Scrounging Firewood (and other stuff)

[square1]

I told the neighbor "you know I'm going to lose street cred right?"

He said yeah.....I thought about that.

Well just use it for splitting the mass cuttings at the pile. [emoji2]

You can still fiskars up the scrounging.

Fair enough

After hand splitting 12~13 cord a year for the past 6 years I got a hydraulic splitter at the beginning of last season. One day late in the season I ran out of fuel for the splitter with about 1/2 cord to go to finish the load. "No problem" I thought, "I'll just finish it off with the Fiskars,sledge, and wedges." Darn near killed me

 

[benp]

What is that a 22, 25 ton?

It says 28 ton.

 

[Cowboy254]

After hand splitting 12~13 cord a year for the past 6 years I got a hydraulic splitter at the beginning of last season. One day late in the season I ran out of fuel for the splitter with about 1/2 cord to go to finish the load. "No problem" I thought, "I'll just finish it off with the Fiskars,sledge, and wedges." Darn near killed me

I worry about this. I've always scorned hydro splitters, figuring that if you can't split it by hand, you're just not hitting it hard enough and you need to man up! But..... my body is starting to have second thoughts. Bits of me hurt that didn't used to hurt. The maul seems to have become heavier. Maybe it is oxidation of the steel of the head of the maul that is adding extra oxygen ounces and makes it that much harder to swing? Yes, that must be it. I probably need to sharpen it. Yes, that must be it. Heck, I only bothered to noodle a few bits this season as previously I was more than happy to swing the maul full tilt 20 times to knock a bit of grey box or blue gum apart. Maybe I should have another beer. Yes, that must be it.

 

[farmer steve]

I worry about this. I've always scorned hydro splitters, figuring that if you can't split it by hand, you're just not hitting it hard enough and you need to man up! But..... my body is starting to have second thoughts. Bits of me hurt that didn't used to hurt. The maul seems to have become heavier. Maybe it is oxidation of the steel of the head of the maul that is adding extra oxygen ounces and makes it that much harder to swing? Yes, that must be it. I probably need to sharpen it. Yes, that must be it. Heck, I only bothered to noodle a few bits this season as previously I was more than happy to swing the maul full tilt 20 times to knock a bit of grey box or blue gum apart. Maybe I should have another beer. Yes, that must be it.

all of the above Cowboy. especially the part. have a slab for me.

 

[hardpan]

Cuttin' spruce snags out of a swampy spring creek bed today. Sorry for the fuzzy pics, I think my camera got a bit damp. haha
The little Ox-Head hookeroon I recently picked up worked a treat!

Cute little guy and a good manufacturer. I have been wondering about those short ones. Fills the gap between pulp hook and long hookeroon.

 

[svk]

After hand splitting 12~13 cord a year for the past 6 years I got a hydraulic splitter at the beginning of last season. One day late in the season I ran out of fuel for the splitter with about 1/2 cord to go to finish the load. "No problem" I thought, "I'll just finish it off with the Fiskars,sledge, and wedges." Darn near killed me

I still enjoy hand splitting but to a point. 1/2 to a cord is still a good workout but small enough of a task to be enjoyable. Otherwise I'd rather pull the lever!

 

[svk]

Happy Halloween scroungers!

Everyone run their orange and green saws today?!

 

[chucker]

Happy Halloween scroungers!

Everyone run their orange and green saws today?!

yup! smoking trout that we caught yesterday .. 13 rainbows... pics in the "A.S." the great outdoors threads. so did run the saw long enough to cut a 2.5 gal bucket of dry/green oak....

 

[VinceGU05]

Had a blow over on the weekend. Was great cause to get my ported 441, 084 fresh from rebuild and yet to drop in wood 090 for a gallop [emoji16]

 

[Haywire]

svk, I didn't know you were a swami!

 

[Cowboy254]

Had a blow over on the weekend. Was great cause to get my ported 441, 084 fresh from rebuild and yet to drop in wood 090 for a gallop [emoji16]

Red gum scrounge! Can't go past that, such great burning wood. Convenient of those two standing next to each other to fall over too.

SE Melb, that's where I grew up.

 

[VinceGU05]

Well how about that !![emoji1360]
Yeah both in swampy ground and with the strong gale force winds of late.
Fantastic wood to cut too. Nice and clean and green.

 

[jr27236]

Those look like they barely have a root hold in the ground

 

[dancan]

Had a blow over on the weekend. Was great cause to get my ported 441, 084 fresh from rebuild and yet to drop in wood 090 for a gallop [emoji16]

Sure hope you pulled them stumps upright and got both them butt ends lol

 

[dancan]

BTW , I own 4 splitters , not one of them are at home .
98% of the wood I have at home has been split by hand .

 

[svk]

svk, I didn't know you were a swami!

I'm Yogi Brush Ape for Halloween.

 

[cantoo]

Got my 3 pth hitch arms and the top link bent back straight, well as straight as they will ever be. Heated it up several times and drove over it with the forklift at work. Put it back on the tractor and remounted the grapple tonight. Hopefully have time after work some night this week to go play again. They combined about 150 acres of corn yesterday and then decided to do the farm across the road today so still the 100 acres where I cut to do yet before I have my shortcut back. Now if only the rain holds up so I can do some hauling. I have a few loads of 12' logs sold and have no logs at home so need to get cracking.

 

[dancan]

BTW , I own 4 splitters , not one of them are at home .
98% of the wood I have at home has been split by hand .

But I'm gonna drag one home soon lol
Cantoo , sounds like an awesome scrounging honeyhole !

Mighty Mouse Logging LLC

 

[Erik B]

Tree service was here on Friday to drop some trees that were close to the house and polebarn. Couldn't get the one tree I really wanted down because the lawn was too soft to get their bucket truck close enough. They climbed that tree and found a split starting in the first major crotch about 25 feet up. I do have some work getting these dead elms cut up. There was a pileated wood pecker doing some scrounging as well.

 

[zogger]

I got tricked! Latest maple scrounge was nasty twisty, slow going splitting..meh..anywho, GF scrounged up some epic carving skills! BOO!