Scrounging Firewood (and other stuff)

[Marine5068]

I was room mates with a co worker once long time ago, had a little duplex we rented in town, in Atlanta. Anyway, we had this little ten foot back yard. One day he goes, I want to grow a tomato! I said, well, we have some in the fridge, pick one out, cut it, get a few seeds and try them. He did, one sprouted well, we planted it. AMAZING that sucker got as big as a Christmas tree, didn't need any staking, the main stem was strong as a sapling! Lots of tomatoes. All it got was some spaghetti pots of water every day and a little raked up lawn from the mower guys for mulch around it, and some coffee grounds, etc. To this day I wish I knew what seeds those were. He saved some then lost them during a move.

I knew a guy who grew the other kind of "tomatoes" when we were in college.
He used to pee on his for extra fertilizer he said.
It sure grew nice "blooms" afterwards

 

[Ryan Groat]

Any pictures?

I'll get some tonight if the rain holds off.

 

[zogger]

I knew a guy who grew the other kind of "tomatoes" when we were in college.
He used to pee on his for extra fertilizer he said.
It sure grew nice "blooms" afterwards

HAHAHAHAHA!

Nope, this one was a real tomato. My friend called it his tomato tree.

 

[svk]

HAHAHAHAHA!

Nope, this one was a real tomato. My friend called it his tomato tree.

I was in south Texas and there were jalapeño plants that had been growing for several years. They actually had bark growing on the lower part of the plant.

 

[dancan]

I made a box for for the forks of the diesel powered wheelbarrow , it holds 1 row of wood from the van so only 2 trips to the stacks

Today's scrounged wood brought to you by MexiCoke

 

[dancan]

Load #3 today , even picked up some of the splitter scraps , perfect kindlin LOL

 

[Mike Mulback]

Here is one for you I cant believe this post http://lasvegas.craigslist.org/zip/5063225164.html

 

[MuskokaSplitter]

A load of red oak with a few pieces of red maple. Bringing the cart with me was the smartest thing i did. Rolling 30" oak rounds 40' uphill wasnt fun. I got twice as much done this way.

I just wanted to run my 044 and getting some oak was the bonus.

 

[svk]

Here is one for you I cant believe this post http://lasvegas.craigslist.org/zip/5063225164.html

Do you think ALL of that could be squeezed into Dancan's van?

 

[cantoo]

Guess how this ended up? Was cutting a rotten ash down and the wind had gotten a bit stronger than I had realized. It turned completely around on the stump and fell backwards to my notch. I notched the rotten side as that's the way it was leaning. The tractor was far enough away but made me do some quick thinking. After it fell backwards and hung up I went over to the tractor and got my phone to take pics. 5 minutes after I cut it the wind picked up again and the tree rolled on the cedars allowing me to grab the saw out before it went crashing down. Next time I will check the wind closer before do the final cut. I need to order some more bars and chains anyway.

 

[cantoo]

Went to an Amish sale on Saturday. Wish this was for sale but it wasn't. 48" splitter, self propelled, power steered, log lift and only an 11 hp Honda on it. Cycle time must be real slow.
I bought a Wallenstein BX42 skid steer mounted wood chipper. Set of fork extensions for my forks and another wood splitter, decent shape likely resell it.

 

[Philbert]

Guess how this ended up?

Ouch!

Hope the saw was not too badly injured.

Philbert

 

[dancan]

Glad that it was only the bar that took one for the team lol

 

[Ambull01]

I helped a friend remove some large limbs from his roof. Put the big pieces in my station wagon, but did not fill it up like Dancan or Ambull01, so no photos of the wood. Got to use a lot of toys though!

Philbert

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What's that thing on the left?

You certainly are doing good!

I haven't cut anything but grass, weeds and hay for more than half a year now.

I'd rather being working wood, trying to figger out how to accomplish this, it would require a major restructuring of where I live and what I do for a living.

Perhaps it's due to the fact I spent most of my life in Hawaii or maybe because I secretly want to be a farmer. Whatever the case may be I've always wanted to hay. That just seems like an awesome workout (the smaller square bales at least that you manually handle).

Went to an Amish sale on Saturday. Wish this was for sale but it wasn't. 48" splitter, self propelled, power steered, log lift and only an 11 hp Honda on it. Cycle time must be real slow.
I bought a Wallenstein BX42 skid steer mounted wood chipper. Set of fork extensions for my forks and another wood splitter, decent shape likely resell it.

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Hope they are all Mennonites or they're all cheaters.

 

[farmer steve]

What's that thing on the left?



Perhaps it's due to the fact I spent most of my life in Hawaii or maybe because I secretly want to be a farmer. Whatever the case may be I've always wanted to hay. That just seems like an awesome workout (the smaller square bales at least that you manually handle).



Hope they are all Mennonites or they're all cheaters.

we''ll be haying in about a week Reid.come on up.we usually wait till it's about 95*and 98% humidity. free water.

 

[zogger]

we''ll be haying in about a week Reid.come on up.we usually wait till it's about 95*and 98% humidity. free water.

My record on small square bales is cracking ten thousand in one day. That's baled, hauled to the barn and stacked. Farmer, his son and nephew and brother, and me.

Probably the most beat and tired I ever got on a job.

 

[Philbert]

What's that thing on the left? View attachment 428531

(Left to Right, and Top to Bottom)
Oregon 40 V pole saw (http://www.arboristsite.com/community/threads/oregon-40-volt-pole-saw.248941/ )
Corona 14' manual pole saw/pruner
Oregon 40 V chainsaw ( http://www.arboristsite.com/community/threads/review-oregon-powernow-cordless-chainsaw.179262/ )
Gilmour compound bypass lopper (clean cuts in live trees)
Gilmour compound anvil lopper (cuts live or dead wood)
14" Silky 'Big Boy' folding saw
Oregon 40 V blower
Little Giant 19' multi-ladder

Philbert (not shown)

 

[Ambull01]

we''ll be haying in about a week Reid.come on up.we usually wait till it's about 95*and 98% humidity. free water.

Sounds like a plan.

My record on small square bales is cracking ten thousand in one day. That's baled, hauled to the barn and stacked. Farmer, his son and nephew and brother, and me.

Probably the most beat and tired I ever got on a job.

10k! Impressive

 

[kingOFgEEEks]

10k in a day? With 5 people? That's quite impressive. We could hit 1,300-1,500 in a day with 4-5 people, and the neighbors could do about 3,000 max, with 6-8 people. You would have to be averaging close to 100 wagon loads per hour!

 

[Ambull01]

10k in a day? With 5 people? That's quite impressive. We could hit 1,300-1,500 in a day with 4-5 people, and the neighbors could do about 3,000 max, with 6-8 people. You would have to be averaging close to 100 wagon loads per hour!

Maybe he fat fingered a 0 before the "k" or perhaps the GA folk work with miniature hay bales.