrily being PO'd bears and fighting each other up close. other day down here there was a home indoors trailcam and it caught 2 bears going at it! up close. and the muscular power in their arms as they stretched and reached out to each other swapping pats... was incredible. up close near a bear, much less a momma... is not a good place to be! makes one rethink casual hikes along mountain trails...

 

[Kodiak Kid]

Another cutter and I finished up cutt'n right away in the bottom of a drainage first thing this morning right before packing into a new strip. Got some good photos for you guy's.

Probably a total of 25 maybe 30 that we didn't get yesterday before our 6.5 hours

Furman is already down there firing up his saw
The steep was already finished

 

[Backyard Lumberjack]

Wow! If I'm counting right, I could haul firewood 8 times faster if I had that fleet!

he found it!

 

[Backyard Lumberjack]

Ignoring the duty cycle = burnt out winch... Just running with no load, builds heat.

You just have to be VERY patient with the cheaper winches, and don't overheat them.

SR

kinda like a car or truck starter. best not to run them on and on... if engine don't fire right on up. tractors, too

 

[Backyard Lumberjack]

Age is beginning o show. I can boost saws around, pitch brush, split/load, etc for 3-4 hours but I can't walk 50' without my legs feeling they have been badly abused, weak.. Yesterday I was working on the Horse Chestnut scrounge and was pretty beat from the heat after 3 hours (I started in the cool of the morning in the shade but some sob cut down the shade and I had to work in the sun). Decided to bag it for the day, load what I had and go home. Got home and the temp was only 74. I almost put on my p&&&y hat (yes I do have one that my bodies made me. It is even pink). Out tomorrow to continue where I left off but temp is supposed to be near 90 - looks like anohter early quit for me.

highs been in the 80's here past couple days tk! but we been advised... 90's and up soon to return...

hard to forget WA... ( i never do! ) and hard not to forget how hot it gets down here come summer. i spent an hr or so this afternoon on some a/c maint. our units here are just short of full-on powerhouses...



dual zones installs here not uncommon...

i pull 10/12 gallons daily in this hot humidity from air
worked on my drain lines, cleaning, etc

How much water from AC is normal?
When the summer season is in full swing and humidity is high, it's normal for your air conditioner to drain anywhere between 5 and 20 gallons of water each day.

 

[Backyard Lumberjack]

Same thing with cheaper air compressors…you just need to be careful with them.

same thing with cheap beer, too!!!