Scrounging Firewood (and other stuff)

[Coro cutter]

The big old man pine in this video is now all down in pieces now the fun begins the pieces are roughly in your fella's measurements haha they are about 5ft 2 inch high and about 10 or 11ft long. The last picture I got my dad (nearly 70 years young) to stand by the logs for a reference he's 5ft 8

 

[Philbert]

I an't scrounging that with my 40V saw . . . .

Philbert

 

[svk]

Alright, I've got a little different opinion than some on this topic.

The scrounging thread has become something of a general "good morning check in" for the firewood forum which has greatly increased the number of members who visit and participate in here. I think all of the regulars have varied off topic from time to time and I'm definitely guilty. With that being said I agree that starting an off topic discussion on a controversial topic probably isn't the best thing for the thread. But then, where is the line drawn? I really enjoy the varied topics we cover and to start giving warning points for going off topic greatly dampens the spirit of the thread.

That's my take anyhow.

 

[Coro cutter]

My new scrounge I know it's not wood but it is firewood related

 

[svk]

My new scrounge I know it's not wood but it is firewood related
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Model?

 

[kingOFgEEEks]

I think the random nature of this thread is a big part of the charm. Go away for a couple days, and you can miss 4-5 pages of discussion of everything from firewooding to maple syrup to hunting to ... you get the point.

That being said, today's side-track was headed into the danger zone, and I think blowing the whistle and redirecting things was the right call. I like and respect everyone who jumped into the conversation, but it is the very definition of a hot button issue.

Let's keep the banter going. We can get to 700 pages before the end of the year. I know it.

 

[DrewUth]

Is there a thread on this mod, or pics?

I did post pics in the 5020 thread, but I would be happy to PM you a few. Stand by...

 

[mn woodcutter]

I agree and had no problem having the discussion moved but thought that we did a good job of bringing it to a close before the whistle was blown. I thoroughly enjoy this site and the good people on here and appreciate the good natured banter. Sometimes you gotta let it play out just like a good hockey game!

 

[nomad_archer]

The big old man pine in this video is now all down in pieces now the fun begins the pieces are roughly in your fella's measurements haha they are about 5ft 2 inch high and about 10 or 11ft long. The last picture I got my dad (nearly 70 years young) to stand by the logs for a reference he's 5ft 8

I hope you have some equipment to move those rounds. I am usually up for scrounging anything but when I need a ladder to get the saw over the top of the log (I'm all of 5'6" tall) that might be a deal breaker for me.

 

[zogger]

Scrounged up- more "borrowed" kanuckistanian geeses! Which I did not shoot with any semi over and under pumpenemup action 500 calibers deadly armor piercing giant mag equipped shootemup gun...OUCH! Just slid fell on me butt..dang sideways threads threw my sense of gravitas off...

 

[svk]

I'd love to buy some property in western Vermont where we go to visit each year. It's mostly sugar maple up there so I can tap the trees to make maple syrup. I can scrounge the dead ones and burn the tops and limb wood for heat in my cabin, which will definitely get an "epa" stove. I'll mill the trunks into lumber which will be used to build my sugar shack and also a roof over my whisky still. Then when I take a line of trees out I'll put my shooting range there. There is a fantastic wood fired pizza joint in Manchester so perhaps I can sell him firewood from my property. I'll definitely need to build a garage where I can properly store all of the saws I get thanks to my budding CAD affliction. But then I may as well buy an OWB and I'll send that other stove over to Whitespider. And I'll definitely get an all wheel drive van to be my wood hauler so I can do bumper drags like Dancan.

Did I cover all of the bases?

 

[Marshy]

No, the best whiskey is made from maple staves. Jack Daniels

 

[svk]

I'll have to finally learn how to square file so I can cut wood faster. And I'll definitely need a one handled wheelbarrow to move goods about the property.

 

[Ambull01]

You guys in PA been burning? Haven't had a fire in about two weeks now. Crazy winter so far. All my rounds are split and stacked. Have to find more trees now

 

[Ambull01]

The big old man pine in this video is now all down in pieces now the fun begins the pieces are roughly in your fella's measurements haha they are about 5ft 2 inch high and about 10 or 11ft long. The last picture I got my dad (nearly 70 years young) to stand by the logs for a reference he's 5ft 8

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I thought your dad was taking a leak on it. Guess that would make it a pee pine

 

[Ambull01]

I'll have to finally learn how to square file so I can cut wood faster. And I'll definitely need a one handled wheelbarrow to move goods about the property.

lol. Steve has jokes! That one handle made my left arm as strong as my right so it wasn't all for naught.

 

[kingOFgEEEks]

I let the fire go out all weekend, and finally re-lit last night. I've probably only used about 1 to 1-1/2 cords this season, compared to about 4 cords by this time last year.

 

[nomad_archer]

I have been burning for a few hours the last two days to get it warm before bed but I haven't been burning hardly anything. Maybe a cord of pine and I have only brought in two small loads of hardwood so far. I might burn 8-10 splits a day with this weather. I am used to bringing wood in every two or three days currently I bring wood in once every week or two. It's pretty crazy. Im still stocking up for the next polar vortex.

 

[zogger]

The big old man pine in this video is now all down in pieces now the fun begins the pieces are roughly in your fella's measurements haha they are about 5ft 2 inch high and about 10 or 11ft long. The last picture I got my dad (nearly 70 years young) to stand by the logs for a reference he's 5ft 8

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Well, I got oakzilla but you got PINEZILLA!! hahaha! That's a whopper.

 

[MustangMike]

So, I'm still hoping to get lucky in the 11th hour, it is MZ season here, and I was out this afternoon. It started to get dark, so I lowered my MZ to the ground (from a climbing tree stand), and there she is, 100 yds away, just standing there.

Hopefully she comes out a bi earlier next time!!!