Scrounging Firewood (and other stuff)

[JimR]

Good day, bad day today. I found this boom pole for my tractor today for $50. On the way there I saw a dead doe lying on the side of an on ramp of the highway that I was getting on. I had cars behind me and couldn't stop to grab it. It wasn't blown up yet. It was 45 last night. Damn, I could taste venison. Update, the boom pole is now black. I didn't have any red paint

 

[bob kern]

And more tough rounds succumb to the splitter. And mostly stacked now.
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You stole my splitter! Exact same one.

 

[bob kern]

Friggin junk buckets is what they are. They outright F'en blow. I don't know anyone that likes them.

I tried twice. Now I just scour marketplace for old school ones. Trying to hoard up enough I never get stuck having to buy another junk one.

 

[Lightning Performance]

The new cans are trash the no spill are not bad just slow.

Back left can I had for over 25 years till a guy dropped a tree on it in 2020.

 

[JimR]

I tried twice. Now I just scour marketplace for old school ones. Trying to hoard up enough I never get stuck having to buy another junk one.

Me too. I think I have (3) 1 - 2 1/2 gallon jugs and (4) 5 - 7 gallon jugs now.

 

[turnkey4099]

Friggin junk buckets is what they are. They outright F'en blow. I don't know anyone that likes them.

I like them...AFTER I fixedthe spout. Trip to my local Grange Supply (now "Four season supply" here) Handed oveer $10 and walked out with a real spout, screw cap and a plastic vent to insert in a hole you drill. All my cans are now easy pour

 

[turnkey4099]

Good day, bad day today. I found this boom pole for my tractor today for $50. On the way there I saw a dead doe lying on the side of an on ramp of the highway that I was getting on. I had cars behind me and couldn't stop to grab it. It wasn't blown up yet. It was 45 last night. Damn, I could taste venison. Update, the boom pole is now black. I didn't have any red paint

Years ago I found one still warm laying at my driveway entrance. At that time I didn't know that it is legal to salvage such

 

[turnkey4099]

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.

Another 3+ hours on the tree from hell. 2 hours and 1.5 tanks through the 441 and I was ready to pull down the lodged tree. Lots of sorting out the cables/snatch blocks and I was rigged for a 4 to 1 pull. Moved it maybe 3 ft. Examination showed that there was a big branch that lodged in the crotch - no hope of pulling it free. Bottome line: about 9 total hours spent with nothing but a few sticks of firewood; I'll have to fall that prop tree. It is one big mother and at least will have useable wood in it. I don't like standing under the leaner to do the felling cuts but the lodged tree and the big one are basically a big inverted V and can't come undone.

 

[sean donato]

Cool video of the trusses, Clever idea.. I used a thing called a Roustabout. Framed and sided a whole building, with a huge crew of one.

Where's there a will there's a way!

No wood today but went to a auction at 10:30 this morning and there was some goods i bought a few gas cans and got outbid on the trailer got the cans for $3 each the trailer went for $250. I bid on a few axes but they went for crazy money.
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Just gave all my can like that away. Been switching over to nato jerry cans. The old plastic fuel can doesn't hold a candle to them.

 

[jellyroll]

Where's there a will there's a way!

Just gave all my can like that away. Been switching over to nato jerry cans. The old plastic fuel can doesn't hold a candle to them.

Plastic cans are fine for what i do.

 

[JimR]

Years ago I found one still warm laying at my driveway entrance. At that time I didn't know that it is legal to salvage such

In my State you can only take it if you hit it. I still won't let a deer go to waste if I can help it.

 

[JimR]

Another 3+ hours on the tree from hell. 2 hours and 1.5 tanks through the 441 and I was ready to pull down the lodged tree. Lots of sorting out the cables/snatch blocks and I was rigged for a 4 to 1 pull. Moved it maybe 3 ft. Examination showed that there was a big branch that lodged in the crotch - no hope of pulling it free. Bottome line: about 9 total hours spent with nothing but a few sticks of firewood; I'll have to fall that prop tree. It is one big mother and at least will have useable wood in it. I don't like standing under the leaner to do the felling cuts but the lodged tree and the big one are basically a big inverted V and can't come undone.

Do you know anybody with a big tractor or excavator nearby? I have cut prop trees before. That is a very dangerous move. I get them close to coming down and hook my tractor up to it to pull it the rest of the way down.

 

[.358 win]

Looks nice and sturdy. When did you build it?

Started on it summer of 20. It took awhile ,, on purpose.. Probably will be doing details forever... Took 200 ton of stone to get out the mud on the site.. Whenever it rained or snowed there was !@cking mud everywhere.

 

[JimR]

This afternoon I picked 3 completely filled bags of apples for my wife. While I was splitting wood she,was making applesauce. The bags were reduced a bit for the applesauce.

 

[xraydaniel]

I got 10 game cams running. Good footage from July-Sept.

 

[JustJeff]

Thanks for the birthday wishes.....11 pages ago! I spent it in a cabin on a lake up north. Guys weekend fishing trip. I see everyone has been busy.

 

[WoodAbuser]

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Thanks for the birthday wishes.....11 pages ago! I spent it in a cabin on a lake up north. Guys weekend fishing trip. I see everyone has been busy.

I think everyone is trying to push us to 5000 pages.

 

[MechanicMatt]

Not gonna get much sleep, I bumped him once. Backing off until morning.

Praying I don’t hear the coyotes all night!!!

 

[MechanicMatt]

That was the picture I sent my wife when she asked me why I didn’t come back at dark….

The trail gets good, the spotty, than good again.

I’m pretty restless

 

[MustangMike]

Best of luck with it Matt, what was it?