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G'day fellas, bonfire night tonight. Yesterday I went and cut just over a cube to be raffled on the night. Found a nice dry standing peppermint which promptly fell over.

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Used the MMWS 241 for everything from the fork up and Limby for the lower trunk which was about 20 inches at the base.

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Beautiful weather for scrounging.

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:)
Nothing like a load of wood all cut the same length, it stacks so nice.
 
I’m officially done burning wood for this winter. Cleaned and vacuumed out the wood furnace, replaced damaged fire brick and returned a few chunks of wood to the racks. If we get a few cold nights just have to dig out a blanket.

I'm Officially starting to burn wood for the summer! still have to clean out and build firewood setting for ez lite for next cold nights, 5/6 mo off... my 2 indoor urban wood burning fireplaces... could do some minor patching, but doubt I will... clean up where a few chunks of wood had been during colder nights. none to rack, burned it all. if we get any cold nights, I will mostly likely believe **** froze over! lol...

most of next week will be 91f or higher... there is a scrounge down the street. nice pile oak branches from a big tall oak with a rotten crotch. better than half that tree's big trunk weight out of the Y is above the rotten crotch. destined to fall soon. prob not too much later. appears to be a lot of nice useable no-need-to-split sized firewood. trimming required. I will ck it out in daylight later on.
 
Get a bunch of those crappie and send them this way!

if you have never eaten crappie... (craaw~pee, not crAp-ie!) very, sweet pleasant tasting fish, given clean waters. used to catch them all the time when living in W Washington. they strike with a bit of an attitude... have plenty of energy... ez to lift out... and fry up nicely! cleaned and descaled well... fried... the skin it quite tasty, too...

fun fish. I have never landed a crappie not smiling! :D
 
Woman are deceptive creatures.. They can change a man[emoji23][emoji23] Sent while firmly grasping my redline lubed RAM [emoji231]

LOL; deceptive creatures! :rolleyes: guy down the street, he's over 60... been married 3 times. now single. rumor has it that his 3rd wife got the boot, 'cause she constantly was trying to change him

no doubt, to change a man over 50... is, imo... like trying to cut a concrete log with a chain with no teeth! prospects not looking good.
 
I normally dont post pics of my stumps cause some "expert" will come along and point out things I already know I messed up. This thread seems void of those types so I put it up.
Yeah it’s nice that people more or less get along in the firewood forum. Nobody feels the need to chest thump.

I sometimes do miss the crusty characters but I don’t miss the drama of the days of old. And getting the saw groupies to move over to the other site was a blessing in disguise.
 
Yeah it’s nice that people more or less get along in the firewood forum. Nobody feels the need to chest thump.

I sometimes do miss the crusty characters but I don’t miss the drama of the days of old. And getting the saw groupies to move over to the other site was a blessing in disguise.


LOL! I just read AS - can hardly keep up with the couple threads that interest me here.
 
@Backyard Lumberjack I left the battery in my JD X530 this past winter. It was kept in a shed and temps got down to negative 40 a couple times. It was below zero many times. This spring the tractor started just fine without any charging of the battery.

interesting. those, imo... definitely extreme temps! doubt I will ever need to have a battery perform under such circumstances, but will keep info. thanks for reply.
 
A little bit of everything here.

Split 2/3 cord of new hardwood last night and loaded 1/3 cord of seasoned wood last night. Dropped that off today for a guy.
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Scrounged a couple of planks that had been sitting beside my office building for the past several months. Turned them into kindling.
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Great sunset last night.
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Cakes and coffee (and turkey breakfast sausage) for breakfast.
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First goldfinches. And a cake for the grey jays.
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About to hit it again.
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swell place svk, nice setting!
 
great photos steve, and Dan.

I did a bit of splitting and stacking tonight. I love oak, so easy to split. I was loving the eucalyptus to, that virtually splintered from a stern look. I guess 5 years into this I've learnt a thing or two...and I like that I now do a LOT of my splitting with my x17 and rattle through with so much less sweat and grunt!

the oak I get around here is anything but easy to split. i'd go for hand splitting if it was easy. but would be an exercise in :angry:. but with the powered splitter... yes, real easy.
 
View attachment 736847 Good night to clean up what was left around the stove. Little oak and cherry makes for a nice fire to relax around.

nice fire pit JM! I ike it... I keep a used up bottle of horse fly spray with RoundUP handy... for things like those green things located around the base. we have a rule around here... DO NOT! pull weeds in the cracks/spaces of concrete drive, etc... spray only! pulling upsets roots and then leaves divits... and dirt I have to clean up. with the spray... once down for the count and a bit drier? the winds just blow it away... the horse fly spray comes in a really nice spray bottle. HD imo
 
I as well switch to a “crap chain”, sweep away the dirt at the stump and cut the stump as close to the ground as i can. Then trim the edges so a truck tire can roll over it easier with no worries about sidewall damage.Sent while firmly grasping my redline lubed RAM [emoji231]

darn! I don't have any of those... guess I could go make some! :popcorn2:
 
First load of boiler wood. I’m planning on doing ten loads home over the next few weeks so it can dry all summer.

I figure 12 cords will get me through deep winter. With an indoor boiler it’s not as efficient to run during shoulder season because if the stove gets too hot, the override flips and runs one heat zone loop which overheats the house.

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