I've got one of those guys down the road too. But, I always said I'd rather eat broken glass than help him. Worms might not be so bad, I've seen that guy on TV eat worms.
Scrounging Firewood (and other stuff)
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Yes it does. I help my buddy every now and again who has a bait company. He grinds all the rakers off as well.
I rarely cut ice, just did this to check the thickness since I didn't have an auger handy.
I picked up an old Homelite at an auction one time and an old guy came up to look at it. He said they must have used it to cut ice. I asked him why he thought that. He said look they took all the rakers off. The cutters were hardly worn.
Some guys use them to cut spear fishing holes. And a few remote resorts still put up ice each spring.
A good chain cuts great with rakers so I’d be curious to see how much difference there is with no rakers.
A good chain cuts great with rakers so I’d be curious to see how much difference there is with no rakers.
There was a cherry Jonsereds 621 for sale up here a couple of weeks ago that supposedly had only been used to cut ice and it sure looked like it had never been even set on a rock. Unfortunately it was an hour and a half drive each way so I passed.
Real nice looking stuff, as usual!
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You grind rakers off to saw ice?
Yes if it’s going to be a dedicated ice chain
There is a place near here that the County purchased called Ice Pond. It is between the N + S RR Tracks, and they used to cut ice there for NYC.
They did not cut it till it was 18" thick … if they waited for that now adays it would have only happened about twice in the last 20 years!
It actually had it's own jail. No Sheriff, but the Manager would throw you in there if you had too much to drink!
There was one pay scale for regular workers, and another if you had a horse that would help drag the ice off the pond.
They then stored it in buildings hundreds of yards long, and sent it to NYC on the trains.
They did not cut it till it was 18" thick … if they waited for that now adays it would have only happened about twice in the last 20 years!
It actually had it's own jail. No Sheriff, but the Manager would throw you in there if you had too much to drink!
There was one pay scale for regular workers, and another if you had a horse that would help drag the ice off the pond.
They then stored it in buildings hundreds of yards long, and sent it to NYC on the trains.
Well, what a difference a week can make. This time last week, I lit the fire. Today the dust and haze is enough to nearly obscure the mountains and temps are over 40°C in our area.
No fires near us at the moment.
No fires near us at the moment.
Here’s a clip from a documentary on Dorothy Molter, a lady who lived alone in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area for nearly 60 years.
Sorry for the grainy footage as this is on VHS.
Bonus to anyone who can identify the model of saw.
Sorry for the grainy footage as this is on VHS.
Bonus to anyone who can identify the model of saw.
Hauling it up to the ice house
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Watch those age jokes there youngster!
Yes I can remember when the first house in the neighborhood got color TV (they won it at a church raffle), and I remember where I was when Kennedy was assassinated, and the Beatles came on the Ed Sullivan show. All these events changed the world.
Yes I can remember when the first house in the neighborhood got color TV (they won it at a church raffle), and I remember where I was when Kennedy was assassinated, and the Beatles came on the Ed Sullivan show. All these events changed the world.
