Scrounging Firewood (and other stuff)

[MustangMike]

Welcome aboard Cowboy, was gonna say we learn things from you guys down under also, but FS beat me to the "mate" reference! That is a beautiful pic you posted.

I have had some people give a bit of a distressed look when I tell them I post to a chainsaw thread, but then when I tell them that the site includes people from not only across the country, but from around the world, all of a sudden they have a different opinion of it.

 

[woodchip rookie]

I have noticed a few Osage Orange (Hedgeapple) trees around the neighborhood. Nobody eats those right? They are on feild lines and stuff. Think anybody would have a reason to keep them? Is it hard chainsawing that stuff?

 

[dancan]

I was at the house lot that I'm clearing , this was on the side of the road they poked in to get to the lot .
Was there last fall , been there all summer , nice and dry maple with 2 sticks of spruce , the fir was underneath so it was wet and soft .

The dry stuff came home with me

 

[dancan]

Some of today's action lol

 

[Haywire]

 

[dancan]

Here's another spruce that was killed by a porcupine .

He chewed the bark completely around in two spots , it was about 12" at the butt and straight , nice firewood tree now
I did get a fair amount of wood on the ground , no winching today .

And made it to the back right corner of the lot so now it's a downhill run to the finish lol

 

[kingOFgEEEks]

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Nice power stroke. I looked at a utility body truck for scrounging, but thought the high sides would make unloading difficult. You'll have to let us know how it works for you.

 

[dancan]

Plenty of storage space for tools, all thats needed is a dump trailer, never have to throw wood in/out of the truck.

Mighty Mouse Logging LLC

 

[benp]

Got some good scrounging in. Great day

Neighbor wanted me to pump the brakes a bit on my ambitions to keep things a little less accessible by trail due to hunting season coming.

Headed out



Got the trail opened and a load out of sugar maple that was immediately on or next to the trail.

Then I went after the rest of the tree on the hill.


Job foreman being the pisser he is inspecting the cuts



Fiskard up and ready to be loaded. The black butt and tail was the osha inspector that I'm sitting for a buddy. She was right there everytime you turned around



I got 2.5 loads out of there. Best sugar maple I've ever scrounged.

I'll check out the popple lying with it maybe Wednesday. I was under the gun today.

Next one I did up was the tree I thought was an elm.

Turns out @svk was right being a black ash.

The standing part was rotted as was the first 10 feet lying on the ground.

I was able to bag a full load out of it.

Could of got a little more but I was beat, the saws were beat, and I had a yard to manicure before a birthday party tomorrow.

Give me scrounging any day over cutting in a pile

 

[svk]

Looks like a great day!

 

[dancan]

Great scrounge !
Wanna trade for some softwood ?

 

[Logger nate]

Doing some @chipper1 work today, owner is going to scrounge the wood.

 

[Logger nate]

Got some good scrounging in. Great day

Neighbor wanted me to pump the brakes a bit on my ambitions to keep things a little less accessible by trail due to hunting season coming.

Headed out



Got the trail opened and a load out of sugar maple that was immediately on or next to the trail.

Then I went after the rest of the tree on the hill.


Job foreman being the pisser he is inspecting the cuts



Fiskard up and ready to be loaded. The black butt and tail was the osha inspector that I'm sitting for a buddy. She was right there everytime you turned around



I got 2.5 loads out of there. Best sugar maple I've ever scrounged.

I'll check out the popple lying with it maybe Wednesday. I was under the gun today.

Next one I did up was the tree I thought was an elm.

Turns out @svk was right being a black ash.

The standing part was rotted as was the first 10 feet lying on the ground.

I was able to bag a full load out of it.

Could of got a little more but I was beat, the saws were beat, and I had a yard to manicure before a birthday party tomorrow.

Give me scrounging any day over cutting in a pile

That's great! Looks like fun!

 

[benp]

Great scrounge !
Wanna trade for some softwood ?

Lol. This is the best score of Sugar Maple I have ever had. The first 5 feet was hollowed out from bugs or rot.

And since it was hollow it was pretty dry already with almost no soft spots. I was absolutely floored that the whole tree was good.

That's great! Looks like fun!

I love scrounging. I can get way more cut and split in the log pile in the same time but this is way more enjoyable for me.

 

[Logger nate]

I totally agree, I would much rather be out in the woods scroungeing for wood than cut out of a log deck. Being out in mountains, seeing animals, finding the next big score, figuring how to get it out, the satisfaction of going home with a nice load of good dry wood to keep you warm with very little cost, very enjoyable!

 

[JustJeff]

Got some good scrounging in. Great day

Neighbor wanted me to pump the brakes a bit on my ambitions to keep things a little less accessible by trail due to hunting season coming.

Headed out



Got the trail opened and a load out of sugar maple that was immediately on or next to the trail.

Then I went after the rest of the tree on the hill.


Job foreman being the pisser he is inspecting the cuts



Fiskard up and ready to be loaded. The black butt and tail was the osha inspector that I'm sitting for a buddy. She was right there everytime you turned around



I got 2.5 loads out of there. Best sugar maple I've ever scrounged.

I'll check out the popple lying with it maybe Wednesday. I was under the gun today.

Next one I did up was the tree I thought was an elm.

Turns out @svk was right being a black ash.

The standing part was rotted as was the first 10 feet lying on the ground.

I was able to bag a full load out of it.

Could of got a little more but I was beat, the saws were beat, and I had a yard to manicure before a birthday party tomorrow.

Give me scrounging any day over cutting in a pile

I like the convenience of cutting in the log pile, but there is something about getting out and cutting onsite whether it's in the woods or a field fence line. More work but I like it better too.

 

[MustangMike]

Cut a big 34" Red Oak log all by myself this morning, but then got rained out so I did not take it out of there (don't want to ruin a lawn, I'll wait till it is dry).

Spent more time releasing compressions and moving cut pieces, etc than actually sawing, and it is tough to block things you leverage & move w/o a second person, but I got it done!

In wood this size, the ported 460s really show their worth, especially with the 36" bar. (in the pic w/24' & 36" bars). My 044 with the 28" bar is strong for a 044, but in this size wood the torque of the larger saws really becomes evident. I was also pleased I did not rock any chains in the process.

For this project I was glad I brought a few saws, wedges & splitting axe to send them home, and the timber jack, and I made some wooden "lever bars" on site.

 

[svk]

If you had noticed my 550 was MIA lately there's a reason, it made a little road trip to Missouri.

 

[LonestarStihl]

If you had noticed my 550 was MIA lately there's a reason, it made a little road trip to Missouri.

Did you happen to get a before video of the saw performing? I keep thinking it'd be nice to see a before and after video.

 

[svk]

I have it on video in softwood only.

I can tell by the revs it's holding in the cut that it's significantly stronger. And AT has yet to tune itself so there's more power coming.