To SW Ohio, So IN, and N KY members...

[bcmktg]

Small world indeed. Farms I used to drive by are now subdivisions in quite a few places. Kind of sad. Big houses popping up on tiny lots. And traffic. I have my little piece of the earth were I go to gain inner peace and tranquility and to fire up a saw or two and cut some wood. Duke Energy had an outfit called ABC Tree Service doing their clearance work this past summer. Brand new trucks and chippers and not a single gringo on any of the crews I happened to see. Don't see them now. Must have gotten too cold for them. Nice meeting you Ralph.
Vince

You are right - it is kinda sad to see the woods go away so rapidly and be replaced by overpriced tract homes. Maybe that statement smacks of hippocracy in light of the fact that we enjoy cutting wood, but my father always taught us boys you shouldn't cut trees you aren't going to use for something and you shouldn't kill game you aren't going to eat.

Talk about sentimentality... my favorite saw is Dad's Remington Pl-5 I inherited a couple of years before he passed away. I remember when he bought it brand new in the early 60's and traded an SL-5 and a Mall in on it. Our family cut firewood with it all through the 60's to burn in our coal furnace to stretch the coal mileage. That PL-5 literally has hundreds of hours on it and has been through countless chains, but it has never even had so much as a fuel line replaced on it that I know of. To this day, it will still rock n' roll all day long each and every day without missing a beat... until you are simply too tired to do anything but carry it to the truck at the end of the day. That saw is a remarkable testament to the capabilities of machines that are designed to last and are maintained properly. In one way, he word 'obsolete' can be defined as something which will no longer do the job it was originally designed to do. By that definition a lot of the old saws will never be obsolete. Maybe that is why I like old farm tractors so much, too! lol

Why so tired, you ask? Well, we split all the wood with a mall, wedges, and an axe. That tends to take a bit of the starch out of you by the end of the day! Of course, you haven't lived until you've experienced the joy of splitting a 12" diameter piece of maple firewood in one stroke by hitting it dead center with an axe and have both halves fly a few feet apart. Why was that a joy? Because that meant you didn't have to pick up the mall and wedges and bust your butt "worrying" it in two. lol All in all, it was good work.... honest, satisfying, rewarding work... close to the earth... and you don't think about your troubles when you're doing it.

Ahhhh... but I reminisce.

Big Al

 

[bcmktg]

Welcome Matt, Ralph, Vince, Rusty, and everyone that has been kind enough to respond. Kinda nice to meet other people with similar interests!

Big Al

 

[mattinky]

You are right - it is kinda sad to see the woods go away so rapidly and be replaced by overpriced tract homes. Maybe that statement smacks of hippocracy in light of the fact that we enjoy cutting wood, but my father always taught us boys you shouldn't cut trees you aren't going to use for something and you shouldn't kill game you aren't going to eat.
Big Al

Very well said Sir - sounds like your dad was just like mine. I moved from Indiana to Kentucky back in '79 and the county I live in was so scenic........nowadays everyone's selling their farms to developers and we now have an endless sea of subdivisions, and it is 'kinda sad. I'm into dirt bikes and also like to four-wheel my old Dodge M880 and there used to be all kinds of places to ride/fourwheel in this area - you did'nt even have to ask. Now there is nowhere to take your truck and I have to load my bike up and drive at least an hour to ride.

People sometimes ask me why I fool with burning firewood (I heat entirely with wood both house & shop) and I tell them it's cheap, it's d*mn good exercise and it's traditional, I personaly think it's the finest heat available. I bought my propane gas heated home 20 years ago and the expense of the propane the first winter just about broke me. I bought a wood stove and have'nt looked back! (besides that the gas company came and took their tank back after 3 years of not buying any gas from them!) Since fuel has gotten so expensive there are a lot of people in my area burning wood now.

 

[Gravely Grinch]

I'm in Waynesville ~20-30 min North of you.

-Rick

 

[dustytools]

I just joined a couple days ago, I'm in KY about 70 miles south of Cinnci.
Matt

Where are you at Matt? Sounds like you are very close to me. Your story sounds a lot like mine. We moved to Ky. In 1980 from Indiana.

 

[Haywire Haywood]

I'm in Richmond, about 30 minutes south of Lexington.

Ian

 

[mattinky]

Hey there Dustytools, I'm in New Castle. I had just graduated high school in '79 and my dad got a new job in Louisville and we moved here. He took an early retirement in '89 and my parents then moved to Mississippi and I bought a house and stayed here. I was born and raised in Shelbyville, IN but KY will always be my "home". How far are you from me? I've never heard of your town. Matt in KY

 

[dustytools]

I am about 45 minutes Northeast of Lexington.

 

[Fish]

I was arrested in Richmond, Ky. once, at a bar called the "dog".

By a midget cop......

I got away...

 

[Fish]

He got my UK I.D.

But I digress...........................................................................

 

[hanniedog]

Gravely Grinch

Was wondering if you live in Waynesville or over in Corwin. Grew up in Oregonia area. Every time I go home there is more houses and less farm land. Live near Green Springs in northern Ohio at present.

 

[bcmktg]

Was wondering if you live in Waynesville or over in Corwin. Grew up in Oregonia area. Every time I go home there is more houses and less farm land. Live near Green Springs in northern Ohio at present.

Nice to meet you hanniedog. I live on the East side of Cincinnati near Eastgate in a little area called Glen Este.

Al

 

[Gravely Grinch]

Was wondering if you live in Waynesville or over in Corwin. Grew up in Oregonia area. Every time I go home there is more houses and less farm land. Live near Green Springs in northern Ohio at present.

I'm in Waynesville proper, 2 houses up the hill from Pat's Gas. I did work over in Corwin about 20 yrs ago at the plastic plant that was behind the old dog food factory.

 

[hanniedog]

Gravely Grinch

Small world about 20 years ago I worked at the feed mill over in Corwin. Graduated from Waynesville in 1978 things have sure changed in the area since then. What I thought would stay as farmland is now covered with houses. Somtimes change really sucks.

 

[Andyshine77]

Hello bcmktg welcome to the site. I live on the west side of Cincinnati, "Delhi". I stopped by a Dolmar dealer on SR-132 last week, I think that's in your neck of the woods.

 

[bcmktg]

Hello bcmktg welcome to the site. I live on the west side of Cincinnati, "Delhi". I stopped by a Dolmar dealer on SR-132 last week, I think that's in your neck of the woods.

Very nice to meet you! I still say we are all gonna have to get together in this neck of the woods and have lunch at Skyline and then go make some blue smoke and wood chips.