Scrounging Firewood (and other stuff)

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Dude I here ya. I still have my SV650, not as fast as the 750 but plenty fast to get into trouble real quick. I still ride occasionally, but as long as I stay away from the mtns I'm not as tempted to cut loose. those twisties are irresistable though. I did go up and ride for a couple days in WNC last spring for the first time in several years. it was ridiculously fun, and we had no close calls or any mishaps. I would like to think i've become a better rider, but we all know it's luck of the draw whether there's a pot hole or some gravel or a car over the line around that next bend..

from 2013 I think, at the dragon...
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I’ve road the dragon. And the snake. The snake is closer so we would go about every weekend at least once. This is my ride collecting dust with a dead battery and hard tires. 96 ninja 1100. Stretched lowered and hard tailed. Straight line bike. Not for twisties. Get your killing on this bike
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I’ve road the dragon. And the snake. The snake is closer so we would go about every weekend at least once. This is my ride collecting dust with a dead battery and hard tires. 96 ninja 1100. Stretched lowered and hard tailed. Straight line bike. Not for twisties. Get your killing on this bike
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Hey man we actually rode the snake last spring. It was a blast! pretty recently resurfaced m, smooth as butter. Came up from Burnsville, then went back down and stayed with a friend in Roan Mtn who has a little biker campground thing going, mostly adv riders coming through. Where do you live? That’s a straightline bike for sure, you didn’t ride that on the dragon snake etc did you??? [emoji23] now that id like to see

My sv650 lives for the twisties. Which for better or worse are at least 3 hrs away. But it still hangs out in the shed with tender and good rubber, ready to go. A very faithful bike it has been.


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Can anyone ID this wood?
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Found on the side of the road the other night. There’s few a more I might go back for. Quite heavy, splitting difficultly is medium. Ash? Hickory? Bark seems different than the ash I was working with last year, though the fresh splits have a similar smell/feel. Not really familiar with hickory types other than the obvious shagbark.


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Can anyone ID this wood?
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Found on the side of the road the other night. There’s few a more I might go back for. Quite heavy, splitting difficultly is medium. Ash? Hickory? Bark seems different than the ash I was working with last year, though the fresh splits have a similar smell/feel. Not really familiar with hickory types other than the obvious shagbark.


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Firewood!
 
Can anyone ID this wood?
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Found on the side of the road the other night. There’s few a more I might go back for. Quite heavy, splitting difficultly is medium. Ash? Hickory? Bark seems different than the ash I was working with last year, though the fresh splits have a similar smell/feel. Not really familiar with hickory types other than the obvious shagbark.


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Looks like gum to me. If it is that’s some hard to split stuff. Stringy


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Not sure what the roads were like but since it was a big sky day up here I headed out around 10am with the Kia to see if the dually would be a go this afternoon .
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I followed the trail of breadcrumbs right to where I was yesterday :)
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What a large day up here :)
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Drug it out roadside and then went home for a sammich
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Looks like gum to me. If it is that’s some hard to split stuff. Stringy


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Yeah I kind of though it was gum, but it definitely split easier than any gum I’ve ever tried, which had always been horrendous.


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Hey man we actually rode the snake last spring. It was a blast! pretty recently resurfaced m, smooth as butter. Came up from Burnsville, then went back down and stayed with a friend in Roan Mtn who has a little biker campground thing going, mostly adv riders coming through. Where do you live? That’s a straightline bike for sure, you didn’t ride that on the dragon snake etc did you??? [emoji23] now that id like to see

My sv650 lives for the twisties. Which for better or worse are at least 3 hrs away. But it still hangs out in the shed with tender and good rubber, ready to go. A very faithful bike it has been.


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I have rode it on both. Not very fast mind you. What’s funny is watching the Honda groms come across the snake. Those boys have no fear.


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This one is about one full cord I'm guessing. It's about 7' diameter and 6' tall, the traditional 10' diameter holds a lot more wood but mine is built on skids so I was limited to the base size. I'm not interested in stacking with a ladder either.

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I’ve road the dragon. And the snake. The snake is closer so we would go about every weekend at least once. This is my ride collecting dust with a dead battery and hard tires. 96 ninja 1100. Stretched lowered and hard tailed. Straight line bike. Not for twisties. Get your killing on this bike
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Road both on my Glide with the trailer. Had to change the front rotors in Virginia beach
 
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