Scrounging Firewood (and other stuff)

[BeatCJ]

"Madsen's wedges are made by the same people who make Double Taper wedges"
The man that developed the Double Taper wedge worked on a falling crew with my dad back in about 1960. They were working in the Gifford Pinchot NF in south Washington State. When he first started making plastic wedges, the falling crew used them and provided the feedback on the different designs as well as the type of plastic they were of. I still have some of the old wedges, and we still use their current production ones!

I believe Double Taper wedges (and several store brands) are still manufactured in Washougal, WA.

"Any rec’s for wedges? They run $14 a piece for husqvarna wedges from Lowe’s by me."

@Ryan A I usually carry a couple of 5 1/2" wedges in my back pocket especially in would like you are working in. I think I pay less than $5 (I get them at cost). If you want, PM me an address and I will mail you a couple.

 

[MechanicMatt]

Walmart, $6

 

[MechanicMatt]

All the talk about noodling while it’s still on the big stick….

I’m gonna have to try this!

 

[MechanicMatt]

Church is over, time to get back at it, on my way to the woodpile

 

[farmer steve]

Walmart, $6View attachment 1152751

That's the ones I get Matt. Cheap enough if I lose one one or saw into it NBD.

 

[farmer steve]

All the talk about noodling while it’s still on the big stick….

I’m gonna have to try this!

It's the ticket for big stuff. This ash I'm working on I made 2 noodle cuts before I bucked my firewood piece off. Some of those pieces were stihl in the 60-70 lb range or more. See the big squares in the pic.

 

[Squareground3691]

It's the ticket for big stuff. This ash I'm working on I made 2 noodle cuts before I bucked my firewood piece off. Some of those pieces were stihl in the 60-70 lb range or more. See the big squares in the pic.
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Here some ash Steve all 40” plus inches of it already burnt lol

 

[MustangMike]

I don't know Matt; you are a bit young to be wimping out ... X-27 FTW!

 

[MustangMike]

FS, your 462 looks pretty, but I bet you will like the balance a lot more if you put a light bar on it!

Those ES bars are rugged, but they are also very heavy!

 

[singinwoodwackr]

Wife brought home a new garden addition...she has quite a collection of these...
This one needs modding...

 

[MechanicMatt]

There’s no crying in baseball, but I’m pretty sure I wanna cry in Firewood right now…..

 

[Sawdust Man]

There’s no crying in baseball, but I’m pretty sure I wanna cry in Firewood right now…..View attachment 1152804

Bugger it!

 

[Lee192233]

There’s no crying in baseball, but I’m pretty sure I wanna cry in Firewood right now…..View attachment 1152804

That stinks. Been there done that.

 

[Haywire]

There’s no crying in baseball, but I’m pretty sure I wanna cry in Firewood right now…..View attachment 1152804

Kinda cool though. Like a giant blooming onion you got there.

 

[Haywire]

Did you at least have a good view of the ocean while you were being held up lol?

Nah, unfortunately most of the time was spent in a small room with no windows. No sense of humor, those border patrol guys.

 

[MechanicMatt]

One hour later…..

 

[WoodAbuser]

Too much wood lately.

Every bit of the crust covered in pepperoni topped with two kinds of cheese. Cast iron for the win.

 

[Sampson]

Nah, unfortunately most of the time was spent in a small room with no windows. No sense of humor, those border patrol guys.

Nope, they don't. I get that they have an important job to do, but profiling for trying to cross the border in the shaggin wagon??

 

[djg james]

I cut this pile of firewood last Fall and planned splitting it by November. Ha, that never happened! It was a nice day and Brother came over. We pulled out the splitter and spent about 6 hours on the pile. Really wet wood, so we let it lie. Suppose to be 60s and windy tomorrow. We'll stack after a couple of days of drying. Probably 2 cords of wood. But all things seem bigger than they really are . I'll get a better idea when we stack it. This will be for the 2025 season or later. Really stringy for Red Oak.

P.S. Forgot the pic.
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A couple of days ago, I mentioned my Brother and I got this pile of Oak split.

Got a little slop coming so my Brother came by yesterday and we got it all stacked.

Added 3-1/3 rows (5' x 17') to my wood pile. Still ave some low grade firewood that gets stacked on the pallets on the right. Too tired to do it today.

 

[MechanicMatt]

I don't know Matt; you are a bit young to be wimping out ... X-27 FTW!

I split a LOT of years by hand!! Those years are over