Scrounging Firewood (and other stuff)

[svk]

In my high school class of around 200, I think there were five or six Steve’s, three of which were Steve K. And two of the Steve K’s were of Finnish descent so they sounded similar lol.

 

[North by Northwest]

Soo Locks??

Yes Sir !

 

[North by Northwest]

In my high school class of around 200, I think there were five or six Steve’s, three of which were Steve K. And two of the Steve K’s were of Finnish descent so they sounded similar lol.

Kinda like the joke line ...and my other brother Darryl !

 

[Lionsfan]

Yes Sir !

I was stationed on the USCGC Mackinaw back in the 90's. Squeezed through there more than once!

 

[North by Northwest]

I was stationed on the USCGC Mackinaw back in the 90's. Squeezed through there more than once!

Awesome , job I suppose & lots of stories lol.

 

[H-Ranch]

In my high school class of around 200, I think there were five or six Steve’s, three of which were Steve K. And two of the Steve K’s were of Finnish descent so they sounded similar lol.

My first job out of school had four Steve's and a Stefan in a group of twenty. Needless to say, nicknames were used - Spanky, L.W., and Twitch. I got to keep Steve. Everyone else in the group was a Steve wannabe.

 

[JustJeff]

You burn the poplar firewood in an airtight Jeff ? I have some around hunting & fishing camps , not sure of the exact species of poplar though . We often burn it with jack pine blowdowns around the campfire . I suppose well seasoned & mixed with other hardwoods it would be stove quality ?

I burn everything in the stove. It's a Regency EPA stove with air tubes for secondary burn. All my wood is split and stacked a year ahead. I do have to double handle my wood as it will be stacked in the yard for a year, then stacked in racks under my deck in the spring/summer before being burned that winter. I mostly seek out maple, ash, elm and other good hardwood but I do sometimes get less dense woods and some softwood such as fir, spruce or pine. I'll sprinkle these in the mix with the hardwood or put a facecord next to the door for early season fires. The coldest places on earth don't have oak and sugar maple and they don't freeze to death burning aspens and poplar, birch, spruce, pine. Etc.

 

[North by Northwest]

I burn everything in the stove. It's a Regency EPA stove with air tubes for secondary burn. All my wood is split and stacked a year ahead. I do have to double handle my wood as it will be stacked in the yard for a year, then stacked in racks under my deck in the spring/summer before being burned that winter. I mostly seek out maple, ash, elm and other good hardwood but I do sometimes get less dense woods and some softwood such as fir, spruce or pine. I'll sprinkle these in the mix with the hardwood or put a facecord next to the door for early season fires. The coldest places on earth don't have oak and sugar maple and they don't freeze to death burning aspens and poplar, birch, spruce, pine. Etc.

Yep, I hear you . I regularly burn seasoned oak , silver & sugar maple , mountain ash & both birch species in my air tights . Also have on occasion in spring & summer burnt pine & fir. Actually , BC fir has a very high btu content . As I said have not burnt any beech or poplar , think I will do some more cutting out at camp of poplar blowdowns accordingly , since their in abundance . All my camp woodstoves also do have heatilators that can be utilized when the generator is on . Thanks for the response , brother

 

[Vtrombly]

You burn the poplar firewood in an airtight Jeff ? I have some around hunting & fishing camps , not sure of the exact species of poplar though . We often burn it with jack pine blowdowns around the campfire . I suppose well seasoned & mixed with other hardwoods it would be stove quality ?

Hey NBN, that's all we had growing up. So it burns like paper its technically a hardwood but it burns up real fast. Now here's the thing it burns up real fast but it puts a ton of BTUs out during that time. It's a real good way to get your chimney cooked up fast and then switch to your dense stuff so you not waiting as long to get the heat up. We burned it all winter long because we had a ton of it. We had a Ben Franklin and the back of it would be cherry from that stuff. Well dried out I'm not afraid of it at all.

 

[Vtrombly]

Evening everyone,

Did some splitting with my boy this evening. He ran the controls and I loaded the blocks. Glad I redid it and made it allot safer so I can spend that quality time with him helping.

 

[Bill G]

Kinda like the joke line ...and my other brother Darryl !

I like it! A reference back to "Newhart"

 

[Bill G]

I was stationed on the USCGC Mackinaw back in the 90's. Squeezed through there more than once!

Folks do not understand the "squeeze factor" and the sheer skill of the Captains and the deckhands on the vessels. Our chamber was 600 feet Of course we had to lock doubles. You had only inches on each side and along the length on the first 9. The second 6 and the tow allowed some wiggle on the length unless they had "one on the hip" when they had 2 on the hip you rear puckered up and lives were in danger. I saw men break their legs trying to correct mistakes and a line snapped. It was no ones fault just a bad situation. I forgot to throw the headline off a downstream tow and the captain rolled ahead without clearance from me snapping the head line. I was at failt for fotgetting it and he was at fault for powering up prior to me say "all gone on the head" I hrasd the head line (4inch line) snap and got on the radio just saying "sorry cap" he came back and said "so am I" There was no danger to men as the headline is not manned on a double leaving but it was embarrassing nonetheless

 

[Bill G]

My first job out of school had four Steve's and a Stefan in a group of twenty. Needless to say, nicknames were used - Spanky, L.W., and Twitch. I got to keep Steve. Everyone else in the group was a Steve wannabe.

That is funny. Try calling a kid Spanky today.... I have talked about a student I had many years ago that was a great young man that was climbing from a young age, Right out of high school he was hired by Asplund and moved into crew leader position. He was a blonde./white haired young man and I always called him "Whitey" as growing up that was a common nickname for light haired fellows. In the same class I had a young black boy and other asked me why I did not call him "Blacky" I thought the answer was simple but I guess not. That young man ended up having the worst accident in my shop losing a finger on the table saw. I will never forget him running to me saying"Mr G I think I cut my finger off" That was a sad day. He was a great young man that had a hard life in foster care, I often wonder where he is today

 

[Kodiak Kid]

I absolutely love the older Rugers with the skeletonized synthetic stock. I had three model 77’s like that at one point. IMO the most handsome black hunting rifles in existence.

I agree! IMOP also, they are sharp rifles!

Yeah I guess Ruger doesn't build an All Weather 77-22WMR anymore. The rifle is becoming a collectors item and a lot of people are looking to buy them used. No matter to me. I've had mine for over 25 years and don't ever plan on selling it. Its been a great rifle to me!

 

[Bill G]

Evening everyone,

Did some splitting with my boy this evening. He ran the controls and I loaded the blocks. Glad I redid it and made it allot safer so I can spend that quality time with him helping.

Enjoy the few seconds you have with your children as it goes away so very fast just like the few seconds you spent with your parents.

 

[Sawyer Rob]

Remember this load of logs?

I already posted a pict. of one of them earlier, loaded on my BSM, and it's already milled, here's another one of those junk logs that I was told here, that they should be turned into firewood,

Well, here's that "firewood" coming off the mill all stickered,

I'll let you decide if I should have listened to you guys, or milled it,

NEVER judge a book by its cover!

BTW, here's how I turn the big ones,

SR

 

[MustangMike]

There was never a shortage of Mike's, but in my homeroom in HS we had 3 James (Jim) Murphey's.

Two did not get into trouble, but the third was always being told (over the loudspeaker) to report to the discipline committee.

We always cracked up when we heard it, because we all knew which one they wanted to report.

He also happened to be a VG wrestler, and I think he went to the States 3 of his 4 years.

 

[MustangMike]

I've got a few unusual Rugers. My 10/22 is an early Deluxe model, the mag release is different than the current ones.

I also have an early Mini 14 with the wooden top heat shield (they have been plastic for a long time).

My M-77 in 300 Win Mag is a Bicentennial production, and my 220 Swift was one of the early ones when they first started making M-77s in 68 (has a 26" bull barrel).

 

[Kodiak Kid]

I've got a few unusual Rugers. My 10/22 is an early Deluxe model, the mag release is different than the current ones.

I also have an early Mini 14 with the wooden top heat shield (they have been plastic for a long time).

My M-77 in 300 Win Mag is a Bicentennial production, and my 220 Swift was one of the early ones when they first started making M-77s in 68 (has a 26" bull barrel).

Sounds awesome MustangM! Those all sound like some old original Ruger's. I have two 10-22 carbine's myself! Neither of them are Deluxe models, but they are both stainless and older models none the less. With the original style mag release as well. I really don't care for the new style mag release nor the composite trigger assemblies! One of mine has a factory mannlicher laminated stock and has never been fired.

 

[sean donato]

Remember this load of logs?

I already posted a pict. of one of them earlier, loaded on my BSM, and it's already milled, here's another one of those junk logs that I was told here, that they should be turned into firewood,

Well, here's that "firewood" coming off the mill all stickered,

I'll let you decide if I should have listened to you guys, or milled it,

NEVER judge a book by its cover!

BTW, here's how I turn the big ones,

SR

Looks like a unique way to cut your firewood for sure.