Scrounging Firewood (and other stuff)

[Vtrombly]

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 .

I was surprised about the gas mileage I got last weekend heading up to Brufabs property. I only used a quarter tank between home and back. I didn't figure it out to the mile per gallon but that's pretty good for the size of V10 it is. It rarely matters whether I am loaded or not its usually the same regardless, but it must have been running exceptionally well.

 

[501Maico]

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.
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Amazing noses. I had one try to get in my trailer and pulled the weatherstripping off. The thing is, I only heated canned goods up on the stove and brought everything back home to wash. They also took a fancy to pull string when I was running phone and power.

 

[JimR]

I decided today to go out and get a load. I was supposed to work on cutting up my pile, splitting it, and filling the wood shed, but after I got back from town for a post office run, I decided heck with it, the truck was already warm, the snow isn't that deep yet and it was in the 20s and sunny so I'll go get a load to put in the wood shed.

I went back to one of my favorite firewood spots and someone with about 15 kids as been in there and pretty much cleaned it out, and left a big mess which bothers me because I like to leave my sites very neat.

Either way, this was probably The last load from that spot. Not the biggest load I've hauled, but I cant really load the truck very much because the driver side of the bed is only held on with hopes and dreams at this point.

I didn't take any pics of the full load for whatever reason but here are a few pics from my day.

That set of bear tracks was from this morning, looks like a decent sized black bear.

4wd on the ol superduty was making some clunking when engaged so I need to look at that.

Now to go finish splitting that load.

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Check your U joints.

 

[Brufab]

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.

That's so true I have alot of unanswered ones as well. I usually go strait to the source and send a pm. I will look at the remington thread and find the smartest guy in the room and pm him. That usually works best for me.

 

[sean donato]

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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Depends on what I'm doing, mostly loader work this weekend. Used around 10 gallons. There's still some on the one can, I would guess less then a gallon. brush hogging is another things. Tank goes in 4-6 hours. Not really complaining, it does ok on fuel for the work it gets done. I think my B7510, is close to the same size just a few less hp then your B2620.

All RTB?

Yeah, for the most part. Most were standing dead, or rejects that didn't make mill grade.

 

[JimR]

We're starting to have issues with trash bears. We only have black bears here of course, but they are getting bad about nailing trash cans. I keep my trash can pretty clean/not smelly and have only been hit once. With some of my neighbors, it's a monthly occurrence and they still haven't figured it out lol.

The trash bears really don't give a rat's azz about being around people...not afraid at all. I do occasionally run into the more wild bears out in the woods/wilderness and they have a totally different mentality. They are very skittish and you only see the bear for a couple of seconds as it runs from you through the brush. I did have a run in with a bear family while riding my dirtbike. The mom and 1 of the cubs ran away from me as fast as possible. The other cub was very curious and actually approached within probably 30' from me. It took starting my bike back up and creeping towards him before he got out of the trail.

The final type of bear is only one I see when I'm down working in a different part of the state. They usually have a beard, what little clothing they are wearing is rainbow colored, and they are only easy to spot on Big Bear Weekend lol.

The 3 different bears that we saw during this Summer at our house had no intentions of running away. They were all on separate occasions. They just putted along with no fear from us. That is not good. We have had run ins up in B.C. with black bears while out hiking . One big male was eating berries along the hiking trail. He had no intentions of leaving his food source and got aggressive after we made ourselves known to him. We had to back up and leave the area. We also saw a few others up close and personal but they fled as fast as they could. One small 150 pound light brown colored female bear in Whistler village was hanging out eating grubs under an evergreen on the main trail into the village. Someone yelled out "Oh look at the cute bear". Under a low hanging branch right aside of me was this small bear sitting on the ground pulling grubs. That bear was only about 5 feet from me. Within seconds two girls with walkie talkies shooed the bear away. On the way back to the parking lot she was sitting in the middle of a picnic area pulling grubs. There had to be 40 people in a semi circle taking pictures of her. The 2 girls with walkie talkies were there to keep people from getting to close to the bear. I think if there was a tree hugger there they would have gone up to this bear to pat it.

 

[sean donato]

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.

Driving down hill? Owned lots of 7.3l diesels from idi to power stroke and never once seen better then 21mpg. that was a 99 std cab, 6 speed truck 2wd. Normally your lucky to get 18mpg empty driving like you got an egg under your foot.

 

[JimR]

What size (diameter) have the new growth Beech trees reached?

Beech is good firewood. You have grown a good resource.

https://fireandsaw.com/beech-firewood/
https://www.firewood-for-life.com/beech-firewood.html

I checked several downed Beech trees by counting the rings and measuring the growth rings. On average the trees are growing at about 3/8 " in diameter. The center rings are very small. I think a 12 year old tree ends up being between 3 1/2 - 4 inches in diameter. I measured a tree that was 32 years old and it was 13 inches in diameter..

 

[Sawyer Rob]

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 .

This 60hp tractor, raking hay at 1200 RPM's, (Kuhn rotary rake) in a flat field, will burn two quarts of fuel an hour!

It's hard to believe it could so efficient, but it is!

Then again, put this rotary cutter behind it, run it at PTO speed and get into grass this tall or even taller that works the tractor,

and it will burn five to six quarts an hour!

SR

 

[sean donato]

This 60hp tractor, raking hay at 1200 RPM's, (Kuhn rotary rake) in a flat field, will burn two quarts of fuel an hour!

It's hard to believe it could so efficient, but it is!

Then again, put this rotary cutter behind it, run it at PTO speed and get into grass this tall or even taller that works the tractor,

and it will burn five to six quarts an hour!

SR

Still pretty economical when you get down to it. 1 to 1.5 gal ph.

 

[Be Stihl]

Nice score.
What saw and what length bar(hard to see on my phone).
I run a 20" lightweight on my ported 261, it's a nice setup for bucking.

Thanks!
400 with a 20” light, I keep a 16”/18” on the 261 now.

 

[chipper1]

Did someone say scrounge ?

You bringing that home .
Where is that at, near your sister's place.

 

[Honyuk96]

You bringing that home .
Where is that at, near your sister's place.

Just down the road. Nice lumber but too much noise right now to deal w it.

 

[chipper1]

I was surprised about the gas mileage I got last weekend heading up to Brufabs property. I only used a quarter tank between home and back. I didn't figure it out to the mile per gallon but that's pretty good for the size of V10 it is. It rarely matters whether I am loaded or not its usually the same regardless, but it must have been running exceptionally well.

My lie-o-meter said 10.1 on the way down to Ohio last weekend drivinginto a crosswind, on the way back it was up to 10.7. I can get it to read much higher if I have no trailer, those dang fold down ramps are like a parachute. Also, staying off the expressway with a trailer helps a lot.

 

[chipper1]

Just down the road. Nice lumber but too much noise right now to deal w it.

Too much noise?

 

[JimR]

3 days in a row of off and on rain. I needed a rest. I did manage to buck up at least a cord of wood during the non rainy parts of it. I might get out this afternoon to finish up the last pile of logs.

 

[chipper1]

Depends on what I'm doing, mostly loader work this weekend. Used around 10 gallons. There's still some on the one can, I would guess less then a gallon. brush hogging is another things. Tank goes in 4-6 hours. Not really complaining, it does ok on fuel for the work it gets done. I think my B7510, is close to the same size just a few less hp then your B2620.

Funny how like Rob was saying, jumping up sometimes will yield a better fuel efficiency. I know on my old exmarks I could get much better fuel efficiency per acre mowed than say a standard rider, it was so much faster. I had the gears let go in my mower deck gear box for the bota, used my neighbors walk behind (with a sulky) and I mowed everything in half the time the bota would have done it in, it just doesn't get around as well for that task here, to many turns and obstacles.
I think it's right around 26hp, I had a 2920 that I sold, 29hp I guess, same machine otherwise. I stole the mower mounting from that one to put on this one before selling it.
I like the B series, big enough to do some work, but they don't trash most yards.

 

[chipper1]

The 3 different bears that we saw during this Summer at our house had no intentions of running away. They were all on separate occasions. They just putted along with no fear from us. That is not good. We have had run ins up in B.C. with black bears while out hiking . One big male was eating berries along the hiking trail. He had no intentions of leaving his food source and got aggressive after we made ourselves known to him. We had to back up and leave the area. We also saw a few others up close and personal but they fled as fast as they could. One small 150 pound light brown colored female bear in Whistler village was hanging out eating grubs under an evergreen on the main trail into the village. Someone yelled out "Oh look at the cute bear". Under a low hanging branch right aside of me was this small bear sitting on the ground pulling grubs. That bear was only about 5 feet from me. Within seconds two girls with walkie talkies shooed the bear away. On the way back to the parking lot she was sitting in the middle of a picnic area pulling grubs. There had to be 40 people in a semi circle taking pictures of her. The 2 girls with walkie talkies were there to keep people from getting to close to the bear. I think if there was a tree hugger there they would have gone up to this bear to pat it.

Went to whistler for our honeymoon. At the restaurant up top of whistler, there are bear tracks in the concrete from when they built it, pretty cool.
But yeah, I ain't messing with a bear in the wild. I did get yelled at for petting the bear cubs(medium sized) at the Wisconsin Dells, guess they should have made the fence higher

 

[chipper1]

Driving down hill? Owned lots of 7.3l diesels from idi to power stroke and never once seen better then 21mpg. that was a 99 std cab, 6 speed truck 2wd. Normally your lucky to get 18mpg empty driving like you got an egg under your foot.

Everyone will say they get better though. I had a 99 f350 crew and it got 14-16 average but one time going across upper Michigan I got 18+ in the rain. I had 285s on it rather than the 265s.
That was a fun ride running the fire roads on the wis/mi boarder, had my buddy telling me what turns were coming and I was drifting them at about 45, hard core redneck action .

 

[chipper1]

This 60hp tractor, raking hay at 1200 RPM's, (Kuhn rotary rake) in a flat field, will burn two quarts of fuel an hour!

It's hard to believe it could so efficient, but it is!

Then again, put this rotary cutter behind it, run it at PTO speed and get into grass this tall or even taller that works the tractor,

and it will burn five to six quarts an hour!

SR

Mine only takes gallons .