Scrounging Firewood (and other stuff)

[MustangMike]

Let's see, this poor guy used to be happy with a 550, now 2 larger saws, and talk of porting .... I think I've been a bad influence!

Enjoy them all!

 

[USMC615]

Nope, you guys failed to talk me out of it LOL.

So I take it absolutely no one talked you outta the 562xp buy?...Go figure, lol...I see its pending in the sig. Drive that and the 550xp to Ga and I'll swap ya a next to new 20-ton dual split with 4-way slip-on.

And to think I was gonna throw in a new 5-gal bucket of ISO 32 hydro oil and give you 4 heavy duty tie-downs for the ride back. Do ya want half my guns and arrowhead cases too, to seal the saws/hydro splitter deal or what? I wonder if I offered you the SS HD would you do the deal? I think you'd be Ga bound if that was the offer...

 

[USMC615]

Let's see, this poor guy used to be happy with a 550, now 2 larger saws, and talk of porting .... I think I've been a bad influence!

Enjoy them all!

It's simple Mike...you can dress him up, you just can't take him nowhere.

 

[cantoo]

Bit of an oopsie today. I was blowing snow out to my split pile so I could fill a bunch more crates while the weather is nice. Got all done blowing and was heading to the barn to put the tractor away. Driving along I hit a small lump of frozen snow/ice and the blower went flying up in the air then came crashing down. Right to the ground. Broke the 3 pth lift arm on the left side. Took a few minutes to figure out what had happened. Hydraulic hose caught the linch pin on the right side and pulled it out, the arm on the right side fell out. I had the blower only up a foot when I hit the ice clump that allowed the blower to go up and come crashing down snapping the weld. I have a Kubota L35 and it had no 3 pth hitch when I bought it, I bought another bigger set and cut it down and rewelded it to fit. Held for quite a few years yanking logs and doing stupid stuff with it. Guess I'll be doing some grinding and welding tomorrow too.

 

[cantoo]

Man I just looked at the pics again, both sides are broken. Guess the pin didn't fall out. Must be my crappy welding. Or maybe I'm just too rough on equipment?

 

[USMC615]

Man I just looked at the pics again, both sides are broken. Guess the pin didn't fall out. Must be my crappy welding. Or maybe I'm just too rough on equipment?

Curious...did you stick or MIG the welds?...Any beveling for good penetration and burn? If it held for years, I'd think you're a little rough on equipment. It ain't like ya ain't got a backyard full...

 

[benp]

Damn.

At least it happened now and not in a crunch time (no pun intended) of getting dumped on and needing the blower yesterday.

 

[cantoo]

I'm not a patient guy, I turned up the heat and melted that baby together. I almost always use a mig. It was a good weld just a bad operator I'm sure. I have lots of snow equipment so no worries. Only have 1 tractor though, well unless you count the little Steiner. I have a snow blower for it too. It's just a pain in the azz right now because the tractor is so front heavy that the rear wheels come off the ground when I try to move a skid of wood. Wife just said we have a road trip tomorrow so doubt I'll get it welded. I'm not on the road this week so should be able to fix it at night.
Set this baby on Thursday in Richmond Hill. This was 7 of the 9 pieces, 9 swings in one day, pretty good. Roof is completely site built. My guys will be starting it on Monday.

 

[MountainHigh]

Bit of an oopsie today. I was blowing snow out to my split pile so I could fill a bunch more crates while the weather is nice. Got all done blowing and was heading to the barn to put the tractor away. Driving along I hit a small lump of frozen snow/ice and the blower went flying up in the air then came crashing down. Right to the ground. Broke the 3 pth lift arm on the left side. Took a few minutes to figure out what had happened. Hydraulic hose caught the linch pin on the right side and pulled it out, the arm on the right side fell out. I had the blower only up a foot when I hit the ice clump that allowed the blower to go up and come crashing down snapping the weld. I have a Kubota L35 and it had no 3 pth hitch when I bought it, I bought another bigger set and cut it down and rewelded it to fit. Held for quite a few years yanking logs and doing stupid stuff with it. Guess I'll be doing some grinding and welding tomorrow too.
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where's Red Green when you need him ... time to get out the duct tape.

 

[MountainHigh]

I'm still leaning towards a 16. I cut lots of wood up to 16" up here but not much above unless I'm stumping or attacking yard trees where the 2186/28" comes into play.

Plus a powerful saw with short bar really rips through the wood.

562xp with 16" bar will rip through wood alright -

 

[MustangMike]

I guess winter has finally arrived here. The plow is on the ATV and everything is white. They say Brewster got 13.7", but only looks like 6-8 to me, but it may be the wind, moved it around a lot.

At least it was nice, light powdery stuff, easy to plow.

And since this is my last Sunday before tax season, it is bright & sunny with snow on the ground, I will be taking the Grandsons sleigh riding in about an hour. Guess it will be the only day I can do it with them this year!

 

[svk]

I guess winter has finally arrived here. The plow is on the ATV and everything is white. They say Brewster got 13.7", but only looks like 6-8 to me, but it may be the wind, moved it around a lot.

At least it was nice, light powdery stuff, easy to plow.

And since this is my last Sunday before tax season, it is bright & sunny with snow on the ground, I will be taking the Grandsons sleigh riding in about an hour. Guess it will be the only day I can do it with them this year!

Have fun Mike.

 

[svk]

Let's see, this poor guy used to be happy with a 550, now 2 larger saws, and talk of porting .... I think I've been a bad influence!

Enjoy them all!

YouTube was a bad influence. You were a bad influence. @andydodgegeek was a very bad influence. LOL.

However if anyone needs justification why not to own a ported saw, they should try your stock 044.

 

[Backyard Lumberjack]

cantoo, post: 5731095, member: 1808"]Bit of an oopsie today.Guess I'll be doing some grinding and welding tomorrow too.

WOW! never seen a lift arm on 3-pt bust up like that on a tractor! and both sides u say. interesting pix, thanks for sharing...

 

[Backyard Lumberjack]

today's scrounding plans -- just across street from other felled oak I bucked and drug in last weekend. this wasn't there yesterday morning, but was in evening. Tree pick up this week, guess I best get to scrounging today... lol.... mostly interested in those oak chunks...

 

[chipper1]

today's scrounding plans -- just across street from other felled oak I bucked and drug in last weekend. this wasn''t there yesterday morning, but was in evening. Tree pick up this week, guess I best get to scrounging today... lol.... mostly interested in those oak chunks...

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Not to often you find hardwood out on the street like that for long in Michigan, except in the summer, oh yeah it's summer there all yr LOL.

 

[chipper1]

Not too often that I have feelings for a cat, I'm basically a dog guy, but the Black & White cat that lived diagonally in back of us passed last week at the age of 17. It was pretty much an out door cat, that regularly patrolled for mice near my garden.

The cat had been raised with a dog, who passed long ago. But it was a big surprise when I was walking our dog Bailey (a Dalmatian we used to have) and this cat came running into the street and brushed up against the dog! Our dog just kinda stood there dumbfounded, no knowing what to do!

When Bailey passed and we got Thor (my 75 lb pit mix), the cat did the same thing with him, and he had the same reaction!

Unfortunately, it all changed when we got Lucy, our 50 lb pit mix. Something maniacal comes over her when she sees a cat, and this cat knew better than to go near her.

Our back yard is fenced in for the dogs, and one time I let Lucy out not realizing that the cat was hunting in our back yard. There is a 6 ft picket fence between the two properties. As Lucy charged relentlessly, it looked like the cat charged across the yard and just flew over the fence.

That cat was a fixture in the neighborhood for many years, and I will miss her and her unusual behavior.

I was just looking back through here and noticed all the likes on this post.
What, I thought dogs were mans best friend
Sorry to hear you lost a good buddy Mike.
Growing up we had a raven in our hood that was kinda like that except with the cats lol.

 

[chipper1]

I'm not a patient guy, I turned up the heat and melted that baby together. I almost always use a mig. It was a good weld just a bad operator I'm sure. I have lots of snow equipment so no worries. Only have 1 tractor though, well unless you count the little Steiner. I have a snow blower for it too. It's just a pain in the azz right now because the tractor is so front heavy that the rear wheels come off the ground when I try to move a skid of wood. Wife just said we have a road trip tomorrow so doubt I'll get it welded. I'm not on the road this week so should be able to fix it at night.
Set this baby on Thursday in Richmond Hill. This was 7 of the 9 pieces, 9 swings in one day, pretty good. Roof is completely site built. My guys will be starting it on Monday.
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Looks good, do the windows come installed also.

Sure hope you didn't weld the outrigger brackets/gussets on that little crane.

 

[dancan]

Since Jonas had a chance to drop by I spent Saturday getting the tractors ready just in case , we got lucky
No snow to shovel so I figured I'd better go tidy up the landing and make some room so we can haul out more blowdowns and leaner wood later .

A handy file setup for when a rock decides to commit suicide

 

[chipper1]

Since Jonas had a chance to drop by I spent Saturday getting the tractors ready just in case , we got lucky
No snow to shovel so I figured I'd better go tidy up the landing and make some room so we can haul out more blowdowns and leaner wood later .

A handy file setup for when a rock decides to commit suicide

Hey dancan.
Nice haul there. How do you buck those up and split them, 16" and in half?
Never seen the tool, looks sweet, what is it. I don't hit rocks often, but like to get the dirt at the base and mainly cut very hard wood.

Here's my little load for the day.
5 nice pieces of locust I had out back for chairs in the gravel pit for shooting chairs and tables. They went right in the house for this weeks wood.