Sawyer Rob
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It's a Krieghoff Semper Drilling,
I've been hunting with it almost exclusively since it came to live with me in 1983.
SR
Scrounging Firewood (and other stuff)
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I've been hunting with it almost exclusively since it came to live with me in 1983.
SR
EchovsStihl63
ArboristSite Operative
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.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
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.
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
Cut Split Stack Burn
What’s the bottom chambered in?It's a Krieghoff Semper Drilling,
I've been hunting with it almost exclusively since it came to live with me in 1983.
SR
6.5x55?
7x57?
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.
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.
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.
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!
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!
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
Addicted to ArboristSite
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
aka WoodchuckAbuser
Did some baking over the weekend. Figured out there is only one thing I like better than Banana honey Jonnycake.
Two banana honey jonnycakes.
Two banana honey jonnycakes.
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.
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
ArboristSite Operative
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.
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!
If there is anything critical close by, rope it!
What kind of wood is this? I know, I planted it 30 years ago. Two limbs died and I cut them off. When I threw the wood in the cart I was surprised at how much it looked like another rather common, great firewood. If nobody gets it right in a few hours, I'll post some more pics.
Looks like mulberry from here Joe.What kind of wood is this? I know, I planted it 30 years ago. Two limbs died and I cut them off. When I threw the wood in the cart I was surprised at how much it looked like another rather common, great firewood. If nobody gets it right in a few hours, I'll post some more pics.
Ok,which one of you guys did this? 
Kind of looks like Mulberry, but no white sticky sap. Kind of looks like Honey Locust too. Neither.
In my days at the Ford dealership right out of high school (mid 2000's) an older couple traded in a early 90's Dodge minivan they had owned since new. It was white with the swanky faux woodgrain down the sides, gold trim, wire wheel hubcaps, wheel to wheel running boards, whatever those roofcaps were called for extra headroom, an all red interor with velour seats and every single option you could get for it's model year. Only had 93k for miles but ran good and had very little rust. Don't think the dealership wanted much for it (one of the mangers considered anything over 5-6 years old a "beater" no matter what condition it was in) it didn't stay on the lot for long since it was in decent shape compared to most minivans which usually had been hauling kids around and often required a firehose to clean it out.
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