Scrounging Firewood (and other stuff)
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Day two on what should have been an easy job. Big horizontal willow stem with a very nice verticle stem at the end. base stem about 12' long, over 30". Day before yesterday I figured easy fall, just cut it at the base then cut the stem. Nope, That heavy stem was putting stress in odd directions. I put in a bit over 3 hours and at one time had 2bars and 3 wedges jammed in that log.
Today I rigged for 4x advantage pull and managed to yank the base log wiht stem attached back several feet. Cut stem which cooperated by firmly lodging in another tree. I had planned for it to fall a bit to the side and fall through the branches. Left after 2.5 hours with the base log drug over near a burn pile, cables runnign everywhere and parts of log laying right in the way. Go out tomorrow noodle the base log rounds to a size I can geet onto the burnpile then pull that lodged stem free.
Never have I put in 5.5 hours so far with very little accomplished. All that for what look like 1/2 load of willow firewood.
Today I rigged for 4x advantage pull and managed to yank the base log wiht stem attached back several feet. Cut stem which cooperated by firmly lodging in another tree. I had planned for it to fall a bit to the side and fall through the branches. Left after 2.5 hours with the base log drug over near a burn pile, cables runnign everywhere and parts of log laying right in the way. Go out tomorrow noodle the base log rounds to a size I can geet onto the burnpile then pull that lodged stem free.
Never have I put in 5.5 hours so far with very little accomplished. All that for what look like 1/2 load of willow firewood.
It was a great cool day for splitting.
I'm glad to hear that they finally got your knee straightened out. I had my left knee replaced in April of 2021. Four months later I had full use of my knee and full range of motion. I was told after surgery to move that knee as much as possible. One therapist had me put that leg up on two stairs and crunch down bendiing on my knee as hard as possible. She said that if I didn't break the scar tissue that my knee would have to be operated on again to remove the scar tissue. When I started going to therapy one of the girls there had me lie on my stomach. She got up on the bed and literally put all her weight on my foot and forced my ankle all the way down against the back of my leg. After that it was clear sailing. I thought I had mentioned this previously to you when you first posted about your knee issues. I know that I have told it to quite a few relatives that were getting knee jobs done. I know having that knee done sure was better than walking bone on bone.
I told my wife about the front lugs on my tractor. She was like, What the Hell. I said, My thoughts exactly. I see cameras coming to our property soon.
The sad part is that I know nothing about these cameras of any type of surveillance/security cameras.
My knees and back hurts so bad anymore nothing but prescription pain killers will touch it. Only then it takes the edge off
I'm fortunate that my daughter helps me out with this stuff, but if you don't need to monitor it remotely (have it sent through cell phone service) they are a lot less expensive and easier to use.
Trail cameras are probably the easiest/ cheapest to use if you don't get the ones that use a cell service provider. No sure of yearly price on that type.Batteries last a fairly long time. They have a card in them you can pull and look at pics on you computer. I think most come with a cable so you can lock it to a tree or post.
Yesterday I actually did some tree felling! My grandson got me involved in a volunteer project (through Scouts) to remove some apple trees from in front of a church.
I brought 4 saws and used them all! Two were ported by Randy, two by Dr. Al. (261-18"; 462-20"; 462-24"; and Hybrid 440-460-28"). All the felling was done with the Hybrid. The trees were not tall, but the trunks were wide and irregular, and one had a lot of rot. There were also a million limbs, some of them leaning towards the building. Some branches had to be shortened in advance so the tree could fall properly.
These were the first two, there are more to come.
With the help of some wedges, all went well!
I brought 4 saws and used them all! Two were ported by Randy, two by Dr. Al. (261-18"; 462-20"; 462-24"; and Hybrid 440-460-28"). All the felling was done with the Hybrid. The trees were not tall, but the trunks were wide and irregular, and one had a lot of rot. There were also a million limbs, some of them leaning towards the building. Some branches had to be shortened in advance so the tree could fall properly.
These were the first two, there are more to come.
With the help of some wedges, all went well!
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That was mentioned to me by more than one person. My issues started on day 3 so no chance that it was new scar tissue. I did have PT with pulling and pushing on it with full weight, and I have a pretty high pain tolerance. I also talked to the doctor several times about manipulation under anesthesia as I progressed. But neither of us believed that was the problem (it was not just the range of motion.) There were multiple other concerns pre and post surgery in addition to congenital problems that don't indicate that being the solution. And I'm still not finding it awesome. Almost without exception, people are happy and wish they had done it sooner - I'm not one of them. But thanks again for your thoughts and I'm glad it worked for you.
I'm still not convinced that this joint is better than my original knee. I sure hope I can say that it is someday. Right now it's about a toss up - I'd probably go back if I could.
My trail cams have already identified bears under two of my stands after shooting hours this morning, in addition to numerous bear, coyote and fox during the night.
Unfortunately, - NO DEER???
Hope things change when the rut kicks in!
Hoping to go back up the WE of the 28th (regular bow season for deer + bear and turkey w/shotgun). My grandnephew is dying to get a bear! They make meatballs out of it, and he loves them.
We have seen some turkey on the trail cams, but very sporadically.
Unfortunately, - NO DEER???
Hope things change when the rut kicks in!
Hoping to go back up the WE of the 28th (regular bow season for deer + bear and turkey w/shotgun). My grandnephew is dying to get a bear! They make meatballs out of it, and he loves them.
We have seen some turkey on the trail cams, but very sporadically.
I do a half hour exercise routine almost every day to preclude needing surgery on my back, knee and neck. I won't say I never experience any discomfort, but for the most part I can do whatever I want, just not for as long as I used to. If anyone wants to know my routine (which is a combination of recommended and self-taught), let me know.
I was very pleased I was able to do the milling I did this year, as working on milling logs on the ground is very stressful on the back. The reason I like my exercise routine is I am doing better now than I have been for the past few years.
Yea, it is work, but I keep remembering what my Dad used to say: "Mother nature gives you the first 40 years, after that you had better work on it"!
I want quality of life, which includes hunting, hiking, woodworking, and sleigh riding with the grandkids.
That's real odd, but then again, my exmark that burned a very little each month, blew up last month, it was at least two quarts low
. Okay, now I just need to think of someone to blame it on
.I wonder if that dude did it
. When I first got mine I had all the lug nuts loosen up on the back left wheel, it ended up cracking the wheel and I loose the ballast out of it a bit now and then. I had a buddy "fix" it, but it still leaks a little sometimes. When I replace the tires on the back I'll probably repair it(weld it up) but also install a tube so when I want to drain the ballast all I have to do is hit the original air valve with a bit of air to push it out of the tube.
I made a redneck truss crane to lift my 32' trusses. Then I pulled the two gables back down and put the overhangs on them and rehung them, wish someone would have said something before I installed them @Honyuk96
.Kinda hard to see, but it's a 5/8 rope tied off on a tree on one end, the other end was hooked to the back of the tractor, then the middle was running thru a pulley that was held up by another rope pulled up thru the crotch of another tree. On the 5/8 line I had a pulley with a lanyard to connect the trusses to, then another rope to pull that pulley/the truss across to where it needed to be. I had an hr or so setup into it, but it was very fast to use. It worked so well, when I dropped the gables down and re-installed them, it was just me and the boy doing it.
Hey guys, I didn't mean to make a bunch of sad faces. I just meant to say that it was NOT an issue with moving the joint all that was possible after the initial surgery.
I was dealt with a few issues at birth (yes, besides the obvious mental ones) - different length legs, different size feet, significant curvature of the spine, nerve response time differences side to side, etc. HOWEVER, I think I've done pretty dang good with it - I'm 56 and still play basketball (working on my third group of kids retiring before I do), cut/split my own firewood, maintain my property, and rarely hire anyone to do jobs for me. The only reason I even had surgery in the first place is because I blew out my ACL 13 years ago to start this mess. So don't feel sad for me. I'm giving myself a big thumbs up!
And this lousy knee is not going to change that.
I still need to get the cams up my buddy dropped off here, might have that done by next hunting season lol.
We had a nice sized group of turkeys in the back yard this morning, first time in a while we've seen them, although they still come thru when we don't see them. It used to be a daily occurrence, til someone built a shed, a chicken run, a woodshed, and put a pile of rounds back there
. Now a lot of the action is on the back side of the "pond", but many times we still see deer right in the back yard. I need to get a good amount of trees and debris cleared from the storm, that will help them move thru more often again.
I didn't even realize you had that many kids
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WoodAbuser
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Maybe they are cheaper by the dozen?I didn't even realize you had that many kids
