Scrounging Firewood (and other stuff)

[svk]

oak is over rated

Ha! It's not when that's the best tree in the woods and darn few of them!

 

[Philbert]

i never carry oak more than 3 feet. if i cant get the tractor that close i'll leave it in the woods.

You need to add a winch. Ask Dancan about skidding cones.

Philbert

 

[dancan]

Sure is hard to beat a 3pt skidding winch on a tractor and get you an extra 150' of reach
Clint's snatch and grab with a tow rope comes in second place but it has more excitement when what you're snatching fetches up on something lol
Electric winches are like watching paint dry but they have their place .

 

[dancan]

Skidding cone comes in handy , the plastic barrel one I made worked fine till some ham fisted winch operator figures that he can pull over them small trees with the snatch ....
Pioneerguy600's cone made from an oil barrel is the toughest .

 

[mainewoods]

Anything that gets the log butt up off the ground definitely beats a dead snatch. I tried a skidding cone once and it worked excellent. Almost worth the $150 sticker price. Almost.

 

[JustJeff]

On a recent trip to a cheese store for an upcoming wine and cheese party, I noticed they had these beautiful cheese boards at exorbitant prices. Methinks I can do can do that myself. So out comes the 365, and a flashlight, and I noodle a slab out of a round. Work at it with a blending disc on a grinder (that's how welders work wood) and smooth it with a palm sander. Rub in some linseed oil and voila, a genuine scrounged cutting board.

 

[SteveSS]

On a recent trip to a cheese store for an upcoming wine and cheese party, I noticed they had these beautiful cheese boards at exorbitant prices. Methinks I can do can do that myself. So out comes the 365, and a flashlight, and I noodle a slab out of a round. Work at it with a blending disc on a grinder (that's how welders work wood) and smooth it with a palm sander. Rub in some linseed oil and voila, a genuine scrounged cutting board. View attachment 468114

Really cool! My wife has been after me for a wooden cutting board. I may try and copy this.

 

[dancan]

Zogger wood and spruce .

 

[Brewz]

I am planning to do the same thing with part of the big logs I am cutting on the weekend.
I love timber cutting boards

 

[Philbert]

This was the wood I scrounged from the tree service to try something out. Now I guess I have to split and burn it since it's already cut . . .



Philbert

 

[SteveSS]

Zogger wood and spruce .

Calibrating your moisture meter?

 

[benp]

On a recent trip to a cheese store for an upcoming wine and cheese party, I noticed they had these beautiful cheese boards at exorbitant prices. Methinks I can do can do that myself. So out comes the 365, and a flashlight, and I noodle a slab out of a round. Work at it with a blending disc on a grinder (that's how welders work wood) and smooth it with a palm sander. Rub in some linseed oil and voila, a genuine scrounged cutting board. View attachment 468114

That's really cool!!!! Good job and great idea!!!!

Really cool! My wife has been after me for a wooden cutting board. I may try and copy this.

No kidding!!

I wonder what woods would work best for this?


ETA - I forgot about some big slabs of white oak and black ash that the neighbor had milled out of some big trees he brought home a few years ago and wouldn't let me touch.

Those would be perfect for this!!

I better take all variables into consideration though before I go out there with the chainsaw skipping and giggling about my new cutting board. lol I'm kinda thinking it would go over like a loud fart in church with the neighbor if he came into the shop if he saw me buffing and oiling up a foot chunk of one of the slabs.

 

[nomad_archer]

I know I missed all the gun talk but I think my next rifle is going to be a south paw browning x-bolt in 7mm-08. I am looking at the laminate stock and stainless barrel and action. It looks like a sweet gun online. But first things first, I need to find one in person.

 

[nomad_archer]

I am back from my hunting cabin. The 2.5 days worth of hunts we did have were really, really disappointing. The first afternoon I saw 2-3 deer way out 200+ yards in the thicket at 5pm. The second day I sat in my stand from dark to dark and saw 1 deer a 4pm in the same 200+ yards out spot as I saw the deer the day before. The next day I was skunked. Out of the 8 guys we had hunting for those 2.5 days 2 got does and those deer were the only deer they saw that day. Most everyone got skunked. We did some pushes and some guys walked several miles trying to see a tail. It is the worst I have seen the hunting up there in rifle season in a long long time. Deer numbers must be down, the cold mornings and warm afternoons didn't help up and I guess back to back hard winters really took a toll. Hopefully the deer population recovers because there was not many hunters at all. If the game commission is wondering why people are quitting hunting it may be because they are not seeing any deer. There used to be 1.4 million hunters in PA and now we are down to around 700k. That numbers is going to continue to fall. My dad saw 4 does opening day and didn't see a deer since then. He hunted 6 days and only saw 4 deer. Its hard to keep going with results like that.

 

[USMC615]

That's really cool!!!! Good job and great idea!!!!



No kidding!!

I wonder what woods would work best for this?


ETA - I forgot about some big slabs of white oak and black ash that the neighbor had milled out of some big trees he brought home a few years ago and wouldn't let me touch.

Those would be perfect for this!!

I better take all variables into consideration though before I go out there with the chainsaw skipping and giggling about my new cutting board. lol I'm kinda thinking it would go over like a loud fart in church with the neighbor if he came into the shop if he saw me buffing and oiling up a foot chunk of one of the slabs.

Not sure what species here would work best for homemade cutting boards...all my wooden ones are either teak or bamboo. Just keep it lightly wiped down with a good food grade mineral oil half a dozen times or so a year and should be good. I'd read into any possible toxins or allergens before deciding the material choices we have here.

 

[Oldman47]

OM47, I presume you mean 243??? Those savage guns are accurate, but so are the new Ruger Americans. I have them in 30-06 & 223.

Yes .243. It has been a long time since I worked with it.

 

[cantoo]

Nomad, our numbers were down here too. Warm weather and no snow seem to be the poplar opinion. My son and I buy tags every year and every year we say we are going to spend more time actually hunting but life steps up and we end up spending only a couple of hours. I usually just take the gun and go for a walk and spend it scouting firewood or sitting in the bush on the phone dealing with work issues. Other problem here is the cost to go hunting, licence, tags, time off work, etc. We don't drink and don't party hunt much so we don't have that cost but it all adds up. A couple of my buddies end up back at my place after dark for a bullsheet session but that's about it. When the kids were little I built a portable stand using a big garden trailer. Had a roof and sides and camo cloth all around it. I would hook it to the 4 wheeler, put all the gear on the kids and head out and park in the bush and just spend time with them. we actually had a buck walk right up to us in the fog and my son seen it about 15' away in the haze. I raised the gun to shoot and nothing happened. Remembered that I never put any shells in the gun, safety 1st. My grandson is 1 1/2 years old, getting to be time I build another trailer for my son and him to use.

 

[crazywolf]

We had 16 guys out over Thanksgiving and didn't see anything. It has to be the worst year yet. Tons of deer sign though. They just don't seem to be moving during shooting hours.

 

[MechanicMatt]

Man I feel bad for you guys. I nailed two deer and if I wanted more I knew exactly where to go.

My Uncle is up blackpowder hunting his land right now, damn retired guys get to have all the fun!

 

[zogger]

Man I feel bad for you guys. I nailed two deer and if I wanted more I knew exactly where to go.

My Uncle is up blackpowder hunting his land right now, damn retired guys get to have all the fun!

I score every day! First I don the traditional stalking attire, usually floppy cammy hat, some old BDU looking things and farmer boots..then I carefully sneek through the terrain..and reach over..and open the freezer and slam my hand in there and snatch up my quarry!