Scrounging Firewood (and other stuff)

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Dito on the iron toe boots and also the pig skin gloves, they may cost a buck more but well worth it.
They wear well and also if you get pinched, you got a milli sec to pull free and save the fingers.
Gloves are part of my PPE gear, got more pair than some women have shoes.
 
image.jpg First time post, been lurkin around for a few years. Had an awesome scrounge today that I thought might be worthy of posting. The construction company I work for is clear cutting an area for a new pole building. I've been best buddies with the owner since we were in diapers and of course he gave me first dibs on the wood lol. It just so happens that 90% of the trees we are cutting down are black locust. This is my first three loads, I have them cut into 6-8' pieces so I could transport them. I have atleast 10 more loads to haul out.image.jpg
 
Got the saw scabbard mounted on the Bota and went exploring on some roads I've not been down yet to take "Inventory" for future scrounging work :)

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Big spruce with a dead top for example .

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I found some more hardwood to cut along the way and I even met up with Porky , he was trying to disguise himself as a dead fir LOL

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Who needs an ATV to go trail riding LOL

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Found lots to go back for :)
The blackflies are just starting to move about :(
Now I've got to go split a bit of scrounged spruce to keep feeding the furnace 40* and windy .
 
There was some pretty bad checking but i worked around those pieces and cut the ends prior working with the wood.

I had the wood stack for a couple months i guess. Might not have been long enough but it felt dry working with it. It was standing dead so already started to dry at some point.
 
We made the decision to rent out our cabin this summer by the week as we are so busy with kids sports. My wife spent two days packing and I spent 6 days cleaning and getting things ready.

I can say I did ALL of the laundry. This is 95% of our towels and all of the linens (7 beds plus spares) and a few clothes mixed in.

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Our first guests came in today. The place looks better than it has in years (which makes me very happy).

I'm up at my hunting cabin now. Tomorrow I'm going to noodle a couple cords of big pine I've had drying for over a year and cut some maple tops.

Oh and do some morel hunting along the way :)
 
P1010536.JPG Another "scrounge". OK, OK, so it was delivered and stacked. Those are all 5-6 feet long so will need to be cut in half. The stuff that was 18-24" is already on the main stacks.

I now have two of my own personal senior citizens working for me. That's what my buddy at work calls his dad anyway - whenever he needs something done during the work day (such as oil change, cable TV service, etc.) he asks his retired father to be his stand in. Dad is happy to help and he's got nothing but time so sitting at the dealership reading the paper is right up his alley. My first senior citizen is my father in law who has 30 acres of woods. My second senior citizen is a man who lives about 4 miles up the road and has 10 acres - he delivered this wood in three loads while I was at work and has more to come. They both love to cut wood, clean up their properties, and stay active, but neither one burns a stick.

I would highly recommend getting at least one of your own personal senior citizens if you're able. :D
 
View attachment 426672 Another "scrounge". OK, OK, so it was delivered and stacked. Those are all 5-6 feet long so will need to be cut in half. The stuff that was 18-24" is already on the main stacks.

I now have two of my own personal senior citizens working for me. That's what my buddy at work calls his dad anyway - whenever he needs something done during the work day (such as oil change, cable TV service, etc.) he asks his retired father to be his stand in. Dad is happy to help and he's got nothing but time so sitting at the dealership reading the paper is right up his alley. My first senior citizen is my father in law who has 30 acres of woods. My second senior citizen is a man who lives about 4 miles up the road and has 10 acres - he delivered this wood in three loads while I was at work and has more to come. They both love to cut wood, clean up their properties, and stay active, but neither one burns a stick.

I would highly recommend getting at least one of your own personal senior citizens if you're able. :D
i already have a senior citizen to do my work. ME!!!!!
 
Just about anywhere that that sells laundry detergent. It will be with the laundry detergents. I use it in the laundry as well to get the PI oils out of my scrounging clothes. It is really great at getting oils out of just about anything not just PI oil.

Thanks for the tip, nothing quite as lovely as a nice weeping poison ivy rash soaking through your socks and making them stick to your feet.
 
Nice haul Scott, don't forget to get it manufactured into firewood before the snow. Or you'll be in the same pickle I was in last winter. Lots wood but burried under four feet of snow and unuseable 'til spring.
Thankfully, Good buddy Billy the logger helped out with three cord at a very good price, just back up to the prossessor and load up, cash only please.
 
I just went for a walk and was surprised to see so many ash trees up here as i figured they wouldnt be this far north. I guess before this last year i never really paid attention to the trees in my area or for that matter tell the difference between a lot of them.

This site has been a wealth of info. I can appreciate the different trees when i go on walks and tell everyone else what tree is what lol. They think im sooo smart!

This book is really handy
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Got out to the smaller of two Norway pines this morning.

Broken in 550 (on 13th tank of fuel now) plus new Stihl chisel chain plus pine noodling equals fun saw time!

Really got a system going towards the end and noodled them so the Fiskars would finish them off easily.

Lots of ticks out but the bugs are light so far.
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