Scrounging Firewood (and other stuff)

[Backyard Lumberjack]

Heading to the west coast for a week after Christmas so doubt I really need another saw… I’ll see if he still has it in a few days

that's what i thot and did on an item of interest recently... checked back, but there now was no need to!

oh well...

 

[Backyard Lumberjack]

No excuse for someone not to track that doe in the snow!

Hope the meat is still good.

Years ago, we were leaving State land in the Catskills and my Uncle picked up a blood trail on our way out. We followed it and found a doe that was still alive but not getting up. Since I had a doe tag, I dispatched it and tagged it. The shooter had obviously not bothered to track it ... I hate seeing that!

me, too! my Dad's motto...'we hit it, we track it!!'

 

[Kodiak Kid]

well, even so maybe... when i do get confused... i say to me, " hmm, maybe better see what the kid had to say about this...."

lol

Well thanks! I think? Not sure if that was a compliment or an insult.
Now see? There I go! Confused again!

 

[Kodiak Kid]

Often on this thread I read post that sometimes read something like "how do you get your wood or how do you luck out that much on your guys' scrounge".
Well I don't know about luck? IMOP, its just like real estate. It boils down to three major things.. Location, location, and location!
The same thing can be said about a safe work environment when on the scrounge! I'm talking type of terrain, distance from help and distance to first aid.
I'm going t post some pics with short info on how I scrounge as safe as I possibly can. I usually keep a lot of my felling and bucking information and opinions on the "Felling Pics" "Show us your stumps" or "Critique this stump" threads. Im not even sure if there is a thread on "safty in the woods", so once again. Im going to give a short lecture on the other stuff and sometimes but not often firewood scrounging thread" That was a joke just in case some of the Stiffs out there are scratching their heads.
Oops! Stand by! I accidentally posted before I was finished!

Now I tip most 90% of my scrounge. usually across a stump or another log if I can. In turn, this does there major things!
One, it keeps it up higher off the ground out of the dirt or mud.
Two, Makes bucking into rounds faster and easier.
Three, it can very possibly make it way more DANGEROUS to work with vs just laying on the ground!



Now the info and Opinions I'm sharing on this post are strictly my own! By no means am I telling anyone of you how how to do it, or implicating you don't know how to do it! Let me make that clear, because there are many different levels of "Scroungers" on this thread! So fir the more advanced, please don't take offense. If you do?
GROW THINKER SKIN!!!

Now I know a lot of you tip trees and a lot of you don't. That being said I really don't suggest anyone purposely teeter timber when tipping trees (say that three times fast!) across stumps or other logs. Unless you really understand and are aware of the dangerous involved. However, many of us find wind fall and windshear already teetered by her herself Mother Nature. The same rules apply to this as well when it comes to bucking it safely if is to be scrounged.

First, If tipping (falling, felling hacking whacking or whatever ever its called in your region. There's a whole thread on what Felling timber is actually called by they way. I know crazy hu?) Ok once again. First if tipping to teeter? MAKE SURE YOUR NOT TIPPING ACROSS SOMETHING ALREADY TEETERED!!! Wether it be log or limb?
Objects can very easily get catapulted right back ot you! Big objects big enough to swat you like a fly and sometimes at speeds so fast you will never have time to react! It doesn't take a very big object to do this either. Wether it be the hammer or the teetered nail getting thrown back your way!

When bucking teetered timber. I try to make sure the log isn't going to roll once it starts getting bucked into rounds or logs! There are several different ways to do this.

I often cripple a section. Then buck into smaller sections. Then roll once with a pevy and finish all the cuts. Sometimes I'll just start loping rounds off. It all depends. However one thing to always remember. Watch out fir teeters on the ground!

The example in these two photos would be devastating to the family jewels if straddling while bucking a round. Once the round drops. You know what happens next!



They can really ring your bell if big enough and even seriously injure you. Depending on the senerio? They can even pin you down against the log, ground or maybe your saw before the chain stops spinning, and IT WILL HAPPEN INSTANTLY!!

Sometimes they can be just out of sight on the other side of the log witch you are bucking.

Sometimes just looking like another limb or small log just laying on the ground.
Make sure you're work area is safe and clear fir you and everyone working with or close to you. Also, make sure your pets are safe snd clear as well.

How about a show of hands from anyone that's take'n a hit from any kind of teeter?

Me!

Well gentleman, Thats about all I really have on Teetered timber fir now. I really hope you guys enjoyed reading this post and that it all makes sense. Thankyou, and always remember that when working in the woods. One simple little mistake can get you seriously injured or killed and is one of the many reasons we all must...

Cut safe, stay sharp, and be aware.!

 

[Sawdust Man]

Often on this thread I read post that sometimes read something like "how do you get your wood or how do you luck out that much on your guys' scrounge".
Well I don't know about luck? IMOP, its just like real estate. It boils down to three major things.. Location, location, and location!
The same thing can be said about a safe work environment when on the scrounge! I'm talking type of terrain, distance from help and distance to first aid.
I'm going t post some pics with short info on how I scrounge as safe as I possibly can. I usually keep a lot of my felling and bucking information and opinions on the "Felling Pics" "Show us your stumps" or "Critique this stump" threads. Im not even sure if there is a thread on "safty in the woods", so once again. Im going to give a short lecture on the other stuff and sometimes but not often firewood scrounging thread" That was a joke just in case all the Stiffs out there are scratching there heads.
Oops! Stand by! I accidentally posted before I was finished!

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Man, every time I see one of those pics it makes me really miss the west coast timber....
Is that one spruce? looks like it from here...

 

[joe25DA]

We cut a big old ash down last week. Today I bucked it up. Weapons of choice
10 MM 044 25”
2171 Jonsered 20”
Dolmar 540 16”

 

[landfakers]

Didn't scrounge any firewood but picked up a couple 1/2" ropes from a dude off facebook for $80 on my way home from work
100 feet of Sterling Sasquatch and 120 feet of the husqvarna branded sterling rope. Both brand new

 

[svk]

glad u like feral hog! have tried it. for me:

but good smoked pork ribs, any day!
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The first small sow I shot in texas was absolutely delicious-better than domestic pork. The small boars from Georgia were what I was working with here.

I was hoping to get a small hog from the last hunt in texas but that was not to be on this trip.

 

[svk]

It is just a small frying pan but it fits nicely between the ribs of the 55 gal drum stove. Plus, since the stovetop is not flat, the ability of cast iron to spread the heat is appreciated.

I've looked at the name on it several times (intending to share on this site) but never remember it by the time I get home!

I don't even know where it came from, but mostly everything up at the cabin is just secondhand stuff that someone did not want anymore.

We did not buy any windows or doors; they are all recovered from renovation projects of house fires. My friend Harold is a carpenter, and a lot of the stuff comes through him, the rest from me or family members. We even have a garage door up there that needs to be installed on the old cabin which is used for storage.

Shoot me a pic when you remember, we will ID it

 

[svk]

Had a blood trail in my driveway up and over the stone wall around my trailers and woodpile . Found a frozen doe near my fire pit. Must have gotten hit last night View attachment 1041841View attachment 1041842View attachment 1041843View attachment 1041844View attachment 1041840

Will the PR of NY give salvage tags? We can get salvage tags here for roadkilled deer. Usually one one quarter is bad if not hit at high speed.

Edit: Do you mean hit by a hunter or hit by a car?

I found a deer two days later once (my friend had hit it and wasn't much of a tracker) and the meat was still perfect.

 

[svk]

i have a several items of Wagner Ware. my fav is the big alum dutch oven

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(like this, file foto)

I have a set of off brand vintage aluminum roasters. I did my thanksgiving turkey in one of them.

The cast iron oval roasters can be worth over 800 bucks if you find one in good shape with proper lid!

 

[svk]

It is really crazy how much vintage car and truck prices have skyrocketed.

To think 20 years ago, 15k would buy you just about any vintage muscle car outside of the rare big block cars. Now a rust free small block square body costs that much.

I love vintage stuff but when it is time to get a "sporty" ride I think I will go the route that Mike did and get a modern muscle car and hop it up.

 

[Kodiak Kid]

Man, every time I see one of those pics it makes me really miss the west coast timber....
Is that one spruce? looks like it from here...

Yeah, standing dead that I tipped fir firewood. This one isn't dead though!

 

[SS396driver]

Will the PR of NY give salvage tags? We can get salvage tags here for roadkilled deer. Usually one one quarter is bad if not hit at high speed.

Edit: Do you mean hit by a hunter or hit by a car?

I found a deer two days later once (my friend had hit it and wasn't much of a tracker) and the meat was still perfect.

Car hit . I just dragged it away from the house with my quad and left it in the back field .

 

[Kodiak Kid]

We cut a big old ash down last week. Today I bucked it up. Weapons of choice
10 MM 044 25”
2171 Jonsered 20”
Dolmar 540 16”View attachment 1042095View attachment 1042096View attachment 1042097View attachment 1042098

Nice pics! Both the saws and the photos!

 

[Sawdust Man]

Yeah, standing dead that I tipped fir firewood. This one isn't dead though! View attachment 1042116

Cool!

I cut one just about like that in my back yard when I lived 10 miles from the pacific on the Columbia river.
Love me some big spruce..... I built my 30x40 shop outta one 8' tree.

 

[Kodiak Kid]

Just thought I'd share this with you fellas. Hope you like it.

 

[Kodiak Kid]

Cool!

I cut one just about like that in my back yard when I lived 10 miles from the pacific on the Columbia river.
Love me some big spruce..... I built my 30x40 shop outta one 8' tree.

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Yeah its amazingly tough wood fir its weight. One of the toughest woods around pound fir pound! Its great fir all kinds of things. Including aircraft framing back in the day! Many people don't like it. However, when all you've ever cut is 12" pecker poles. A haters gonna hate!

 

[Squareground3691]

Just thought I'd share this with you fellas. Hope you like it.

Nothing better than Square as long as it’s clean wood .

 

[Squareground3691]

Just thought I'd share this with you fellas. Hope you like it.

That woods looks super dry just like my dead ash trees can burn immediately.