Scrounging Firewood (and other stuff)

[LoveStihlQuality]

Neither do bears. You have nothing to worry about. Lol

What about Bigfoot?

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[muddstopper]

I dont believe in those 3000mile oil changes. Never have. My favorite work car model since back in the 80's has always been a ford escort. I changed the oil every 5000miles and put 250,000-300,000 on ever one of them. Brakes and tires and a occassional timing belt and one water pump in 30 years. My last escort, zx2, had 289,000 miles on it when I gave it to my son and it has way over 300,000 miles on it now. 36mpg, uses no oil. Of course all those miles where interstate miles, not the crank it up and run to the store and back miles.

 

[MustangMike]

With conventional oil, which would break down, 2,500 or 3,000 was a good recommended change interval. With synthetic oil, 5,000 or 10,000 is no problem, and on some cars in the past I went 15,000 on a regular basis, and got over 250,000 on the car before the crank key on the crank gave out (I was rough on it, was a 92 T-Bird SC, and I went through the divorce then). That was my first independent suspension car.

 

[svk]

Hunting to mix oil to crankcase oil!

I think 5000 miles on a change is fine for regular vehicles. If I had a high performance car I'd probably change it sooner.

I change my wood truck twice a year. 5w-30 in late fall and then 10w-40 in spring.

 

[chipper1]

It is said confession is good for the soul.
Here goes, I left a couple really ugly stumps Saturday.
When do I start feeling better?

Confession is not enough, but true repentance will be combined with penance . You need to go back cut/noodle them up into manageable chunks and give them away to someone in need, then let us know how you feel .

 

[chipper1]

Nice scrounge(s)! Wow, look at all those trees. When you try to walk in the woods, do you get stuck between them?

Silly Australian, off course you don't get stuck, you learn to walk in there turned sideways, unless that is you are wider that way, but I'm guessing your not .

Minor work on the bluegum today as there wasn't a lot of time. Picked up a trailer load but mostly I was pretty knackered after spending nearly 8 hours yesterday on the scrounge for a fairly meagre but high BTU return. I did cut a couple of discs off the trunk but there was an annoying branch at the base half buried in the ground that made things a bit awkward. I put the carbide chain back on the 460 to carefully cut through.

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Then I couldn't move the branch which I had to shift before I could move the big round and the stupid thing was half buried in dirt through most of its length so I didn't want to even use the half-buggered carbide chain on it. If only there was some other device that could move the log for me (other than a tractor that I don't possess. Hang on, the lady farmer has one. I could ask if I could borrow it, along with everything else. Anyway....).

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Yay, the woodchuck came in handy and I was able to move the round once the branch was out of the way. No wonder I couldn't move it by hand, apart from being half buried, it had a branch stub buried further. Still took a fair bit of heaving but got there in the end.

Limby's still kicking goals. The workhorse is sitting demurely in the background but also did some great work for me today.

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Awesome pictures, it sure is some nice country were your at.
Man it's good to be back home and on my laptop, your pictures are beautiful, not so much on my little smart phone.
That "little" branch looks pretty big seeing it in the picture with the 661(Limby) and the 460(Twigy ?) in the background.

Do the termites eat on homes there too, or just the wood out in the open.

When I was sixteen, I went to the USA (NH) on a skiing exchange type program. It was good fun, had two months over there, enjoyed some wonderful hospitality, trained hard, met a few girls, you know the sort of thing. I loved America. I was from Melbourne which had about 3 million denizens at the time. We used to tell the Americans that we had kangaroos hopping around in the back yard at home and they'd believe us. Hahaha, funny old Americans, they'd believe anything, who'd believe we had kangaroos hopping around in the back yard, whatta they think we are, that's just crazy etcetera.

Here's this afternoon's pic out the window (yeah, that's my puny trailer)...

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Ok, so it's possibly those Americans weren't so silly after all. Also possible that 16 year old Cowboy254 didn't know much either. Pfft, city boy. . It's also possible that I've grown up in the intervening 25 years. Maybe. Plus, I now have chainsaws.

Kangaroos are also delicious, pity you're not allowed to shoot them. I'd never have to buy meat again, we have 20+ hoppies out the front some days in winter .

Edit: Now that I look at it, the grass could use a mow. Been too busy scrounging, the grass can wait.

Were did you go when you were here. I met many Australians While skiing in BC at Whistler Blackcomb, very nice folks.

Dang your old .

Don't worry about the grass, you've got more important matters to take care of.

 

[tpence2177]

Looks like we will finally be getting some rain after almost 70 days of no rain. Weather man said we could get 3 inches in 2 days. Looks like no scrounging this weekend.

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[nomad_archer]

Hunting to mix oil to crankcase oil!

I think 5000 miles on a change is fine for regular vehicles. If I had a high performance car I'd probably change it sooner.

I change my wood truck twice a year. 5w-30 in late fall and then 10w-40 in spring.

We are still hunting over here. Spent some time in the double wide stand this morning with fs. We had some early action but it has been slow since then. Hoping it cranks back up at the end of the day.

 

[Cowboy254]

Silly Australian, off course you don't get stuck, you learn to walk in there turned sideways, unless that is you are wider that way, but I'm guessing your not .

Awesome pictures, it sure is some nice country were your at.
Man it's good to be back home and on my laptop, your pictures are beautiful, not so much on my little smart phone.
That "little" branch looks pretty big seeing it in the picture with the 661(Limby) and the 460(Twigy ?) in the background.

Do the termites eat on homes there too, or just the wood out in the open.

Were did you go when you were here. I met many Australians While skiing in BC at Whistler Blackcomb, very nice folks.

Dang your old .

Don't worry about the grass, you've got more important matters to take care of.

Ha! Not sure I want to find out which way I'm wider. Being on the scrounge most days for the last couple of weeks hasn't done me any harm in that respect.

I've been to the US several times. The people I was billeted with the first time became great friends of my family and their daughter, then nine years old, eventually came out to OZ and ended up married to my brother-in-law. So I've been back there a few times, that was New Hampshire. I did my post-grad down in Austin TX and have also been skiing at Lake Tahoe. Always enjoyed my trips over there.

Our termites do chow down on our houses, it's one of my fears with a mostly timber house. I'm pretty careful with the wood I bring home to make sure there aren't any/many in it, and the wood shed is about 20m from the house for that reason. Some of the wood I brought home this time has termites in it and by splitting it up next to the meat ant nest, they'll be all over it and clear out any termite that falls out or sticks its head out to have a look around. I'll stack that out in the open near the ant nest and burn it first next winter.

 

[cantoo]

I snuck out and loaded a load of firewood after I got home from work tonight, almost killed me but I did it. I've already had my tonsils out when I was a kid. My problem starts with my Uvula, yah ya smart azzes check the spelling it's spelt right, I'm a dude. It's that flappy thing that hangs in the back of your throat, not the lady parts one, mine gets infected easily and I end up losing my voice and having coughing fits. Can't simply cut it off either because it helps with speech. My wife is suggesting they just cut it off, says she's heard everything she wants to from me anyway. 9 hour drive tomorrow to deliver a house so we'll see how I make out. My lovely wife is riding shotgun with me in case I collapse. Got plans to head back to the bush on sunday to do some hauling.

 

[svk]

I snuck out and loaded a load of firewood after I got home from work tonight, almost killed me but I did it. I've already had my tonsils out when I was a kid. My problem starts with my Uvula, yah ya smart azzes check the spelling it's spelt right, I'm a dude. It's that flappy thing that hangs in the back of your throat, not the lady parts one, mine gets infected easily and I end up losing my voice and having coughing fits. Can't simply cut it off either because it helps with speech. My wife is suggesting they just cut it off, says she's heard everything she wants to from me anyway. 9 hour drive tomorrow to deliver a house so we'll see how I make out. My lovely wife is riding shotgun with me in case I collapse. Got plans to head back to the bush on sunday to do some hauling.

In other words the "hangey ball" in your throat. I've had that get infected a few times and it's no fun. More or less get a canker sore back in there and if you are a snorer (I'm a world class snoring champ) it makes it even worse.

 

[MustangMike]

We had the tenderloin from the 8 pt for dinner tonight, delicious!!! Wish there was more of it, but at least the ones from this guy were about twice the size of what does have!

Pulled the tenderloins the day after I got him, but just finished butchering the rest of him today. Seems to take longer every time I do it! I de bone everything, cut off all the fat & gristle, so it is a lengthy process. I will pass some of it through the grinder, but I figure ground gristle will still taste like gristle!

Best of luck to you NA, I'm pulling for ya. Hunting is so unpredictable. This year was pretty rewarding, but I have also had my share of very frustrating years. I will still likely get back out in MZ season, having trouble getting motivated to go out earlier knowing I can only take a doe.

 

[MustangMike]

Dang your old .

Hey, watch that, what do you know about that!

 

[WoodTick007]

He said "Uvula". . . Uvula. Nuff said?

 

[cantoo]

WoodTick007, I'd rather have the bag hanging in the back of my throat than having one hang in front of my throat.

 

[Plowboy83]

Hey @svk how do you like that 241 I am lookin at getting a new limbing saw my old stihl 009l is getting alittle tired and wondering how they run. I'm not sure if it ok or if I should get a 261. Figured I'd ask someone who has one

 

[JustJeff]

Hey @svk how do you like that 241 I am lookin at getting a new limbing saw my old stihl 009l is getting alittle tired and wondering how they run. I'm not sure if it ok or if I should get a 261. Figured I'd ask someone who has one

Get a dolmar 7900 with a 28" bar. Lol. That's the end result of any chainsaw question on arboristsite!

 

[Plowboy83]

Get a dolmar 7900 with a 28" bar. Lol. That's the end result of any chainsaw question on arboristsite!

lol I already have a 066 ported and a 044/046 hybrid I sure wish there was a dolmar dealer within a 100 miles I would like to try something different they seem to be good saws from what I have read. I just looking for something light and has decent power

 

[NGaMountains]

Looks like we will finally be getting some rain after almost 70 days of no rain. Weather man said we could get 3 inches in 2 days. Looks like no scrounging this weekend.

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You're probably already wet over there in Alabama, congrats! T minus two hours to moisture here in North Georgia!

 

[tpence2177]

You're probably already wet over there in Alabama, congrats! T minus two hours to moisture here in North Georgia!

Thanks we got a good soaking and should be getting round two here soon. Lots of downed trees from the pressure changes today in our area. I guess I may be scrounging after all [emoji41]

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