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    Looking for help thinning near Evergreen CO

    I am going to be doing some thinning and general cleanup at the Echo Mtn ski area this summer. The project will be mostly thinning with some cleanup as well. I intend to grind or chip most of the wood, ideally with a Mountain Goat or similar. It his about 10,000 feet of elevation and it averages...
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    Want to Sell 2001 Mitsubishi Fuso FG

    great trucks. i have a 1990 with 220,000 miles on it. best plow truck i ever had. price is good assuming the rust isnt too bad.
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    Want to Sell Mustang 2109 Skidsteer

    Mustang 2109 skidsteer. 2005. perkins 115 hp, high flow, low flow, tires and bolt on VTS track units, cab w/heat and AC, new batteries, new battery cables, recent alternator and starter. 84" snow bucket, 84" Loegering snow blower, 48" forks, hitch plate for moving trailers. 1500 hours. comes...
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    how much time do you spend maintaing your mill?

    i have been accused by people who have no idea what my maintenance habits are, that parts have failed due to lack of maintenance. i spend more time maintaining my mill than i spend on all my other machines combined. my skidsteer, firewood processor, skidder, pickup, and plow truck all get...
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    firewood sales, i thought i had heard it all

    but then there are good deliveries. back the truck up to the porch, unlatch the tailgate and hit the button. wood comes out, bed comes down, i drive away with a check and a cash tip. was actually a very famous person's daughter, grateful that i could deliver on short notice, and also polite...
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    still looking for a oak log supplier

    apparently what i am trying to get across is not getting across. i DONT WANT TO TRUCK 1000 miles. i am looking for a supplier closer than that. i know there is oak in quantity around 750 miles. trying to find someone to cut it however is not as easy as i had thought. apparently the economy isnt...
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    still looking for a oak log supplier

    i dont want to buy kiln dried wood, nor do i really want to buy processed wood. i dont need saw log quality logs either. what i would like to buy is lower grade oak logs, but not green. right now i have firewood shipped from missouri, 1000 miles. for every 100 miles closer i can drop my cost...
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    still looking for a oak log supplier

    havent heard from anyone in OK. ship it? no kidding!
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    still looking for a oak log supplier

    i am trying to find a new supplier of oak logs for firewood. i am in western colorado and currently truck processed firewood 1000 miles. i need to find someone closer and at the same time find the wood in log form. would like to get red oak, white oak, hickory, ash etc... anybody in eastern...
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    firewood sales, i thought i had heard it all

    today was a good day, got hooked up with a property management company and ran 2 full trucks today. i am a bit tired but i will take a $1200 day anytime. they show me where they want the wood, let me do it at my schedule, sometimes it has to go up stairs or 50 yards across the golf course, but...
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    firewood sales, i thought i had heard it all

    i am a firewood retailer, this year i am really pushing the sales and my results are great. in the 10 or so years i have been selling firewood in this area i have heard a lot of strange ideas. some of the complaints, comments, or questions are: 1. the wood is too dry. 2. the wood wont burn...
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    oak ash hickory logs wanted

    yes i do. the 036 was ported and is still my favorite small wood saw, the 066 doesnt see much wood except on the rare occasion of large timber. rod sold his 088 and got a 460, the husky you sold him blew up last year, he bought some other new husky, about the size of the 460 i guess, i dont...
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    oak ash hickory logs wanted

    i am in western colorado, i am a firewood retailer. i have been buying processed oak firewood from missouri for 2 years now. i was supposed to have 4 trucks here by the end of september, but now here it is almost mid-november and i have only gotten 3 trucks. the whole idea of getting it here...
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    Fuzzy Elk Butts

    not an expert on elk, but have done alot of reading on the various sub-species. roosevelt elk on average have smaller antlers than rocky mountain elk, but larger bodies. tule elk (california) have smaller bodies, and smaller antlers than rocky mountain elk, but in proportion to their bodies...
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    Skid loader logsplitter...on the cheap

    looks pretty inefficient to me. not to mention the dirty wood, the mess created by constantly turning the machine. operating costs are far higher than a regular splitter, and why put hours on a machine that costs more than a firewood processor?
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    A question to those big biz firewood sellers

    i used to estimate volume as i loaded the truck, almost everyone got more than they asked for, but occasionally it would be short. i would always refund the amount of money it was short. but i think it made me look unprofessional, and when the amount was over, i was giving away money. most...
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    Neighbor Took Half Cord - No Pay - VENT!

    a week ago i cleaned up my wood storage area, removed all the pallets, the rebar that holds the stacks, the shrink wrap etc... that was on wednesday, thursday i left town for the weekend. monday morning i go to load up some wood, and there is a pallet, empty with the rebar sticking up, and the...
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    Sawmill shed designs

    i have been milling for six years out in the weather. cold snowy and windy in the winter, hot and sunny in the summer. used to be that i took my mill to a job pretty regularly, but now the guy i was milling for has his own mill. i have also set mine up with a bed extension, so it doesnt get...
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    central boiler 6048

    my shop is 2000 sqft. there is about 3000ft of 1/2" wirsbo in the slab, the slab is 4" minimum. the ceiling is r-30, but above that the roof is also insulated with 3" of isocyanurite foam. the walls are r-19 above grade, below grade is a 6" stem wall with 2' each side eps foam. about half of the...
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    central boiler 6048

    i have found a 2006 central boiler 6048 used for sale. the guy wants $6000 for it. i dont know much about outdoor boilers so i thought i would ask here. i want to heat my shop which is 2000 sqft lower level, 1000 sqft upstairs that i may want to heat later, i also have about 800 sqft of exterior...
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