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They look nice but don't say if they have any insulation to them. No way I'd buy an uninsulated boot. 400 grams of thinsulate is what I look for out of a multiple season boot. With the right wool socks i can stay plenty warm if I keep moving when it's really cold an they won't be too hot in the summer either.
Cut protection aside, I've always been a big fan of Carolina boots. I had a pair that were insulated an lined with a soft leather. It was like wearing a pair of fine Italian leather driving gloves for your feet. Unfortunately I have not been able to find a similar pair since then. Anyways, I would try a pair of these for sure. http://www.carolinashoe.com/Product?stockNo=CA7519

Carolina has gone way, way down hill. Very disappointed in them. Last 2 pair of loggers lasted less than 2 months. Leather tore in the same place on both. Actually returned a 3rd pair because the waterproof boot was soaking wet the 1st time I wore them. I am having good luck with the American made Chippewa super logger so far.
 
Carolina has gone way, way down hill. Very disappointed in them. Last 2 pair of loggers lasted less than 2 months. Leather tore in the same place on both. Actually returned a 3rd pair because the waterproof boot was soaking wet the 1st time I wore them. I am having good luck with the American made Chippewa super logger so far.
Thats a shame, they look nice. I stopped buying them once I couldnt find a replacement for those leather lines ones I had. They lasted about 3-4 years and when I started looking for them I couldnt even find a NOS pair on the internet so I gave up. If I had known those were not going to be available I would have bought a few pair for the future, I liked them that much.
 
Ever had firewood so nice that you felt bad burning it? That's where I'm at right now. I cut a 18" black ash out of my neighbors driveway and left him the first trunk section up to the fork for a saw log. The rest was beautiful straight grained fire wood and a lot of it. I've got about two more days worth of it.

Tomorrow I'm having a "felling frenzy" of my marked yard trees and I'll do cleanup on NYD.
 
The electric company has a contract with a tree service comany that has been going around my county cleaning up the trees for the lines. I stopped and asked one guy is they cut any trees down that would be good for firewood. He told me most of what then have cut have been branches and they get chipped. I did call the line company and asked them to consider taking down a damaged hard maple that has significant damage to the base and is hollow. They made me sign a waiver for any property damage to removing it and that I am responsible for any cleanup that cannot be chipped. Said and arborist will look at it to determine if it needs to be removed. I saw a truck pulled over at the far end of my property this AM. I think he was trying to figure out where the tree is. I'm hoping I find it on its side when I get home shortly. :dancing:
 
A lot of boot companies have gone down hill. Rocky Mt boot company straight stinks now! My pops bouht me a pair of expensive ones when I told him how fast I wear out my $100 dollar boots. They lasted two months at my job. They put in a high traction floor ( lots of sand in the epoxy) at work at it tears boots apart. Not the soles, but when you kneel down to set the lift, it tears the toes apart. Believe it or not, I bought a pair of steel toed Dickies for about 90 bucks from walmart, got them before deer season and I bet these ones last till end of January. I loved my first pair of RedWings I got 16 years ago, and haven't bought a pair like those since. Are they all bekng made over seas now?
 
A lot of boot companies have gone down hill. Rocky Mt boot company straight stinks now! My pops bouht me a pair of expensive ones when I told him how fast I wear out my $100 dollar boots. They lasted two months at my job. They put in a high traction floor ( lots of sand in the epoxy) at work at it tears boots apart. Not the soles, but when you kneel down to set the lift, it tears the toes apart. Believe it or not, I bought a pair of steel toed Dickies for about 90 bucks from walmart, got them before deer season and I bet these ones last till end of January. I loved my first pair of RedWings I got 16 years ago, and haven't bought a pair like those since. Are they all bekng made over seas now?
The Red Wing site tells you origin of manufacture for each boot on their online site. I thought that was cool so if you wanted to avoid Chinese good you can see that upfront etc...
 
Cut up a dead blown over dry as a popcorn fart tree today. No bark on it, split and loose thrown almost level full in old 6'x10' barge box wagon with 3' sidewalls. Not the best wood, but it is dry, left all twigs and most ugly stuff. Not bad for a few hours work. Oh, saws did not like the -5 degree temp. Splitter would not have either, but took that in heated garage yesterday. Figure can mix with good wood, better than nothing.

Oh, will be sight fishing the clearest blue water spring fed lake, over New Years, hope they are biting. Nothing better than getting into some fat 'gills and perch on the ice.....

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Well, no downed maple when I got home so Im not sure if they will remove it after all...

I did manage to scrounge some firewood though. I stopped on my way home after work and load some large chunks of dry Elm into my car. This was previously cut and blocked before my truck blew a head gasket. Got to use my Lockhart firewood grippers! I figured I would grab what I could before the snow started tonight (10-16" expected by end of day tomorrow). I should have been stopping every night on my way home, I could have probably had all the small blocks cleaned up. :dumb2:
 
I have my eyes on a set of Oregon Class 3 safety boots on the bay. They're uninsulated and that bugs me, but Oregon sells a liner that you can put in them. The problem.....you have to buy the boots two sizes larger and I already wear a giant clown foot size 12. I can't imagine trying to tromp around in a 14 with liners in them. BTW.......do you guys know what they say about guys with big feet??







They have to buy big boots. Ba-dum-tsss. :lol:
 
I bought a pair of the Husqvarna rubber chainsaw boots. I think that they are all made by Viking. They fit comfortably loose to my normal size without a liner - I might need to wear an extra pair of heavy socks. I have wide feet, and that was not a problem. Not sure how to size them if you want to wear them with the liner.

Philbert
 
I have been watching this forum for a long time and have learned a great deal here about felling, tools and firewood processing. I recently did three days of scrounging in Wisconsin, taking advantage of relatively good weather (for December) and figured I would share some pictures.

The first tree is a long-downed Bur Oak, about 14" at the base:

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I thought it may be rotten, but it was solid when hit with the ax. Bur Oak resists rot for a long time when kept up off the ground as most of this one was.

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All bucked up

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All the large pieces ready for the X27! I stack like this so I do not have to reach into a pile or pick up every section from the ground. The plywood helps protect the edge on those rare occasions when I miss/glance a split.

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Bringing in the smaller stuff: It took me some time to learn that it is smarter to keep the smaller branches in 6' to 10' lengths and just cut them up by the woodpile; It is a lot easier moving one 6' branch than a bunch of 18" by 3" pieces of firewood.

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Uglies in the noodle pile--one with a wedge buried in a knot....

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Split and stacked up front. Roughly 1/4 cord. The wood is basically seasoned--not a trace of the white oak smell you usually get when you split. We also tested a couple pieces and they burned fine. Still, we'll wait a few weeks before burning the rest.

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Our wood shed holds about 5 cords and it started off full in October. It was about half full until we added the oak and what you see in back is a mix of Elm, Box Elder, Oak and Mulberry in that order.

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Mixing the wood makes it easy to grab what we need based on the temperature/duration of burn we are looking for.

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