Scrounging Firewood (and other stuff)

[Backyard Lumberjack]

A Peavey did come out a few times, with that many people it can get done before the Peavey arrives. The idea is to have enough manpower to make quick work of what we encounter, the Forest Service Off Highway Vehicle crew leader said we get more people to show up than any other club. Everyone had a blast too.

This is where we camped, near the trailhead.
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swell pix there, mg! ~

 

[Backyard Lumberjack]

21 years AF (etired 1975. I get Soc Scty, AF pension and free medical ( I enlisted back when the recruiters were promising "stay for 20, get free medical for life". That was ended shortly after I enlisted but the powers finally had to admit that "Yes, that was the promise" somwhere in the 80s. Coesn't apply any more.

hi tk - my Dad was USAF, retired 21 years. we lived in WA twice while he was active, then moved over to Seattle. i see the state is currently full of fires on W side! i was surprized to see that on KIRO7 news...

 

[Backyard Lumberjack]

You seem to have a lot of vises. Repent and buy no more.

good one! but i don't think SR is going to repent for anyone... until maybe the final moment! ~

mea culpa!

 

[Backyard Lumberjack]

No problem with me. They could all use some restoring and fresh paint however. Like I mentioned earlier I think, I like the new HF Doyle vise but my ancient Wilton is doing just fine and in reality, you only need one anyway.

for some maybe, but for many more... more than one is barely enuff! ~


without pinning me down, i have a few more than half dozen...

 

[Backyard Lumberjack]

Always need a backup and usually a backup for the backup - saws, hammers, knives, guns, trailers, et al. I have several vises for different locations and different purposes. Nope, just one we won't do.

dif purposes, dif locations. sure, but i can see a homeowner DIY, small corner workbench and only one vise?

can i count my vise grips as vises?? lol

some of my vises are inside vises, and others... outside. (but dont get rusty)

 

[Backyard Lumberjack]

You seem to have a lot of vises. Repent and buy no more.

could having too many vises, be a vise?

 

[Backyard Lumberjack]

So is mine and I really need to get rid of All of it. In my way now.

 

[WoodAbuser]

could having too many vises, be a vise?

Yup. Just like too many of anything. I can neither confirm nor deny that that problem exists here.

 

[Sawyer Rob]

So is mine and I really need to get rid of All of it. In my way now.

What's your zip code, so I can see how far away you are.

SR

 

[Sawyer Rob]

could having too many vises, be a vise?

You can NEVER have too many vises! Here's my Columbian,

SR

 

[Sidecarflip]

held over a low ember camp fire via a pike stick...

i mite comment further, but no doubt it would get censored!

You can post anything, so long as you 'Sanatize' it to some degree. Remember, most words have 2 meanings or more so using discretion will not get you sensored.

 

[Sidecarflip]

What's your zip code, so I can see how far away you are.

SR

49238, Deerfield, Michigan right off US 23 2.5 miles. I'm just south (6 miles) from the Cabelas store in Dundee, Michigan on US 50. Easy to get to (me) as well, but just far enough to be in the sticks and God's country.

Again my phone number is 517-447-3853. If no one answers, leave a message and either myself or my beautiful, loving wife will call you back. Has to be by appointment only as I farm so I have to arrange it for me to be here to load you. Some saw logs are quite large around (lots bigger that the sticks in your pictures) and most aren't. I roast all the smaller ones (under 4"). Like I said, I'm a closet pyro. None are longer than 10 feet however and it's all mixed hardwood as I roast all the softwood anyway.

When you get your winter heating fuel for free like I do (off grade seed and field corn with bugs in it (not marketable) for free, why bother heating with anything else. The tiny amount of electricity I consume running the fans and powering the computers (this one) and the corn burners is inconsequential compared to the cost of propane (we have no NG out here) and even NG is getting expensive. I might hunt with the owner of the local propane company but being a businessman (and inherently cheap) I pay the same price per gallon as everyone else. Least he drives to out of state hunts...lol

 

[Backyard Lumberjack]

You can post anything, so long as you 'Sanatize' it to some degree. Remember, most words have 2 meanings or more so using discretion will not get you sensored.

thank you! i will try to remember that. but some phrases do set up a vocabulary challenge that a smart man ought best to just leave alone!!! such as eating beaver tail!!!

 

[JimR]

I saw this on a video this morning. Thought you all would get a good kick out of it. The saw has that new 90 degree cut around the corner bar and chain on it.

 

[Backyard Lumberjack]

anybody here in Texas, besides me... or close?

 

[JimR]

anybody here in Texas, besides me... or close?
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It is definetly hot enough to keep the cold water warm down there. I don't live there but visited Marble Falls in June. At the end of the week the temperature was going up.

 

[singinwoodwackr]

So, here's a fun story...
I recently bought a truckload of nos and used Shindaiwa saw parts from a local retired dealer. Went through the boxes to see what all was there and made a list of models I could recognize. One of them, the 750, didn't show up anywhere via search. Even Benson was stumped. I emailed Shindaiwa for info...they'd never heard of it. Well, I have several boxes with new and used parts along with 5 saws so...
I went back to visit the old dealer again as he had found more boxes, lol, and got the story.

Turns out Shindaiwa did a pilot program back in the early 90s to develop a saw to compete with the 044 and 266xp lines. They sent prototypes to specific dealers that had pro fallers as main customers. The saws were run against 044 Stihls for a couple weeks with daily evaluation reports. After the program all saws were torn down and inspected. The data learned went into the 757 production model. The saws then were left with the 12 dealers to do what they wanted with them. Jim wound up with 2 truckloads of what was left of the prototype saws and parts from the other dealers. He built and sold some over the years.
I now own all that is left of that program
And a pile of other Shindaiwa saws and parts.
It will take some to catalog this stuff, lol

 

[MustangMike]

Wow, that is an amazing stroke of luck!

FYI, my 10 mm 044 was my favorite saw till the 462 came out ... so it had quite a good long run. It would often spank stock 046 and 460s and was quite a bit lighter.

I still have it, and it still runs strong, but no longer sees as much use as it used to. For 18 years, it was my only saw!

I bought it new in December of 1992.

 

[JimR]

Here is a good laugh for all. This is a boat winch for a trailer. Read the bottom line on the winch.

 

[kanga kuta]

Between yesterday and today (Monday/Tuesday) I spent about 10.5 hours removing hazard and fallen trees and pruning others on the rail trail. This as there are about 220 bicyclists scheduled to ride down that trail Wednesday as part of Parks and Trails New York's Cycle the Hudson Valley. All in all it went well... I've done so much tree work on the trail that I don't think a new unique challenge could present itself... only variants of things I've already dealt with. Anyhow, I had another idiot human encounter...

A live tree of about 10" DBH uprooted near one of the cement caves and was leaning against a boulder such that the tree lay pretty much horizontal across the trail about 10' above the ground. The top was up against trees on the opposite side of the trail. I cleaned up the brush with my Stihl HT131 pole pruner and left the brush on the trail to protect it from the tree when it came down (compacted stone dust) and to show that the trail was closed at that point. My truck was blocking the trail to the north and obviously a saw was running...

I took a good look up and down the trail and no users were coming. I used the pole pruner to cut the tree off as due to boulders, trees, and a flooded mine it was in a bad spot to use a chainsaw. The butt of the stump and trunk were touching and holding the tree in place but it was fully cut off... a slight breeze or nudge would drop it. All of the sudden a guy on a bike appears and he was going fast... He jumps off the bike and starts climbing through the brush. I yelled at him repeatedly to stop and get back as the tree was cut off. The response I got was "I'll take my changes" as he kept going. Once he cleared I checked the trail again and used the pole pruner to nudge it... it went right down. That is probably a gene pool that should be terminated but happily it didn't happen on my shift... I'm thinking trigger happy armed guards on both sides of the work zone are needed as ropes, barrier poles, signs, trucks and even yelling at people have failed over the years.

Darwinism nearly at work.