Scrounging Firewood (and other stuff)

[cantoo]

chipper1, some of my old posts describe how my brother in law and I handled the tops we bought out of the neighbours bush. He has 2 tractors and I have 1 plus we each have a Steiner. I have a dump box on my flatbed, several wagons and 2 dump trailers. He has a log wagon and a big dump trailer. I am 20 miles away from the site and he is 1 mile. Tops were maple, walnut, some cherry and 100 dead pine tops. I made a hitch for the back of his small Kubota to drag the tops out. I had more time to invest that he did so I did a lot of "precutting" by myself. I would use my 170 or 260, a small backpack that held a few quarts of bar oil and 4 or 5 juice bottles of premix. By myself I would walk thru a section of the bush with the backpack on and precut all the branches off the tops in that section. I never dragged anything out or did anything other than walk and precut on these days. When he had time on the weekend he would bring the tractor and with him driving the tractor and me hitching up and cutting the last few branches off the precut tops we could get a real pile of logs dragged to the landing in an easy day. When we got tired we would just load and haul loads home to process later. Only a few pics now after the hacking problem.
http://www.arboristsite.com/community/threads/my-firewood-tools.153256/page-16

 

[chipper1]

Thanks for the link cantoo.
Wish my wife was off next week, I'd shoot out to that auction.
@Wood Nazi when those bass gonna start bitting.

 

[Agent Orange]

Y'all are going to make me hurl. Bourbon and Maple? That sounds almost as good as Apple pucker mixed with Yeager.

I have an aunt in Canada that sends us syrup in little tin cans every once in a while. Good stuff.

 

[Agent Orange]

Who needs wood? I talked to a co-worker today, his dad and brother bought some more farmland and have been clearing and pushing. There's apparently several huge lightly pushed piles full of honey locust and Mulberry. We have full access to the equipment. Pull a stick, top it, and load it. I'm going to source a big trailer and get after it.

 

[svk]

Y'all are going to make me hurl. Bourbon and Maple? That sounds almost as good as Apple pucker mixed with Yeager.

I have an aunt in Canada that sends us syrup in little tin cans every once in a while. Good stuff.

Try it. Jim Beam, Crown, or Knob Creek. Your opinion will change.

 

[Agent Orange]

Try it. Jim Beam, Crown, or Knob Creek. Your opinion will change.

I might, but I'll probably get an airplane bottle before jumping in. I'm a rum fanatic.

 

[svk]

I might, but I'll probably get an airplane bottle before jumping in. I'm a rum fanatic.

If bourbon isn't your cup of tea I can see where you might find this strange.

 

[MustangMike]

I don't touch any hard stuff any more, just some Red Wine or Beer is fine. Used to drink 151 straight from the bottle, those days are over.

 

[JustJeff]

I haven't touched any "stuff" hard or soft for 15 years. Could use a belt now though. Lost my dad this morning. He was old and I was with him, nothing unsaid. Still hard though. If y'all still have yours, give him a hug. I'm looking forward to some chainsaw therapy when all this is over.

 

[MustangMike]

So sorry to hear, lost mine several year ago and even though we knew it was coming it did not make it any easier.

If your Mom is still alive, be strong for her.

Best of Luck with all of it, and run those saws carefully when you get the chance.

 

[al-k]

I haven't touched any "stuff" hard or soft for 15 years. Could use a belt now though. Lost my dad this morning. He was old and I was with him, nothing unsaid. Still hard though. If y'all still have yours, give him a hug. I'm looking forward to some chainsaw therapy when all this is over.

Sorry to hear about your dad i can only imagine how hard that must be.

 

[svk]

I haven't touched any "stuff" hard or soft for 15 years. Could use a belt now though. Lost my dad this morning. He was old and I was with him, nothing unsaid. Still hard though. If y'all still have yours, give him a hug. I'm looking forward to some chainsaw therapy when all this is over.

Very sorry to hear.

I lost my dad 16 years ago now, seems like an eternity.

 

[hardpan]

I haven't touched any "stuff" hard or soft for 15 years. Could use a belt now though. Lost my dad this morning. He was old and I was with him, nothing unsaid. Still hard though. If y'all still have yours, give him a hug. I'm looking forward to some chainsaw therapy when all this is over.

I lost mine 2 years, 2 months, and 1 day ago. I still miss him. I lost my mom 49 days before that. Sorry, I really wish I could give you some smoothing words. Just tighten up, take care of yourself and the rest of the family. Loss is a chapter of life.

 

[zogger]

I haven't touched any "stuff" hard or soft for 15 years. Could use a belt now though. Lost my dad this morning. He was old and I was with him, nothing unsaid. Still hard though. If y'all still have yours, give him a hug. I'm looking forward to some chainsaw therapy when all this is over.

Sorry man. Mine left last summer. Live every day to the fullest..and you don't need any "stuff".

 

[farmer steve]

I haven't touched any "stuff" hard or soft for 15 years. Could use a belt now though. Lost my dad this morning. He was old and I was with him, nothing unsaid. Still hard though. If y'all still have yours, give him a hug. I'm looking forward to some chainsaw therapy when all this is over.

sorry to hear WN. my condolences to you and your family.

 

[dancan]

Sorry for the loss , I hope that the saw therapy brings the peace .

 

[LondonNeil]

[hug]

... Lost my dad this morning. He was old and I was with him, nothing unsaid. Still hard though. If y'all still have yours, give him a hug. I'm looking forward to some chainsaw therapy when all this is over.

[/hug]
So sorry to read this

 

[LondonNeil]

i feel a bit dirty. i just offered to pay for some wood .

i email chatted to the tree service guy i collect from, to thank him and to ask if he expects to fell something besides leylandii/cypress any time soon (it seems ballsie beggars CAN be choosers) and ended up offering to buy a load of hardwood from him! I'm loving the free scrounge wood, but TBH, i could really do with some quality hard wood too. I'm I still allowed in this thread!!! In my defence (defense) I've scrounged up 3/4 of a cord of soft wood in the last 12 days

 

[Philbert]

Lost my dad this morning. . . .

Sorry to hear.

Philbert

 

[MustangMike]

I used to buy wood every year, when I heated by wood and worked full time. But, I bought logs, it was cheaper, and cut & split them myself (split by hand).