Scrounging Firewood (and other stuff)

[LondonNeil]

Holy moly Kodiak! Wow those are big trees! Must be a a mixture of emotions to see it fall to your saw. Thanks for the photos

 

[Kodiak Kid]

That's a great picture!

Beautiful picture indeed!

 

[Kodiak Kid]

Holy moly Kodiak! Wow those are big trees! Must be a a mixture of emotions to see it fall to your saw. Thanks for the photos

Cheer's

 

[JustPlainJeff]

Looked it up and it said 7.5 miles away .
Think I need one of those, now I know what to look for on craigslist, they ain't cheap, but I am .
Brett amazing what all they'll do, and the fact that they will do their best not to run into anything is a big plus for me , and the return to home feature is also nice.

I wouldn't try to steer you away from the Air 2S at all, as it's a great drone, great picture and video quality. But they're still relatively new to the market and finding them used may be a little bit of a challenge. And if you are serious about buying one, you may just want to pony up and buy new, as when buying them new you can get a program called "refresh". It's basically just an insurance policy. That insurance is especially valuable to a new drone pilot who is prone to crashing or making mistakes. The refresh program allows you to crash your drone up to two times in the first year you own it, and they'll give you a brand new (not repaired or rebuilt) drone to replace the one you've crashed or damaged. It really is a good program, and I think it's only available at the time of purchase.

Another thing you may want to consider is getting one of their new "Mini 3" models. Since they weigh less than 250 grams, there is almost zero government regulation on them. Well, there are still rules to flying them, but you're not required to take any tests to fly them or get any licensing or anything like that to fly them. They also cost less when buying them.

 

[Zaedock]

HI Guys! I haven't been on in a while as life has been super busy - We helped my son finish his Eagle Scout project, he graduated from high school, I started a new job, my new rock band has taken off like crazy, my son just turned 18, and we're driving out to SD in a few weeks to bring him to Dakota State. After that, my daughter is getting married!

We still had time to get a few family rides in up in NH and of course, the reason I posted here - made some time to process the remaining roadside oak for winter '23/'24. Phew. I have a lot to catch up on here and will be posting a road trip thread as we make our way west to South Dakota.

I hope everyone is happy and healthy.

 

[sean donato]

Little over half a tank two Saturdays ago.
Best I saw it today was 4.60, many others were at 4.59.
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Burned a lot of "fuel" up in the last 3 days.
Though this picture was pretty cool.
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$4.75gal is about the low side of what I've been seeing around here.
That's an awsome flame for sure!

Hey fellas's sorry I haven't been keeping in touch lately. Ive been pretty busy but I'll catch up with you guys soon! In the meantime. Check out some cool pics... 60" Spider Carrot Spruce View attachment 1002873
74" Sitka Meadow Monster
View attachment 1002885This is the top of the Meadow Monster stump with the Carrot Spider Spruce in background and bear bead by the stump!View attachment 1002883
Very fresh bear bead by Carrot Spider's stump! The bear was sleeping under this Spruce the day before I cut it! Notice the three different piles of bear scat under the saw bar! View attachment 100288674" Meadow Monster stump. I Had to cut steps in the root swell and I was Stihl running the saw above my head while facing up this brute!
View attachment 1002874Got some decent scale out of this five footer View attachment 1002878Cut safe, stay sharp, and be aware!

Thats some big wood you got there! Makes our "big" woods looks tiny lol. Most time the 36" bar is more then enough for my area. Love the pics, keep them coming. Stay are brother.

 

[svk]

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.

Depends, it is now to high to stack alone. But with 3' sides I can toss in there and get as much weight as I can handle. Or have a kid stack and then just drop the wood in behind him.

 

[sean donato]

Loader is 99% done. Finished the aux lines last night. Just need to finish up the wiring for them and make a new loader knob with a micro switch in it to activate the aux hydro valve.

 

[svk]

Hey guys. Just back from 6 days in the boundary waters canoe area with the kids. We had a great time for 5 3/4 days and about 6 hours where everyone wanted to kill each other while the lightning and rain tried to kill us LOL!

In reality it was another great trip to my favorite place on earth.

Also you guys have been slacking...only 8 pages in 7 days LOL!

 

[LondonNeil]

$4.75 a US gallon.... If my maths is correct that's £1.11/ litre. Our petrol has surged to £2/litre.

 

[Sawyer Rob]

$4.31 for gas today, and I needed some, as I had to drive around to get these hydraulic lines made!

Actually, I had three lines leaking so I had to get a third one made after I took the pict.. $150.00 for three lines!!

SR

 

[davidwyby]

Carrots?

 

[JimR]

Worked my 550XP today trimming the forest. 3 loads of wood.

 

[JustPlainJeff]

I did some brush hogging before supper, then we went out and split up 3 Ranger/trailer loads of maple for the woodshed too. The maple that we split is the larger one closer to the trail at around 3:26 in the video. Took a drone video of the trail after I'd brush hogged, just to see how it looked afterwards from the air. I spend more time ****** around with the drone than anything else LOL.

Oh, and a pic of the wife walking Gus.

 

[turnkey4099]

Doctor confirmed that I do have a hernia. "don't lift anything heavy". Waiting now for Ultrasound and Surgical appointments. "they'll call you". Where have I hear THAT before?

I did fire up the splitter and made a bucket full of kindling out of black locust splits. I went through a lot of kindling last heating season some how. I had the entire bottom shelf of a closet stacked full of it at the start of the season and ran out before it ended.

 

[JustPlainJeff]

Doctor confirmed that I do have a hernia. "don't lift anything heavy". Waiting now for Ultrasound and Surgical appointments. "they'll call you". Where have I hear THAT before?

I did fire up the splitter and made a bucket full of kindling out of black locust splits. I went through a lot of kindling last heating season some how. I had the entire bottom shelf of a closet stacked full of it at the start of the season and ran out before it ended.

Sorry to hear about the hernia. I had one many years ago, when I was young. That was almost 40 years ago, and I healed quickly. I'm guessing that medical procedures have advanced a lot since then, and that your recovery will be even faster than mine was back then.

I'm having electrical cardioversion done next Monday. I've got A-Fib, and I guess this procedure is when they knock you out, and try to shock your heart (picture being defibrillated like you see on t.v.) to try to get it back into the correct rhythm. Not crazy about the thought of it, and the success rate for it isn't great, but I'll let them try it once. If it doesn't work, I'll just take the Eliquis for the rest of my life. Many people live their whole lives with the medication without problems.

 

[farmer steve]

Sorry to hear about the hernia. I had one many years ago, when I was young. That was almost 40 years ago, and I healed quickly. I'm guessing that medical procedures have advanced a lot since then, and that your recovery will be even faster than mine was back then.

I'm having electrical cardioversion done next Monday. I've got A-Fib, and I guess this procedure is when they knock you out, and try to shock your heart (picture being defibrillated like you see on t.v.) to try to get it back into the correct rhythm. Not crazy about the thought of it, and the success rate for it isn't great, but I'll let them try it once. If it doesn't work, I'll just take the Eliquis for the rest of my life. Many people live their whole lives with the medication without problems.

Just found out i have A-fib when i was in the hospital for covid. Never had any issue's that I knew of but that's what they told me..Said it could be the result of the covid but now one is sure. The did a bunch of tests and said valves and whatnot were all good. Gave me the Eliquis to take. $465 a month.

 

[LondonNeil]

Stay well Steve!

 

[501Maico]

I also had a hernia about 40 years ago. The doctor was going through the options and mentioned knockout or local. I'll take local. Doc says, nobody ever chooses that. I say, why did you mention it then? The only thing disturbing was when he was cutting through my muscles, I think it was. Sounded like someone cutting a burlap bag with a dull knife.

 

[JimR]

Doctor confirmed that I do have a hernia. "don't lift anything heavy". Waiting now for Ultrasound and Surgical appointments. "they'll call you". Where have I hear THAT before?

I did fire up the splitter and made a bucket full of kindling out of black locust splits. I went through a lot of kindling last heating season some how. I had the entire bottom shelf of a closet stacked full of it at the start of the season and ran out before it ended.

I hope you heal up quickly. It is a real PITA getting older. In the last 3 years I have had to have both knees cleaned out. One failed and now I have a titanium knee. Last October I needed to have a completely torn rotator cuff surgery. That one is almost completely healed. The knee job turned out great.