Scrounging Firewood (and other stuff)

[501Maico]

LOL, I know that feeling and have more crsp in my garage, barn and cellar to irk the crap out of my wife. It is getting time to do a major cleanout and keep it that way.

I can have something sitting around for 40 years and within a few weeks after throwing it out I will need it. It never fails!
Sounds like a good new year resolution, stop doing cleanouts.
Happy New Year everyone!!

 

[501Maico]

Well this was a first. Moved my chain grinders from the unheated shed to the heated shop today. Got them plugged in and threw a chain on one and kicked it on. Phone rang so I stepped away to answer and head a loud pop and then the grinder get really loud.

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Can you send that to me? I might need a broken grinding wheel some day.

 

[JimR]

I can have something sitting around for 40 years and within a few weeks after throwing it out I will need it. It never fails!
Sounds like a good new year resolution, stop doing cleanouts.
Happy New Year everyone!!

You and I have that same issue. The same thing happens to me too. It never fails to happen just like that. The worst part is spending time looking for that item that you knew you had but forgot that you threw it away.

 

[JimR]

Yep. That day came and went a while back. Never thought i would need a splitter. Boy was I wrong.

I found that out at a very young age around 30 and never looked back. It was back when I was young and dumb and indestructible.

 

[JimR]

Warm here too, but muddy.

Same muddy conditions here too. My woodpile sits on stable ground that I filled in with tons of 3/4" stone to stiffen up my work area. Otherwise I would be in 4 - 6" of mud.

 

[woodchuckcanuck]

Did it throw those pieces across the shop? If so that may have been divine intervention that the phone rang.

I see that as luck but either way, you are not injured and that's what matters. Did you give the wheel a chance to acclimate to the new environment for like a day maybe?

 

[bob kern]

Same muddy conditions here too. My woodpile sits on stable ground that I filled in with tons of 3/4" stone to stiffen up my work area. Otherwise I would be in 4 - 6" of mud.

I did the same here. Took a 60 x 120 flat spot and invested some money in a bunch of stone so I would have a decent place to park trailers , stack wood etc.
Expensive but worth it!! Since then I've been graveling paths to different shelters we walk to for feeding chores with the goal being to not have to wear muck boots every time we go outside!!

 

[Brufab]

Did the same here at my house, it was all clay and nothing would grow. Even a heavy dew in the morning would make things a mess. Now I can pretty much walk anywhere around the house and have clean boots/shoes. Best 600$ investment I ever made. I believe I had 53k # of 6A septic stone delivered.

 

[bob kern]

Did the same here at my house, it was all clay and nothing would grow. Even a heavy dew in the morning would make things a mess. Now I can pretty much walk anywhere around the house and have clean boots/shows. Best 600$ investment I ever made. I believe I had 53k # of 6A septic stone delivered. View attachment 1045287

I did number 2 first ( baseball size around these parts) and 7's over the top for easier walking. 7's without a base of larger stuff would disappear in short order.

 

[farmer steve]

I can have something sitting around for 40 years and within a few weeks after throwing it out I will need it. It never fails!
Sounds like a good new year resolution, stop doing cleanouts.
Happy New Year everyone!!

I have "stuff' if you want it. If I ever need it I'll know where it is.

 

[501Maico]

You and I have that same issue. The same thing happens to me too. It never fails to happen just like that. The worst part is spending time looking for that item that you knew you had but forgot that you threw it away.

I had something similar to that happen earlier this year but I finally scored. I needed a turnbuckle for outdoor use and had a vision of a hot dipped one of the perfect size that I had at some point but couldn't find it. Scoured the basement and couldn't believe that I would throw out something like that. Getting ready to leave for Home Depot, I took one more look and spotted my miscellaneous box. Not only did I find the one in my vision but a handful of other different sizes and even some stainless steel ones that I had no recollection of owning. I pulled them out of the misc. box and now storing them with my "cable accessories" which was the first place I looked for it.

 

[Vtrombly]

I found that out at a very young age around 30 and never looked back. It was back when I was young and dumb and indestructible.

Yup same here after I threw my back out a couple times I decided that using the splitter was the best option.

 

[Logger nate]

Happy New Year!We had our Christmas yesterday here because freezing rain prevented everyone from getting together last weekend, my wife gave me a new chainsaw for Christmas……….
Lol. Now I just need some stickers on it and it will really cut, maybe get it ported .
I was kind of surprised, it actually cuts pretty good, just needs a longer bar and wrap handle now, lol.

 

[Vtrombly]

Happy New Year!View attachment 1045322We had our Christmas yesterday here because freezing rain prevented everyone from getting together last weekend, my wife gave me a new chainsaw for Christmas……….View attachment 1045323
Lol. Now I just need some stickers on it and it will really cut, maybe get it ported .
I was kind of surprised, it actually cuts pretty good, just needs a longer bar and wrap handle now, lol.

Looks nice LN bet that comes in handy for kindling and limb wood. Nice stove as well.

 

[Sierra_rider]

I've got a driveway that entirely wraps around the house w/ road base. That coupled with the perfect slope for drainage on the property. It's not perfectly flat, but there isn't a square foot on the property that isn't usable. A lot of the properties up here are on the side of a hill, so I lucked out when I found this one. Even after multiple inches of rain yesterday, I could go out and drive everything in my truck if I had to.

 

[djg james]

I had something similar to that happen earlier this year but I finally scored. I needed a turnbuckle for outdoor use and had a vision of a hot dipped one of the perfect size that I had at some point but couldn't find it. Scoured the basement and couldn't believe that I would throw out something like that. Getting ready to leave for Home Depot, I took one more look and spotted my miscellaneous box. Not only did I find the one in my vision but a handful of other different sizes and even some stainless steel ones that I had no recollection of owning. I pulled them out of the misc. box and now storing them with my "cable accessories" which was the first place I looked for it.

Yep, organization is the hardest part. I don't know how many times I've done exactly that. Or spent time looking for it, give up, go to the store and buy it, use it and then shortly later, find the original. My work benches are full of stuff that belonged to my Dad. Have to find and label places for everything. I'd recycled a lot of his hardware, but some of the bolts are American made and I save those for heavier jobs. Much better quality.

 

[djg james]

I did number 2 first ( baseball size around these parts) and 7's over the top for easier walking. 7's without a base of larger stuff would disappear in short order.

When my Dad and I built my house, I had a good layer of 1-1/2"- 2" put down and than 3/4" over that. Worked for a while put eventually sank. Move 3/4" and the same. Finally gave up and have a grass/rock driveway. Need to get back on it.

 

[chipper1]

Truthfully, I've done some jury rigging in my time. My Brother HATES it when I jury rig something. Even when I spiff it up a little. It still works. And I have a garage full of things that I look at and say to myself "I'm going to need that some time".

This morning the boy decided to work on the 17yr old toaster oven. The door wouldn't stay closed on its own, he pulled all the screws off the back and couldn't get it loose. I came and took off 4 screws from just inside the unit and it all came right apart lol. Then we found the problem, a broken spring. It was about 3/16-1/4" and about 2" long with a hook on one end and then a long straight piece(about 2") on the other with a hook on the end, it was broke right where the long piece connected to the first wrap of the spiral(spring part). I just bent a loop into each side of the broken area and connected them, since it's always under slight tension it doesn't really need to be a one piece spring. Got it all back together and it works perfectly . Not sure where I could have gotten a spring for it, but I'm sure I would have spent more time looking online for one than it took to rig the old one up as we did. If it works for another yr, I'll be more than pleased with it. Need to buy a backup just like it if we can find one, it's been a nice kitchen tool .

My Chipper calls for greasing all the zerks every 8 hours.

3 times a day seems a little excessive .
I miss Larry too, think about him and some of the other great guys we've lost thru the yrs often.

that is the funniest thing I seen in 2022 way to end the year on that chipper. My wife looked at me and asked wtf are you doing on your phone. I said I'm learning about highly valuable black walnut trees

There's another one too .

Oh man that's too funny! Never seen that before!

Figured someone may not have seen it, it is some funny stuff for sure, until you have to deal with the people who post ads like that in person, then the video is a great teacher of how to deal with them.
I've had to tell various people that I don't think the job is a good fit for me currently, mainly because they are too high maintenance of people, or expect a low price for dangerous work and then would be upset if you get the job done quickly. I've found if they start telling me how they'd do it, I just need to walk away from it, that or I tell them an hourly rate and tell them they can work with me, what's $100 an hr if it will only take a few right .

Good info! Many big name tractors are manufactured overseas now. No getting away from it, and while many claim to made in USA. They are simply assembled in the USA, but actually made overseas. I haven't heard anything bad about LS and I'm not one to jump on the big orange or green or whatever ban wagon because of a name, but hey. Thats just me. To each his own.

Certainly don't do it for the name, do it for the color, go orange .

 

[Brufab]

Must be black locust

 

[djg james]

........, a broken spring. It was about 3/16-1/4" and about 2" long with a hook on one end and then a long straight piece(about 2") on the other with a hook on the end, ...... Not sure where I could have gotten a spring for it,...... Need to buy a backup just like it if we can find one, it's been a nice kitchen tool .

I know exactly which spring you're talking about! I've got one. I'll send it to you. I just need to find it first .