Scrounging Firewood (and other stuff)

[dwasifar]

Best thing about working outdoors in the winter: NO BUGS.

 

[ReggieT]

Best thing about working outdoors in the winter: NO BUGS.

My endurance is a hellva lot longer in winter as well!

 

[woodchip rookie]

As I posted in another thread, I love winter but getting used to the cold after over a 50 degree drop in a week takes some getting used to.

I slipped when moving along that Aspen today and fell backwards over a small balsam into the snow and ended up with the 272 idling on top of me. Jabbed my leg good too with one of the spar branches.

That sounds like a good way to die in the woods.

 

[JustJeff]

That sounds like a good way to die in the woods.

As long as there was a muffler mod and a maple. If I'm laying there as my life gurgles out, I wanna hear the saw in my hands "ba da ba da ba da" and know that the wood I'm impaled on at least has enough btu's to cremate me. Lol.

 

[NGaMountains]

As I posted in another thread, I love winter but getting used to the cold after over a 50 degree drop in a week takes some getting used to.

I slipped when moving along that Aspen today and fell backwards over a small balsam into the snow and ended up with the 272 idling on top of me. Jabbed my leg good too with one of the spar branches.

Yikes! Glad you are well enough to write about it.

 

[woodchip rookie]

Oh yea well I did the "fling-burning-wood-out-the-back-door-cuz-the-leaky-stove-wont-shut-down" routine at 1AM this morning.....I gotta get that fixed...

 

[svk]

That sounds like a good way to die in the woods.

I had a good grip on both handles so no worries. But the thought did cross my mind.

 

[hardpan]

Made it into the hunting cabin today but it was a challenge. Snow was pretty deep plus I slid off the road in one spot and got stuck in the mud which was not frozen at all.

Luckily I'm pretty good at being able to walk a vehicle through tough areas without spinning and digging in so I got out. But the last half mile into the cabin and turning around probably took me close to two hours.

Ran the saws on one big (and pretty solid) aspen that was partially blown over. Each saw got some run time and found a couple more bugs that need to be worked out of the project saws.

This part of the road was easy as it had been plowed before the last snow.
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Had about a dozen small maples and balsams to clear that broke down during the wet snow in late November.
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Temp at 10 am.
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I had to back down to get another run and got sucked into the ditch. No frozen ground here!
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Dropped this leaning aspen.
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New bar, cuts straight now!
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Shot this after running saws. Shoots nice!View attachment 543425

Back at the cabin warming up and drying off.View attachment 543426

Sure is a pretty snow you have there. I think so much of you I want you to just keep all that beauty. LOL. We have a balmy 18 degrees here this morning but no snow to play in. At 0 degrees and working in the bush the buddy system is a consideration. Take care.

 

[Erik B]

I had a good grip on both handles so no worries. But the thought did cross my mind.

Hope you had ther chain brake on. Your experience can be a teachable moment for all of us when using saws in the snow. Glad you are OK

 

[Logger nate]

Looks like a great time out there Steve..well other than getting stuck and falling down, glad your ok, have fun.

 

[MustangMike]

We just had a dusting of snow and 20s here this AM. Went in the climbing stand to a "new place" with the crossbow. It is near the train tracks, and constant noise in the background, but 3 deer came by anyway, passed just 10 yds from my stand. I started to move the crossbow, and one of them looked up at me, so I just froze and and let them carry on, did not want to give myself away. There are very few places I can use the stand there, very thick and not many climbable trees. No antlers on any of them, but I was hoping something more would come, I had them in sight for about 20 minutes.

Was just good to see them, and I will go back in the pm.

 

[square1]

other than getting stuck and falling down.

There's another way?

 

[svk]

Looks like a great time out there Steve..well other than getting stuck and falling down, glad your ok, have fun.

It was a good day overall. I had a meeting scheduled at 4pm that was 90 minutes away and I needed to stop at the cabin and shower first. So when everything took forever and I didn't leave until 2:00 It was starting to get a little close for confort.

 

[svk]

We just had a dusting of snow and 20s here this AM. Went in the climbing stand to a "new place" with the crossbow. It is near the train tracks, and constant noise in the background, but 3 deer came by anyway, passed just 10 yds from my stand. I started to move the crossbow, and one of them looked up at me, so I just froze and and let them carry on, did not want to give myself away. There are very few places I can use the stand there, very thick and not many climbable trees. No antlers on any of them, but I was hoping something more would come, I had them in sight for about 20 minutes.

Was just good to see them, and I will go back in the pm.

Glad you still have the weather to do some hunting.
Still below zero here with near -30 windchill. I'm not thinking about deer hunting for a while!

 

[MustangMike]

Wind is picking up here, and will be much colder the next couple of days.

 

[Cowboy254]

G'day scroungers,

I haven't done any scrounge related tasks in the last week or so, nor have I been around here much as I've been tied up at work (well, not literally) since things tend to compress up immediately before we go on holidays. Clients who have had problems for weeks or months all of a sudden need things done right now as "they know we're going away" for all of two weeks. Would just as soon not have the extra workload but it does help top up the bank balance before we go away.

Anyway, I'm going fishing up in Queensland where current temps on the Sunshine Coast are about 30*C then down to Brisbane for Christmas . I deliberately won't have any interwebs with me. So, I take this opportunity to wish that your Christmas with your families be safe and merry, your homes toasty warm, and your sheds full of scrounge.

 

[Haywire]

This gal here also helped herself to my juicy red apple right out of my sled when I wasn't looking Haha

 

[JustJeff]

Howling wind and blowing snow off Lake Huron is keeping me inside and burning the scrounge. Closed roads and cancelled buses. Walked from the house to the chicken coop and I looked like the abominable snowman. Not even going out on the sled. Can't see the neighbors house.
Stay warm fellow scroungers!

 

[Philbert]

Where I live:

"In St. Paul, schools will close if the forecast for 6 a.m. calls for a windchill below minus 40 degrees, or air temperature below minus 25 degrees. School officials will make a decision by 6:30 p.m. the night before cancelling classes."

"Minneapolis Public Schools (MPS) will likely cancel classes if the wind chill forecast for 6:30 a.m. the following day is -35° or colder, with winds of at least 5 to 10 miles per hour. . .
MPS will cancel classes if road conditions are such that travel becomes too hazardous for buses and cars. . . .This may happen if it snows 6 inches or more in 12 hours, or 8 inches or more in 24 hours. Every winter storm is different, so it is possible that classes will still be held even if snowfall reaches these limits."

(my emphasis. degrees F)

Cancel too often, and it keeps parents from working too!

Philbert

 

[MustangMike]

to wish that your Christmas with your families be safe and merry, your homes toasty warm, and your sheds full of scrounge.

Right back at you Cowboy!