Scrounging Firewood (and other stuff)
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. Can't believe someone just wanted rid of it. No idea what the big one cost originally.
Sawyer Rob
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I bought a tractor not long ago and it came to me without any "sway chains" on the 3 point hitch, so I dug around in my parts department and made up a set from what I found there,
That was the last thing I really NEEDED to do on it, before I could put it to work, but there's IS a few more things I want to do later...
SR
That was the last thing I really NEEDED to do on it, before I could put it to work, but there's IS a few more things I want to do later...
SR
Now I remember why I wear long pants and boots when I use my saws!
Also, always remember to untuck the shirt so chips fall to the ground! Not good to fill your waist or pockets with them either!
Also, always remember to untuck the shirt so chips fall to the ground! Not good to fill your waist or pockets with them either!
MechanicMatt
Cut Split Stack Burn
After fishing, the wife and little one met us at the lake.
Got a bit too much sun
Looking like a lobster
Got a bit too much sun
Looking like a lobster
jolj
ArboristSite Operative
I have not been scrounging much wood of late, just gardening & picking blue berries.
I did cut a few young slapping oaks & limbed up a few more & use the wood to cook brisket.
I did cut a few young slapping oaks & limbed up a few more & use the wood to cook brisket.
Sorry Steve, but this site is not about girl talk!Waiting on @Cowboy254 to tell us how hard his wood is.
ALL my work clothes go into a clothes basket and get washed separately by me. My wife would kill me if I ever put socks like that in with her clothes.
Getting hot 
now , 
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The wife mixes dryer lint and talo to use as fire starters.shhhhh....
SWEET!!!!!!
A definite maybe!
Dismantling a round stack
Couple loads in the wood hauler
And just like that, Winter 24/25 is ready. 25/26 is still in round stacks. Maybe I'll source some scrounge later this year.
Roughly how many cords do you burn a year? 1 stack = cords? And was your wood dry enough to put in dry storage? I'm not talking about green just wet from being uncovered. I usually wait until August heat to move mine in for the Winter despite being covered all year. Seems like it still picks up a little moisture in the Winter/Spring.
Usually I burn 6-8 facecord or 2-2.5 full cord. My storage racks under the deck are 4x8 and wood cut average 16" a facecord, which is the preeminent measurement around these parts. 3 racks to a full cord. Last winter I only burned 4.5 racks as it was a mild season. That one round stack was enough to fill them back up.. almost. I had to take a couple armloads from the neighboring stack. This wood was split and stacked on skids 2 years ago. Yeah it's a little wet because it's been raining. The deck has tin on the underside and it faces west so it will dry nicely. I use the wood directly from there, carrying up and stacked by the door and a small stack adjacent to the stove.
Since I miscalculated how many unsplit rounds that were left to top off this stack
- Used a few more short pieces of junk 2 x 4,1 x 8 & a handful of new screws,took a few minutes & built these extentions on the rack this afternoon. - That bring it to roughly 64 inches tall,close to the height of the previous stacks. - Regular pallets are only 48 inches the longest dimension,standard sized,even heavy weight ones are 48 x 40,except for a few smaller sized odd ones or the ones that are 8 or 12 feet long for moving/storing specially large items.
Dead Red Oak on the left,very dry dead Green or White Ash & semi-green Mulberry on the right.
Dead Red Oak on the left,very dry dead Green or White Ash & semi-green Mulberry on the right.
Decided to bug out of NY ended up here . Staying till Wednesday bike week starts on the 8th 
The bar is on the lake . This is the owners boat 
Mike, you driving 
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