Scrounging Firewood (and other stuff)

[chipper1]

she doesn't think there are any other kind of chainsaws.

Don't want to disappoint, better keep with the stihls.
My wife doesn't know you don't have to buy another one or more of everything every yr, some times every week.
I run them all and don't care to much, if I don't like something I sell it and figure out what I do like and start buying those.
Like this splitter and the ash wood, don't like either, but they both make me money and I am willing to use either. Sometimes I buy something I don't prefer just because I know there is a market, I don't care as long as I sell it to the right guy(someone familiar with it).
Sometimes it's harder when I do like them and have to sell them, but those are the ones that sell the fastest and make me the most money

 

[farmer steve]

some of that ash wood can be tough. those big old ones like you got have stood the test of time. they have been tortured with high winds,drought and floods. they can be a little knarly to split but make some good firewood when comes their time.

 

[Ryan Groat]

Who needs a hydraulic dump?

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[cantoo]

I was planning a weekend of working in the shop, welding and making a rear grapple for the tractor. Had a bit of an oopsie this morning and doubt it will be healed by the weekend. The truck steel tool slide out was much heavier than we expected. I was able to hold my end up while the other guys couldn't, but then I had to let go and was just a little slow getting my fingers all out. It'll buff right out. I had my gloves on, I gotta quit biting my nails too.

 

[Bullvi22]

Ouch!

 

[Erik B]

Ouch!

X3

 

[JustJeff]

I was planning a weekend of working in the shop, welding and making a rear grapple for the tractor. Had a bit of an oopsie this morning and doubt it will be healed by the weekend. The truck steel tool slide out was much heavier than we expected. I was able to hold my end up while the other guys couldn't, but then I had to let go and was just a little slow getting my fingers all out. It'll buff right out. I had my gloves on, I gotta quit biting my nails too.
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Yeeesh!

 

[chipper1]

I was planning a weekend of working in the shop, welding and making a rear grapple for the tractor. Had a bit of an oopsie this morning and doubt it will be healed by the weekend. The truck steel tool slide out was much heavier than we expected. I was able to hold my end up while the other guys couldn't, but then I had to let go and was just a little slow getting my fingers all out. It'll buff right out. I had my gloves on, I gotta quit biting my nails too.
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Man cantoo that smarts, I hate it when that happens.
I had a "small"(relative term) forklift run up on my foot, when I told the gal to back up she was on my foot she said your so funny Brett.
I called the boss and asked them if they wanted me to finish the day and go to the med center later or go now. I told them if the boot is taken off I'm done with my day and they could send another driver. They said go ahead and finish. When I pulled it off at the end of the day my toes where blown like that, and my foot so swelled that everywhere there was a boot lace you could see it, pretty knarly stuff.
Peroxide the heck out of that bad boy.
Drink a couple tall ones for the throbbing, and for Gods sake don't do that again.
Hope you get better soon.

 

[chipper1]

Who needs a hydraulic dump?

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I've been thinking of gettinga real heavy duty trailer I could do that with. Something around 5x8 or 10 with some nice tall sides.
If I did that with my aluminum ones I'd be paying for it. They serve their duty though.

 

[chipper1]

Who needs a hydraulic dump?

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Here's a picture you may like.
It was the pieces of ash that had a buch of wire in them, check out the shape of them.

 

[zogger]

I was planning a weekend of working in the shop, welding and making a rear grapple for the tractor. Had a bit of an oopsie this morning and doubt it will be healed by the weekend. The truck steel tool slide out was much heavier than we expected. I was able to hold my end up while the other guys couldn't, but then I had to let go and was just a little slow getting my fingers all out. It'll buff right out. I had my gloves on, I gotta quit biting my nails too.
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err...uhhh.... all them do dads to move heavy stuff, too..sorry man, looks rather...an excuse for immediate vocabulary expansion....

Now get cracking on a wolverine style powered exoskeleton hand....

 

[svk]

Sorry cantoo!

 

[svk]

I was so busy today that I didn't even have time to log in. 23 hours is a long time for me to stay away from this fine site and all of you scrounging heathens!

 

[cantoo]

We still got the house set though. I had a 4 hour drive home so I was planning on doing my usual stunt with my wife when I got home after doing something like this.Unfortunately she got home 2 minutes after me and I had no time to do it. My plan was to take my glove and fill it full of ketchup, insert my hand in it and get her to pull off the glove. I even though I would put a couple of chunks of hot dog wiener covered in ketchup in the palm of my hand. 10 years ago when I broke my hand while sledding up north, she came and picked me up. I never told her what happened and never took my gloves off. When we were a couple of miles from home I told her we might as well keep going and drive to the hospital. I had broke my hand about 14 hours before that and hadn't taken the glove off, I actually drove for 6 hours after I broke it. When we got to the hospital they had to cut my leather glove off. My hand was swollen to almost double normal size. I've broken that same bone in my hand at least 3 times since then.
I just pulled off the bandaid (been in my overnight bag for at least 10 years) off and the skin stuck to it and pulled open again. Looks pretty nasty now. Welding this weekend should cauterize it good enough. She just shook her head and walked away. Tough love I guess. She did say "dumb azz" as she walked away though so she does care.
Supposed to get cold here for a week or so, maybe I'll head back to the bush and do some cutting this weekend. Think the vibration will speed the healing?

 

[svk]

Dude you are hardcore.

I had a friend who got his finger cut off in a work accident. He saved it in formaldehyde and was eventually going to have it dried? and use it as a knife handle. Haven't seen him in nearly 10 years so not sure how that worked out.

 

[USMC615]

Who needs a hydraulic dump?

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Ingenuity at its finest...like it.

 

[nomad_archer]

Did your wife buy that for you also, I think I remember that as well, now that you say you have a soft spot for it.
I would in that case put it in orange or bold with a little heart behind it.
Stihl MS271
or
Stihl MS271

Yep the wife bought the 271 for me for fathers day. But it doesn't need any extra heart its only a stihl. I just can't sell it because the day I sell it will be the day the wife asks about it.

Funny story. When I went on my curb side scrounge last week, I took the saw and case out of the bed and set them under the tailgate while I loaded the wood. I didn't realize the saw and case was under the hitch. Needless to saw the case was pinned under the hitch with a full load of wood on top. I am glad the cases are plastic because it took some wiggles pulling and yanking to get the stihl out from under the truck. I was almost ready to unload to get it out. Opps.

 

[zogger]

....
Supposed to get cold here for a week or so, maybe I'll head back to the bush and do some cutting this weekend. Think the vibration will speed the healing?

voice mode ="Al"

"I don't think so.."

I do think though increasing your metabolic rate, perhaps doing something else, increases healing.

 

[chipper1]

Yep the wife bought the 271 for me for fathers day. But it doesn't need any extra heart its only a stihl. I just can't sell it because the day I sell it will be the day the wife asks about it.

Funny story. When I went on my curb side scrounge last week, I took the saw and case out of the bed and set them under the tailgate while I loaded the wood. I didn't realize the saw and case was under the hitch. Needless to saw the case was pinned under the hitch with a full load of wood on top. I am glad the cases are plastic because it took some wiggles pulling and yanking to get the stihl out from under the truck. I was almost ready to unload to get it out. Opps.

That could have been your out, then you could have went all Husqvarna
I ran into the stihl dealer at the local grocery store tonight

 

[JustJeff]

Yep the wife bought the 271 for me for fathers day. But it doesn't need any extra heart its only a stihl. I just can't sell it because the day I sell it will be the day the wife asks about it.

Funny story. When I went on my curb side scrounge last week, I took the saw and case out of the bed and set them under the tailgate while I loaded the wood. I didn't realize the saw and case was under the hitch. Needless to saw the case was pinned under the hitch with a full load of wood on top. I am glad the cases are plastic because it took some wiggles pulling and yanking to get the stihl out from under the truck. I was almost ready to unload to get it out. Opps.

Nothing wrong with a 271. A lot of wood is cut with that saw. Same as a lot of deer killed with 30-30. Nothing glamorous about either but they get the job done.