Scrounging Firewood (and other stuff)

[JustJeff]

Beautiful pics Just Jeff, but I don't think that looks like a Rattler, but I'm no expert on what little ones look like. Just seems like the head is too narrow for a viper.

I had the same thought. It was maybe 6" long. We saw several in the same spot. Saw a sizable garter snake as well. National park folks said it was a baby massassauga rattler which is very common in that area but thankfully not where I live. They don't get very big, aren't very venomous and they say you either need to step on one or fool with one to get bit.

 

[bob kern]

Beautiful pics Just Jeff, but I don't think that looks like a Rattler, but I'm no expert on what little ones look like. Just seems like the head is too narrow for a viper.

Kinda was thinking the same but maybe it's not got the triangle shape yet because of it's young age. It does resemble a kirtlan snake a little. I'm not familiar with critters up there tho.

 

[singinwoodwackr]

I was thinking more like smoke signals...but I've done that as well. I'm only kidding if the California Air Resources Board is reading this thread. Same thing with the deleted diesel comments I made as well...

Yeah, you get in trouble if you shoot them in your back yard. We have up to 20 on our property at a time. They move around a bit in the surrounding properties but don't go too far. There's one mother roo with a little one that is almost tame.

There is some commercial harvesting in some parts. Roo backstraps are great, very lean too. Now and then some gummint official will decide there are too many of them (mostly up north) and then shoot a bunch of them from a helicopter.

My dogs love it, lol

 

[Sawyer Rob]

Today I took a couple cherry logs out of the firewood pile, and sawed quite a few 2" planks,

They are always handy to have around.

SR

 

[MustangMike]

Today I had my nieces birthday. Dang the kids are getting old quick. All our young ones turn 5 this year. Oldest Will be 8. My oldest 7. I remember the day each and everyone of them were born and brought home. Seems like yesterday.

You will blink your eyes and they will be grown! My first daughter is 45 now, and my youngest has a 16-year-old grandson!

Enjoy them while they are young. They all go through some funk growing up, and you just pray it all turns out OK!

I feel very lucky, as I was a single parent for over 4 years and there were some trying times, but it is all good now!

 

[H-Ranch]

So what's the poop on the saw,, Love it, or throw it ??

Well, first let me say that I'm not a saw junkie like many of you; to me it's just another tool. I only enjoy running saws more than shovels because they are less work.

For the job I needed it for I would say it was superior to a small gas saw. It was relatively quiet and there was a lot of time setting it down and picking it up just to cut a few small and medium size branches. Used less than 25% of the battery so it would have lasted a long time for that type of work.

The trigger safety switch did not operate smoothly which was a little frustrating. Maybe I would grow accustomed to it or maybe I would have to try to tune it up a bit if I owned it. The motor/chain made more noise than I expected, almost like a worn bearing, but it seemed to spin freely. I would also like the trigger to ramp on/off so it was less abrupt. The chain did run on for a second or so after the trigger was released. Not a problem per se, but not the way I might have programmed it. Not bad to clean just removing the clutch cover. Seemed a bit plasticky though it was not an issue sitting my brief evaluation. The overall length seemed a bit long for what it is with an 18" bar. It's a bit unbalanced for sharpening and such with the battery removed for safety. The dogs are not sharp, but again, maybe OK for the intended use. I'm not sure what he paid for it so I can't judge its value.

Overall I think it it's a good tool to have in the arsenal - an electric saw in general if not this specific model.

 

[singinwoodwackr]

Ok, his is just cool!
who knew?

https://boise.craigslist.org/tls/d/riggins-ics-890f4-hydraulic-flush-cut/7611071194.html

 

[Cowboy254]

Too bad the government doesn't trust its own people with a 'roo season.

Good heavens man, what are you saying!

 

[Cowboy254]

Heading home now. My wife is driving and I'm stomping the imaginary brake pedal. I'm supposed to sleep and take the nightshift but it's hard for me to sleep when someone else is driving.

20 metres out from out driveway, the street takes a blind 90° right and Cowgirl was routinely cutting it (remember, we're on the other side of the road). In the SS too. I nearly had conniptions when she did it with me on the passenger side a month or so back. If something was coming the other way, she would not have had time to even move before she hit it. There's just something about females and the whole time/space thing.

We had 'a conversation' about it and:
1. She doesn't cut the corner so much now, and,
2. I'm happy to report that I escaped with my life

 

[Cowboy254]

I have he same problm but it is the slow internet service (broad band), not the sites fault. Today it is so slow I have to skip the pictures.

Better be cranking tomorrow for my scrounge pics!

 

[Cowboy254]

My first daughter is 45 now, and my youngest has a 16-year-old grandson!

Say that again?????????????

Edited to add extra question marks.

 

[JustJeff]

Kinda was thinking the same but maybe it's not got the triangle shape yet because of it's young age. It does resemble a kirtlan snake a little. I'm not familiar with critters up there tho.

Yeah the more I look at it, the more I think you guys are right. And the national park folks are young students. Doing some internet searches it looks like it could be a dekays or northern brown snake. It was interesting to see them, they weren't bigger than twigs and we found one that had been walked on unfortunately so we watched our step.

 

[bob kern]

Yeah the more I look at it, the more I think you guys are right. And the national park folks are young students. Doing some internet searches it looks like it could be a dekays or northern brown snake. It was interesting to see them, they weren't bigger than twigs and we found one that had been walked on unfortunately so we watched our step.

Hmmmm will have to look those up now!!

 

[Wyoming_Outback]

Ok, I should know the answer for this, but I don’t.
How does limber pine burn compared to lodgepole? About the same? Found some lengths that had been left by someone from last year right across the highway from where I dropped a Doug Fir to get on May 15th.

 

[MustangMike]

Say that again?????????????

Edited to add extra question marks.

My younger daughter has a 16 yr old son, my grandson ... clearer!

 

[MustangMike]

Hmmmm will have to look those up now!!

I did search that Rattlesnake, and even the young ones seem to have a pattern that is mostly horizontal, not linear, so I'm pretty sure that was not a Rattlesnake.

Plus, the body was just too slender. Looks like something from the Garter/Ribbon snake family to me.

Up at my property in the Catskills there are Ring Neck snakes under almost every log or rock. They rarely get over a foot long, and don't even try to bite you.

The kids love catching and playing with them. I've never seen one down here close to home. The kids also enjoy seeing all the Red Effs up at the property.

It is always nice when nature adds to the adventure!

 

[MustangMike]

I have two trail cams up at the property, but both of them stopped working over the winter (too much cold and snow???). One of them started working again last week, and soon after captured a coyote at night and a good size turkey right before dark.

 

[Backyard Lumberjack]

Saw this at wallyworld this morning. Pic for @MustangMike.

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the Chevy Camaro has seen it's last turn in the road! the gasoline version has had it. but don't count it out is the latest motor news about it!! name stays... and will probably be a full E1R type Camaro...

full elelctric? wonder if it will sell for under $75K

 

[Backyard Lumberjack]

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Went hiking today up the Bruce Peninsula. It's been record breaking hot here for about a week, over 26°C or roughly 80°F. Saw a few of what I believe are baby massassauga rattlers, Canada's only venomous snake. Might snow tomorrow evening so we take it while we can.

nice waters!! not like the Gulf down here...

it's copperheads mostly here we are concerned about. but have others, too to be weary of....

other day up at ranch...inch or so shy of 2'!!!

 

[Backyard Lumberjack]

one for those who are looking fwd to retirement... retired, retreaded, or just tired... seems you have to rewind to unwind!

umm, just