Scrounging Firewood (and other stuff)

[Sawyer Rob]

Drillings?

It's a Krieghoff Semper Drilling,

I've been hunting with it almost exclusively since it came to live with me in 1983.

SR

 

[EchovsStihl63]

They get very dangerous too. When falling them the tops will break and fall backwards towards the faller . Also, the dead limbs will catch on live tree branches when they are dalliance get flung right to the base of the tree . The branches can also break out when pounding them over with wedges.
It's crazy how solid some portions of the stem and branches will be, then others are complete mush. It's hard to believe so many are still standing in the river valley here as the EAB has been around these parts for a long time now, and these trees have been dead for 7-8yrs already.
I'll just say to anyone who's still or just starting to cut EAB kill, be very careful as they are not your typical dead standing tree.

Mother nature usually takes care of mine. the top 1/2-3/4 is usually pretty solid save the branches, and then the lower 1/4 of the trunk is usually pretty punky. What happens is they will snap on the trunk right where it starts getting soft. Then all I have to fell is about 25-30 ft of trunk.

I do have one that the top section is caught up in another tree and hardly sitting on the trunk where it snapped, just gonna let time and gravity take care of that one

 

[MechanicMatt]

It's a Krieghoff Semper Drilling,

I've been hunting with it almost exclusively since it came to live with me in 1983.

SR

What’s the bottom chambered in?
6.5x55?
7x57?

 

[JimR]

Anyone have an idea on fuel consumption rate for a Stihl BR-420 backpack blower? I've burned about 14 gallons of fuel so far but no idea how many hours that would equate to (other than too damn many!)

All of these run at WOT and drink lots of gas. I run a tank out and give my right arm a rest. Then go for another tank full before quitting. My right elbow doesn't appreciate the abuse of these blowers.

 

[chipper1]

Mother nature usually takes care of mine. the top 1/2-3/4 is usually pretty solid save the branches, and then the lower 1/4 of the trunk is usually pretty punky. What happens is they will snap on the trunk right where it starts getting soft. Then all I have to fell is about 25-30 ft of trunk.

I do have one that the top section is caught up in another tree and hardly sitting on the trunk where it snapped, just gonna let time and gravity take care of that one

The problem is that no two are just alike, and just when you think a top is solid,bit comes back at the base when you fall it. I do plenty of what many consider sketchy, but I when dealing with dead ash I don't mess around, much lol.
Many people have been killed cutting dead ash, complacency isn't a good look when working with them.
Be careful friend.

 

[MustangMike]

Neversink reservoir is real low

I think ALL of them are, and for those not familiar with the NYC reservoir system, there are dozens! They go from Westchester to over 100 miles to the Northwest into the Northern reaches of the Catskills. Cannonsville, (near my property) is the last one. Ironically, even though they figured out how to get it to NYC by gravity feed, the rivers up there run in the opposite direction!

"The New York City reservoir system includes the following reservoirs: Ashokan, Schoharie, Cannonsville, Neversink, Pepacton, Rondout, and a number of reservoirs in the Croton Reservoir System1. The watershed extends more than 125 miles from the city and comprises 19 reservoirs and three controlled lakes23. The Croton system, located in Westchester, Putnam, and Dutchess Counties, has 12 reservoirs and three controlled lakes, with the New Croton Reservoir being the largest."

I guess the "Neversink" was named wrong! By the way, driving by the Neversink is breathtaking! It is a beautiful reservoir.

There is still a lot of resentment in upstate NY over the NYC reservoir system. All of them were named after the towns that used to be there. Often generations of friends and family were involuntarily displaced and relocated.

 

[MustangMike]

Matt and some of the others went to the other side of the mountain to get that 8 pt buck, but I don't know why!

His sister was sitting in the stand Sunday morning 70 yds above our driveway, but was looking in the opposite direction!

And this real nice 10 pt just calmly walks down our driveway in broad daylight!!! We also have it again on another trail camera last night, so it is hanging around my property! I'm searching for someone to go back up with me!

I only saw 3 grouse, all out of the same hole, the second two would have been easy! ... but yeah, I see them while I'm deer hunting!

Enjoy the video!

 

[djg james]

This guy has a lot of nerve… not only is he trespassing on private, posted, property but this stand is no more than 300 feet from occupied homes—law to shoot is 500 feet. He also created clean trails to several vantage points on the property—walking within 5 feet of multiple posted signs. One of those trails is maybe 100 yards long and the other 45-50. He’s got trail cams up and he shot a deer this morning. Guys like him is why the property is now posted. Only two non-family members (and their families) have permission to be in there and he isn’t any of that.

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I've mentioned this before, My Brother, who only bow hunts, is in the same position. He has permission to hunt this one section of woods and my BIL and his son have permission to hunt the field areas and not the woods during shotgun season. Naturally, BIL and his poaching son (lives in MO but uses daddy's IL address to buy tags) go where they want. Easier to beg for forgiveness than permission if caught.

Well now the two are bow hunting the same woods which isn't large. After finding them down there, my Brother didn't hunt and just came home. Didn't want to put up with those two idiots mucking up the woods.

 

[Sawyer Rob]

What’s the bottom chambered in?
6.5x55?
7x57?

8x57JRS, it fires a 200 grain Nosler Partition at 2550 fps, and in the last 40 or so big game animals I've taken with it from moose and bear,

on down, that's the bullet/load I've used. It's quite accurate with that load too,

and of course, it quickly "takes down", so it's easy to travel with,

The shot bbls are pretty handy too,

AND at 7 pounds it's easy to carry.

SR

 

[WoodAbuser]

Did some baking over the weekend. Figured out there is only one thing I like better than Banana honey Jonnycake.



Two banana honey jonnycakes.

 

[djg james]

Getting cold next week and I thought I'd better get onto fixing my fireplace pipe. It's internal to the fire box so replacing a section of pipe isn't an option.


I cleaned it off with a wire wheel and drill. Luckily I had a flex shaft and an extension. Wiped it down with mineral sprits and then acetone. Let that dry awhile and then dampened with water per instructions and then applied a thin coat of Rutland fireplace cement. Ended up just reaching up there and applying with my finger. Except for the crack, which I forced the cement into, I got a fairly thin coat on it.


I wasn't going to, but I think I'll put a second coat on it. I might have missed a small section of seam on the left in the third photo. Anyone know how long to wait before second coating? Instructions weren't too clear.

 

[EchovsStihl63]

The problem is that no two are just alike, and just when you think a top is solid,bit comes back at the base when you fall it. I do plenty of what many consider sketchy, but I when dealing with dead ash I don't mess around, much lol.
Many people have been killed cutting dead ash, complacency isn't a good look when working with them.
Be careful friend.

That is why I don't mess with them until mother nature brings the top down, and often times the whole thing will come down. The only one I have cut down whole was next to my house last year and I knew when it died which was not long after I moved in 2 years ago.



I also have this big daddy down on the corner of the property. Even if the phone line was not there you could not pay me enough to cut it down. It should be on the tele company right of way though so not my problem either way. When it does come down I'll salvage what is left and not completely rotten.

 

[MustangMike]

Dead Ash often goes punky very fast, and one side of the tree can be solid as a rock, and the other side totally punky, which makes them very dangerous to work with because you may think there is a hinge when there is not.

If there is anything critical close by, rope it!