Scrounging Firewood (and other stuff)

[chucker]

! HAPPY BIRTHDAY! steve, so can you remember the first bday? lol don't lay around to long on your day as bird season opens in 2 weeks!!!!! hope you are hearing sounds of distant drummers in the woods!? fishing and bird season sounds like a good time with a little saw time as well ole friend! ? AND I MEAN OLD? LOL

 

[svk]

! HAPPY BIRTHDAY! steve, so can you remember the first bday? lol don't lay around to long on your day as bird season opens in 2 weeks!!!!! hope you are hearing sounds of distant drummers in the woods!? fishing and bird season sounds like a good time with a little saw time as well ole friend! ? AND I MEAN OLD? LOL

Thank you! Door is open my friend, second half of October is best.

 

[nomad_archer]

Happy birthday svk

 

[JustJeff]

Noodle fire!

 

[bpalmer]

 

[svk]

View attachment 445601 Came home from church and it was cloudy and breezy, so I noodled elm until the sun cam out and it got hot. Rather noodle elm than run the splitter. View attachment 445597 I can noodle a cord about as fast as I can split one and the pieces come out nice and smooth, not hairy. I do however, get about 4 buckets of noodles per cord!

Hey Mike, the tractor just reappeared out of thin air! Lol.

Very impressive!

 

[zogger]

View attachment 445685

That there's cheatin!

 

[svk]

So I had planned to spend my birthday afternoon rippin up aspen with the 2186 and testing the new S2800 axe. But the power company still hadn't made it to my place yet. I thought they had been around as my friend saw them up the road. Hopefully this week they will make it.

Had parents in law and BIL family over to the hunting cabin for breakfast and then headed to our lake cabin for the rest of the day. Got some swimming in with the wife and kids before a big t storm came through. I think something in my neighbors yard was struck as there was one really close strike. Big Italian dinner with gnocchi,tortellini, and Italian sausage which my wife expertly cooked.

The family got me a flying lesson for my birthday so I'm looking forward to that very much.

 

[MustangMike]

Farmer's view & mine are the same on the pics.

Sounds like it was a Great Birthday Steve, many more to ya guy!

 

[svk]

I thought I was out of trees to cut and then Mother Nature blew one of my neighbor's trees onto my property. Looks like the new toys will get a workout today.

 

[dancan]

Nice bonus scrounge !!!
Either split it or run the saw up it to break the bark so it will dry .

Labour Day spruce scrounge

Another 1/2 cord to add to the pile

 

[Philbert]

No. Way. On. Earth. That. One. Person. Could. Use. That. Much. Firewood.

Philbert

 

[zogger]

So I had planned to spend my birthday afternoon rippin up aspen with the 2186 and testing the new S2800 axe. But the power company still hadn't made it to my place yet. I thought they had been around as my friend saw them up the road. Hopefully this week they will make it.

Had parents in law and BIL family over to the hunting cabin for breakfast and then headed to our lake cabin for the rest of the day. Got some swimming in with the wife and kids before a big t storm came through. I think something in my neighbors yard was struck as there was one really close strike. Big Italian dinner with gnocchi,tortellini, and Italian sausage which my wife expertly cooked.

The family got me a flying lesson for my birthday so I'm looking forward to that very much.

Cool beans man! I didn't know you were going to be a pilot, could have gotten you a fantastic deal on an aztec. Boss sold it last summer for what the two engines were worth.

 

[zogger]

I went out before dark last night with the poulan 505 and 28 inch bar, saw ran great but the bar was woefully inadequate and it started cutting crookedy, so after one huge chunk off the end and cutting squirrely I stopped. Today just came in, finally switched to the 394 and three foot bar, which barely works on the areas where branches went off and it was wide. but, ran it (dang heavy sucker, weighs about 1/5 my body weight guessing full of liquids and big bar). Anywho, total take on five cuts, one of which was a noodle with log suspended, got around 4 thou lbs wood on the ground. Enough for today, need to resharpen.

 

[svk]

Cool beans man! I didn't know you were going to be a pilot, could have gotten you a fantastic deal on an aztec. Boss sold it last summer for what the two engines were worth.

It's honestly something I've already had interest in but never thought about. I don't know I'm ready for a plane yet lol

 

[zogger]

It's honestly something I've already had interest in but never thought about. I don't know I'm ready for a plane yet lol

It's not too bad, only one bank job a week or two will pay for a decent plane and upkeep and 'surance and maintenance and stuff. Pocket change...hahaha I looked into it, pilot license is at least a years pay for me, and one of his ratty used old beaters is two to three years pay. Then the real expenses begin if you really want to use it... I just passed on the whole idea.

 

[dancan]

No. Way. On. Earth. That. One. Person. Could. Use. That. Much. Firewood.

Philbert

Watch me LOL
I'd like to have another couple cord of spruce , it's great for starting and finishing off the burn season .
The other reason I'll scrounge up as much as I can is that if I was to face another layup for what ever reason , I want 2 to 3 years of wood in stock , at least leave the wife wood rich LOL

 

[nomad_archer]

I'm back from vacation. The finger lakes region was out out standing. Turned my wife into a fisher-woman. She loved fishing. We took my 3 year old fishing today. My wife/daughter caught 3 bluegills.

We had such a great time we are starting to look into getting a place around Cayuga Lake and if course a fishing boat. I'm not sure where to start with the boat. This may take a few years but it seems like a great goal for us.

Watkins

Taughannock state park

Here are some lake trout pictures

 

[MustangMike]

Did you guys make the hole in that Trout's belly, or was something attached to it?

Nice Pics, glad you had a good time.

 

[svk]

Did you guys make the hole in that Trout's belly, or was something attached to it?

Nice Pics, glad you had a good time.

Not sure if they have lamprey there but you get ones from the Great Lakes like that. Or something had a hold of it a while back and it was partially healed over.