zogger
Tree Freak
Some real pretty wood there!
Scrounging Firewood (and other stuff)
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Some real pretty wood there!
Erik B
ArboristSite Guru
I will second the Lutefisk feeds. I went to one outside of Nelson, WI this fall. Great fishThere are, just not as prevelant as down south.
I've heard great things about this place in Walker.
https://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Piggy-BBQ/169248846457835
Also, there are a few guys running around with bbq trucks that are supposed to be really good.
Aaaaaand, don't forget about the Lutefisk feeds up here.
zogger
Tree Freak
Latest scrounge with the kids: birch and oak
In the evening using some of last years beech
and waiting for a french speciality to finish in the oven: la tartiflette!!
Seasons greetings from this side of the pond
Johan
Envoyé de mon iPhone à l'aide de Tapatalk
I had to look it up, yum!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tartiflette
Erik B
ArboristSite Guru
Ambull, do you have any military bases near you? We have one close by and I was talking to a guy who cuts wood on the base. It cost him a fee of about $50 for one months cutting and hauling. This base has a lot of woods.
zogger
Tree Freak
Well, started on my big tulip poplar the other day. Worst.Fell.Ever.
Mr. sawchips for branes thought it would be a good idea to try and get it to fall 180 using wedges. Didn't want it go into the swamp pond and pickers. Had most of the remaining branches on that side, so there was the weight, but was pretty straight so thought I could do it. Bad idea. Should have gone and got the tractor and some tow straps/chains/rope/come-along. Small face cut, started on back cut, little wedges first, then longer ones, just nailing them things in. It was shaking at the top so I am mostly looking up. All of a sudden, another shake, crack..eeek, wrong way! It's going backwards, the way it was leaning. I booked it and jumped. Yep, right back in the dang pond and pickers, el kaboom!
And what's funny, didn't bother me a bit until last night, then I thought, gee, close one el retardo.... think I'll do it safer next time..
Anyway, first load, dang, this stuff is *heavy*. Has the highest magic moisture reading I have ever seen, pegged at 50% in the heartwood juicy areas. And it was splashing trying to bust it to carry size with the AOS. Finally noodled five big rounds in half, then chipped away at it, got 'em small enough. That's the first load pic. Second is some nice two year old tulip poplar in the zogger smogger right now, people sometimes ask if it is worth taking, heck ya! Perfect for these cool but not cold temps.
Mr. sawchips for branes thought it would be a good idea to try and get it to fall 180 using wedges. Didn't want it go into the swamp pond and pickers. Had most of the remaining branches on that side, so there was the weight, but was pretty straight so thought I could do it. Bad idea. Should have gone and got the tractor and some tow straps/chains/rope/come-along. Small face cut, started on back cut, little wedges first, then longer ones, just nailing them things in. It was shaking at the top so I am mostly looking up. All of a sudden, another shake, crack..eeek, wrong way! It's going backwards, the way it was leaning. I booked it and jumped. Yep, right back in the dang pond and pickers, el kaboom!
And what's funny, didn't bother me a bit until last night, then I thought, gee, close one el retardo.... think I'll do it safer next time..
Anyway, first load, dang, this stuff is *heavy*. Has the highest magic moisture reading I have ever seen, pegged at 50% in the heartwood juicy areas. And it was splashing trying to bust it to carry size with the AOS. Finally noodled five big rounds in half, then chipped away at it, got 'em small enough. That's the first load pic. Second is some nice two year old tulip poplar in the zogger smogger right now, people sometimes ask if it is worth taking, heck ya! Perfect for these cool but not cold temps.
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Hey, for anyone who has not, but wishes to donate, "The Chitty Avatar MS661 Donate To Win" thread concludes tomorrow. Check it out, it is for a good cause, and hey, U could win a MasterMind Ported 661!!!
Didn't end up on YouTube, and you are able to post, so it could not have been that bad!
Philbert
zogger
Tree Freak
Thanks for the reminder.
mainewoods
Addicted to ArboristSite
I've kind of noticed that they ain't goin' down quite like they used to myself, sometimes. I blame it on the wind.
zogger
Tree Freak
Ha, when I say I jumped, I JUMPED.
Where I was, is where the tree landed. Big honkin trees gots no pity.... Looking up and listening sure helped.
mainewoods
Addicted to ArboristSite
I'm in, but I don't know what I will do with a Stihl. Do they cut good?
zogger
Tree Freak
I've kind of noticed that they ain't goin' down quite like they used to myself, sometimes. I blame it on the wind.
I blame it on me, wasn't that windy. Just bad planning. I did live, and certainly learned. Now I have done this before, always worked, just this time..it didn't, just not enough beef behind those swings and could have used much bigger wedges, or stacked them, or something, and need to do more research on proper felling cuts for that sort of fell... but...a little rope action and the tractor would have been better all around.
Nah. Send it to me, and I'll send you a nice, factory reconditioned Poulan, instead of a saw someone has monkeyed with.
Philbert
mainewoods
Addicted to ArboristSite
Yeah, nothin' better than mechanized persuasion. Makes you look like you know what you're doing. 'Specially when you get a little age challenged.
mainewoods
Addicted to ArboristSite
Yeah but I like that monkey, he did my 346. He ought to be able to make that Stihl work as well.
Whenever the fall direction is "important", I rope it. And the rope I got at Baileys with the Maasden rope winch is not cheap, but it is 3X stronger than the same diameter stuff at HD, so to me it is worth it. Sometimes, I cut near roads, houses, power lines, or all of the above! There are no second chances when dropping a tree!
I think that 661 may just be in a slightly different class!
benp
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Probably won't happen again Zog because you'll make sure of that.
A live and learn type of deal. The way she goes boys, to quote the man in the chair.
The 394 has sucked up a lot of abuse meant for me in those type of situations.
mainewoods
Addicted to ArboristSite
I never cut without a come-along and a tow strap(or 2) handy. Put's 'em right where you want 'em.
zogger
Tree Freak
Sure would have helped a little, along with the bigger wedges and better cuts, to have used one of my bigger saws. Was using the 371 with a 24, should have grabbed one of the 80s or the 394, wouldn't have had to cut from both sides then. Might have helped, not sure though. Am sure the tractor would have worked better...
Was thinking about this stuff, despite necessity, for a lot of us this is sport,and that's how it goes, skiing, dirtbike riding, superbike nutso highway cruising, scuba diving, etc. Sports all got risks. Hard physical employment has risks, too, everything I have ever done. Heck, I am bout..still 1/3rd gimped up from a work accident 20 years ago.
