Scrounging Firewood (and other stuff)

[Agent Orange]

Took a run out to the scrounging zone this afternoon , had to go find the trail that Jerry cut in last Sunday afternoon .
Got too look hard to spot it from the road LOL

Just passed the hidden entrance Jerry reclaimed an old logging road from decades gone by .

A view back to the road .

This old trail intersected a survey line , we like surveyors
This line headed down to a swamp , they had dropped 2 black spruce that were worth going to get ant there were a couple of dead standing ones with a bonus of 2 leaners .

I backed the tractor in as far as I could on the survey line and went to work .
I had to cut all the 1' surveyor stumps flush to the ground so I wouldn't get caught up on them before I started .

The winch trail was a little narrow .

But I got it all in at full length without too much fighting

Tomorrow's project is to get them off the survey line , we've got more stuff to cut in this section , not a honey hole but still plenty of wood

Mighty Mouse Logging LLC

Nice playground and nice equipment! I'd love to cut in your neck of the woods. Does the brush grow thick?

 

[Agent Orange]

first we got after some of the cedar I had hauled in. I don't burn it inside, but nice for outside campfires...

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That's a decent sized cedar. We have tons of it here and it does smell good in the pit. It's hell on the Saw's running gear, all that sap gums up the bar and chain.

 

[svk]

Shameless cut and paste because I don't feel like typing this post again.

@svk. I'll run ya for pink slips.

Worked on the splitter today. Fabbed an axle from an old boat trailer, repacked the bearings, and gave her new shoes. 12" wheels for a bit of lift.

Slick redneck support that slides up for trailering. Bar stock handle with R pins.

Still needs paint and bolts instead of screws to secure the axle.

Neat!

I would have gone larger with wheels but jumping up to larger rims got expensive in a hurry!

 

[Backyard Lumberjack]

Spent the morning cutting with Ben, my oldest son. We limbed and cut to log length, 8' to 12', 7 trees in all still a couple left but my achin everything says they'll have to wait. View attachment 492960 View attachment 492961 View attachment 492962 You can cut a 36" tree with an 18" bar... almost. Great morning still -3c but the sun is melting the frost making things pretty muddy. Broke my $%£# choke button off the 365. Grrrrr. Otherwise a successful scrounge!

enjoyed the views, blue skies.... nice pix, nice country, nice wood, nice scenery

 

[Backyard Lumberjack]

Shameless cut and paste because I don't feel like typing this post again.

@svk. I'll run ya for pink slips.

Worked on the splitter today. Fabbed an axle from an old boat trailer, repacked the bearings, and gave her new shoes. 12" wheels for a bit of lift.

Slick redneck support that slides up for trailering. Bar stock handle with R pins.

Still needs paint and bolts instead of screws to secure the axle.

nice splitter project, interesting pix... thanks for showing ... I like the adjustable height hitch/front stand...

 

[Backyard Lumberjack]

Scrounged a pic of the mallard hen sitting on her nest. Pretty good cammie. She apparently has three boyfriends, they were circling around close.

thanks for the shoreline duck nest update. now we know momma is a Mallard. your pix and duck nest posts are real Audubon-type quality...

Momma Mallard and her growing brood... Dad stands guard...

 

[Backyard Lumberjack]

Took a run out to the scrounging zone this afternoon , had to go find the trail that Jerry cut in last Sunday afternoon .
Got too look hard to spot it from the road LOL

Just passed the hidden entrance Jerry reclaimed an old logging road from decades gone by .

A view back to the road .

This old trail intersected a survey line , we like surveyors
This line headed down to a swamp , they had dropped 2 black spruce that were worth going to get ant there were a couple of dead standing ones with a bonus of 2 leaners .

I backed the tractor in as far as I could on the survey line and went to work .
I had to cut all the 1' surveyor stumps flush to the ground so I wouldn't get caught up on them before I started .

The winch trail was a little narrow .

But I got it all in at full length without too much fighting

Tomorrow's project is to get them off the survey line , we've got more stuff to cut in this section , not a honey hole but still plenty of wood

Mighty Mouse Logging LLC

good pix, good scrounges... great looking country!!! enjoyed, all the colors, thanks for sharing...

 

[Backyard Lumberjack]

here's one of several we scrounged from a farmer down the road.. mostly silver maple but did get one nice red oak that i got a nice 8 foot log out of for some lumber. sorry but only one pic of my buddy working a maple. i was busy sawin down more trees View attachment 493053 and trying to beat the snow we never got.

good pix! you know the old saying..." ah, heck... if I had all your firewood, I would throw mine away!" lol looked like good day to cut firwood, cool out and not too sunny!

 

[Backyard Lumberjack]

Impressive performance with the little saw.
Please remember to turn the saw off before kissing the chain. "Chapstick" is really not intended to protect your lips from a chainsaw. LOL

good advice, thanks for the advisory... but after it be running like it is... I always it's a... umm... chain. after I sharpen it, it kisses me back, but I insist it only throws them to me... I don't need to be told twice... when sharpening a chain saw wear gloves... well, that does assume one can sharpen it correctly!!! lol,

oh yeah, and reinstall it in right direction!

"dang it all, anyways... seems it cut better before I sharpened it !"

 

[Backyard Lumberjack]

Spent the morning cutting with Ben, my oldest son. We limbed and cut to log length, 8' to 12', 7 trees in all still a couple left but my achin everything says they'll have to wait. View attachment 492960 View attachment 492961 View attachment 492962 You can cut a 36" tree with an 18" bar... almost. Great morning still -3c but the sun is melting the frost making things pretty muddy. Broke my $%£# choke button off the 365. Grrrrr. Otherwise a successful scrounge!

>You can cut a 36" tree with an 18" bar... almost.

point well made, your pix says it all! lol

 

[dancan]

Nice playground and nice equipment! I'd love to cut in your neck of the woods. Does the brush grow thick?

Grows thick in new growth areas .
It makes it hard top spot the blowdowns along the edge of the choppings at times .

Jerry's in there ...

 

[farmer steve]

I cut very little maple and I am not good with ID of them (silver, red, sugar) without the leaves. I notice on the larger pieces that your buddy is working, their is a center that is a different color, approximately 1/3 the outside diameter. Is that a characteristic of silver only or can it be found on red and sugar also?

i'm not sure about red and sugar as i have never cut them. some of the other experts may chime in.

 

[nomad_archer]

Hi Nomad, I'm from Lancaster County too, grew up along the river, and my Dad still lives there on a hill top overlooking the Safe Harbor Dam and Turkey Point:
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I visit him regularly, and cut firewood for him. But, I moved to northern Chester County almost 40 years ago where I stumble around on this wooded hilltop every day now.

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During summers in highschool I worked as a very unskilled laborer building the Middle Creek Water Fowl museum, which must be in your Brickerville back yard.

By the way, were you at the PA GTG last Spring, might have met you there? And, are you or FarmerSteve aware of another GTG this year?

Yep middle creek isn't but 10 minutes away. Nice hill top you have there. Looks like a pretty sweet place. As for a PA GTG, I wasn't at the one last year because they scheduled it on the opening day of spring turkey and I was T the family hunting camp chasing birds. I have not heard of anything for this year.

 

[Agent Orange]

Neat!

I would have gone larger with wheels but jumping up to larger rims got expensive in a hurry!

I understand staying cheap. I looked everywhere for a cheaper alternative. 73.00 shipped and had them in 4 working days. You've got a super nice splitter, enjoy it!

Two Trailer Tires & Rims 4.80-12 480-12 4.80 X 12 12" LRB 4Lug Wheel White Spoke https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00AN7BUUY/ref=cm_sw_r_other_awd_FqR7wbAZJ6J5B

 

[svk]

I understand staying cheap. I looked everywhere for a cheaper alternative. 73.00 shipped and had them in 4 working days. You've got a super nice splitter, enjoy it!

Two Trailer Tires & Rims 4.80-12 480-12 4.80 X 12 12" LRB 4Lug Wheel White Spoke https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00AN7BUUY/ref=cm_sw_r_other_awd_FqR7wbAZJ6J5B

I saw them locally at NT for 89. Too much extra $ for me.

 

[JustJeff]

Attacked this ash whole this morning. Land owner wants to mill a couple barn beams from the trunk, so I left it in one piece. Not sure I want to wrestle 3 ft rounds anyway. Some of the limbs were like cutting small trees. I took my time and managed not to get hurt, scrounge again another day. Cut into lengths and waiting on the loader to scoop me up and get them out of the field where we can cut at our leisure.

 

[Backyard Lumberjack]

Grows thick in new growth areas .
It makes it hard top spot the blowdowns along the edge of the choppings at times .

Jerry's in there ...

"thick and dense!"

" well, kick my ash! gosh! that sure looks like a lot of hard work to me. i'd rather just pull in some oak logs from down the street... but, fear not... you have my total admiration and respect!!

dancan at work:

but as I was telling the missus just the other day, there isn't no part of making firewood that is not hard work! well, maybe other than the beer drinking at day's end!...

meanwhile... back at 'the farm'....



ps: you sure showed that ash tree a thing or two!

more beer? or more wood?....

"both!"

 

[Backyard Lumberjack]

Attacked this ash whole this morning. Land owner wants to mill a couple barn beams from the trunk, so I left it in one piece. Not sure I want to wrestle 3 ft rounds anyway. View attachment 493193 Some of the limbs were like cutting small trees. I took my time and managed not to get hurt, scrounge again another day. View attachment 493194 View attachment 493196Cut into lengths and waiting on the loader to scoop me up and get them out of the field where we can cut at our leisure.

good pix and foto essay. one look says it all! lol... looks like a whole bunch of a lotta hard work!!! (phew) [B. L. wipes sweat off brow just from foto browsing...] I think you guys deserve, rightly deserve... I say, rightly deserve... to be able to cut it up at your leisure... now that the 'field dressing' stage has been completed.

 

[reiser]

Got me a couple new piles. My father is a clay miner and these pile are from a pit he opened last year. My dad does about 2 pits a year. Now if I could on get him to sort them for me..

 

[MustangMike]

Red Maple is often discolored in the center, Sugar Maple and Norway Maple usually not (or at least a smaller section).