Scrounging Firewood (and other stuff)

[JimR]

Looks great! You've got a lot done.

Thanks

 

[JimR]

lol, mite qualify as a miss!

It took out their gun.

 

[North by Northwest]

Speaking of bears, my BIL stopped by this evening to have a few cold ones and mentioned that he drew a bear permit this year. If anyone in the Red Oak district in Michigan has access to bear bait, let me know.

All else fails , (1) some rotting apples & oats , molasses & a few twinkies for the Bruin with a sweet tooth. (2) Oats fryer grease & a few cans of sardines for a Olympic Bruin . Works for Spring Bear , as good as some stinky rank , pork butt or beaver tail for the old & feeble Bruin .

 

[MustangMike]

We are not allowed to bait deer or bear in NYS, but if I were looking for bear bait, I would either check out a cider mill or a fishing boat (get the heads and guts they don't want). Either one should work well.

 

[Kodiak Kid]

A Late happy birthday to ya Cowboy254

 

[JustJeff]

Jeez go away fishing and miss 14 pages! Spent 3 days on the french river here in Ontario Canada. It's about as remote as you can get within reasonable driving distance. Lots of river and lakes water access only and no cell signal... Perfect.
For the firearm thread, this is my India pattern brown bess, take down a redcoat like anything! Lol. I would never fire it but the mechanism works. Was my great great grandfather's and goes to the oldest son of the oldest son.

 

[singinwoodwackr]

Cut up a little pine tree/bush... for a local who needed some help with this wind-blow.
Needed to test the 359 after the rebuild...2 tanks, worked great...3rd, wouldn't start.
Carb issues.
Molded the 199A carb and will put a new kit in it and try again when this heat subsides.

I've about run out of room for more wood...one more truck load will fill up the space I have.
And, not with Pine

 

[JustPlainJeff]

Hey guys just got done in the shop sharpening chains my in laws were hit by a tornado roof damage and there are trees down all over the property. If I miss anyone's reply my apologys. I'll try and go back and hit as many as I can between cutting all this up. I have quite the job ahead of me. Just got done getting all the saws ready for tomorrow. View attachment 1013689View attachment 1013690View attachment 1013691

Wow, I just saw this now. It's good that they have you to lean on to help them through this. Where exactly are they? I'm in Iron River, but if you still need help, I can come down for a day or two to give you a hand.

 

[MustangMike]

Went to the local Stihl shop to get a MS 440 fuel line. They tried to tell me the oil pick up line was the right part ... it has a filter on it!!!

My fuel line has been ordered!

To my surprise, they had a 201, 462 and 400 all in stock (one of each). They tell me they never really know what is coming or when!

 

[Cowboy254]

What's up @Cowboy254 . Getting ready to start your day

G'day Brett,

Gotta check in on the scrounging forum every day otherwise you get so far behind you're flat out trying to catch up. Firewood collection season (in government designated areas) starts on 1st Sep so I'm looking forward to it. While I have a few farmers locally who let me cut wood on their properties, it has been so wet this year that it would make a huge mess driving around and I can't have that. Some of the public areas up on the slopes will probably be ok though. Hopefully have some pics over the weekend

I woke up on the 28th feeling more than my 47 years. Might have had a bit to do with the ski marathon I did the day before. There's a video of the finishers, I come in at 1:56:20 or so, with the black cap and the purple race bib. You think it is a good idea at the start and later on wonder why you do it to yourself. Until the next year.

 

[Lionsfan]

We are not allowed to bait deer or bear in NYS, but if I were looking for bear bait, I would either check out a cider mill or a fishing boat (get the heads and guts they don't want). Either one should work well.

Fish is a no-no. Old bread/baked goods, leftovers from the Mackinac Island fudge shops, anything sweet and sticky. Cheap bag of dog food mixed with pancake syrup and liquid smoke works, but he's a tight wad.

 

[Kodiak Kid]

Just thought I'd share this picture with all of you gentleman! This a the top of a rotten snag that naturally blew out in a wind storm and stuck in the ground upsidedown! However, I've seen this happen many many times! Especially when felling a snag and the top catches a limb of another tree in tight corridors during the fall of these these lovely lovely widow makers! This is just one of many reasons when cutting in our back yards, or on an industrial level, and everything in between! Why we must...

Cut safe, stay sharp, and be aware!

 

[Vtrombly]

Wow, I just saw this now. It's good that they have you to lean on to help them through this. Where exactly are they? I'm in Iron River, but if you still need help, I can come down for a day or two to give you a hand.

Thanks for the offering I really appreciate it. I pretty well got it cleaned up yesterday. Good thing my FIL bought the RK tractor he did a couple of months ago because moving all that by hand would have been impossible. The roofing company came out and tarped the roof yesterday now we are waiting for the adjuster on Friday. We have no idea what the insurance will pay for trees we are hoping they will cover the stump grinding and the limb chipping but if they don't we will rent a chipper to at least get that done and see what to do about the stumps later.

 

[North by Northwest]

Jeez go away fishing and miss 14 pages! Spent 3 days on the french river here in Ontario Canada. It's about as remote as you can get within reasonable driving distance. Lots of river and lakes water access only and no cell signal... Perfect.
For the firearm thread, this is my India pattern brown bess, take down a redcoat like anything! Lol. I would never fire it but the mechanism works. Was my great great grandfather's and goes to the oldest son of the oldest son.
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Have a 1867 Snider Enfield of my Great Grandfathers , which was converted to 50 Caliber hanging in my Man Cave portion of my Workshop / Garage . Nice old Rifles !

 

[JimR]

hi SR - my dad used to scrounge up shot lead bullets from the run range when he was stationed over in E WA... melt down. some bars he sold, some he made some bullets with.

how big into manufacturing bullets, etc were you? i have watched the Modern Marvels docu vid a couple of time. bullets, imo... are an interesting technology! independent shop based - or a manufacturing facility with employees?

sounds like Remington staying busy:

How many bullets does Remington make in a day?

It hired back hundreds of former and new employees and is now producing upwards of a million rounds every day.

Ammunition manufacturing capacity, for the United States market, is about 9 billion rounds per year. About 5 billion are rimfire, about 4 billion are centerfire.

interesting subject!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bullet

I think the Government is buying up all of these bullets because it is hard to find anything on the store shelves when it comes to pistol rounds and rifle rounds.

 

[Jeffkrib]

G'day Brett,

Gotta check in on the scrounging forum every day otherwise you get so far behind you're flat out trying to catch up. Firewood collection season (in government designated areas) starts on 1st Sep so I'm looking forward to it. While I have a few farmers locally who let me cut wood on their properties, it has been so wet this year that it would make a huge mess driving around and I can't have that. Some of the public areas up on the slopes will probably be ok though. Hopefully have some pics over the weekend

I woke up on the 28th feeling more than my 47 years. Might have had a bit to do with the ski marathon I did the day before. There's a video of the finishers, I come in at 1:56:20 or so, with the black cap and the purple race bib. You think it is a good idea at the start and later on wonder why you do it to yourself. Until the next year.

What government land can you scrounge on In VIC, Here in NSW its only state forest

 

[JimR]

All else fails , (1) some rotting apples & oats , molasses & a few twinkies for the Bruin with a sweet tooth. (2) Oats fryer grease & a few cans of sardines for a Olympic Bruin . Works for Spring Bear , as good as some stinky rank , pork butt or beaver tail for the old & feeble Bruin .

They love sunflower seeds too.

 

[SS396driver]

We are not allowed to bait deer or bear in NYS, but if I were looking for bear bait, I would either check out a cider mill or a fishing boat (get the heads and guts they don't want). Either one should work well.

I have 10 apple trees now ,2 pear and 2 plum . I have to chase them off my property . No need for bait

 

[SS396driver]

They love sunflower seeds too.

Yup lost two bird feeders last couple of years . They like suet too

 

[chipper1]

Yup lost two bird feeders last couple of years . They like suet too

Yum bacon grease with nuts .
Why wouldn't they like that.
I need bacon!