My friend hunts Chaga a lot. We had a weekend event together and he brought me a gallon of it. It was very good. I do have a few chaga in my cupboard as well. I need to make them into tea.
Scrounging Firewood (and other stuff)
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Around here they also seem most prevalent on white birch that’s past its prime. Especially in thick woods.
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I took my at home sleep test last night for sleep apnea… Been told that I stopped breathing in my sleep, so I figured I better get that checked out. I had that many years ago, but controlled it through weight loss. Even though I weigh less that I used to I’m probably just getting old and may need a CPAP again. Be interesting to see what the test says.
Big weekend here, getting a new plow put on my truck. Or I should say a slightly used plow.
In other news, I’m trying to get through the big stack of cast-iron I have piled up in my kitchen. I was given a collection from my friends grandparents and there’s a few high-value items in the collection as well as a bunch of regular users. Plus another person gave me a bunch of Dutch ovens and I’m restoring a few pieces for friends. I try to get about 10 stocked up and then restore and now I’ve got about 50… Such is life lol.
Here’s a few of them.
I took my at home sleep test last night for sleep apnea… Been told that I stopped breathing in my sleep, so I figured I better get that checked out. I had that many years ago, but controlled it through weight loss. Even though I weigh less that I used to I’m probably just getting old and may need a CPAP again. Be interesting to see what the test says.
Big weekend here, getting a new plow put on my truck. Or I should say a slightly used plow.
In other news, I’m trying to get through the big stack of cast-iron I have piled up in my kitchen. I was given a collection from my friends grandparents and there’s a few high-value items in the collection as well as a bunch of regular users. Plus another person gave me a bunch of Dutch ovens and I’m restoring a few pieces for friends. I try to get about 10 stocked up and then restore and now I’ve got about 50… Such is life lol.
Here’s a few of them.
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That is probably about a 6 quart dutch oven
Thank you. The kettles are a dime a dozen. Waffle irons are a rarity, either of those is worth more than the rest of what is sitting here combined.The kettle and the waffle makers are kewl. Haven't ever seen either before.
Did it for decades, this is the first year I have not sold firewood in quite some time. This year I focused on some milling projects to build the hunting stands.
Having a white-collar job, I mostly did it to get some fresh air and stay in shape. Always all hardwood, and rarely got over $200/cord.
Before I got my hydro splitter (about 10 years ago), I split it all by hand!
When I used to heat my house with wood (before I established sources for wood) I used to buy a load of logs, cut them up with my 044 (my only saw for 18 years) and split 6 cord / year by hand to heat my house. Was good exercise and helped keep me in shape!
When I was doing firewood for others, I would remove trees for free if they let me take it for firewood. It was a lot of work, but everyone was happy, I covered my costs and earned "saw money", so house money was not used for my saw obsession! I currently have 14 runners and several incomplete projects.
As I've slowed down the last few years, the desire to build more saws has diminished ... I've got a pretty good collection and sometimes don't even use all of them in a given year.
Years ago, someone had a St Louis CL ad for a couple of those big kettles. One was those 24" dia 20 gal and the other was a smaller 10 gal size. The 10 gal would have been perfect for me. The kicker was they were FREE and on the CURB! Living 30 miles away, they would have been gone before I got there. If they only would put a price on them and sold them, it would have slowed things down and I'd had a chance at them. Currently the big ones go for around $300. Never saw a 10 gal before.
Yeah the big ones increase in value exponentially!
I would love a cast iron turkey roaster but last time I checked they were about 800 bucks.
My largest piece of (modern) cast iron is #14 dutch oven that I bought from the Lodge Factory Store. I took the feet off of it so I could use it in the oven. As it ends up, I do not use it much although I use the smaller ones weekly.
turns out it is black walnut! talked to neighbor. decided to take all the smaller stuff. i got plenty oak chunks to split up soon...
rains had eased up, scrounge from last nite... close to midnite ~
Looks more like persimmon to me.
A #14 has a top diameter of about 15 1/4". Pretty large!
I know some of those rectangular fryers had lids, can't remember who made them though.
Everything is relative....when I used to sell firewood, I would do everything short of hound my repeat customers to buy from me in April and May instead of October.....year after year most of them would either want to wait till the fall or flat out ignore my messages..... but guess who needed wood in October!!! And I would offer a discount to buy in April as well!
If I was still doing wood, I wouldn't even advertise till December. Then the buyers NEED wood and you are in the drivers seat versus getting jacked around.
$400 a cord for any wood here (even golden oak lol) wouldn't sell but at the same point we have propane at 1.93 a gallon, betting it is double or more up by KK!
If I was still doing wood, I wouldn't even advertise till December. Then the buyers NEED wood and you are in the drivers seat versus getting jacked around.
$400 a cord for any wood here (even golden oak lol) wouldn't sell but at the same point we have propane at 1.93 a gallon, betting it is double or more up by KK!
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I understand. I didn't have hydraulics until 2013. I was 37 then. Witch is STIHL pretty young for sure. Went in partners with two other neighbors on a 27ton for sale at Walmart. I think we each paid $430. Up until then I split wood with hand tools from the time my dad determined I had enough lead in my ass to swing a sledge. It was all for our own use though. I stihl grab the hand splitting tools and swing'em around a bit to keep'em from getting too rusty. Lol, and as you say. It's good exercise, or as my RDC in boot camp would say. "It's good for the mind body and soul!"
It is all in the market and the species available. Down here "good wood" is considered to be Fir. I have been selling around 10 cord a year of WILLOW!!!! Nothing else of any abundance around here. I geet $120 cord and should have raised it to 175 (red fir is running from 400 down to 250). I have been turning away customers for that junk, can't cut enough. I figure I loose money on every cord but cutting wood is my hobby and I got to get rid of the harvest. I burn 6-7 cord a year, half willow and the other half whatever better wood comes my way.
Got two more big chunks 
I use HF welding gloves. They work fine for putting wood into the stove.
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