Today's Zoggerwood pile .
Scrounging Firewood (and other stuff)
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Today's Zoggerwood pile .
Did I tell you guys how thick this lot was ?
Sure makes for a lot of cutting and a lot of Zoggerwood .
The tractor is over there .
Sure gonna be a few cord on this lot .
Sure makes for a lot of cutting and a lot of Zoggerwood .
The tractor is over there .
Sure gonna be a few cord on this lot .
Good lot for a machete or brush ax, to keep from poking your eyes out!
Philbert
Philbert
A MacT , safety glasses and a chainsaw Philbert LOL
If this was a clearing job and a contractor was dealing with the scrub and wood I'd be done by now because I'd already have had walked through with the FS550 and slashed up all the small stuff first then dropped the larger trees , cut at 16' and slashed the tops .
But , since it's for the wood I have to make sure that I can find the wood to retrieve it .
Normally that Zoggerwood would be slashed up and left but since I have to cut it and move the slash so I can find the trees to winch , I'll throw it in a pile , I can give that to someone who can use it so it's not a wasted effort in my mind .
If this was a clearing job and a contractor was dealing with the scrub and wood I'd be done by now because I'd already have had walked through with the FS550 and slashed up all the small stuff first then dropped the larger trees , cut at 16' and slashed the tops .
But , since it's for the wood I have to make sure that I can find the wood to retrieve it .
Normally that Zoggerwood would be slashed up and left but since I have to cut it and move the slash so I can find the trees to winch , I'll throw it in a pile , I can give that to someone who can use it so it's not a wasted effort in my mind .
The cost so far is 2 gallons of mix in the saws , mostly in the 241 and 2 tanks in the 026 , 1/2 gallon of bar lube and about 3 gallons in the tractor .
You been busy Dancan! Looks good.
It sure is a lot of cutting .
I wish there were more big trees but a scrounge is a scrounge and I'll take everything I can get .
If I was asked a year ago to do this I wouldn't have been able too and it sucked for a couple of three four days after the first weekend on this lot .
But , as I push myself the bounce back is faster and while I'm not where I was 4 years ago I'm quite happy with what I can get done even though I'm slower .
I wish there were more big trees but a scrounge is a scrounge and I'll take everything I can get .
If I was asked a year ago to do this I wouldn't have been able too and it sucked for a couple of three four days after the first weekend on this lot .
But , as I push myself the bounce back is faster and while I'm not where I was 4 years ago I'm quite happy with what I can get done even though I'm slower .
Don't you run a shop too? Looks like the fire wood, logging, lot clearing is about a full time job by itself. Impressive what you get done. Bigger tress are kinda fun but the smaller blocks are lighter and don't have to split as much.
Yup Nate , I have an 8 to 5 weekdays with 2 employees , I wouldn't want it said that I have soft hands LOL
Here's a good limbing video by Stihl Crazy , a member here .
Pretty much what I do when I get these down as you work to the top .
Pretty much what I do when I get these down as you work to the top .
Here's a good limbing video by Stihl Crazy , a member here .
Pretty much what I do when I get these down as you work to the top .
Nice limbing. Or like my iPhone likes to say "limping".
Here's where the technique originates from .
If you lived closer to me I'd give you all the balsam I cut incidentally. Darn stuff is always in my way. I have a good sized one that is blown down lengthwise on my atv trail that is getting pushed into the woods this weekend.
Today's Zoggerwood pile .
Milled a couple of more 12" Oak boards today with my Smittybilt 046, finished cutting the rounds up with my 440, then noodled 12 of them is about as many minutes with my MMWS 460 (it takes turns with my Dr Al 460). The 046 (with a 24" wide nose bar) mills the 12" X 7' boards in about 5 minutes each.
I gotta say, those ported 77 cc saws with square file chain make things go so much faster than stock saws and regular chain like I used to use!
Then the splitting began, and although I really like my splitter, it is very time consuming! But we are making progress.
I gotta say, those ported 77 cc saws with square file chain make things go so much faster than stock saws and regular chain like I used to use!
Then the splitting began, and although I really like my splitter, it is very time consuming! But we are making progress.
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Gotta say, limbing evergreens is so much different than limbing hardwoods.
I also went to an antique machine show today. In addition to the hit & miss engines, tractors, RR engines, and large steam motors (wheels about 12' in diameter), and a saw mill, I think the most unusual thing was a Maytag washing machine, powered by a 2 cylinder engine, and it was running! Never seen anything like it before.
I also went to an antique machine show today. In addition to the hit & miss engines, tractors, RR engines, and large steam motors (wheels about 12' in diameter), and a saw mill, I think the most unusual thing was a Maytag washing machine, powered by a 2 cylinder engine, and it was running! Never seen anything like it before.
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lookin good dancan.Did I tell you guys how thick this lot was ?
Sure makes for a lot of cutting and a lot of Zoggerwood .
The tractor is over there .
Sure gonna be a few cord on this lot .
had a guy stop saturday to inquire about firewood. i told him i had oak and ash. he said that was good as long as there was no pine in it. guess he would be SOL if he lived in NS. 
Wowzer
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i must have talked to the wrong person then, because the guy i was speaking with said what you see if in the flyer is what we have on sale here at the show haha i was after just some chains and some oil mostly but always interested in saws.
i was wondering if that was the Millbank guy or not i was in looking at the top handle Echo. he is the one that has the Dewalt shop, and Milwaukee too right?
One of your neighbors is selling some serious stuff!
http://www.kijiji.ca/v-power-tool/o...ls/1198513643?enableSearchNavigationFlag=true
Wowzer
ArboristSite Operative
What is that saw on the back right, he must have painted it no i don't think i have ever seen a Stihl with black covers. i think 4000 could be a touch high though haha
Even when I was young there were quite a few gas washing machines up here. You don't see too many any more unless there's the rare find in an old timer estate sale.
