Scrounging Firewood (and other stuff)

[mainewoods]

Still haven't made it to that ridge yet. Sugar maple, oak and beech. So much wood, so little time. lol

 

[mainewoods]

Poplar, white birch, yellow birch, hemlock, spruce, ash and white pine are slowin' me down. Too much for just one guy to stay ahead of. But it sure is fun tryin'!!

 

[dancan]

Wish I was closer , I'd park a tractor up there

 

[mainewoods]

I wish you could Dan. I know you like those "spiny" evergreens so I'm saving this one just for you! lol

 

[MustangMike]

Hey, I like the "House Guard", looks good!

 

[dancan]

I wish you could Dan. I know you like those "spiny" evergreens so I'm saving this one just for you! lol
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While some scroungers may turn their nose at that one and there's way too many knots in that tree to saw into boards I'll take it
Delimbing it will be a workout and splitting up the blocks is a job for the hydro but the yield will be well worth the work , them btu charts don't calculate how much heat there is in that tight grained knotty wood and the resin contained within , I'd never pass it up
Thanks Clint , I'll keep that one in inventory , since it still looks healthy I'll cut it when my supply gets low

 

[zogger]

While some scroungers may turn their nose at that one and there's way too many knots in that tree to saw into boards I'll take it
Delimbing it will be a workout and splitting up the blocks is a job for the hydro but the yield will be well worth the work , them btu charts don't calculate how much heat there is in that tight grained knotty wood and the resin contained within , I'd never pass it up
Thanks Clint , I'll keep that one in inventory , since it still looks healthy I'll cut it when my supply gets low

There's an ace Christmas tree up there..

..I seem to remember a young idiot climbing a big blue spruce like that one time to get the holiday tree....

 

[dancan]

Today's Technology , HERE is where we had the 2 tractors and my trailer parked this summer .
If you zoom out you'll see the scrounging zone

 

[chipper1]

Today's Technology , HERE is where we had the 2 tractors and my trailer parked this summer .
If you zoom out you'll see the scrounging zone

That looks awesome dancan.
So could you go all the way to the rd, or all up and down it.

 

[chipper1]

So it's been a bit busy this weekend already and it's only getting ramped up.
We were going to go to my buddies 50 acres to cut this weekend, but we probably would have only been able to take the quads because it's been warming up pretty steady.
So it's haul it out with quads or bring my tractor out there and track it all up but get it done. Either way it would have been more work than I would have wanted to do.
I found a little scrounge yesterday and as my good fortune had it, I got a call for a couple loads of boiler wood.
Fridays load is the load closest to the boiler and todays load the second one, it's close to 2 cords.
I will get some pictures of the last bit later.
Get your scrounge on guys
FS I forgot my arrow so the pieces are somewhere between 12-36", I'm just not very good at cutting the same length

 

[chipper1]

Last little bit.
Any ideas on what to do with it other than fire wood. It's 9'×30" and looks very solid.
Loaded it up figured I could get more out of it selling it for wood work or cutting some 3-4" cookies for tables or whatnot. I could even make solid square tables out of it if I decided to. May try the mill down the rd.

 

[dancan]

That's a happy looking helper

 

[dancan]

We had some right some big sunny clear skies up here today , the "Hunny Do" list was short so off to "The Zone" I went .

Jerry and I walked some new areas last weekend and found stuffs that needed to be cut .
I sure hope that big yellow birch don't pop no leaves this spring lol

While I was wishing I looked to the right and "voix la"

A nice 10" at the butt porcupine is my friend killed spruce
After a couple of trips in that direction I found a few sticks worth dragging out .

The next area I had to get to was on a survey line , them surveyors had left a 36" stump on the line , it's mine now .

Had some permit wood to cut right beside that stump .

Got another pile set and waiting to be hauled out .

Left them 2 piles in the woods for retrieval and stack at the landing for a later date .
I even grabbed some Zogger wood on my way out from tops that Jerry and I cut last year .

The Zogger wood is in the furnace tonight , nice and dry

Mighty Mouse Logging LLC

 

[dancan]

Zogger wood in the furnace

The one that's steaming is a piece of dead standing birch , not dry at all .

Mighty Mouse Logging
LLC

 

[dancan]

Chain chokers are handy rigs for winching trees out , today I added a 1/4" steel rod tail , it sure makes it easier to get the chain under a log or even intoWay better than trying to do it with wet gloves and frozen ground .

I made 4 , now to make up another 10 for the other chokers .

 

[hautions11]

I scrounged a little wood in the neighborhood today. I got to try out my new to me 064/066 MM hybrid. It is MEAN!36" poplar

 

[chipper1]

That's a happy looking helper

The one on the right is my boy, he looks just like his dad.

We had some right some big sunny clear skies up here today , the "Hunny Do" list was short so off to "The Zone" I went .

Jerry and I walked some new areas last weekend and found stuffs that needed to be cut .
I sure hope that big yellow birch don't pop no leaves this spring lol

While I was wishing I looked to the right and "voix la"

A nice 10" at the butt porcupine is my friend killed spruce
After a couple of trips in that direction I found a few sticks worth dragging out .

The next area I had to get to was on a survey line , them surveyors had left a 36" stump on the line , it's mine now .

Had some permit wood to cut right beside that stump .

Got another pile set and waiting to be hauled out .

Left them 2 piles in the woods for retrieval and stack at the landing for a later date .
I even grabbed some Zogger wood on my way out from tops that Jerry and I cut last year .

The Zogger wood is in the furnace tonight , nice and dry

Mighty Mouse Logging LLC

Looks like a productive day dancan, nice haul.
In the "Got another pile set and waiting to be hauled out ." picture why does the one log have a cut down it.
The next picture is nice too with the zogger wood, never knew that's what those bars on the back of my tractor are for.

Chain chokers are handy rigs for winching trees out , today I added a 1/4" steel rod tail , it sure makes it easier to get the chain under a log or even intoWay better than trying to do it with wet gloves and frozen ground .

I made 4 , now to make up another 10 for the other chokers .

Those look kick butt. I have some re-bar I planned on using like that, I was going to weld them to the last link, that way looks really nice
how long did you make them.

 

[johnnylabguy]

Nice pics guys! I usually don't scrounge much anymore since I have my own woodlot of dying ash trees but with it being so wet here in Ohio this week I enjoyed your hits because I couldn't get out!
I had to settle for a scrounge in my workshop to get my wood fix. A local church is having a themed fund raiser coming up and it's a western town. They needed a sign so I offered to carve one because I had a new carving bar coming:

Ok I'll be honest. The bar didn't show up yet and a dremel works much better for letters! But at least I was able to cut some wood! And yes they are a catholic church!Lol

 

[dancan]

Chipper , the cut on that log is break the bark to aid in drying because it's a birch , it's not really an issue on the big stuff because it will get split but it is on the stuff that stays in rounds . I do it on all the birch I cut , it will let moisture out till I get to block up and split .
The tails are 12" to 16" , put a slight curve in them so they'll poke out from under the log .
1/4" is plenty thick .

 

[USMC615]

Fellas, help ID this wood. Tree was standing dead in a corner of my front yard in and amongst some big red tips and azaleas. Cut it down last year, was about 8" at the base, 15' or so tall. Threw a couple of pieces on my firepit in the backyard last night...and damn does it stink. Smelled like someone threw a bottle of bad cologne on the fire. I pulled it off and chunked it to the backyard. No idea what it is, and it ain't going in the firepit again, I do know that.