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Scrounging Firewood (and other stuff)
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Still working on this pile of Cherry. I’ve got close to two cords out of one gigantic tree.
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Bullvi22
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No new scrounging but I did make a very quick trip to the local public range to zero in my new Vortex Crossfire I put on the 700BDL. I intentionally went in the pouring rain to avoid a crowd and there were still two other guys there. Deer season is at hand!
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Well, I wasted a day. I was hoping to bring home a Baker sawmill for $15000. It went $16100 but the black hat was keen on it. I ran him up on the band sharpener to $775 just to make me feel better. Sure was wishing I didn't have my new Woodland Mill sitting at home gathering dust. This was a fully hydraulic with Kubota diesel and only 455 hours on it. Always inside, guy paid $41,000 new for it. Was just appraised at $28,000. The winch went for $3700 which was $3200 new. The dump trailer went $3800 which was $3900 new. Even an old worn Stihl 250 went for $200. I hauled home a Kubota diesel mower and a big snow blower for my buddy though. And I just had to make my own supper, she still isn't home. I did just check, her clothes and stuff is still in the house, she's coming back sooner or later.
James Miller
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I sent the wife away all day today. So I should be free all day next Saturday.shoulda went to the party.
Tell her you might need to be away a bit on Friday too.
James Miller
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I'm sure I can make that work.Tell her you might need to be away a bit on Friday too.
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I got a late start. Nieghbor came by had shot a couple deer but needed some ammo loaded. We went out and loaded enough to hold him over.
I went and cut a punky down oak trunk loose from a couple of long 12-15" limbs. Cut a half dozen or so peices out of the top of the trunk and split em. Used the Jred 52 it gets most of the dirty work.
Made a half bucket of so so wood. Tossed to the back of the shed. (Rows are stacked about 7' high). Figure tossed in there to the rafters will make up for settling and shrink.
Fired up the angry Jred 2065 and whipped through one of the limbs. I had tried to pull it out but spun out before I got far enough to lift with the 3-point. 20' of chain up hill on snow and not yet enough frost. Too many sharp looking pungee sticks ECT... ta back into it. Have the other equal sized limb and some top limbs there to go. Most of this goes to next year's pile. Tops might go right in the stove!
Will get back to it soon but snow was falling and nieghbor kids went out for the evening hunt. Figured it was a good time to park it for the day.
I went and cut a punky down oak trunk loose from a couple of long 12-15" limbs. Cut a half dozen or so peices out of the top of the trunk and split em. Used the Jred 52 it gets most of the dirty work.
Made a half bucket of so so wood. Tossed to the back of the shed. (Rows are stacked about 7' high). Figure tossed in there to the rafters will make up for settling and shrink.
Fired up the angry Jred 2065 and whipped through one of the limbs. I had tried to pull it out but spun out before I got far enough to lift with the 3-point. 20' of chain up hill on snow and not yet enough frost. Too many sharp looking pungee sticks ECT... ta back into it. Have the other equal sized limb and some top limbs there to go. Most of this goes to next year's pile. Tops might go right in the stove!
Will get back to it soon but snow was falling and nieghbor kids went out for the evening hunt. Figured it was a good time to park it for the day.
woodchip rookie
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Mines only 37ft. 120V pump. Water is crap. Sometimes not even water.
Bullvi22
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I’m in the middle of a 12 days in a row stretch at work so I have to make the best of what little time there is to work on things. Made this little sawbuck out of scraps the other night, looking forward to trying it out.
Mines 50. We are fortunate to be over a large
Aquifer so I can pump enough to fill a large pool if I like. Good water too, we have had it tested and I don’t even have a filter on it.
Because of those that gave the ultimate sacrifice I was able to go out and enjoy the freedom to choose what I wanted to do today .
I had gotten a call from Paul the developer , he wanted to know if I could go clear a strip on a steep bank so they could scratch out some nice fill .
Lots of smalls so
5 tanks in the trimmer and 5 tanks in the 241 and I got it all knocked down , close to 2 cord for the shovel operator to pick out
Then
I made a bee-line to the pit and grabbed 1/4 cord of soft and hardwood mix before it got dark .
It was a great day !
I had gotten a call from Paul the developer , he wanted to know if I could go clear a strip on a steep bank so they could scratch out some nice fill .
Lots of smalls so
5 tanks in the trimmer and 5 tanks in the 241 and I got it all knocked down , close to 2 cord for the shovel operator to pick out
Then
I made a bee-line to the pit and grabbed 1/4 cord of soft and hardwood mix before it got dark .
It was a great day !
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I got all the limb wood put into crates. Ended up with just over 16 of them. I'll burn this stuff first and leave the pretty split wood for later in the winter.We were having a nice discussion at breakfast and I might have mentioned again about missing that mill, she says " why didn't you just buy the damn thing if it was so cheap". I think they do that just to see how far we'll go. You know that OJ Simpson was onto something. Worse thing is that the black hat lives near me and my son seen them drive past on their way home. Not sure if many guys on here know how it works but most Amish and Mennonite don't drive so they have neighbours who drive them around to auctions, hospitals, Dr's appt, city shopping etc. So this 25' long big blue sawmill was hauled home behind a Chrysler mini van loaded with 4 people. People were taking pictures of it as they drove out the laneway. The frame hit the highway when they turned onto the road. But at least he had the last bid. I'm still so mad about missing it that I'm putting my mill head into the barn next weekend, about 4 hours on it this year. My spalted poplar is going to be even more spalted by next year.
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And on a side note, it was nice to see the custom guy who was plowing at my neighbours stop the tractor for Remembrance today even if it was a German made tractor. There he was sitting in the furrow observing and I was standing at my wood pile doing the same.
She's beautiful Nate! Congrats!Well haven’t been scrounging much firewood lately, been spending time with the new granddaughter
Congratulations from me too Nate.. they’re re soooo cute when they’re freshly hatched!
woodchip rookie
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I never run out of water but the stuff that comes out isn't water sometimes. The filter has to be changed once a month and there are handfulls of sand in the filter housing.
