Scrounging Firewood (and other stuff)

[Just a Guy that cuts wood]

After the rain stopped I got to go out and finish that red oak

Had to laugh at this one
That limb was deep . lol
Gave my springs a workout

 

[Just a Guy that cuts wood]

I hit the wrong key.

one more

 

[Just a Guy that cuts wood]

I was looking at pics from the month and found the ash tree for you.
See it's not all Oak

 

[dancan]

Pffffffft .

 

[woodchip rookie]

Mine's all ash. I have yet to cut an oak.

 

[dancan]

Well , I've been watching the local ads for ash , locust or oak , zilch , nada nuthin
But , I did find another scrounging tool

 

[svk]

Well , I've been watching the local ads for ash , locust or oak , zilch , nada nuthin
But , I did find another scrounging tool

no pic?

 

[dancan]

no pic?

Phone or pc ?

 

[svk]

PC. Broken image icon is all that shows.

 

[dancan]

Daum, I'll have a good look at it tomorrow , not on my pc anymore.

 

[Just a Guy that cuts wood]

It could be oak envy lol

 

[cantoo]

Philbert, I was bidding on one of the wedge cutters at the last sale but at $3000 it just isn't worth it. I could buy a lot of firewood for that. And they still can make a mess of the tree. I've talked to guys that use the chainsaw ones and binding is a real usual issue and bent bars are the norm. I don't have enough oil flow for the hydraulic saw either. I still have some work to do on mine before I use it.
Wowzer, I've been keeping an eye on the Barrie auction for a van mounted one that the van is garbage but nothing yet. I really don't have that many branches to do though so it's not worth too much investment. I'll likely just drop most of the trees into the bush anyway. Land is drying up quick though and my window is getting real short.
I spent 2 hours chipping pine limbs at my brothers tonight and my body is sore. Chipper worked good considering the bulky branches we were feeding into it. Another 2 hours there tomorrow night should finish it.

 

[Philbert]

I was thinking a large electric saw at the end of a boom arm that you fabricated.

Keep it simple: adjust the cutting angle manually before yo raise the boom into position.

Philbert

 

[MustangMike]

Dan, I promise, if you come down to visit, I'll let you cut some Oak. Got Red & White available.

Now Mighty Mouse will not be the saw of choice for this stuff, but don't worry, I got ya covered there too!

And I'm still shocked that SVK never picked up an 044. He had a big grin on his face after using mine that day! Now with the base gasket delete & timing advance, it is even stronger.

 

[Philbert]

Here's my design:


15# chainsaw at end of boom instead of 150+# person. Good electric chainsaw Small generator that could also be used for other things. Wireless remote start /stop switch. Manual telescope and tilt adjustments to keep it simple for occasional use.

Cheaper than one of these: https://jarraff.com/

Philbert

 

[Cody]

Well I hope your luck is better than mine! Replaced the diaphragm on the carb, made sure everything else looked good on it but I must be missing something. Either that or the pickup tube is far more clogged than what it seems to be. It just won't draw any fuel into the carb, runs if I spray fuel right into the carb though. I ended up putting the tank in a good bed of coals and that really cleaned it up, I can worry about it being pretty later though.

The fuel needle was only out a half a turn, ended up at 1.5 turns out and it was running. I turned it out around another 1/4 turn just to richen it up a bit, otherwise it was spinning just over 4,000 rpm at full throttle. What a dumby I can be, sure am happy to have it running.

This could even count as my first scrounge worthy post as you'll see some firewood in the back there, but since most is cut down on this property I try not to get too excited, there's tons of little red elm out here.

 

[dancan]

It could be oak envy lol

Oak wilt maybe lol

Pic work now ?
Mike , you bring the oak , I'll dig out the 660
Coffee , beer or pop on me if any of you make it up here and bring some oak

 

[Cowboy254]

SCROUNGE!!!!!!!! the state is replacing the bridge at the bottom of my hill and my neighbor there said come and get the wood. mostly maple but some walnut,ash and mulberry too.
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Now that's proper scrounge

 

[rarefish383]

I can send a couple bushels of acorns and you can start your own Oak forest. It can be dangerous trying to walk down my back yard when the things start to fall, Joe.

 

[Cowboy254]

I'm with you @woodchip rookie , I ain't cut no oak either .

On the other hand, I have cut blue gum. The Lady Farmer tells me that I have given her enough wood, so most of the remaining blue gum I had cut for her and stacked in good drying positions came home with me today.



I couldn't be bothered splitting some of the bigger remaining rounds so Limby got some action. Looks like the phone camera got a bit shmeary at some point.



This load I'll take down to my brother in Melbourne at some point. I cut it shorter with the Lady Farmer in mind and his firebox is a bit smaller than mine so it'll suit him. Also scrounged up a new jockey wheel for the trailer, I'm happy about that.