Scrounging Firewood (and other stuff)

[Plowboy83]

Happy holidays Cowboy!

 

[Logger nate]

Merry Christmas cowboy!

 

[MustangMike]

Let's see, do they really have Christmas "down under" .... Ha Ha Ha!

 

[farmer steve]

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.

good your seeing deer Mike. hope the horny one is close. good luck.

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.

merry christmas to you and yours cowboy. good luck fishing. enjoy your

 

[kingOFgEEEks]

I got one of my scrounged chainsaws up and running last night. More parts came in, so there should be a few more up and running soon.

I need to tune her a little more, but that MS261 didn't do bad in 20" black locust:

 

[svk]

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

She must be really hungry to eat balsam buds!

 

[svk]

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

That is way too lenient.

We never heard of cold weather cancellations until the winter of 95-96 that set many daily and the all time low records in MN, and it was warranted then.

In MN you could always expect a week to two of -30 to -40 temps each winter and life went on. I do not know of anyone who got frostbite going to work or school.

We went out to play no matter how cold it was.

Now they close schools with the "expectation" of cold weather. One day last year the kids had a cold cancellation day and it was -4 true temp and not much wind.

 

[MustangMike]

Back when I was a kid it was a requirement that a bus driver could install the chains on his bus, and you went to school in the snow, unless it was real bad.

Now, is snow is predicted, they cancel!

 

[ReggieT]

I got one of my scrounged chainsaws up and running last night. More parts came in, so there should be a few more up and running soon.

I need to tune her a little more, but that MS261 didn't do bad in 20" black locust:

I Loves Black Locust!!!

 

[kingOFgEEEks]

I Loves Black Locust!!!

It's hard to beat. That one was a monster from the in-law's yard. I need to go this weekend and scrounge some more of it up. It's ready to burn now, just needs split and tossed in.

The only problem is when it's warmer than 20 outside, I end up heating us out of the house. It's a good problem to have.

 

[ReggieT]

It's hard to beat. That one was a monster from the in-law's yard. I need to go this weekend and scrounge some more of it up. It's ready to burn now, just needs split and tossed in.

The only problem is when it's warmer than 20 outside, I end up heating us out of the house. It's a good problem to have.

Yes sir!
Only thing I've seen that'll run you out faster is hedge (osage orange), man that stuff brings the heat & the pain!!!

 

[svk]

Back when I was a kid it was a requirement that a bus driver could install the chains on his bus, and you went to school in the snow, unless it was real bad.

Now, is snow is predicted, they cancel!

When we lived in upstate NY I was amazed what school was closed for.

One time we got 1/2 inch of snow and they cancelled. And my kid's school district wasn't even one with elevation changes where the roads may have become difficult.

 

[Erik B]

When we lived in upstate NY I was amazed what school was closed for.

One time we got 1/2 inch of snow and they cancelled. And my kid's school district wasn't even one with elevation changes where the roads may have become difficult.

When I was in grade school and high school, wind chill hadn't been invented yet. The only time school was cancelled due to cold was when they could not get half of the buses started. IIRC the temp that day was around-40 or a little colder.
Rode bike year round, had an outside skating rink with no warming house, had to shovel the snow off the rink by hand---the good old days.

 

[MustangMike]

Yes sir!
Only thing I've seen that'll run you out faster is hedge (osage orange), man that stuff brings the heat & the pain!!!

I think Shag Hickory and Black Birch are also right up there on the BTU charts.

 

[JustJeff]

They don't close school for temps here. Did that one year and had way too many days off. Only close if roads are bad. We get a lot of snow here, the highest in Ontario due to our proximity to the lakes which make their own weather. They closed most of the roads around here and pulled the plows because of whiteouts. I came home and blew the driveway with my little tractor and there were a couple drifts higher than the blower.

 

[Philbert]

That is way too lenient.
We never heard of cold weather cancellations . . .
In MN you could always expect a week to two of -30 to -40 temps each winter and life went on. . . .
We went out to play no matter how cold it was. . . .

We walked uphill to school, BOTH ways!

Philbert

 

[benp]

Yesterday was interesting.

Filled with moon and sun dogs.



For those that are unfamiliar with this....

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sun_dogs

It was a full moon yesterday morning. Went out at 0400 and it was really cool. Looked just like the picture I posted but in pitch black and the moon.

We've been having a destructive vermin problem in the lean to.

Neighbors brother in law said a giant red squirrel was tearing into the aluminum can bags, eating a gas can, and mean as hell.

Apparently he confronted it once and it wheeled around and squared up to him. [emoji15]

When they told me about this I said....eating gas cans?

Yeah....your good one.

Wut? My 6 gallon pre ban Chilton? Yep.

Squirrel wants war.....squirrel got war. No one.....I mean no one messed with my 6 gallon pre ban Chilton.



Yesterday afternoon during my old man nap I was interrupted by the sound of gunshots followed by the neighbor banging on the door and panting "I'm out of bullets"

Wtf are you two up to out there I said.

It's the squirrel...pant..pant....I got a round into him.....he took off and Jason has him treed.

Wait....you shot the squirrel with a 9mm and it took off....and what do you mean Jason has its treed?

Yes. Devon then opened the door. There's Jason....at the foot of the tree....barking. Yep

I go to the safe.

Neighbor said getting the 22?

No. The tree rat ate my Chilton. This ends.

Grabbed the AR.....and slogged through the snow.

Sure enough a blood trail going from lean to to tree and Jason treeing him in said tree.

I ended it.

It was i believe a fox squirrel.



First time I've ever seen one right around here.

@Cowboy254

Merry Christmas too bud. Have fun with the family.

 

[dancan]

She must be really hungry to eat balsam buds!

Normal winter foods , good for humans as well ,

http://www.anniesremedy.com/herb_detail561.php

 

[svk]

Normal winter foods , good for humans as well ,

http://www.anniesremedy.com/herb_detail561.php

Nothing will eat balsam buds here. Not moose, deer, or even rabbits.

 

[Just a Guy that cuts wood]

We walked uphill to school, BOTH ways!

Philbert

I did to and watch for dinosaurs