Scrounging Firewood (and other stuff)

[Jeffkrib]

Neil you could always show you other half pics of massive piles of wood off here. That may put your wood piles into perspective...... On second thoughts your mrs may think worse of you for hanging out here .

 

[LondonNeil]

I've been encouraging her to read the first chapter of Lars Mytting's' book, Norwegian Wood. She'd understand. Unfortunately she wasn't as excited by a book about chopping, stacking and drying wood the Scandinavian way as I. Nor did talk of Helsinki's' war time wood pile, filling a mile long square 16 ft deep put my ~6 cord in perspective

 

[MustangMike]

On a different note, TSC currently has bar oil on sale for $6/gallon, just picked up 3 cases of the stuff. I find that price tough to beat.

 

[dancan]

Nothing to see here folks , move along .

 

[dancan]

We had Natal Day Parades up here today , the 122nd one
The Grand Marshall was

Sidney Crosby and the Stanley Cup
I liked the pipers the best , we had 3 bands

 

[dancan]

Well , since I made it home by lunch ,,,,, Off to the woods

Got me a mixed load of SPRUCE , some yellow and white birch , maple and fir ,

Still hardly a dent in the stash at this undisclosed secret location .

 

[farmer steve]

We had Natal Day Parades up here today , the 122nd one
The Grand Marshall was

Sidney Crosby and the Stanley Cup
I liked the pipers the best , we had 3 bands

good thing they had a good truck to haul that big trophy. i love bagpipes.

 

[chipper1]

bark makes a good fire starter. I can usually find a piece that has fell off the round that is soft enough I can crush it in my hand. The exposed fibers from the crushed bark are easy to ignite. I will takes thin strips, and just roll and twist them in my hand until they crumble, put on top of a piece of old news paper, throw on some spruce kindling and some small splits of firewood, throw in a match and have a roaring fire in just a few minutes. Left over cedar or cypress siding is the best kindling, almost as good as fat wood

Good stuff MS.
I've never used cypress for anything, but I've heard it referred to as a 100yr wood as I have black locust here. I have a bit of barn siding I used for kindling(small scraps of course), that stuff lights up so fast and is so dry you can have the secondaries kicking in very warm temps, it's pretty neat.
I use a little propane torch so I can throw all that bark in and hit it for a 10 seconds and she's lit. The locust has a lot of the thin paper like stuff on the bark the lights right up.

Save noodles from any wood, and lighting a fire is easy!!!

Noodles do work great. When I'm noodling in the fall I spread them out a couple inches thick and let them dry for a day, then I will fill paper bags or boxes up with them. The paper/cardboard absorbs left over moisture real nice. I give them to people to help them get their fires going, they like it a lot. I make a mess with them and have so many other things I can use for kindling so I don't use them much myself anymore.

 

[chipper1]

Split it out of the trailer and stacked it into the shed.

That's what I'm talking about Jeff.
The least amount of steps possible .

 

[chipper1]

65 N still Alive!!! Went for a hike today and wore out 2 Grandsons and 2 Dogs!

First pic is Storm King Mtn (across the Hudson) and Cornwall & Stewart Airport to the North.

Second Pic is Break Neck Ridge and Bannerman Island. Granite from Breakneck was used for the Brooklyn Bridge, West Point, and the Steps of the Capital Building in Albany. Bannerman's Island stored firearms and ammo for an NYC Army & Navy store pre gun control act of 1964.

Third Pic is ruins of a house that was along Millionaires Row (along the Hudson North of Cold Spring). The pool is in back of me, and the old Green House up the hill. The concrete driveways from the early 1900s still survives, with a curb.

Those are great pictures Mike.

We had Natal Day Parades up here today , the 122nd one
The Grand Marshall was

Sidney Crosby and the Stanley Cup
I liked the pipers the best , we had 3 bands

Very cool Dan.
They must have made a mint on tolls from all them folks lol.
Thanks for sharing guys, nice to feel as though I was right there .

 

[Cowboy254]

I'm at work this morning and under the pump a bit. Cowgirl has the morning off and is up skiing. I get this message that says "Cancel everything, this is amazing!!! Blue sky no wind not cold, never seen anything like it!" I sent a single word response, 5 letters starting with B.

Payback is coming tomorrow though...

 

[Cowboy254]

She sends a 6 letter response - "hahaha!"

Pfft.

 

[Philbert]

Got me a mixed load of SPRUCE , some yellow and white birch , maple and fir . . .

Is that the Husqvarna, 26" handle Forest Axe? Like it? Says it has a 1.9 pound head?

Thanks.

Philbert

 

[Greenmachine]

Dancan,

That is like a scrounger's wet dream. Secret massive log pile?! What?!

 

[turnkey4099]

Well , since I made it home by lunch ,,,,, Off to the woods
Got me a mixed load of SPRUCE , some yellow and white birch , maple and fir ,
Still hardly a dent in the stash at this undisclosed secret location .

How many snacky pics would we have to show you before you'd reveal it?

I'm curious. What is the story behind all that stuff left there?

 

[dancan]

How many snacky pics would we have to show you before you'd reveal it?

I'm curious. What is the story behind all that stuff left there?

It's from a houselot that I cleared last year and the powerline to it that I cut over the winter .
I've hauled about 10 cord of mixed wood from that lot so far .
I have more piles in other undisclosed locations

Is that the Husqvarna, 26" handle Forest Axe? Like it? Says it has a 1.9 pound head?

Thanks.

Philbert

I bought that one about 8 years ago from my Jonsered dealer , it's unmarked but did say Jonsered on the haft at one time , I think it was Wetterling made .
I like it , it's been used to chop me out of a jamb many times and knock a few wedges .

 

[LondonNeil]

Dan is more industrial (and industrious) than scrounging these days, but all those minivans of wood granted life long scrounger status!

Seriously though, this thread is a mix from very small time urban scroungers like me, through much bigger scale personal scroungers like Cowboy and Steve, personal and family suppliers like Mike and on to those like farmer Steve, valley woods, cantoo and Dan that try and make a few dollars. Which is good, as there's a whole range of info and experience being shared.

 

[MustangMike]

I think I already mentioned the location where I have most of the firewood & logs is being sold this month. Moved 13 cord out recently, and still have about 2 to go. Also, milled the 3 Hickory logs, but still have 2 Red Oak to mill.

The firewood is mostly Red Oak, Hickory, and Black Birch. A lot of the Oak is "center cut" (no bark - large rounds). As I load & deliver it, I wish I was the one burning it ... great stuff!

There was some light rain on the Hickory Boards that I still have in the back of the trailer the other day, and as you walked by you could smell them ... nice!

The two sections of this year's firewood before most of the deliveries:

 

[MustangMike]

You can see the large Oak log in back of the 1st pic. The shorter section will be for legs, and the longer 7.5' section for table/bench etc.

 

[aheeejd]

My older daughter is in Derry.

Wow, crazy small world. Derry very close to Bedford, Manchester area.

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