Scrounging Firewood (and other stuff)

[WoodAbuser]

Heading to the cabin. Should have lots of catching up to do on here when I get back. Have a good weekend all.

 

[chipper1]

Actually the real reason is to put land in control of government instead of our posterity…

And/or the technocrats when they run the world.
"you'll own nothing and be happy".
It's similar to what people have done with china, but you cant tell anyone that, because it's all just a conspiracy .

 

[chipper1]

I've made a bit more progress on the trailer this week.
The frame was primed.


Then some fresh paint. Two of the kids liked the primer better than the paint lol.

Then I ripped some white oak boards to use on the top rails to separate the steel/aluminum. Then I had to cut them a little thinner as the holes in the brackets came out about 5/16 too low on the C-channel on the bed, so I would have been drilling thru the thickest part of the webbing and wouldn't have been able to get the nuts on the bolts .
The trailer and my black beauty .
I also was able to head to my buddies and get some of the wiring prepped.

Hope to buy some aluminum today for the wheel wells and the back of them and make some more plans for the cross bracing for the part of the dovetail where it meets the flat portion of the deck. I need a piece under the wood for it to rest on, and something over it to cover the seam. More money and more time is all that's needed to finish it .

 

[MustangMike]

In what way would you have benefited from their “program”?

Lower taxes in exchange for not subdividing it and keeping it forested (which is my plan anyway). I have no issue with those 2 requirements, that is how I want it to remain. How can you be allowed to have a hunting cabin with "no place to go"?

It is a shame they were just totally unreasonable on the one other issue.

Luckily for me, taxes up there have stayed pretty low. They don't increase every single year like they do down here!

 

[sean donato]

I did clean and green on my undeveloped land when taxes jumped from $1000 to $5000. Now they are $130. Back taxes (for my plans) only apply if you sell the land to a developer or for some reason a private buyer doesn't want to stay on the program which wouldn't make sense. If I want to build a residence, they take 1 acre and tax it at residential rates.
I requested a hearing when the taxes jumped and at the time I didn't know about the program. They wouldn't lower my taxes but advised me to see the guy in the office next door down to sign me up. Kinda weird that the county would throw away tax money like that. I wonder if the state reimburses the county? The main idea of the program is to keep land from being developed.

Yeah I understand the idea of it. The funny part is this land my parents just bought is zoned commercial. The county guy didn't seem to care as it was getting planted in sweet grass and baled by a local farmer. (Most of the new property) I think this is part of my parents retirement plan, if /when they decode to sell The place. Now they have enough land that having 5 horse stalls makes some sense. The previous owner owned a farm near by and lived at this place so he wasn't concerned about having to buy all his hay or feed for the horses.

 

[Be Stihl]

My bluetick scrounge hound. She thinks the small round ones are hers as you can see by her collection along with the mutilated soccer ball. She will hop right in the trailer and select pieces at will, leaving them for the lawnmower to find.
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Hard to beat a good dog! My retriever does the same. He will also bring back every stick and branch I discard while bucking.

 

[Be Stihl]

Replaced h wife’s battery and put on a new coil for her car. Even had time left over to scrounge a little white oak that fell in the road. It’s beer thirty now!

 

[Sawyer Rob]

Today was a really nice day and I FINALLY had a chance to do something besides rotary cutting! SO, I jumped on my loader tractor, hooked up a trailer, and headed to some logs that I needed to pick up,

Some of these logs were decent saw logs, and some not so much!

Anyway, after getting all loaded up, I headed home,

where I hooked to my wagon and went back for a second load, and here it is!

There's a LOT of 2x6's in "that" load!!

SR

 

[chipper1]

Well, I made the back side of the wheel well with 4"x1/4" plate steel as well as brackets to tie all the crossmembers together. I had some 2x4 tube from tearing the front part of the trailer up, so I just drilled the holes into them and cut 5 pieces 3" long, then cut those pieces in half to make an angle that I welded to the flat stock.
It's added a lot of strength and I only have one of the two bolts on each bracket installed, as they will be pulled off later and then blasted and painted.
I need to pick up a bunch of stainless fasteners, sure that will be cheap lol.

Here's what my buddy and his neighbor (his car) are working on, and what im welding right next to! I things a 72 firebird.
Hoping they get this thing done and out of his barn before I need to start welding the aluminum, as I need to be able to wheel his welder around.

 

[PartTimer]

Replaced h wife’s battery and put on a new coil for her car. Even had time left over to scrounge a little white oak that fell in the road. It’s beer thirty now!View attachment 1001586

Hey @Be Stihl I am sure that you just mistakingly called that white oak but just a heads up it is Red oak.lol

 

[jellyroll]

Hey @Be Stihl I am sure that you just mistakingly called that white oak but just a heads up it is Red oak.lol

In this part of the world it is called piss oak because it smell like you know what.

 

[jellyroll]

I work in public works in a small town.
This was back on March 31st this year after a series of strong storms and straight line winds it was crazy how this tree fell down then but not during the Dec 11th tornado outbreak that wrecked 1/2 the town.
I scrounged the small stuff but the contractors got called in since the city doesn't have the means or equipment for such a large tree this ash was a monster!

 

[Be Stihl]

Hey @Be Stihl I am sure that you just mistakingly called that white oak but just a heads up it is Red oak.lol

Nope, it has rounded lobed leaves. Red oak leaves are sharp and pointed on the tips. It rained while I was cutting this up, maybe that color change in the wood is throwing you off. 1000% white oak.

 

[jellyroll]

Nope, it has rounded lobed leaves. Red oak leaves are sharp and pointed on the tips. It rained while I was cutting this up, maybe that color change in the wood is throwing you off. 1000% white oak.
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Stihl better than red oak. I would rather deal with green hackberry vs green red oak.

 

[501Maico]

Stihl better than red oak. I would rather deal with green hackberry vs green red oak.

Not sure if I have ever cut green red oak. What's the problem with it?

Edit: I take that back. I dropped and cut up a live Willow Oak late last year.

 

[djg james]

Not sure if I have ever cut green red oak. What's the problem with it?

Thought that too about his comment, then I remembered he mentioned the smell. Personally, I don't mind the smell.

 

[501Maico]

Thought that too about his comment, then I remembered he mentioned the smell. Personally, I don't mind the smell.

I edited my post because I did cut one. My sniffer doesn't work well anymore and wouldn't have noticed it.

 

[chipper1]

I edited my post because I did cut one. My sniffer doesn't work well anymore and wouldn't have noticed it.

Mine doesn't either after the China flu, but it's slowly coming back.

Stihl better than red oak. I would rather deal with green hackberry vs green red oak.

Why is that.

 

[djg james]

......the old 2 foot high sides made out of 1” square tubing set into stake pockets more or less rotted away. In addition the frame had a couple of cracks. We now have integral sides made out of 2 inch tubing that are 3 feet high .......

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I saw this earlier and thought 3' sides? Do you load and stack all your wood from the rear? I couldn't load over the sides that high. Of course I don't know your stature, Maybe it's not a problem for you.

 

[jellyroll]

Mine doesn't either after the China flu, but it's slowly coming back.

Why is that.

A lot of it is due to weight