Scrounging Firewood (and other stuff)

[Tree Feller]

Nice. Looks like fairly limb free Norway. That stuff burns close to as good as mid grade hardwood.

Edit: I see you are in North Carolina. Is that long leaf pine?

We call it Yellow pine. The trees were dropped and the tops ground and I got the logs for free. It burns hot and i'd say as long as popular does. I try to burn it in October and November before it gets real cold and say the good stuff for the real cold nights.

 

[USMC615]

We call it Yellow pine. The trees were dropped and the tops ground and I got the logs for free. It burns hot and i'd say as long as popular does. I try to burn it in October and November before it gets real cold and say the good stuff for the real cold nights.

Nice. Yellow pine is all over Ga as well. Does burn good. My BIL offered me at a family get together over Mothers Day this year, all of it I could stand to take. He's got probably 10 large pines on the ground and all cut into 16-18" rounds. He's four counties away from me, about an hour and a half drive. I'll probably hook up the trailer and get a couple of loads a little later in the year.

 

[dancan]

Happy Bday youse guys !!!
I'd try to mill some of the nicer pine , burn the slabs .

 

[svk]

Scrounged up some rhubarb from a friend's garden and some raspberries from the supermarket. Whipped up a batch of raspberry rhubarb sauce tonight.

 

[kingOFgEEEks]

Nice! We picked 28 qts of strawberries on Wednesday night, and made a bunch of jam last night.

 

[JB Weld]

If you guys are like me (and I bet some of you are!), I scrounge more than just wood.

Last night I was coming home from work and I passed a pile of "JUNK/Treasure" waiting to be picked up by the city. Sooooooooo.........I just had to stop and take a look. I got: Poulan parts saw, small Briggs Generator (1300W), floor jack, 3 boxes of unopened Nitril gloves, 5 gallon outboard gas tank (Plastic), small spool of 10g wire, big coil spring, Battery/Jumper pack (that works), 5 (new) cans of grey spray paint, 2 qts 30wt oil, can of brake fluid, and two box wrenches (13mm and 15mm).

Today, I am going to scrounge that wood down the road from my office.

 

[Tree Feller]

If you guys are like me (and I bet some of you are!), I scrounge more than just wood.

Last night I was coming home from work and I passed a pile of "JUNK/Treasure" waiting to be picked up by the city. Sooooooooo.........I just had to stop and take a look. I got: Poulan parts saw, small Briggs Generator (1300W), floor jack, 3 boxes of unopened Nitril gloves, 5 gallon outboard gas tank (Plastic), small spool of 10g wire, big coil spring, Battery/Jumper pack (that works), 5 (new) cans of grey spray paint, 2 qts 30wt oil, can of brake fluid, and two box wrenches (13mm and 15mm).

Today, I am going to scrounge that wood down the road from my office.

Dang it's like you went to Lowes, except it was all FREE!!

 

[svk]

Scrounged up some rhubarb from a friend's garden and some raspberries from the supermarket. Whipped up a batch of raspberry rhubarb sauce tonight.

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The next batch of strawberry rhubarb sauce is cooling.

 

[farmer steve]

The next batch of strawberry rhubarb sauce is cooling.

it should be cooling over a big bowl of vanilla ice cream.

 

[USMC615]

The next batch of strawberry rhubarb sauce is cooling.

...strawberry or raspberry? First cookin post was with raspberry. I'll PM ya my address and pay expedited shipping, and your time involved, if ya wanna send quart jars south. Lol.

 

[svk]

...strawberry or raspberry? First cookin post was with raspberry. I'll PM ya my address and pay expedited shipping, and your time involved, if ya wanna send quart jars south. Lol.

Yep. I did raspberry with the first batch and strawberry with second. I'll do cherry if I can find more rhubarb.

I don't actually "can" the stuff just put it in used jam jars and refrigerate.

 

[dancan]

Nice scrounge there JB !
If any of you guys need rhubarb , I've got plenty behind my wood piles , just come on up , I don't ship LOL
If any of you guys had been wondering about the Fiskars warranty and shied away from buying a plastic handled axe (No , I didn't break my X25) I had bought some of their fan rakes over 5 years ago , broke it this spring .
I took a pic of it

filled out the online claims form , got an email confirmation and a new fan was delivered to my door within 5 days , pretty daum good service in my books .

 

[USMC615]

Nice scrounge there JB !
If any of you guys need rhubarb , I've got plenty behind my wood piles , just come on up , I don't ship LOL
If any of you guys had been wondering about the Fiskars warranty and shied away from buying a plastic handled axe (No , I didn't break my X25) I had bought some of their fan rakes over 5 years ago , broke it this spring .
I took a pic of it

filled out the online claims form , got an email confirmation and a new fan was delivered to my door within 5 days , pretty daum good service in my books .

...I've got two of the same rakes. Well worth the little extra money, rakes like a champ. Great to hear their warranty, regardless of ownership time, is no frills, no spills BS. Great you got the head replaced quickly. Can't say enough about most of the Fiskars line.

 

[zogger]

...I've got two of the same rakes. Well worth the little extra money, rakes like a champ. Great to hear their warranty, regardless of ownership time, is no frills, no spills BS. Great you got the head replaced quickly. Can't say enough about most of the Fiskars line.

Try one of their all steel shovels. The bestus.

 

[svk]

Try one of their all steel shovels. The bestus.

I heard Council Tool makes a better one.....

Sorry I had to

 

[USMC615]

Try one of their all steel shovels. The bestus.

Never tried one of their shovels...I'm sure they're good. Got way too many round and flat, old school shovels, some still with the original handles. I ain't so sure I wanna new fangled shovel...hell, I'd hafta put it through its test. Last thing I need is something new to take to the 'proving grounds.' Lol

 

[MustangMike]

OK, I got some pics from the morning when I dropped the Black Birch that was next to the Rock, which I was scheduled to drop.

Then, I dropped a small widow maker Oak, a 12" Hard Maple, cut up the top of a Red Oak that landed in his neighbor's yard, and pulled an old Ash log out of the woods withe the ATV and cut it up. Sorry, no pics of the afternoon cutting, there was not time, but it was at least as much as the morning cutting.

The stump picture with the 24" 044 (last pic) is after I lowered the stump down. When I dropped it, I cut the notch up high were the tree was a little rounder. When you got to reach up to do something like that, you appreciate that the 044 is lighter than the 046. That new recipe 044 port that Randy did on that saw is starting to feel really strong since I leaned that saw out a bit. When I was still running it a bit rich (as was recommended) it was not nearly so impressive. I'm really starting to like that saw! That 044 did the bulk of the bucking today, and the 362 most of the limbing.

Enjoy the pics.

 

[USMC615]

OK, I got some pics from the morning when I dropped the Black Birch that was next to the Rock, which I was scheduled to drop.

Then, I dropped a small widow maker Oak, a 12" Hard Maple, cut up the top of a Red Oak that landed in his neighbor's yard, and pulled an old Ash log out of the woods withe the ATV and cut it up. Sorry, no pics of the afternoon cutting, there was not time, but it was at least as much as the morning cutting.

The stump picture with the 24" 044 (last pic) is after I lowered the stump down. When I dropped it, I cut the notch up high were the tree was a little rounder. When you got to reach up to do something like that, you appreciate that the 044 is lighter than the 046. That new recipe 044 port that Randy did on that saw is starting to feel really strong since I leaned that saw out a bit. When I was still running it a bit rich (as was recommended) it was not nearly so impressive. I'm really starting to like that saw! That 044 did the bulk of the bucking today, and the 362 most of the limbing.

Enjoy the pics.

Nice...ya did exactly what ya said you were gonna do...and the pics. Sweet wood!!

 

[MustangMike]

Thanks, and it is literally sweet wood, Black Birch is also known as sweet birch, and smells like wintergreen when you cut it.

 

[USMC615]

Thanks, and it is literally sweet wood, Black Birch is also known as sweet birch, and smells like wintergreen when you cut it.

Great job Mike. Kudos!!!