Scrounging Firewood (and other stuff)

[Cowboy254]

Wasn't so warm here when Roscoe and I were on the scrounge on Sunday. I even put my chainsaw pants and boots in front of the fire to warm them up a bit before I put them on.



Today's weapon of choice. Since there was no blue gum to cut and the wood was all pretty clean I ditched the semi chisel and put a brand spanking new full chisel on.



These trees were maximum 18 inches at the base but quite long - the log jack is worth every cent.



Zzzt, zzzt, zzzt.



More to come...

 

[Cowboy254]

Wasn't long before Roscoe was doing the first trip home. Despite having a cage on his trailer we weren't loading it up fully since it is a single axle and has been patched up a few times. Also to get out we needed to drive over a small dam wall to get off the farm which has been deteriorating with recent rain. It would have been embarrassing to have the dam give way and be rolling down the hill.



While Ross was having a rest driving wood home, I carried on doing what I was doing. Some of these were getting a fair way in so we had to lug the wood out which was a bit time consuming.







All ready to burn.



Still more to come...

 

[KiwiBro]

I see more in there too, Cowboy. No winch on that 4wd?

How about one of these, with a block up high in a nearby tree.

https://www.amazon.com/Powerhouse-Log-Splitters-Xm-100-Chainsaw/dp/B01DF9883I

 

[Cowboy254]

I see more in there too, Cowboy. No winch on that 4wd?

How about one of these, with a block up high in a nearby tree.
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https://www.amazon.com/Powerhouse-Log-Splitters-Xm-100-Chainsaw/dp/B01DF9883I

Nah no winch, he uses it to ferry kids around in rather than scrounge so we had to move the wood out by hand. Then again, since I was doing the sawing and he was doing most of the lugging, that was his problem .

 

[KiwiBro]

Even betterer. The old 'firewood warms at least twice' mantra.

 

[dancan]

I think that's an old wive's tale Kiwi ,
1 when you cut and delimb it , 2 when you haul it out , 3 when you block it , 4 when you split it , 5 when you stack it , 6 when you burn .
You can even add a few more heat cycles depending on your process lol

 

[dancan]

Another thing about cutting ......
This next lot has a lot more bigger trees, I might have to bring the tractor and winch so I don't get myself jammed up .

I did a quick run up to house lot #2 after supper , figured I'd just chain up to the truck and do like Clint and haul the stems out as I had done with my van ... Well ,

More fun with the tractor lol

 

[tpence2177]

With all the rain Alabama has been getting we have had a lot of downed trees. Lots of scrounging opportunity, but 95* heat has turned me away when I just do it to sale firewood I can just cut in my back yard this winter when it cools down lol.


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[95custmz]

That's cheating

 

[tpence2177]

Haha got plenty of red oak to clean out to at least get where I can mow some


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[svk]

I'd love to see how long some osage orange & black locust would last in your boiler!

Me too!

 

[svk]

I'm still alive.

Spent 5 days in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area on the far northeastern corner of MN with my 9 year old.

It was windy nearly every day and the wind kept switching from west to east which slowed the fishing but we still caught dozens of fish. Kept a few for a couple of meals. Had a bear visit our campsite but luckily I had the food pack with us in the canoe. We saw him swim from our site as we returned home one day.

Overall we had a great trip.

Here's some scrounging and some other pics from the trip:

 

[Cowboy254]

Looks like a great trip @svk . What are those foreign fish you were catching? Look like good eatin.

Meanwhile, back at the ranch ...

I love that log jack, just perfect on these long trunks.



Roscoe still had plenty of wood to toss down the hill so I had time to take a load down to the now former Lady Farmer without holding him up. Her new place is pretty close by, then came back to cut some more.



Down the small end of these logs there will often be a single big crack on the inside and half the time they fall in two when they hit the ground. If you're wondering where all the spiders go in winter, this is where. I suggested to Ross that he get the missus to split those bits at home and see what happens.



Here's what he had lugged down the hill just before I left to give the Lady a load . Still had plenty to bring down and I still had more dropped trees to cut up.



You just know there's still more to come ...

 

[Jeffkrib]

I'm jealous of the last two post, especially seeing as I'm at work while you guys are living the dream.

 

[JustJeff]

I'm still alive.

Spent 5 days in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area on the far northeastern corner of MN with my 9 year old.

It was windy nearly every day and the wind kept switching from west to east which slowed the fishing but we still caught dozens of fish. Kept a few for a couple of meals. Had a bear visit our campsite but luckily I had the food pack with us in the canoe. We saw him swim from our site as we returned home one day.

Overall we had a great trip.

Here's some scrounging and some other pics from the trip:

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That's awesome! Kids will have those memories for life. Couple weeks and we leave on the annual father/son fishing trip. We graduated from canoes to aluminum boats (cause it's allowed) and we rough camp for a couple days on the French river. Good times.

 

[LondonNeil]

Cowboy, I've no idea what spider they are but knowing what your part of the world is like for venomous critters (and things with big teeth) I'd be running! Thankfully we don't have anything worse than Adder snakes, bees and wasps, although a non-native spider called the false widow has arrived and is spreading. It looks very similar to our common garden spiders but has a bite like a bee sting apparently. I saw one (I think) on a round I'd just unloaded from my car the other week and put my gloves back on before flicking him off into the flowerbed!

 

[MustangMike]

Was doing some splitting in real hot weather 2 days ago, so I took the shirt off, and then I felt something on my stomach, and it was a real nice size spider, but luckily just flicked it off, no damage! What are you gonna do ... just keep splitting!

 

[95custmz]

Looks like a great trip @svk . What are those foreign fish you were catching? Look like good eatin.

Meanwhile, back at the ranch ...

I love that log jack, just perfect on these long trunks.

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Roscoe still had plenty of wood to toss down the hill so I had time to take a load down to the now former Lady Farmer without holding him up. Her new place is pretty close by, then came back to cut some more.

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Down the small end of these logs there will often be a single big crack on the inside and half the time they fall in two when they hit the ground. If you're wondering where all the spiders go in winter, this is where. I suggested to Ross that he get the missus to split those bits at home and see what happens.

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Here's what he had lugged down the hill just before I left to give the Lady a load . Still had plenty to bring down and I still had more dropped trees to cut up.

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You just know there's still more to come ...

Is that the infamous Huntsman spider? Creepy!


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[svk]

Looks like a great trip @svk . What are those foreign fish you were catching? Look like good eatin.

Meanwhile, back at the ranch ...

I love that log jack, just perfect on these long trunks.

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Roscoe still had plenty of wood to toss down the hill so I had time to take a load down to the now former Lady Farmer without holding him up. Her new place is pretty close by, then came back to cut some more.

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Down the small end of these logs there will often be a single big crack on the inside and half the time they fall in two when they hit the ground. If you're wondering where all the spiders go in winter, this is where. I suggested to Ross that he get the missus to split those bits at home and see what happens.

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Here's what he had lugged down the hill just before I left to give the Lady a load . Still had plenty to bring down and I still had more dropped trees to cut up.

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You just know there's still more to come ...

The first fish were smallmouth bass. The second ones are walleyes. Walleye is basically the king of freshwater fish (of non salmon species) for table fare. Bass tastes great when caught in clear water lakes like this one.

 

[svk]

Was doing some splitting in real hot weather 2 days ago, so I took the shirt off, and then I felt something on my stomach, and it was a real nice size spider, but luckily just flicked it off, no damage! What are you gonna do ... just keep splitting!

Even the non dangerous species of spiders can leave a nasty bite that takes weeks to fully heal. Around here we have what I call "banana" spiders which have a body shaped like a banana. They like to hang out near lakes and rivers and if they bite you the flesh literally rots away around the bite.