Scrounging Firewood (and other stuff)

[hardpan]

How do you drive by a nice previously dead standing 32-36" ash stem laying beside a driveway, you don't

Ok guys this was a nice find, now to execute the bucking, splitting, loading, unloading, and taking pictures of it for you all(thats me sweating because I'm haveing to do something "like work".
It's right on the top of a pretty steep little hill. I was thinking of making most ove my top bucking cuts just as it is and the rope over the top to my truck and roll it onto the other side to finish my cuts. I will probably need to get the big branch and maybe even the big crotch where it connects to the stem on the left side before I can roll it though. I am going to try to get there tomorrow to asses the site better, and for the first load. View attachment 483546

If you accidentally let that big log roll down the hill, then you can call it work. LOL
Great find.

 

[nomad_archer]

Well we had some snow melt over night but this is how this went.

Started out as this isn't so bad out of the driveway.

Then this is going to be apiece of cake as I passed the grapes and started the turn to line up with the wood piles.

Then half way into through the turn, the front end let go and off I went side ways down the hill toward the fire pit that is under the snow. There was some 4 letter words flying.

I unloaded the wood and stated digging to get myself moving. That didn't work so the plywood came into play. 8' at a time i made my way up the hill.

I made it to the last turn in the back yard
And got squared up to make a run at the uphill grade to the front yard

Then I was off to the races tires spinning and digging. No backing off I was on a roll.

Then one last turn until I was home free. No backing off until I hit pavement.

Surprisingly no ruts and minimal yard damage.

 

[chipper1]

don't forget the nice Zogger wood in the brush piles.looks like some nice size limb wood in there.

I think he might call this Ashzilla, it's a beast of an ash, although it's quite a bit smaller than the black locust I posted last week.
Thats the first thing I will cut, then the kids have something to do if they are with me, I need a few crates to have them fill .
If you look close there seems to be some nice size branches sticking out of those piles as well, don't want to leave to much in the guy's yard.

The guy told me he got tired of the tree guy's prices being so all over the place he grabbed a new 18" chain and dropped it himself lol. He said he worked for a golf course for a bit and a tree service after that, I'm looking forward to seeing his cuts.

I plan on putting this stuff right on my front porch(after splitting) and throwing a tarp over it. I may even sell a bit of it since this is more than I need to heat for the rest of the yr. I will have to see how it looks inside to see if it's all burnable as it still had a lot of bark left on it. I still have a lot inside from the stuff that was dry I cut this week. When I split it if it wasn't dry it went on the pile, if it was it went in the house, I did have more I didn't have room for in the house that went to the pile.
Here's a few pictures of the setups I used to split it and what it looked like once in the house.
Hopefully that splitter will be sold today

 

[chipper1]

That looks like that tree will need 2-3 cups of coffee to properly assess what to do. You dont want any of the rounds to roll over that hill. It looks like a steep bugger. Is there a road running behind and down the hill from where you will be cutting?

You have properly assessed the pre assessment procedure, and I'm working on that right now
The hill is quite steep, the great thing is there is a driveway that goes down there to a nice high end housing development.
I had considered letting what I can just roll down there as the hill would also aid in loading, but it looked a bit risky, I will get a much better idea today as it was raining and I didn't want to be to intrusive when I stuffed the note in the guy's door.

If you accidentally let that big log roll down the hill, then you can call it work. LOL
Great find.

I would consider this one work even though the guy here won't be paying I plan on getting paid even if only for the wood.
When you work with stuff over 24" it becomes a lot more sweat, and I would then consider it work, I don't like to sweat to much

 

[chipper1]

Well we had some snow melt over night but this is how this went.

Started out as this isn't so bad out of the driveway.
Surprisingly no ruts and minimal yard damage.

That looks like some good fun there NA.
Nice setup you have there. Got some nice stacks of wood there to, little taller than zogger stacks
That kind of slop sure fills the tire treads quickly, a little RPM's helps to keep them cleaned out though, gas on it lol.
Looks like you need an Exmark zero turn mower(big yard) to go along with that Honda snow blower

 

[nomad_archer]

That looks like some good fun there NA.
Nice setup you have there. Got some nice stacks of wood there to, little taller than zogger stacks
That kind of slop sure fills the tire treads quickly, a little RPM's helps to keep them cleaned out though, gas on it lol.
Looks like you need an Exmark zero turn mower(big yard) to go along with that Honda snow blower

I have a little 42" lawn tractor that makes short enough work of it. Near an hour of seat time to mow. Another 30 minutes with the push mower and trimmer. Did I mention I dislike mowing.

 

[hardpan]

I have a little 42" lawn tractor that makes short enough work of it. Near an hour of seat time to mow. Another 30 minutes with the push mower and trimmer. Did I mention I dislike mowing.

Mowing. That is one job I hate even though it only amounts to sitting on my a$$ and pulling levers. Then next week I have to start all over again. 3 hours.

You sure know how to mess up a pretty snow. LOL. Like you said, no damage, and when the sun hits those skinned places it will melt off nice.

 

[chipper1]

Mowing. That is one job I hate even though it only amounts to sitting on my a$$ and pulling levers. Then next week I have to start all over again. 3 hours.

You sure know how to mess up a pretty snow. LOL. Like you said, no damage, and when the sun hits those skinned places it will melt off nice.

I pity the fool who's gotta mow for over 30mins, unless that is you like it.
Just sold the Hondas this summer and my Exmark, could have hooked you guys up if I would have known.

I have a little 42" lawn tractor that makes short enough work of it. Near an hour of seat time to mow. Another 30 minutes with the push mower and trimmer. Did I mention I dislike mowing.

 

[zogger]

I pity the fool who's gotta mow for over 30mins, unless that is you like it.
Just sold the Hondas this summer and my Exmark, could have hooked you guys up if I would have known.

I like mowing. And it turned out to be the ticket for me still being able to be employed doing something. Now it is not what I had planned for a career entering my geezerhood back when I was a young teen, but it beats the pants off of being broke and homeless.

The most fun is running the boom mower and taking whole trees right down to the ground. I wish the boss would get me the stuff to get it back running again***, but it was sure fun when it was working good. I'd like to try one of those hugemongous forestry mulching mowers like the utility guys use for the powerlines, etc.

***I quit trying to figure out why he does stuff and his priorities and habits, they change constantly. I now know exactly what is meant by eccentric millionaire.

 

[svk]

***I quit trying to figure out why he does stuff and his priorities and habits, they change constantly. I now know exactly what is meant by eccentric millionaire.

Some people become wealthy by being cheap, working hard, by inheritance, and the remainder remains a mystery LOL.

 

[svk]

Received the bar for my new saw today. Found a nice replaceable tip 16"/.050 bar off ebay.

The only thing scary is he shipped it in just the light cardboard sleeve from the showroom. I would have at least wrapped it in cardboard. Luckily it arrived unscathed and I put it on a flat table to make sure the bar wasn't tweaked at all.

 

[svk]

I pity the fool who's gotta mow for over 30mins, unless that is you like it.
Just sold the Hondas this summer and my Exmark, could have hooked you guys up if I would have known.
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Interesting, you got a wider mower but now need to walk behind it. Getting a little soggy in "old" age like me LOL?

 

[husqvarna257]

Well we had some snow melt over night but this is how this went.

Started out as this isn't so bad out of the driveway.


Then this is going to be apiece of cake as I passed the grapes and started the turn to line up with the wood piles.





Surprisingly no ruts and minimal yard damage.

Tell us that when spring hits and it melts

 

[Philbert]

I like mowing.

Philbert

 

[zogger]

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Philbert

hahaha! at least you got my fav ridin pony mowers pegged! hehehehe I don't look much like mr. ultra straight though..I look ,more..like this....jiss a lil scruffy.. getting ready with my cobjob installed ratsun wood rack to go scrounge up some sixteen footers...

 

[KiwiBro]

That's a beard to be proud of. None of the manscaped metrosexual fuzz that passes as something to be proud of amongst today's peacocks.

 

[Philbert]

I look ,more..like this....

Who is the cutie driving your truck?

Philbert

 

[Philbert]

Retail firewood at Hy-Vee

Philbert

 

[zogger]

Who is the cutie driving your truck?

Philbert

Fancy Dancy Annie, my cuttin buddy. Plenty of other dogs, but she has to go where I go.

 

[zogger]

That's a beard to be proud of. None of the manscaped metrosexual fuzz that passes as something to be proud of amongst today's peacocks.

I take the hedge clippers to it once a year in the spring and go around and spread it on the bushes and stuff. The birds grab it and go fly away and build their nests with it. Funny as heck! Been doing that for decades now. Before I started doing that it was multiple year's long, a full chest warmer.

Two Christmas seasons ago I was in wallyworld during the big duck dynasty schwag push. I was standing in front of a big cardboard display, some moms and kids hanging around, a wallyworld "associate" walks by, I go "Miss, oh miss! I am here for the autograph signing, where do I set up"? Stares..jaws dropping...bwahahahaha, for 30 seconds there had them folks going good, then I started laughing. Hoot and a half!