Scrounging Firewood (and other stuff)

[dancan]

No turkeys up here except a few behind the steering wheel of a car .....
I did move a bunch of scrounged wood down to the woodshed to be put away , most of it was barkless , is it bad wood ?? Should I give it back ????

 

[dancan]

Turkey's anyone? The damn things are all over the place. I chase 'em off the lawn every day.

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Pffffft , looks photochopped ........
To quote Abraham Lincoln in a famous speech he once wrote "Do not believe what thy eyes gaze upon on the internet " .

 

[MustangMike]

He says as he heats his brew on the hood!!!! Blasphemy!!!

 

[MustangMike]

Actually, had some great wine the last few days. One of my clients produces it, a CA Red Zin. I don't like most Red Zins, they are too weak, but not his. Out of this world. Good thing he gives me a few bottles now & then, because at over $60 retail, I'm not buying them! (but they are really good!)

 

[dancan]

Don't worry Mike , I haven't made a convenient drink holder for that Bota yet LOL
That Bud is mighty tasty and 6% , it's on clearance though , doesn't sell well because it doesn't taste like Budweiser LOL

 

[svk]

A couple of splitting sessions at the cabin today yielded about a cord and a half. Here's what I did before dark (more down the hill).

 

[nomad_archer]

Me too, but with all these TV shows encouraging people to bait, it seems to get harder each year. It has been several years since I have spotted a good rack on public land.

I can't stand the shows. They encourage leasing and posting which will be the death of the sport. Mountain upon mountain at my cabin has been leased from the timber company and posted.

Now on public land in PA even in the mountains because of the antler restriction laws we are seeing good racks. Two guys got bucks of a lifetime in the last three years. So we at least have that. There aren't many deer in the mountains but the bucks are there.

 

[nomad_archer]

Actually, had some great wine the last few days. One of my clients produces it, a CA Red Zin. I don't like most Red Zins, they are too weak, but not his. Out of this world. Good thing he gives me a few bottles now & then, because at over $60 retail, I'm not buying them! (but they are really good!)

Ever give any of that NY state wine a try? The wife and I have to drive up through the finger lakes region of NY state to visit friends in Rochester. The trip takes a long time since we stop at all of the wineries until my wife has had enough wine. I am the dd so I never know what she gets. But at $6-$11 a bottle she ends up with 3-4 cases of the best wine I ever had.

 

[nomad_archer]

By the way. I am out chasing the non existent turkeys again today. Didnt hear a thing yet and the green up is insane here.

The Skeeter's are killer today. At least I found an awesome maple with a big root flare to sit in. It is like a recliner. I may not see a turkey but with a 3:45 wake up call and 5:24 legal start time a nap may be eminent.

 

[MustangMike]

Finger lakes has a lot of good white wine, and a very few good reds, mostly Cab Franc or blends.

CA & WA still grow better Cab Sov & Merlot grapes.

Actually, the Cab Franc that does well in the fingerlakes (and here in Millbrook) is a red vine spliced to a white root.

While there, don't pass up the chance to hike Watkins Glenn. You will both really like it.

 

[dancan]

Pioneerguy600 cut open a couple of cul-de-sacs this week so we took a shot over this morning and collected some of the poles .

Jerry was the feller buncher , I was the choker chaser/skiddah operator today
We hauled 5 full loads of mainly black spruce poles with a few pffftfirs .
Did a bit of exploring after we were finished .

Right some thick LOL

Jerry is in all them pics LOL
May not look like much but we drug this stuff as we were exploring .

We found a ton of dead standing , leaning, dying spruce of all sizes and more than a dozen large hardwoods that need to be put out of their misery

Gots to make a trail to get to the gold LOL

 

[nomad_archer]

Finger lakes has a lot of good white wine, and a very few good reds, mostly Cab Franc or blends.

CA & WA still grow better Cab Sov & Merlot grapes.

Actually, the Cab Franc that does well in the fingerlakes (and here in Millbrook) is a red vine spliced to a white root.

While there, don't pass up the chance to hike Watkins Glenn. You will both really like it.

Ahhh Cav Sov and Merlot are not on my list of favorites. I will drink them but not go looking for them. My wife and I are in to semi-sweet/semi dry reds,whites, or blushes that part doesn't matter. There seems to be quite a few good ones in the finger lakes for our tastes. That is the fun thing about wine, something I think tastes like diesel fuel that next person will love. We both love Catawba which is why we put in a a small trellis last year to grow our own grapes and eventually try to turn it into wine.

Funny you mention watkins glen, we are debating either this year or next year renting a cabin up there for a week and just enjoying the scenery, hiking, fishing. That trip is going to happen now 2 ways about then it is just a matter of when.

 

[mainewoods]

I'm gettin' pretty good at this photocrop stuff.

 

[mainewoods]

Pretty decent job of adding these trees into this clearing if I may say so. Makes it look like I have a lot of wood to cut.

 

[dancan]

Pffft , that ain't nuthin worth picture takin ...................................................................

 

[dancan]

Was out to try and get a trail to the leaners that we found yesterday so I left the trailer behind and loaded up .

I poked along in low gear following the edge of a clearcut and made it to the hardwoods .

7 leaners in that pic , 12" to 20" at the butt .
Another 1/2 dozen in that direction .

Nothing at all like Clint's pic
I did take a long walk around to take "inventory" LOL
Found a couple of ground blinds .

This blind is n the top of the ridge in the middle of a survey line LOL

I dropped a few small ones and bunched them along the way in , stopped at a blown down , 18" at the stump spruce on the way out .

We'll be picking that one up , can't let that one go to waste and I'm not gonna pass on black spruce .
Sure wish I was scrounging on Clint's acreage , wouldn't have to work so hard , be like shooting turkeys in a barrel LOL

 

[Axfarmer]

Ran my splitter for a few hours this weekend but didn't finish the pile.

 

[Deleted member 83629]

picked up some free slabs today got 2 bundles. both are 8 ft long and seasoned anybody want to identify because my vision sucks i know it is hardwood.

 

[Philbert]

picked up some free slabs today got 2 bundles. both are 8 ft long and seasoned anybody want to identify because my vision sucks i know it is hardwood.

Fire wood.

Philbert

(I purchased bundles like this many years ago - about $50 each, delivered. As I recall, they contained a mix of hardwood clapboard: oak, maple, poplar, etc. Depends what the mill was running on the day that they were bundled - it was their scrap/waste, and they probably were not too particular. Yours are likely also mixed, unless the mill specializes in certain wood.)

 

[Deleted member 83629]

Fire wood.

Philbert

(I purchased bundles like this many years ago - about $50 each, delivered. As I recall, they contained a mix of hardwood clapboard: oak, maple, poplar, etc. Depends what the mill was running on the day that they were bundled - it was their scrap/waste, and they probably were not too particular. Yours are likely also mixed, unless the mill specializes in certain wood.)

the mill is a pallet factory and they only use hard wood products because they told me dana/spicer GM ford and other company's need a stronger pallet for some heavy materials.