Scrounging Firewood (and other stuff)

[MustangMike]

We finally got deer (2 full size ones) on a trail camera again today ... we have not had a deer in the picture since 8/11. The still picture is a bit blurry, so we will request a video to see them more clearly. I fear the fawn we had been seeing may have met its demise. The logger (who is finishing up next door and about to start on my property) said he found a deer leg from a young deer nearby.

We have been seeing numerous bears, coyote and fox. The deer up there just have a tough go of it, and it makes them very hard to hunt. There are fewer of them, and the survivors are always on high alert.

 

[djg james]

For YEARS I split all the wood by hand
9years ago when I got promoted to manager, my first bonus check, a hydro came home!

You don't have to sell me. I split by hand and then got a splitter. Won't go back.

 

[djg james]

Walleyes, a 24" and 22".

Yea, I see it now. Glasses were dirty. Nice fish. They say we've got sauger around here. Not as big and fewer in numbers.

 

[JimR]

For YEARS I split all the wood by hand
9years ago when I got promoted to manager, my first bonus check, a hydro came home!

You will thank yourself for that when you get to be my age. I quit splitting with a maul when I was around 30. I was splitting for my in-laws and myself. My shoulders were taking a beating. Plus I was wrenching for a living back then. It is so much easier putting gas in the tank.

 

[WoodAbuser]

More evidence of cast iron use this weekend.

Whole wheat and sorghum.

Tis the season for blueberry crisp.

I don't mind bananas getting ripe. It can cause this bread to appear.
Hope everyone is having a great weekend.

 

[WetBehindtheEar]

Small Mouth?

Looks like walleye. Nice fish, btw. I bet they sat on the bottom & just 'Thumped' for a while before you could get 'em in.

Were you fishing out of Suamico?

 

[Squareground3691]

More evidence of cast iron use this weekend.
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Whole wheat and sorghum.
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Tis the season for blueberry crisp.
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I don't mind bananas getting ripe. It can cause this bread to appear.
Hope everyone is having a great weekend.

Carbo King strikes again, Lol

 

[chipper1]

Mark 2 is lighter and mo better
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Very nice.
I see more of the crowd out your way are getting tired of the high fuel prices and are trading in their trucks for sedans .

 

[chipper1]

This ash had a horrible lean the wrong direction, a big rope and a Silverado helped persuade it to go the right wayView attachment 1201516View attachment 1201517

Man, you're getting some premium firewood.
Don't have a chevy, but...

 

[benz66]

For YEARS I split all the wood by hand
9years ago when I got promoted to manager, my first bonus check, a hydro came home!

I did too, for 60 years, but I sold 12" stove wood or 16-18" fireplace. I preferred a 4 lb double bit. With the long stove I have now, last year I started splitting 24" from the downed popple. That is a bit more difficult. The neighbor brought over a nice upright splitter last year, and that sped up things quite a bit. I will start up again to cut firewood in the next 3-4 weeks. All I have now is splitting maul or 3.5 lb single bit.

The neighbor down the road heats 3 houses (two just to 45º) with wood only. He splits it all by hand, but the furnace can take 8" rounds. He is 83.

 

[benz66]

I saw a guy south of town (N WI, US 45) is selling his firewood processing equip. He has an older skidder too. If anyone is interested, I can get the phone #. I saw this spring he was no longer selling firewood. Got too soon oldt, und too late schmardt.

 

[H-Ranch]

I'll unload the rest tomorrow to see if there's anything else worth reporting on.

Kinda, sorta went through stuff around the workbench area and ended up with this. A couple of items I didn't have like the pistol grip grease gun and 60" straight edge, a few supplies, and some other items of curiosity. Lots of used/new grinding wheels, chain sharpening stones, and a handful of miscellaneous used chains.

 

[chipper1]

For YEARS I split all the wood by hand

Me too, well maybe it was months lol.
I knew early on I wouldn't want to be splitting with an axe. First splitter was a piece of junk, but, it sure beat hitting the tough ones a bunch.
I know I should probably loose my man card for saying this, but if I had it to do over again, I would have just bought seasoned wood for the first yr burning...

 

[chipper1]

Kinda, sorta went through stuff around the workbench area and ended up with this. A couple of items I didn't have like the pistol grip grease gun and 60" straight edge, a few supplies, and some other items of curiosity. Lots of used/new grinding wheels, chain sharpening stones, and a handful of miscellaneous used chains. View attachment 1201712

Those chains .
Should have swung by on your way through, I could have set you up with some nice safety chains .

 

[Lee192233]

They never used to have them around here, but then they stocked some in some of the NYC reservoirs (there are a lot of them around here).

I have never caught one, but I hear they are good eating.

They are in the top 3 best tasting freshwater fish for me. They are in no particular order; walleye, perch and northern pike.

Looks like walleye. Nice fish, btw. I bet they sat on the bottom & just 'Thumped' for a while before you could get 'em in.

Were you fishing out of Suamico?

I was trolling the upwind side of rock reefs. The walleyes stack up feeding on the baitfish that get pushed into the rocks. They definitely dig deep when reeling them in and then splash around when they get to the boat.

We're fishing the east side of the bay out of Little Sturgeon Bay.

 

[lloyd786]

Not me, my saw makes chips not dust…

 

[MustangMike]

I split all my wood by hand till I was 63, and I was selling some also.

At 63 I split 15 cords by hand in just a few months and developed tennis elbow in both arms ... and that is when I got the hydro splitter.

Last year was the first year I brought the hydro splitter up to the cabin. We have been getting a lot more Black Birch lately, and it is harder to split than the Ash or Black Cherry we always used to get (we still get them in addition to the Black Birch).

I guess I'm just getting older!

 

[MustangMike]

I stand corrected:

The video is the Doe and Fawn, but the Fawn is getting much bigger and has almost lost her spots!

 

[H-Ranch]

Those chains .
Should have swung by on your way through, I could have set you up with some nice safety chains .

LOL. I'm not even sure what they all fit - I'm sure several are for saws that he doesn't have any more... check that, he still HAS them, but they may not run. I pitched another equal size pile in the scrap metal. @Philbert probably couldn't even save those and they were no unique tooth or pattern desirable by a museum.

I'm up for safety chain next time we meet up on your side or my side. I need to mount my breaker and spinner so I can shorten chains or make a @bob kern frankenchain as needed.

 

[Philbert]

@Philbert probably couldn't even save those

Is that a challenge?

Most chains CAN be saved, until completely worn out, but many are not worth the effort.

Thanks for keeping an eye out for unusual or collectible chain specimens; @heimannm has a nice display going.

Philbert