Trivia Contest: There are two different kind of trees behind the pic of my F-150, one behind the windshield, one behind the bed in the back.
Who wants to guess what each of them are???
Who wants to guess what each of them are???
Scrounging Firewood (and other stuff)
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Ash and Box Elder?
Not spruce , I'm out ...
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Tree hint … the one in front is "imported, mostly in NYC", the one in back is "a very valuable tree"
More Ecoboost info (hard to determine which engine they are talking about, but it likely refers to both)
Improving Performance:
The 3.5L EcoBoost offers a good bit of power and acceleration out of the factory, however, it can benefit from some simple mods that will improve overall performance.
Use High Octane – For those who are unaware, the 2.7 Ecoboost requires 87 octane fuel, but the owners manual suggests premium fuel for severe duty usage such as trailer towing.
The EcoBoost has a factory “auto octane adjustment” feature present in the ECU. This feature allows the ECU to self-adjust according to the type of fuel being used (be it 87, 90 or 93 octane, etc.). You can get the best performance from your 3.5L EcoBoost by using the premium higher octane fuel.
Improving Performance:
The 3.5L EcoBoost offers a good bit of power and acceleration out of the factory, however, it can benefit from some simple mods that will improve overall performance.
Use High Octane – For those who are unaware, the 2.7 Ecoboost requires 87 octane fuel, but the owners manual suggests premium fuel for severe duty usage such as trailer towing.
The EcoBoost has a factory “auto octane adjustment” feature present in the ECU. This feature allows the ECU to self-adjust according to the type of fuel being used (be it 87, 90 or 93 octane, etc.). You can get the best performance from your 3.5L EcoBoost by using the premium higher octane fuel.
Obviously Walnut with the clue and Norway Maple
Winner, Winner …. Chicken Dinner!!! Very nice sleuthing!
When I first built this house (86), I have pictures of my older daughter being taller than that Norway Maple tree, and I had to save it from the neighbor wanting to run it over with the lawn mower.
It was all bent over, and I tied it upright and steaked the cords.
There are more Black Walnuts on my 2 lots, the lot next to me (w/house) and the lot across the street (vacant) than any other tree.
When I first built this house (86), I have pictures of my older daughter being taller than that Norway Maple tree, and I had to save it from the neighbor wanting to run it over with the lawn mower.
It was all bent over, and I tied it upright and steaked the cords.
There are more Black Walnuts on my 2 lots, the lot next to me (w/house) and the lot across the street (vacant) than any other tree.
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You import that spider from Australia ?
Heal up fast , here's a spruce cutting vid for you to pass some time
You like that sharpening trick ?
Them all 562xp’s....?
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I assume they use shorter bars for more power and lesser chance of binding. I think you would want a portable winch really handy just in case something rolls the wrong way, isn't no hand rolling them boys off you.
Pretty autumnal colours out the window this morning, with the obligatory hoppy thrown in.
Got out this arvo and cut a small load of dry locust and parked the trailer in the top shed near the house when I got home. With a change coming and cooler temps I figure we might as well burn straight out of the trailer rather than unloading it just to have to pick it up again in a few days time.
Got out this arvo and cut a small load of dry locust and parked the trailer in the top shed near the house when I got home. With a change coming and cooler temps I figure we might as well burn straight out of the trailer rather than unloading it just to have to pick it up again in a few days time.
Had to scrounge this half rotten maple limb out of the yard before I mow later. Be some good 
starter wood next fall
starter wood next fall
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Did that tire you out.....
Snow is out of the woods and the lakes are starting to clear up.
I worked 7 days a weeks for a month straight. Got the flu over easter weekend so I was allowed a couple days off. Still have a lot of work to do but going in the right direction.
I'll definitely be laying in at least 10 cords of wood this spring though. Last time I will ever pay the ****ing electric utility co heat for the whole winter again. I have about a cord of birch already stacked so will just scrounge whatever I find. The nice thing is that boiler splits are easy to make, most rounds only need to be split once and even the big ones only need to be quartered.
I worked 7 days a weeks for a month straight. Got the flu over easter weekend so I was allowed a couple days off. Still have a lot of work to do but going in the right direction.
I'll definitely be laying in at least 10 cords of wood this spring though. Last time I will ever pay the ****ing electric utility co heat for the whole winter again. I have about a cord of birch already stacked so will just scrounge whatever I find. The nice thing is that boiler splits are easy to make, most rounds only need to be split once and even the big ones only need to be quartered.
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Be glad to get the 9010 back once the decompression valve shows up from Germany. Cut from both sides with the 7900 with 24” bar, noodled with the 590.There's artwork in that tree!
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That tree is kicking my butt. Getting 5-6 noodled chunks per round, even in my prime I couldn’t have lifted those rounds.
Agreed to take a dead tree out of a friend's back yard. Showed up on Sunday to find the mother load of firewood...okay, not a mother load, just a small tree but spruce!!
Wont any decompression valve work on it?
Sweet! The one we all dream about
.What sort of inferior (non-spruce that is) firewood tree is that?
