Scrounging Firewood (and other stuff)

[SS396driver]

I went there the other day looking for fine thread bolts, they only had coarse thread. A good selection of types: grade 2, grade 5, grade 8, carriage bolts, stainless, but all were coarse thread.

Specialty bolts I hit Fastenal . It’s a little out of my way but I get a great discount as we have a commercial account.

 

[svk]

Even on stuff he had zero experience with. He was pontificating about the explosion risk of OWB's one time so I asked him to explain it in detail. He ran away like a frightened schoolgirl.

That's awesome! And very much par for the course lol.

 

[farmer steve]

Decided to stihl hunt the standing corn next door this morning since it was so windy. No hurry wanted it it to be light out. Loading the shop stove I looked out the window and saw a buck? running across my field. Till I got out he was gone. Hunted the corn with no luck. Time to scrounge the wood at my neighbors. Saws and the 30/30 on the tractor. Drove in and thought I saw a buck. Left the tractor running for cover noise and snuck around. Saw a nose? and some antlers in the super thick brush 20 yards. So I scrounged him up.

 

[svk]

I hate having to buy bolts from a big box store!

Then they always do stupid stuff like sell bolts in 25 packs, nuts in 30 packs, and washers in 40 packs or something else equally foolish.

 

[svk]

Decided to stihl hunt the standing corn next door this morning since it was so windy. No hurry wanted it it to be light out. Loading the shop stove I looked out the window and saw a buck? running across my field. Till I got out he was gone. Hunted the corn with no luck. Time to scrounge the wood at my neighbors. Saws and the 30/30 on the tractor. Drove in and thought I saw a buck. Left the tractor running for cover noise and snuck around. Saw a nose? and some antlers in the super thick brush 20 yards. So I scrounged him up.
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Nicely done!

 

[WoodAbuser]

Decided to stihl hunt the standing corn next door this morning since it was so windy. No hurry wanted it it to be light out. Loading the shop stove I looked out the window and saw a buck? running across my field. Till I got out he was gone. Hunted the corn with no luck. Time to scrounge the wood at my neighbors. Saws and the 30/30 on the tractor. Drove in and thought I saw a buck. Left the tractor running for cover noise and snuck around. Saw a nose? and some antlers in the super thick brush 20 yards. So I scrounged him up.
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Stihl bucking stuff up I see.

 

[MechanicMatt]

Decided to stihl hunt the standing corn next door this morning since it was so windy. No hurry wanted it it to be light out. Loading the shop stove I looked out the window and saw a buck? running across my field. Till I got out he was gone. Hunted the corn with no luck. Time to scrounge the wood at my neighbors. Saws and the 30/30 on the tractor. Drove in and thought I saw a buck. Left the tractor running for cover noise and snuck around. Saw a nose? and some antlers in the super thick brush 20 yards. So I scrounged him up.
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That’s awesome Steve!!
My pals farm that I’m dragging my uncle Mustang to Saturday. You can drive around on the tractor all day and they don’t run, the second they see you out in the field….

See ya! They hit hyper drive and scoot

 

[mountainguyed67]

Specialty bolts I hit Fastenal . It’s a little out of my way but I get a great discount as we have a commercial account.

Fine thread isn’t speciality. I found them down the road at Fresno Ag

 

[JustJeff]

Big bed of black cherry coals. I'll just stuff this big hunk of maple on top and I'll still have coals in the morning. Not super cold out, -7°C or about 19 for those of you who don't habla metric. The wind is blowing however

 

[jellyroll]

Decided to stihl hunt the standing corn next door this morning since it was so windy. No hurry wanted it it to be light out. Loading the shop stove I looked out the window and saw a buck? running across my field. Till I got out he was gone. Hunted the corn with no luck. Time to scrounge the wood at my neighbors. Saws and the 30/30 on the tractor. Drove in and thought I saw a buck. Left the tractor running for cover noise and snuck around. Saw a nose? and some antlers in the super thick brush 20 yards. So I scrounged him up.
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Red greens brother in the flesh!

 

[MustangMike]

Congrats FS, nice buck!

I grilled up some backstrap from that doe I got for dinner ... it was delicious! Very tender, melted in your mouth!

I hunted from the same spot where I got it this afternoon but saw nothing. Someone was running a leaf blower ... I'm sure that didn't help!

 

[Vtrombly]

CAD was a great tool for designing machines at the company I retired from. It would show any moving parts that would interfere with other parts on the machine. That saved a lot of money and time before production.

Yeah I've used it for making weldments to make up the measured drawings beats having to design it from scratch in your head!

Decided to stihl hunt the standing corn next door this morning since it was so windy. No hurry wanted it it to be light out. Loading the shop stove I looked out the window and saw a buck? running across my field. Till I got out he was gone. Hunted the corn with no luck. Time to scrounge the wood at my neighbors. Saws and the 30/30 on the tractor. Drove in and thought I saw a buck. Left the tractor running for cover noise and snuck around. Saw a nose? and some antlers in the super thick brush 20 yards. So I scrounged him up.
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Awesome job Steve!!!

 

[JimR]

Decided to stihl hunt the standing corn next door this morning since it was so windy. No hurry wanted it it to be light out. Loading the shop stove I looked out the window and saw a buck? running across my field. Till I got out he was gone. Hunted the corn with no luck. Time to scrounge the wood at my neighbors. Saws and the 30/30 on the tractor. Drove in and thought I saw a buck. Left the tractor running for cover noise and snuck around. Saw a nose? and some antlers in the super thick brush 20 yards. So I scrounged him up.
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Nice scrounge. I'm waiting for one to come visit my woodpile area again while I am there. If its brown it's going down.

 

[JimR]

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Big bed of black cherry coals. I'll just stuff this big hunk of maple on top and I'll still have coals in the morning. Not super cold out, -7°C or about 19 for those of you who don't habla metric. The wind is blowing however

Love those woodstoves. It was 22 here in Mass this morning. My stove is roaring.

 

[JimR]

That’s awesome Steve!!
My pals farm that I’m dragging my uncle Mustang to Saturday. You can drive around on the tractor all day and they don’t run, the second they see you out in the field….

See ya! They hit hyper drive and scoot

It is the same way on my property and my farmer friend. I've driven up on my hill within 30 feet of deer off my road and they never move. One day I went up and came back down. They were still there on my way back.

 

[gggGary]

With 2" of snow on the ground, finally able to torch off the burn pile last night, it's been two years!

For scale that's about 12' of flame.
Woodstoves' been going 24/7 for the last week but I got more wood than I'll be able to burn and I like the house warm anymore.

 

[MustangMike]

Looks like we have some snow up at my cabin (based on the trail cams).

 

[Squareground3691]

Looks like we have some snow up at my cabin (based on the trail cams).

Glad not around the big lakes up north, got 2 feet ,

 

[SS396driver]

Looks like we have some snow up at my cabin (based on the trail cams).

We had snow yesterday not much but some heavy squalls.

 

[SS396driver]

New burn barrel. 55 gallon drums just didn’t cut it
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