Scrounging Firewood (and other stuff)

[old CB]

Sometime last week I finished splitting my scrounge pile. I used to do it all with a maul, but for the last 8-10 yrs it's all hydraulic--don't even want to think about attacking that pile with a maul at my age.

Will leave it as is, loosely piled, for a while and then stack in the woodshed. We're still burning daily, so not ready to bury the cured stuff just yet.

The splitter moved down to my buddy Michael's place, where he and I have been doing his pile. Been mostly raining for several days here, so he and I are parked for now. Just as well, as I'm tied up with the fire district garage sale, hauling donations, moving stuff around. While not deluged with activity, it keeps me occupied enough that the days fly by. Which is good, as I'm counting down the days to when I escape to camp on June 3.

 

[jolj]

Just curious, is it legal to drive a truck with a cracked frame on the road?

I live in South Carolina, had a small box truck from ups, it was old when I got it. Someone told me it wiggled from side to side when I drove it.
The driver side frame had rusted out from salt that was put down in the Northern, so I got a welder to weld a 1/4 X 2 inch angle on the frame.
Still good when the truck stop running.

 

[Kodiak Kid]

Thanks for the shout out man! IMO professional users are going to have the highest expectations and it's rightfully so...so to get accolades from one such as yourself, is an honor. Makes me feel good that I'm "hitting my marks" so to speak. Now I'm just looking forward to how our next project turns out.

Like wise!

 

[xraydaniel]

This is the way to stack wood

 

[Kodiak Kid]

And Def Leppard are from Sheffield, Yorkshire, England.

Maybe KK meant AC/DC?

Hey! I love AC/DC! Those Irishman can really rock!
hmmmm?
Not agian!

 

[mountainguyed67]

now we got cabin air....
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If your cabin needs AC you built it in the wrong place.

 

[svk]

Happy Mother’s Day to all the moms in your lives!

Quiet day here. Cleaned the kitchen and dining room, did sone food prep, and hung out. Heading to the office to do some nonprofit work later.

 

[svk]

Beer braised short ribs for dinner. Yes that’s “pre-ban” Michelob lol.

 

[Squareground3691]

Did up a 36” .404 Oregon Reduced Weight bar with a Mcculloch job , not to bad , for a special saw , to be continued Lol

 

[sean donato]

Ended up switching from.bamboo duty to tree duty. Plum, and a few apples trees came down, 2 of the apple trees were being held up by the vines from the living apple tree.(I did not realize this at first.) My plan was relatively simple, cripple the dead trees knock them over with the living one. The dead ones were pretty little and I had lots of space to mess around.... made a notch in the first dead tree, went to atart a back cut and place a wedge...and it gave me the dreaded crack of oh shite.. it was so rotten it broke off. And just hung there. Moved on to felling the living tree.. it had a good lean I to the 2 deals ones, and with the one dead one hanging by the vines it went over easy. Pancakes the second dead tree, which pulled what was left of the root ball right out the ground. Everything went well all things considered. Didn't want to spend the entire day there again so the wife helped me clean up the mess. Trimmed up a few low branches and took a few little decorative pine bushes out. I didn't get pics of everything. I'll have to get my wife to send me the pics she took.

 

[xraydaniel]

Just in case any husky fanbois are interested in a 394xp clone Neotec came out with a NH395 94cc. Don’t ask me why they named it a NH395 lol. Check the “chiansaw” out.

“Fast Exhaust!”
“High Power!”

https://neotecworld.com/products/neo-tec-chiansaw-nh895-95-94cc-24-28-36-42in-gas-chainsaw

 

[Squareground3691]

Just in case any husky fanbois are interested in a 394xp clone Neotec came out with a NH395 94cc. Don’t ask me why they named it a NH395 lol. Check the “chiansaw” out.

“Fast Exhaust!”
“High Power!”

https://neotecworld.com/products/neo-tec-chiansaw-nh895-95-94cc-24-28-36-42in-gas-chainsaw

Nothing beats the real thing

 

[WoodAbuser]

Like this...View attachment 1082562

Reminds me of an old guy that used to play pool in the same pool hall I did. He always said he was blind in one eye and couldn't see out of the other. Sure didn't keep him from always playing just good enough to win a guys money.

 

[singinwoodwackr]

Been using this for cleaning saws. Cheap at the dollar store.
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Will find it! Thanks!
this $15/gal stuff is a bit pricy, lol

 

[singinwoodwackr]

Like this...View attachment 1082562

Old pic…$100s now

 

[Lee192233]

Old pic…$100s now

Don't worry it's just transitory inflation!

 

[old CB]

Just in case any husky fanbois are interested in a 394xp clone Neotec came out with a NH395 94cc. Don’t ask me why they named it a NH395 lol. Check the “chiansaw” out.

“Fast Exhaust!”
“High Power!”

https://neotecworld.com/products/neo-tec-chiansaw-nh895-95-94cc-24-28-36-42in-gas-chainsaw

I run real Huskies here, never been tempted by the Chinesium brands . . . but "fast exhaust"--that's got to reel in some customers.

 

[sean donato]

Don't worry it's just transitory inflation!

Let me know when the transition is over and we're in the deflation period.... my money is worth less then it was 10 years ago....

 

[WoodAbuser]

Let me know when the transition is over and we're in the deflation period.... my money is worth less then it was 10 years ago....

Let me know too please. Mine is worth less than a month ago, two months ago, 3 months ago.........well you get the picture.

 

[svk]

I’m glad that I only have one more big purchase left in my life… Vacation home.