Scrounging Firewood (and other stuff)

[benp]

It is his original house that was built as a garage. I have a floor drain and headered front wall for a garage door

 

[benp]

Lmao....dog just looked at me like he was saying what do you mean I live in a garage.

 

[svk]

You've got the perfect set up out there. Dogs, friends, water nearby, and lots of fuel in the woods!

 

[cantoo]

I was out back pushing wood into piles tonight while my nephew was practicing on our motocross track. Big race this weekend. He brought another kid's bike with him in his trailer. He got to our place and the kid wasn't behind him anymore. 2 minutes later he gets a text. A lady decided to beat a big tractor and planter thru an intersection 2 miles from our house. She blew the stop sign and tee boned him at 50 mph. He rolled the car and wasn't hurt, she had to be cut out of the car. And then she blamed it on the tractor driver. He still made it to our place to practice but was still shaking. Those are the only trees any where near the intersection. 3 years ago same thing happened only with 2 full sized pick up trucks, one driver died at the scene. People blow that Stop sign all the time.

 

[svk]

Wow. Glad people lived this time.

Several folks died in a helicopter crash north of Minneapolis today. Still no body count.

 

[benp]

Holy crap. Glad he's ok

 

[Erik B]

That is really scarry.

 

[kingOFgEEEks]

Drives me nuts. How much time are you really saving, trying to go around a piece of farm equipment? Is it worth someone's life? Because that's what almost happened there.

Anyhow, end rant. I've been the guy on the tractor, and I can say from experience that we would go faster if we could.

 

[Tenderfoot]

The one and only time I got wrangled into pulling a combine head a similar thing happened w/o a crash. But good thing it was a car, not the driver. Cars are cheap.

 

[woodchip rookie]

Drives me nuts. How much time are you really saving, trying to go around a piece of farm equipment? Is it worth someone's life? Because that's what almost happened there.

Anyhow, end rant. I've been the guy on the tractor, and I can say from experience that we would go faster if we could.

eff that. You guys go as slow as you need. Let the idiots kill themselves. The part that sucks is that normally the idiots drag other people in with them.

 

[kingOFgEEEks]

eff that. You guys go as slow as you need. Let the idiots kill themselves. The part that sucks is that normally the idiots drag other people in with them.

Yeah, that's not my life anymore, but I definitely give the other farmers around here their share of the road. There will be an appropriate time and place to pass soon enough. For now, I'll keep on staying alive.

 

[nomad_archer]

Drives me nuts. How much time are you really saving, trying to go around a piece of farm equipment? Is it worth someone's life? Because that's what almost happened there.

Anyhow, end rant. I've been the guy on the tractor, and I can say from experience that we would go faster if we could.

I dont go around farm equipment unless I am in a passing zone. I do go around amish buggies or I wouldn't get anywhere. But then again I am smart about it and only do it when I can see even if that means I need to wait a mile or two.

 

[MustangMike]

Ditto for bicycle riders, cause I am one of them, I always wait till it is safe to pass. You won't believe what some trucks & PU trucks do to us. Unfortunately, a good friend of mine got struct a few weeks ago by the mirror of a PU Truck. Took parts out of his skull, he was air lifted and is still fighting for his life, but some of our friends say he may be better off if he does not come out of it.

Ironically, I spoke at a Traffic Safety Board meeting (sponsored by the local Sheriff) a year ago about this very problem, but nothing was done. Very frustrating!

 

[nomad_archer]

Ditto for bicycle riders, cause I am one of them, I always wait till it is safe to pass. You won't believe what some trucks & PU trucks do to us. Unfortunately, a good friend of mine got struct a few weeks ago by the mirror of a PU Truck. Took parts out of his skull, he was air lifted and is still fighting for his life, but some of our friends say he may be better off if he does not come out of it.

Ironically, I spoke at a Traffic Safety Board meeting (sponsored by the local Sheriff) a year ago about this very problem, but nothing was done. Very frustrating!

I hear you mike. Sorry to hear about your friend. This is the precise reason I wont get a road bike. Even though there is a law in PA that you need to give 4ft to cyclist people dont listen. They are too busy texting, talking or generally not paying attention while driving. This is the same reason I wont get a motorcycle. Cyclists do have some responsibility as well since I have seen many blatantly disregard traffic laws, stop signs, weave in and out of traffic at a red light, etc. Having been on both sides I get the share the road mentality but that only works when everyone is following the same rules of the road but I digress.

Personally I pass buggies, farm equipment in passing zones, and bikes completely in the other lane.

 

[KiwiBro]

I didn't understand how bad the problem was until I owned a tractor and drove it on public roads sometimes for many hours at a time between jobs. If The traffic department wants to place a few cameras on my tractor, they could at least make a small dent in the size of the problem. There are absolute lunatics behind the wheel in too many cars over here. Actually, it's not just cars though. There are a few imbecile cowboys with truck licences (presumably) driving logging trucks here that also take insane risks with the lives of others. Some of their overtaking manoeuvres have forced oncoming cars off the road. I've learned there are certain times of the day or certain days where it's just safer to stay off the road. Long moves I now try to leave until early Sunday mornings.

 

[Haywire]

How about some fall Larch to lighten the mood...

 

[svk]

How about some fall Larch to lighten the mood...

That tree would look good in my woodpile!

 

[Logger nate]

Thought you might like this svk (and others) came across the biggest aspen I have ever seen, 30" across chest high

 

[dancan]

My daughter sent me a pic today ,,,,,

This isn't it but it's from the same area , Calgary , meanwhile it was sunny and 75 to 80 here on the East Coast .

 

[farmer steve]

My daughter sent me a pic today ,,,,,

This isn't it but it's from the same area , Calgary , meanwhile it was sunny and 75 to 80 here on the East Coast .

i thought AS censored "obscene" pictures.