Scrounging Firewood (and other stuff)

[svk]

I haven’t had a bear in my feeders in a few years because I do not feed when they are awake. However this guy was on the ground this morning and I never heard a thing even though it’s right below my bedroom window. Could’ve been raccoons as well. The funny thing is there hasn’t been any seeds in this feeder since April.

 

[turnkey4099]

mesquite for me! i like cedar, too. gets quite hot!! that is why i scrounge cedar fence boards. and when doing work around my place, keep any cedar boards. then chainsaw them to abou 10" or so and camp axe into kindling... i also keep a trug of cedar #2'... for when and if mr Brutus gives me a bit of a cold fire. that cedar is just like the primer bulb on a saw... i scrounged the cedar... from up along the county line. good stuff, i do like it.

for me, mesquite is more so for cooking. i have about 5 acres of it...
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My headquarters post when regturning from overseas assignments was at Goodfellow AFB, Tx. Square miles of that stuff and would have loved to have a saw and go cutting. Was never there long enough to jsutify the cost of proper equipment. I saw some pistol grips made from it, quite wild!!

 

[The Shooters Apprentice]

I can tell you I would never watch that happen! I would die trying to free the kid and would whack and/or stab the bear with whatever was available.

Living in rural alaska, wildlife is exactly why I carry a gun 24-7 and keep them in various accessible locations.

 

[djg james]

Gone a few days, get 10 pages behind and miss all the excitement. Dang!
The rain was coming in today, so I went to the log yard to get the Mulberry I had left behind.
I went over the chain I had been previously used with a file and even knocked down the rakers a little. It still cut to the right and was not as aggressive as it should be. Felt like it wasn't ejecting the chips out of the kerf. I've got another shop to try and see if they can sharpen chains properly. Actually, it's the same guy the tree guy uses. I think he ought to be able to straighten up this chain.

I went and finished up the Mulberry and a few large rounds of Oak using this chain. I didn't have a spare with me since I already have a half dozen or so ill fated chains lying around. Ended up with not quite a load, but man is that stuff heavy. I left the 24"-30" dia. trunk. Just too big for me to handle. Plenty of Maple there though.

 

[Zaedock]

There is a reason the folks out West often had pit bulls to watch their kids when they were outside, and they often referred to them as "Nanny Dogs"! It is a shame this breed has gotten such a bad reputation because of drug dealers and other unscrupulous folks who have raised them wrong.

My best friends Pit Bulls are ferocious. They will literally lick the skin off your face when you arrive because they're so happy to see you.

 

[chipper1]

Here's a picture of the Maple pile I took today at my neighbors. He added a bunch of splits to the back side of it this weekend, you know he's got to get ready for this winter . He's opening up more to me helping him get a season ahead, he has 10 acres and a large portion is woods with lots of dead locust, sure we could get enough together and split in a few days working together.

Here's the willow I dropped this morning, anyone need any wood, most the branches and everything but the bottom two cuts of the stem are in the bonfire pit .
She had a bit of lean.

Needed to miss the lilac bush under the natural lean.

No lilacs were harmed in the cutting of this willow lol.

The 462 with a 28 and small dogs had no problem reaching thru to bore it. It was real fun facing it up and boring it off the ladder, the cuts are about 7' off the ground. I usually do the high stumps like that off the loader bucket, dang plants prevented me from doing that. Customer/neighbor says, want me to hold the ladder .

 

[chipper1]

Now presenting the willow palm, not sure if it's as in the palm tree, or the face palm . You can see the other large limb is gone that went to the left(and a smaller one below it), dropped it right in the same slot in the bushes I dropped the main, I was pretty proud of that . Had to swing it about 75 degrees off its lean, no Dutchman though softwood fallers, just the skidding winch and a tapered hinge .

 

[The Shooters Apprentice]

No wood scrounging today but had to take the wife to the city for a eye exam and while waiting hit yo some pawn shops.

Found a Jonsered 49sp with no chain and barely any compression for $299. I talked them down to $80 and still walked out but I’m debating going back for it before we leave Fairbanks.

 

[gggGary]

The Gray Elm in my pine woods was today's victim.
28" bar
Came pretty close to the intended landing. You can see the cleared lane, might have been some branch intereference steering
I'm thinking it will be a solid 2 cords. Tomorrow the gas splitter, No hand splitting elm rounds for me!



Bonus pics;

the sky was on fire! Full rainbow to the East (mostly a double) and spectacular sunset west, never seen both east and west lit like that before.

 

[chipper1]

The Gray Elm in my pine woods was today's victim.
28" bar
Came pretty close to the intended landing. You can see the cleared lane, might have been some branch intereference steering
I'm thinking it will be a solid 2 cords. Tomorrow the gas splitter, No hand splitting elm rounds for me!

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Bonus pics;
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the sky was on fire! Full rainbow to the East (mostly a double) and spectacular sunset west, never seen both east and west lit like that before like that before

Nice job.
That's sweet, never seen a rainbow on a sky like that!

 

[JustJeff]

Geez miss a day or two here and you're 12 pages behind and miss all the juicy stuff! Stacked the last bit of what I had split tonight. I'd love to keep going and process the rest of my log pile but at this point the daylight is running out sooner and it's just a matter of time before the weather turns. Beauty last few days! Heading to Quebec this weekend for a boys trip to try and scrounge a fish or two. Be in black bear country and since we can't carry cordless hole punchers here in Canada, I'll just take my chances and rely on my big mouth to make lots of noise!

 

[sean donato]

Second load of the day, and fourth load from cleaning up the wood lot. I was in such a hurry to unload this morning I forgot to take pictures of it. This last load was definatly the heaviest, by far. Actually had it get in the throttle pretty good to back up the trailer and get turned around to leave. Those locust rounds sitting on top are 23". The 400 didn't have any issues cutting them, or any of the oak, ash, white pine, sassafras, or wild cherry we were cutting today. I got a lot of but ends too. I'll have to break out the 390xp to quarter them. Poor kubota definatly earned its keep this weekend. Had to fill the tank twice, and that also means I need to get more diesel. . I left this load on the trailer for now. I have another load or two to grab, so I'll have to work at it after work this week.

 

[chipper1]

Second load of the day, and fourth load from cleaning up the wood lot. I was in such a hurry to unload this morning I forgot to take pictures of it. This last load was definatly the heaviest, by far. Actually had it get in the throttle pretty good to back up the trailer and get turned around to leave. Those locust rounds sitting on top are 23". The 400 didn't have any issues cutting them, or any of the oak, ash, white pine, sassafras, or wild cherry we were cutting today. I got a lot of but ends too. I'll have to break out the 390xp to quarter them. Poor kubota definatly earned its keep this weekend. Had to fill the tank twice, and that also means I need to get more diesel. . I left this load on the trailer for now. I have another load or two to grab, so I'll have to work at it after work this week.

Those locust rounds look .
How many hrs do you get out of a tank on the kubota, my big one(L3800) I get around 8 running mostly full throttle(540 PTO) and is about 8 gallons, my little one(B2620) seems to be about the same and is about 6.5 gallons iirc, but I haven't really ran that one that hard all day.
Regardless, they sure are nice to have around, the big one earned it's keep today .
Here's what I spent on fuel this week . The good thing is I still have some of it left .
Truck and most of a 5 gallon can, my card or the pump shut off at $175, yes, the excursion was on EEEEE.

The other two 5 gallon containers and topped of the one that wasn't quite full. I brought three to fill as fuel was cheaper in Ohio than Michigan.

Then the little tractor.

 

[Sierra_rider]

Those locust rounds look .
How many hrs do you get out of a tank on the kubota, my big one(L3800) I get around 8 running mostly full throttle(540 PTO) and is about 8 gallons, my little one(B2620) seems to be about the same and is about 6.5 gallons iirc, but I haven't really ran that one that hard all day.
Regardless, they sure are nice to have around, the big one earned it's keep today .
Here's what I spent on fuel this week . The good thing is I still have some of it left .
Truck and most of a 5 gallon can, my card or the pump shut off at $175, yes, the excursion was on EEEEE.
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The other two 5 gallon containers and topped of the one that wasn't quite full. I brought three to fill as fuel was cheaper in Ohio than Michigan.
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Then the little tractor.
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I generally avoid driving my diesel if I can, I usually drive the Tacoma. That being said, I did have to drive the Cummins for work a coupla weeks ago. I found out that the pump shut-off is 25 gallons, which ended up being $154 and some change. It has a 35 gallon tank and I couldn't fill it up. It's annoying, as it's a Safeway Grocery gas station and I used a bunch of rewards points and couldn't even get a whole tank full.

 

[Philbert]

Did you know that zoos in the US have to have a written contingency plan to kill all of their animals in the event that they escape and are not able to be contained. Guess I never thought of that.

When Duluth, MN flooded in 2012, two seals famously ‘escaped’ out to a local highway.

We talked to the zoo Director who described the uncertainty of searching for all of the other animals, at night, to determine which ones were still in their enclosures; which might be loose; and which might need rescue. At night. With no power.

https://www.mprnews.org/amp/story/2017/06/20/mpr-50-duluth-flood-seal-escape
Philbert

 

[singinwoodwackr]

Second load of the day, and fourth load from cleaning up the wood lot. I was in such a hurry to unload this morning I forgot to take pictures of it. This last load was definatly the heaviest, by far. Actually had it get in the throttle pretty good to back up the trailer and get turned around to leave. Those locust rounds sitting on top are 23". The 400 didn't have any issues cutting them, or any of the oak, ash, white pine, sassafras, or wild cherry we were cutting today. I got a lot of but ends too. I'll have to break out the 390xp to quarter them. Poor kubota definatly earned its keep this weekend. Had to fill the tank twice, and that also means I need to get more diesel. . I left this load on the trailer for now. I have another load or two to grab, so I'll have to work at it after work this week.

All RTB?

 

[The Shooters Apprentice]

You know, not to go off topic, but I think the reason these big threads go off topic as much as they do is because they get more attention. You post in a thread like this and several people will answer it, but start a new thread about wanting to build a Jonsered 272 mash up and nothing.

 

[chipper1]

I generally avoid driving my diesel if I can, I usually drive the Tacoma. That being said, I did have to drive the Cummins for work a coupla weeks ago. I found out that the pump shut-off is 25 gallons, which ended up being $154 and some change. It has a 35 gallon tank and I couldn't fill it up. It's annoying, as it's a Safeway Grocery gas station and I used a bunch of rewards points and couldn't even get a whole tank full.

The only diesel there was the last one for the little tractor.
Back when obummer was in I remember the first time I experienced the pumps shutting off at a set amount. Sometimes my credit union debit card will at certain stations, that's what I was using, and I was surprised it didn't earlier.
Stinks when they get you or you loose on the reward points like that .

 

[The Shooters Apprentice]

I drive my diesel pretty much exclusively now since I can get forbidden fuel for about 2 bucks a gallon less. If I drive my old 7.3 like a grandpa, and run a low and slow tune, I’m getting low 20s per gallon. I got 27 once on a road trip empty but average 21-22.

 

[Honyuk96]

Did someone say scrounge ?