Scrounging Firewood (and other stuff)

[SteveSS]

Exactly. I have to do a few acres on the neighbors property. Spray it with Trichlopyr? Pulling leaves some roots.

Crossbow, mixed 4% in diesel fuel.

That was a really crappy answer. Sorry about that.

Yes, I use triclopyr in a sense, but I use the branded Crossbow variety that has an addition of something called 2,4-d. My local conservation agent recommended triclopyr @ 25% mixed with diesel. That seemed like a lot more chemical than I wanted to use, so I started reseaching. I think it was on the Ohio State conservation page where I found the info. They also stated triclopyr mixed 25% with diesel was a good remedy, but then I found the section about Crossbow and only needing a 4% solution to achieve the same results. Herbicides cost way too much money around here for me to be using a 25% solution so I went with the Crossbow. I can buy it for $65/gallon at the local coop. I think straight triclopyr is pretty close in price so it saves quite a bit of money in the long run.

 

[SteveSS]

Here is a direct link to the OSU info...

http://ohioline.osu.edu/factsheet/F-68

My numbers in the last post were from a feeble memory, but I wasn't too far off.

 

[zogger]

I hope I dont need to go that route but if I did, I would make them 24" loops. I am just hoping that husky wouldn't list a bar length that the saw couldn't pull. I don't expect to use the 28" bar often at all. It would be kind of like using a 20" bar on a 50cc saw, I will need to be patient but the saw will still be capable.

I use a 28 once in awhile on my stock 371 and it's fine. just sayin

 

[DrewUth]

Not firewood related specifically, but I'm super excited to say that my wife and I are finally homeowners! We just today closed on the house I have been renting for 6 years, first as a college student with some buddies and now with my wife and dreams of a family. At least now I know I won't have to worry about moving all the firewood I have been hoarding!

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[dancan]

Not firewood related specifically, but I'm super excited to say that my wife and I are finally homeowners! We just today closed on the house I have been renting for 6 years, first as a college student with some buddies and now with my wife and dreams of a family. At least now I know I won't have to worry about moving all the firewood I have been hoarding!

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A big congrats !!!!

 

[hardpan]

That was a really crappy answer. Sorry about that.

Yes, I use triclopyr in a sense, but I use the branded Crossbow variety that has an addition of something called 2,4-d. My local conservation agent recommended triclopyr @ 25% mixed with diesel. That seemed like a lot more chemical than I wanted to use, so I started reseaching. I think it was on the Ohio State conservation page where I found the info. They also stated triclopyr mixed 25% with diesel was a good remedy, but then I found the section about Crossbow and only needing a 4% solution to achieve the same results. Herbicides cost way too much money around here for me to be using a 25% solution so I went with the Crossbow. I can buy it for $65/gallon at the local coop. I think straight triclopyr is pretty close in price so it saves quite a bit of money in the long run.

Actually I mix the same cocktale, Crossbow 4% in diesel fuel. I put it in a quart spray bottle and apply it immediately to the cut stump. We must be reading the same literature. Sometimes I find weak regrowth and hit it again. I was hoping you had found a better remedy. LOL. Maybe we have the best already. I shudder as I drive down the road and see a woods consumed by Asian Honeysuckle and the owners many times do not have a clue what is going on. So the birds eat the pretty red berries and poop on other woods, etc.
Many years ago we had a problem with Canadian Thistle and then Johnson Grass. Word spread that if the property owner did not take care of it, the government would jump in, kill the plants, and send a bill to the owner. Guess what, we don't have much of it anymore.

 

[JustJeff]

Old man sittin on his porch sees a young man walking by with a jar. Says "Hey boy, where you going with that jar?" Boy says "goin down by the creek, saw some honeysuckle. Gonna get me some honey" the old man says that you can't get honey from honeysuckle but the boy just shrugs and keeps walking.
A while later sure enough the boy comes back by with a jar of honey. Next day the old man is sittin on his porch and the boy comes by swinging a bucket. Old man hollers "hey boy, whatcha doin with that bucket" boy says " well yesterday when I was getting my honey, I saw some milkweed. So I'm getting me some milk". Old man laughs and says " you might have got honey from honeysuckle but you ain't getting milk from milkweed!"
Sure enough a while later, the boy comes back with his bucket slopping over with milk.
Next day the old man is sittin there on his porch when the boy comes skipping by. Old man says "hey boy, where you goin now?" Boy replies " yesterday when I was getting my milk, I saw some pussywillow" Old man jumps down off the porch and grabs the boy by the shoulder "Let's go boy!!!"

 

[hardpan]

Tell the truth now. Did you and the old man score that day? LOL

 

[hardpan]

Not sure, but it isn't like autumn olive, or some of the other invasive species we have here. Autumn olive is more of a tree/bush/weed, these are just an overgrown bush. They break off very easy and can be removed quite quickly. They also only grow where the light can penatrates the canopy, so they grow mainly around the edges of the woods or a trail, similar autumn olive and other invasive species.
Gotta go be back later with the conclusion to the OP.

Asian Honeysuckle is cardboard colored stems, multi stemmed, dense tough woody stems, aggressive tight holding root system, and when cut there is a small hollow center in each stem. These things are not wimpy plants.

 

[Oldmaple]

Not firewood related specifically, but I'm super excited to say that my wife and I are finally homeowners! We just today closed on the house I have been renting for 6 years, first as a college student with some buddies and now with my wife and dreams of a family. At least now I know I won't have to worry about moving all the firewood I have been hoarding!

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Cool looking house. I like that kind of style.

 

[chipper1]

I couldn't get the pictures to load up on here off my phone so I will edit the post.
This is a dead leaning black locust down "Honda Ct" which is where I store a few cars and what not. The tree was dead when I bought the house 6yrs ago and just started leaning up against the crotch of the cherry tree in the last two yrs.
This picture is to give perspective of where it is and what I will be doing.
The tree is in the back left corner behind the two snow free patches.
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This is looking from behind my wood shed, the tree that creates the X is the one I am removing. I will be pulling the bottom to me with the skidding winch while the crotch of the cherry supports the top of the tree
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Here's the cut, just a basic large snap cut since my winch wouldn't pull the stump and the tree all at once. I believe it should and will be looking into it more this spring.
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In this picture you can see that I have now successfully pulled the locust tree closer to the base of the cherry after the snap cut broke, a little farther and it will be tipped back the other direction.
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To be continued, gotta run, sure hope everything turns out alright

Ok, I'm back at it.
Everything went as planned, so for you failblog fans you'll have to wait for another project I mess up on
So I pulled the tree at the base just above the cut til it was standing pretty much as straight as I dared without it tipping in the opposite direction(hard to judge from the seat of the tractor) then took the picture in the last post for your viewing enjoyment. After that I went back to the tractor and winched it the rest of the way til it tipped and I pulled it to the tractor.

Next I just pulled ahead to where I needed to make a 90 degree turn. I then cut the branch and top off, pulled the cable out to the farthest piece, the other thingymajigs(will fix when corrected unless that is the technical term) slide on the mainline to hook to the chokers on each of the pieces and pulled them to the center of the turn. Then released the cable and set my tractor up for a redirect.

This is after the redirect around the 90 degree turn. I just winched them to where I set the tractor up and was then able to pull forward. In case anyone was wondering, once all three pieces had been connect to the mainline(with the chokers and thingymajigs) and pulled to the center of the turn they don't have to be unhooked for the redirect so it takes very little time. This is a saftey hazard to skid with the winch mainline and is not recommended as things can go very bad if the butt end of a log gets hung up on a stump. The mainline is supposed to only be used to pull the logs to the tractor and then the chokers get hooked to the top of the plow/skidder. I made a choice to not do that because of the setup here at my house.

Here's everything all cut up right at the wood pile, right where it should be.
Any questions or constructive criticism let me have it

 

[MustangMike]

Nice story, Nice House, Congrats!!!!!!

 

[svk]

Not firewood related specifically, but I'm super excited to say that my wife and I are finally homeowners! We just today closed on the house I have been renting for 6 years, first as a college student with some buddies and now with my wife and dreams of a family. At least now I know I won't have to worry about moving all the firewood I have been hoarding!

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Congrats!

 

[chipper1]

Not firewood related specifically, but I'm super excited to say that my wife and I are finally homeowners! We just today closed on the house I have been renting for 6 years, first as a college student with some buddies and now with my wife and dreams of a family. At least now I know I won't have to worry about moving all the firewood I have been hoarding!

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That's awesome news
It looks firewood related, isn't that a chimney attached to the house

 

[nomad_archer]

Congrats on the house drew

 

[SteveSS]

Actually I mix the same cocktale, Crossbow 4% in diesel fuel. I put it in a quart spray bottle and apply it immediately to the cut stump. We must be reading the same literature. Sometimes I find weak regrowth and hit it again. I was hoping you had found a better remedy. LOL. Maybe we have the best already. I shudder as I drive down the road and see a woods consumed by Asian Honeysuckle and the owners many times do not have a clue what is going on. So the birds eat the pretty red berries and poop on other woods, etc.
Many years ago we had a problem with Canadian Thistle and then Johnson Grass. Word spread that if the property owner did not take care of it, the government would jump in, kill the plants, and send a bill to the owner. Guess what, we don't have much of it anymore.

Knowing that you're doing the same thing that I'm doing makes me feel like we're doing the right thing. I really like the idea of the state mandating removal of invasive species to the property owners. I'm not a fan of forced gov't, but in nuisance situations like this, I'm ok with it for the good of the rest of the state, and or neighbors.

 

[nomad_archer]

Ok, I'm back at it.
Everything went as planned, so for you failblog fans you'll have to wait for another project I mess up on[emoji14]
So I pulled the tree at the base just above the cut til it was standing pretty much as straight as I dared without it tipping in the opposite direction(hard to judge from the seat of the tractor) then took the picture in the last post for your viewing enjoyment. After that I went back to the tractor and winched it the rest of the way til it tipped and I pulled it to the tractor.
View attachment 483019
Next I just pulled ahead to where I needed to make a 90 degree turn. I then cut the branch and top off, pulled the cable out to the farthest piece, the other thingymajigs(will fix when corrected unless that is the technical term) slide on the mainline to hook to the chokers on each of the pieces and pulled them to the center of the turn. Then released the cable and set my tractor up for a redirect.
View attachment 483021
This is after the redirect around the 90 degree turn. I just winched them to where I set the tractor up and was then able to pull forward. In case anyone was wondering, once all three pieces had been connect to the mainline(with the chokers and thingymajigs) and pulled to the center of the turn they don't have to be unhooked for the redirect so it takes very little time. This is a saftey hazard to skid with the winch mainline and is not recommended as things can go very bad if the butt end of a log gets hung up on a stump. The mainline is supposed to only be used to pull the logs to the tractor and then the chokers get hooked to the top of the plow/skidder. I made a choice to not do that because of the setup here at my house.
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Here's everything all cut up right at the wood pile, right where it should be.
Any questions or constructive criticism let me have itView attachment 483040

No need to get too technical it is only the scrounging thread. Most of us can follow along with the doohickey, thingamajiging, and we certainly understand how cattywampus some of these things turn out. If we wanted true technical explanations of this stuff there is a thread for that with people that know way more about knocking trees down than I can fathom.

 

[SteveSS]

Chipper - I like all of your smaller out buildings. Gives your place a real old timey, homey feel. I can dig it.

 

[SteveSS]

Not firewood related specifically, but I'm super excited to say that my wife and I are finally homeowners! We just today closed on the house I have been renting for 6 years, first as a college student with some buddies and now with my wife and dreams of a family. At least now I know I won't have to worry about moving all the firewood I have been hoarding!

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What a great house! That chimney is too cool. Best wishes for many years of happiness and raising all the future curtain climbers. Congrats!

 

[DrewUth]

Thanks all!! The curtain climbers should be along in a year or so if all goes to plan [emoji12]


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