Scrounging Firewood (and other stuff)

[hardpan]

@MustangMike that puller is awesome!

Not sure if you saw the other thread but I joined the dark side yesterday.

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Oh my, are you ever in trouble with the orange and red gang. Easy guys, I own both sides of the fence also.
SWEET little saw. Never heard a bad word about one. Have a ball with it Steve.

 

[MustangMike]

My brother has one of them and loves it. If I did not have that beasty Dr Al ported 026 ...

I'll find that other thread.

 

[MustangMike]

Don't cut them down if the curve is not in the way. Some time in the next 10 years you will assuredly need a piece with that very shape.

Don't worry, when I replaced them, I changed them all out. There are a lot more where that one came from! Don't remember exactly when I purchased that Troy Bilt Pony, but I've been in this house since 1986 and I used it form many years at my previous house. Likely got it around 1980. I leave it in an unheated shed all winter, and that thing always starts, no problem, in the spring. I just add some fresh gas to whatever was left in it and she always just starts right up. It has a 5 Hp B&S with Electronic Ignition.

I actually drove up to the factory in Troy NY to pick it up, to save on shipping. Had to work in Albany that day anyway, so wasn't too much out of the way.

At the time they were all direct sales, they were not in any stores.

 

[dancan]

Congrats Steve , awesome saw
Get the 6t spur if it has the 7t rim , it makes a real difference .
Yup , sure hope the wudpirat is all good , kinda sucks not being able to check up on him .

 

[svk]

Congrats Steve , awesome saw
Get the 6t spur if it has the 7t rim , it makes a real difference .
Yup , sure hope the wudpirat is all good , kinda sucks not being able to check up on him .

I'm normally going to run short bars on it, probably pick up a 12 and 14 incher too and do a muffler mod when it's broken in. Do you think I still need to drop down to the 6T?

 

[dancan]

Yup 6t , the best mod you will make .
Mine came with a 16" but after running 5+ gallons of mix through it with the 14" I think I'll leave the 14" on it , I think 12" would be too short for my liking .

 

[benp]

I'm like that when watching good digger/excavator operators. It's mesmerising how 'at one' they can be with a 20t machine. The good operators are so smooth they look slow but are super-productive.

My neighbor is an amazing heavy equipment operator. I have a full 110% confidence in his abilities and the times my well being has been his hands I have never flinched or been worried.

I agree....it is mesmerizing to watch them work and fun. It is like watching live art.

Tamarack/Larch in it's fall colors...awesome!!! A bunch around here like that.

Line clearance by helicopter.


Lots of 'Zogger wood' left behind, er, underneath . . .

Philbert

Thank you Philbert.....another one for the bad dreams file. I'm sure it will tuck in nicely next to clowns gone wrong and aliens.

This is one of my other 'favorite' line clearance tools (forget the music):


Good Minnesota company ! (http://jarraff.com/)

Philbert

That is cool!!!!!!! Boy that would be handy to have. Pole saw? Whaaaaaaaat? I'll be right back.

Yes welcome to the thread, "Age challenged Ursus arctos horribilis". Just about any subject on firewood, shared by a good bunch of knowledgeable guys, can be found here. Join in anytime!

Clint, take time to pat yourself on the back for creating the best thread on this site. Imo, there is no questioning otherwise.

@MustangMike that puller is awesome!

Not sure if you saw the other thread but I joined the dark side yesterday.

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Dude.....

 

[benp]

King, it's just a baby tractor so it has baby tires on it. Only 35 hp. I bent the 3 pth arm playing with this on the back. Tried to pull 2 logs and turn. It's called leverage for a reason.
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That is very handy. That is how we do a lot of our wood cutting from the wood yard. Neighbor takes the min telehandler down with the grapple, loads up, brings them up to me and I cut them. Just like how you have pictured.

so..had a few hours to kill, drove to Miami to close a few biz deals and get the Lambo detailed..on the way back, hit the satphone button... "Sirious"? "Yes, master" "Have my minions clean up the edges of the estate's roads" "Yes, master".

I knew it....lol

 

[cantoo]

benp, I don't use it for cutting. I use a 9 tine manure bucket to hold logs up for cutting, easier and don;t have to balance cutting as much. I only use it for dragging logs out of the bush. Worked great tonight, I cut a bunch of trees down and then when it got too dark to work safe I jumped in the tractor and dragged logs out using headlights. Got so dark that the wife texted me to make sure I was okay because it was so dark out. Gives me an extra hour or so of worktime in these short daylight hours.

 

[benp]

benp, I don't use it for cutting. I use a 9 tine manure bucket to hold logs up for cutting, easier and don;t have to balance cutting as much. I only use it for dragging logs out of the bush. Worked great tonight, I cut a bunch of trees down and then when it got too dark to work safe I jumped in the tractor and dragged logs out using headlights. Got so dark that the wife texted me to make sure I was okay because it was so dark out. Gives me an extra hour or so of worktime in these short daylight hours.

You should try it. It works well. Get it to your splitting area then buck it up.

This is with a load of 100" logs.

 

[Hinerman]

Single load of elm (2 trees) a few weeks ago:

 

[Hinerman]

Big Oak (36" dbh) scrounge in the past couple weeks:

Blow down from a suspected tornado back in July:

 

[Hinerman]

Working from the top down:



It doesn't look like it but that top limb took all of a 28" bar:

 

[Hinerman]

All bucked up and ready to load:

 

[Hinerman]

Ended up with 5 loads:

#1



#2

 

[Hinerman]

Load #3. The back 1/3 of the trailer has a white oak I got from the same area:



#4, the big boys:



#5, these big ones make a lot of wood, but are a PITA to move around, load, unload, split, noodle, etc:

 

[benp]

Honest question....

Why do you guys not process on site?

At least noodle down?

I mean that is some weight there in those big rounds. Noodle in half i am sure they would be no issue to split by hand.

 

[svk]

Yup 6t , the best mod you will make .
Mine came with a 16" but after running 5+ gallons of mix through it with the 14" I think I'll leave the 14" on it , I think 12" would be too short for my liking .

Do you happen to have that stihl part number for the 6t rim?

I really don't want to have to drive back over to my dealer to get a part. Just order it from one of the dealers closer who didn't know the 241 existed lol.

 

[Hinerman]

Honest question....

Why do you guys not process on site?

At least noodle down?

I mean that is some weight there in those big rounds. Noodle in half i am sure they would be no issue to split by hand.

I would love to process on site. But, I am cutting on another persons property, which is always the case for me. The landowner wants it removed as soon as it can be done. It would take me a lot longer to split everything. Also, I would need 2 vehicles, one for the trailer and one for the splitter. Normally, I would have noodled the big rounds at least in half and maybe quartered; but, the landowner loaded them for me with his tractor.

This landowner has many trees down and offered them to me. I told him it might take me a year to get to all of them as I work full time, have kids, time is changing, etc. A week after he told me I could have them, he called and asked me if I mind if somebody else comes and takes a few trees. I told him I didn't care and to save me the tree above, give the other guy the rest. Well, I was cutting one day and noticed somebody else had been cutting too. I asked the landowner about it. He said, "the guy came out and got a load and wanted to get paid, so he won't be back, the rest of the trees are yours."

My point is this: the landowner wants them cleaned up as soon as possible, I am limited on the time I can work at his property, so I cut, load, and haul off everything to my wood lot for processing at a later time. I have already bucked up another oak (28" dbh) and need to go load it up. Will post pics of it.

The first 2 pics are on the landowner's property, the last 2 are at my woodlot.

 

[benp]

That makes total sense.

I forgot about that aspect of it.