Scrounging Firewood (and other stuff)

[svk]

Speaking of “other stuff”

 

[Philbert]

The bear scat post was honestly the best thing I’ve read on this thread in months.

Lots of ways folks could read that!

I don’t see how anybody could read that and not understand it was a joke?

Someone jumping in could read that and think that thread content is so poor, that bear poop is an improvement!

No offense intended towards you or Mike.

Philbert

 

[turnkey4099]

I can only square file with my right hand. I can't do it with both hands! Im not that ambidextrous. Wish I could! I can round file with either hand, but that ain't saying much!

If you ae filing with the saw in a vise, put it in upside down and then you can file both sides right handed.

 

[The Shooters Apprentice]

If you ae filing with the saw in a vise, put it in upside down and then you can file both sides right handed.

Well that's brilliant and I never would have thought of that in a million years.

 

[Backyard Lumberjack]

I was going to say, "please don't bother doing that!"

Pics of "scrounging of nature's bounty" have been posted for a good while much to the enjoyment of the vast majority of folks on this site. Sometimes there are pictures of critters that don't live near you (that are fascinating to see).

Let's face it, there are some folks out there that would get upset if I posted pictures of my vegetable garden harvesting, because I'm killing plants!

Most of the folks on this site are outdoors men who appreciate all the stuff that is posted. (Women are also welcome, did not mean to leave anyone out!).

Let's just carry on unless there are things really over the line and THANK YOU VERY MUCH for making the title change. It should make things easier to stay compliant.

but they still won't move What's For Dinner from Off Topic to the Cooking Forum!

well, over on the 'you know where' thread... there are some, of late, interesting animal pix!!! one is animals having fun!!! and another one is a kitty having dinner... upside down, and inside out!

no complaints about 'the new management'... they seem to look convieniently the other way when the edge (Rules) gets pushed....

and i am ok with that! ~

 

[Backyard Lumberjack]

Black bears are not as big, strong, or mean as Brown Bears, but they are big and strong and you sure as heck do not want to be attacked by one (and it does occasionally happen).Black Bears get much larger and stronger than a human. You do not want to get between Mom and her cubs or encounter a bad-tempered large male.

now there is an understatement!!!

 

[Backyard Lumberjack]

A few thoughts on bears:

Black bears can get huge but rarely do you see one that will be more than 200 lbs in the wild.

I wouldn’t want to mess with a bear of any size.

nor me either! never seen a story about an attack with a happy ending! one way or another, the attacked looses....

 

[Backyard Lumberjack]

Crossbow should solve in town coyote problems nicely

down here the rule is air gun or propellant regarding in town use. with .500 air guns... well, u get the picture....

 

[Backyard Lumberjack]

The Mustang had an occasional miss, and I was thinking (old school thinking) that the plugs were relatively new and should be working fine.

Then I get an engine code and realize it is the Ignition coils. So, I order a set made by TRQ that are supposed to have a hotter spark that will provide better performance and fuel mileage. Gotta say, they made a heck of a difference from the old coils, the car runs smooth but feels like an animal!

For those who don't know my 2006 Mustang GT has Eagle Crank, Rods and Pistons (strokes it from 4.6 to 4.9 Ltr), a Whipple Twin Screw Intercooled SC, Magnaflow Cats, JBA Mufflers, etc., etc, so she puts out north of 550 Hp. Ford Performance did the tune for the Whipples back then, so they are 50 State emissions legal! The 4.6 liter was the first V-8 in the Mustang to have 3 valves and variable cam timing, so it makes the most of its small size.

i watched an episode of Rust Valley Restorations last nite, end of the Dream of Fields! they took an eV Mustang out to the track and put it thru it's paces...

quiet and quick! ~

 

[Backyard Lumberjack]

Wood scrounging season is probably over for me this year. We had a good run, but snows finally on the ground and it’s supposed to get cold next week. In the 30s today so I decided to go work on cutting off the 10 cord stock pile and get it split and put it in the wood shed.

Of course side tracks always happen, and I just got done adding some sides to my wood cart. I’ve had that thing several years now and never noticed that it had stale pockets on it. We build a bed frame for the cabin the other day, so I had some wood scrap laying around that worked out quite nicely.

Time for lunch, and then I’ll go out and fire up the 372xp. Or maybe the ported MS361, but now that I think of it that saw was making a racket last time I ran it so maybe I better investigate that, which means I need to clear off the saw bench, so I better put that poulan 295 back together first.

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hi TSA - it never ends down here for me. my needs are not cords to heat home/shop for 9 months thru year. but it rains oak all the time here. some cut, some drops, some from clean ups. 2 neighbors had nice ez scrounges fall onto sides of driveways. 500' or so from my front door. not sure if i will go cut any of it, i still have plenty i need to split now that cooler weather is here... but, i am still pre-snow season...

 

[Backyard Lumberjack]

Ok, I’m gonna brag for a second. Decided to just grab the 460 rancher because it’s lightweight, and I’m just cutting off the pile out back. Cut a couple rounds and decided the chain needed touched up. Ever since I got my grinder, I’m just gone by my dads golden standard of swapping chains when they go full, and then grinding a whole pile when you run out. Today, I didn’t feel like pulling the chain off when it wasn’t really that dull, so I decided to just touch it up with a file. I don’t think I’ve filed a chain since I got my grinder so figured a little practice would be good.

I’ve still got it

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hey Brufab - show him the pile of sawdust u made up at ur Dad's place... what was it??? cutting up 100 logs???

 

[Backyard Lumberjack]

IMOP, black bears and brownies can each be just as aggressive as the other twords people. I think it all just depends on the particular bear. Each aggressive bear senerio is different. However, an aggressive bear incident often involves sows with cubs, a bear protecting its food, the smell of human food or trash, or the smell of meat in a hunters pack. Regardless though, you simply can not predict them!

i watched a vid on AK... and it was out in the outback... bear country! came across a black bear that apparently had met up with a brown bear... the black bear gave its all, but he was little more than a bear rug in the making....

 

[Backyard Lumberjack]

25 miles? I wish I could find good wood that close. I go 25 miles in off the highway to my main spot right now.

i do enjoy seeing all the wood gathering adventures on this thread. especially the ones up along and on mountain trails. if i had to go 25 miles to get firewood... i would fulfill my avatar's motto:

no wood, no fire! lol

BL waiting for wood....(hoping)

 

[Backyard Lumberjack]

I know you guys like guns, but let's try to keep this page about scrounging firewood as it is that.
Thanks.

i am worried so much off topic stuff... Top Brass might make a name change or mod it....

 

[Backyard Lumberjack]

Social work.... I love it.

i know what a 1911 is... got several. but had to look the roscoe up....

S&W Model 629-4 ''Backpacker'' DA Revolver​

 

[Backyard Lumberjack]

Over the past week my pile keeps growing with Beech tree logs. I did however cut up some of it yesterday.

it when this thread goes off grid, but stays on topic!

 

[Backyard Lumberjack]

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Muffler I made for my Ms 661

is it loud?

 

[Backyard Lumberjack]

Yes, this thread often runs off topic, much to the general approval of most members. I think, however, that enduring conversations about hunting and guns ought to be in their own thread. In fact, I started one just for that purpose. It's a sticky, too, so you should always be able to find it in the future.

Post your hunting pictures here! (click the link)

Now you have no reason worry about being off topic, 'cause hunting IS the topic. Try to remember that some folks don't like hunting, guns, and images of dead critters. Others just wish to stay on topic.

i tried the link....

 

[Backyard Lumberjack]

You’re going down a dangerous slope if you’re going to start editing and moderating only some off-topic posts in this thread… JMHO

i am all for less dead animal pix! but i don't think such are excessive, generally speaking. but then... i am only several hundred pages behind!!!!

 

[Backyard Lumberjack]

My closest one was only 2 miles. A neighbor had some dead black locust. Got around 5 cord out of there. My willow bush project is 3.5 miles. Nice as I can decide to go cutting and be there in 5 minutes.

hi ty - me, too about 5 mins! within, i prob could scrounge out close to a cord. the kind of firewood i like... pre-seasoned!

campwood!

works for me....