Scrounging Firewood (and other stuff)

[mainewoods]

Nice pile of logs. I'm really liking that arch!

 

[cantoo]

Mainewoods, I've been gonna make one for ages but never got around to. I'm amazed how good it works and how quickly you can pull wood out. So much easier than the log yanking the back of the Steiner around this way the arch takes the punishment. I'm thinking I'm gonna build a few more but gonna skip the winch setup. It was handy but to time consuming for most of the logs. The woods are hilly enough that I can just put chain on a log, drag it to a hill then shorten the chain to suspend it and then hike for the landing, park over a small hill and unhook chain. Push log up with blade and head for the next one.

 

[audible fart]

Rolled up to my scrounge spot earlier and figured i'd snap a pic for this thread:



Huge silver maple thrown away as trash. I'm so far ahead i just sawed up some of the more manageable pieces off to the side and rolled out. People throw entire oaks out like that also, so i can be patient.

 

[steved]

I got a small trailer load from my grandparent's place this weekend, I would be in a great position if I lived closer to them. It was all small stuff, fallen trees and big limbs that he had skidded up to a corner of his field.

They have more dead standing than I could cut in a year, but they are just shy of 300 miles away. I'm talking with my dad, probably going to haul his compact 4x4 over there, cut log lengths, and haul log length loads home...just got to feel out how much I could take at any one time. A single layer of decent logs on an 18ft trailer would probably be pushing my limites (10k pounds).

 

[audible fart]

Pulled up to the scrounging area this am & look what some dumbass threw away. That's right, red oak splits already a month or so seasoned. Some people are just ****ing rediculous. It's mine now!

 

[svk]

Pulled up to the scrounging area this am & look what some dumbass threw away. That's right, red oak splits already a month or so seasoned. Some people are just ****ing rediculous. It's mine now! View attachment 349034

They guy must have been moving and needed the wood out of his place. No reason why anyone would throw away split wood otherwise. But it's got a better home now

 

[svk]

I've been making a list of drive-up scrounge wood near my hunting cabin and so far I've conservatively estimated about 12 cords on the ground and another 5 standing dying/dead. What I don't cut for this year's supply (only need about 3 cords), I will plan to haul home a load each trip during hunting season so I won't have to invest any $ in transportation costs.

 

[Sawyer Rob]

Yesterday, I did a little firewood scrounging myself, and cut down a VERY nice white pine that made a 28" by 16.5' saw log, along with two other firewood logs. One is oak, the other is the top to the big pine. The tree's had been damaged by high winds.

Sure glad I can pull doubles! It allows me to get all my scrounged wood in one trip!

and here's the load of oak and pine firewood I cut from the same site,

Looks like i'll be splitting firewood soon!

SR

 

[audible fart]

They guy must have been moving and needed the wood out of his place. No reason why anyone would throw away split wood otherwise. But it's got a better home now

Maybe, but the same thing happens many times every year. I sharpen my chain, gas up the MS390, head to the scrounge spot, and somebody did all the work for me and threw away split wood.

 

[MustangMike]

SR, that is a nice load to haul, wish I had toys like that!

 

[mainewoods]

Those trailers are pretty sweet.

 

[Oliver1655]

Tractors with loaders sure help to make life easier!

 

[Sawyer Rob]

Tractors with loaders sure help to make life easier!

That they do! That big log weighs in at about 2,600 pounds, one of the other logs on the trailer that you can't see in the above picts, is decent sized too,

I chose my loader wisely, it's rated to pick 3,650 pounds...

SR

 

[MustangMike]

And a very nice hinge on that big piece.

 

[pricey106]

I made myself a promise a few years ago when I found out how easy it is to find free wood. Ya, it take a lot of work, but it sure is fun I think. The promise was that I will never buy firewood. Here is a few pics of what I got from one property in one day. And a pic of my 2003 Chevy trailblazer loaded with logs. Not even crouching.

 

[Philbert]

Related to Dancan? (your cars sure look the same from the back!)

Philbert

 

[dancan]

Philbert , I'm not sure what you meen by that remark ............LOL
Joseph , nice UTV !

 

[pricey106]

Philbert , I'm not sure what you meen thahat remark ............LOL
Joseph , nice UTV !

Thanks, she did pretty good for her first big haul. I did somewhere around 8 loads that day. I have had it for 2 years now. This weekend will be the first time with a trailer too.

 

[mainewoods]

Cleared a road to the back end of my woodlot and found a nice clearing where the neighbor had his land logged 4 years ago. For some reason the loggers dropped a bunch of oak trees and left them. I counted 22 down with the tops intact. Being the good neighbor, I asked if he wanted them or not. He didn't want them, so the old Dodge skiddah is about to get a good workout. Couldn't pass up 4 year down, oak. They most likely would have laid there and rotted, as my neighbor had no idea they had been left there. He is elderly, they are half way up on the mountain, and he hasn't been up there in years. Another example that it pays to ask, instead of assuming the answer will be no and not trying.

 

[mainewoods]

The view ain't too shabby either. I never get tired of looking at it.