Scrounging Firewood (and other stuff)

[mountainguyed67]

That’s way too fancy!

 

[Kodiak Kid]

NY fellas, on my way to work this morning, driving down 17

I saw quite a few cars with snow on them
They were coming from Monticello

On the way home, had flurries again. But no real accumulation yet

I read a comment from the birthday boy saying he can run circles around most 30yo

I bet! The generations after mine are all soft!

Bunch of man bun wearing wimps!

Unless we have a great awakening, this country is doomed!

Sad but true I'm afraid.

 

[Kodiak Kid]

The Eastern Red cedar, maybe burns , differently, than the Yellow Cedar more common out West , don’t know, ?

We also have a Western Red Cedar. Much more common than our Yellow Cedar

 

[singinwoodwackr]

Sad but true I'm afraid.

Moving into a 25-30yr cold trend...just watch...

 

[Cowboy254]

My 13 YO nephews first deer. 20 gauge with slugs.
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He must have had the deer confused with those invisible legs of his

 

[farmer steve]

All right… which one of you did this?

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Them dang things will hide anywhere.

 

[WoodAbuser]

All right… which one of you did this?

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Wish I had my periscope with me.

 

[sean donato]

Anybody ever tell you you’re weird?

We have a different cedar here, so the smell could be quite different.

Yes, my wife about daily...... among other things that i dare not repeat on this forum.

The cedar here is incense cedar, it resembles giant sequoia.

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Yeah, not the cedar I was talking about. Eastern red cedar. Don't know if i ever burned yellow cedar, it's doubtful though. Every Tom, ****, and Harry planted cedar trees for fence rows vs green giants at one point around here. I got into a situation years back where a friend's landscaping friend would call me if they had wood. It was a take everything or take nothing kinda thing. Which lead me to get lots and lots of cedar from an old tree row removal. (Lots of other "junk" wood too.) Needless to say, I was happy cutting and splitting/stacking it. Not so much when I was burning it. Just stinks when it's burning. Should have turned it all into boards.

 

[JimR]

And smells like pooh when it burns....

Is that bear poo?

 

[JimR]

Moving up to one of the Maritime areas is definitely something that’s piqued my interest a few times. Except for less winter sunlight, the winters would be more mild than here.

I had the chance a few years ago to buy a nice place with 27 acres on the water up in Nova Scotia for a song. I could not talk my wife into going. Still kicking myself in the ass for not doing it.

 

[JimR]

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Happy Birthday

 

[Squareground3691]

Happy Birthday

Thanks

 

[sean donato]

Is that bear poo?

Poo may have been a bad descriptor, lol. It doesn't smell good to me though.

 

[Sawdust Man]

Yes, my wife about daily...... among other things that i dare not repeat on this forum.

Yeah, not the cedar I was talking about. Eastern red cedar. Don't know if i ever burned yellow cedar, it's doubtful though. Every Tom, ****, and Harry planted cedar trees for fence rows vs green giants at one point around here. I got into a situation years back where a friend's landscaping friend would call me if they had wood. It was a take everything or take nothing kinda thing. Which lead me to get lots and lots of cedar from an old tree row removal. (Lots of other "junk" wood too.) Needless to say, I was happy cutting and splitting/stacking it. Not so much when I was burning it. Just stinks when it's burning. Should have turned it all into boards.

Being from western Oregon I've burned lots of western red cedar, and now that I've moved to America I burn lots of eastern red cedar.....they are nothing alike.
The cedar here is a juniper, and smells & acts very much like the juniper out west.....basically a garbage tree.

Western red cedar is in the cypress clan.

 

[GrizG]

I had the chance a few years ago to buy a nice place with 27 acres on the water up in Nova Scotia for a song. I could not talk my wife into going. Still kicking myself in the ass for not doing it.

I hear similar stories all the time... On the other side of the coin I know guys who lost their Adirondack camps in divorces. They had done such a good job convincing their wives that it was a valuable asset that the wife wanted it. She then found out it wasn't quite like that... the valve was more recreational than financial. I stayed at and hunted at one of the camps. It may have been off grid but it had hot and cold running water, wood stove, forced hot air heat, gas range, broadcast TV, grouse, turkey, white tails, black bear, and even moose. The guy who owned it was savoy and had added to the property over the years via tax foreclosure sales and other purchases. It had been logged years prior to him obtaining it and he put food plots and trail cams in at the log yards and kept the skid roads open for 4 wheeler access to his various elevated stands. Sadly his ex got it.

 

[MustangMike]

My initial price I paid for my Catskill property (off the grid) was very low ... $300/acre. Unfortunately, I paid more than that to keep it when going through my divorce (but I'm glad I kept it).

 

[farmer steve]

For the ice fishing guys. Look, it's a Stihl.

 

[Sawdust Man]

Juniperus virginiana.....

 

[sean donato]

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Keep that to make a chest out of lol.

 

[Trailsawyer]

The cedar here is incense cedar, it resembles giant sequoia.

Western Red Cedar is the most common native species in the Pacific Northwest, and I have several around my home. There are also two Incense Cedars that were planted in the yard about 40 years ago.... They are both doing well in spite of the 70" rainfall! They are about 16" diameter, and 25 ft. tall.