KiwiBro
Mill 'em, nails be damned.
Had to google it and all I got was a buncha people in boats?
Scrounging Firewood (and other stuff)
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Sawyer Rob
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Several pages back in this thread, my friend who helped me that day, wanted this top log for payment for his help,
So today, being another nice day, I loaded it on the BSM, and this log looked REALLY good!
and we started milling it,
BUT, it didn't take too long, and we found some wire in the log. (you can see the black spot in the end of the log) SO, we ended up cutting 2' off the log to clear all the wire and kept milling,
But, my friend still ended up with some pretty nice looking lumber,
Next, I will start splitting all the rounds we cut to length earlier...
SR
So today, being another nice day, I loaded it on the BSM, and this log looked REALLY good!
and we started milling it,
BUT, it didn't take too long, and we found some wire in the log. (you can see the black spot in the end of the log) SO, we ended up cutting 2' off the log to clear all the wire and kept milling,
But, my friend still ended up with some pretty nice looking lumber,
Next, I will start splitting all the rounds we cut to length earlier...
SR
Sawyer Rob
Addicted to ArboristSite
Brian, the owner of that boat, says "business in the front and party out the back" at the end of every vid...
SR
KiwiBro
Mill 'em, nails be damned.
Ah, thanks for the explanation. I guess it's a universal maxim.
You’ve kept that wheelbarrow very busy this spring!
I used andouille instead of kielbasa this time and even got a compliment from the wife about how good it tasted.
LOL! With social distancing and stay at home orders I'm trying to maximize the wood from my neighbor's wood lot before everything leafs out and it's harder to get through where there are no trails. This is my exercise program now. Otherwise I'm just sitting here drinking beer!
I figure I'm approaching 90 wheelbarrow loads in my low impact firewood gathering. There sure are faster, more efficient ways to collect firewood, and I've passed on numerous opportunities on Craigslist in what seems to me is non-essential travel, but this is what is available to me and I'm making the most of it. I've probably stacked close to 40% of what I burn in a year so it's been good.
Plus with @Cowboy254 slacking off for a bit, somebody had to post photos.
Finished cleaning up the top of the Norway Maple I cut down the other day, did some maint work to the F-150, then started making another bench, this one for my next door neighbor.
The bench itself is half round Black Oak (the twin piece of the one I used for my cabin), and I found a piece of 4" thick Red Oak that was just the right size to turn into legs. It has all been sanded, now just need to cut the back of the bench the right width for the legs, assemble and put a finish on it.
Also called my Tree Guy to have him look at a neighbor's problem. The neighbor mostly lives upstate, the house was his Mom's (she made it well into her 90s) but had been built by his Dad (who I never met). A very large Blue Spruce started to uproot and is leaning against and over the garage, which is attached to the house. Does not look like much damage, but a severe storm is predicted for Tue, so my Tree Guy will be here tomorrow morning with a crane to remove the tree from the garage. I'm sure I'll be watching the action.
The bench itself is half round Black Oak (the twin piece of the one I used for my cabin), and I found a piece of 4" thick Red Oak that was just the right size to turn into legs. It has all been sanded, now just need to cut the back of the bench the right width for the legs, assemble and put a finish on it.
Also called my Tree Guy to have him look at a neighbor's problem. The neighbor mostly lives upstate, the house was his Mom's (she made it well into her 90s) but had been built by his Dad (who I never met). A very large Blue Spruce started to uproot and is leaning against and over the garage, which is attached to the house. Does not look like much damage, but a severe storm is predicted for Tue, so my Tree Guy will be here tomorrow morning with a crane to remove the tree from the garage. I'm sure I'll be watching the action.
I know. I didn't scrounge today and I probably won't tomorrow
. To be fair though, I did scrounge 4 cubes or so the last two days. But look out Wednesday, it'll be ON! The poor old 460 hasn't had much love recently, I'll take it out and see if it stihl runs.
This is what those blue gum logs yielded in the last 10 days or so, at least a couple of cords worth, all fiskared other than the unsplittable crotch in the lower part of the pile. I'll take this down to my brother and as far as he is concerned, it will be one metric cr@pload of BTUs. Too green for this winter but will be good for next year.
During peak burning season, we would go through a well piled wheelbarrow load a day or a cube a week. I like what you're doing, it sure adds up quite quickly if you're consistent. It has taken me a fair while to learn. Historically, when I was on the scrounge, I would typically go until I was completely knackered and then it would take me two days to recover. More recently, I have mostly just picked up a Ranger load each time which is close to a cube and it doesn't wear me out and I can happily do that each day indefinitely.
Make sure you grab that spruce. I've heard there's nothing it can't do
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It's looking real good.
Most of what I've been cutting for myself this yr has been 8" or less, and a good amount of 2", I really hate leaving the small stuff lay as it's very solid wood and it burns nicely. The woodshed is about 95% full now, and I only started loading it around the beginning of the yr.
Little pieces all adding up, much like wheelbarrow loads. The funny thing is I normally bring all my wood into the house one wheelbarrow load at a time
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Yep, as previously stated, why the heck are people investing anything there.
You know I could say a lot more...
I'll just say I may not be building the barn, I've been talking to the wife about the possibilities of buying another property with the barn already built on it(may not be for a while, but a big sale is coming), I'm watching what's happening very closely.
My niece is at ground zero in NYC, same there with the semi trailers
. She says the sirens are pretty much constant.I was surprised I sold a cord yesterday. I was glad to get it off the trailer, wouldn't want to have to throw it all off just to free up my trailer for summer.
This.
80°F.
And this is why I have to scrounge so much. Cowgirl and the stove. She's so worried about burning so little, or so much, that she makes certain she generally overdoes it, or occasionally underdoes it.
Look at the thermometer. Do you want it to be warmer or cooler. Are you going to be in the house for the next 6 hours or not. Put more or less wood in the fire with more or less air. It's so uncomplicated that even I can understand it.
And this is why I have to scrounge so much. Cowgirl and the stove. She's so worried about burning so little, or so much, that she makes certain she generally overdoes it, or occasionally underdoes it.
Look at the thermometer. Do you want it to be warmer or cooler. Are you going to be in the house for the next 6 hours or not. Put more or less wood in the fire with more or less air. It's so uncomplicated that even I can understand it.
There is merit in this. That said, the bent over row is virtually bullet proof as exercises go. Minimal involvement of the more vulnerable rotator cuff muscles, particularly supraspinatus. Worst case scenario, Harry will get some DOMS from trying to move too much weight but is highly unlikely to tear anything. It does make sense to ease into things, however.
I like burning cookies in the shoulder season, especially the fall. They are thin and heat up quickly, but the coals are very small and cease to put out substantial heat quickly, so when you stop putting cookies in the stove stops putting out much heat.
That being said I had a small fire this morning because it was pretty mild out this morning and it warmed up nicely today. Everything was great until I let the house to chase down a saw for another member, came home and it was 74/5 in the house, the girls decided to make bread and some desserts
.Oh well, it could have been worse, like your tropical paradise
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