Scrounging Firewood (and other stuff)

[chipper1]

So I got a call from someone my Aunt knows in CT about removing a downed tree, it is only about 15 min away. I asked what kind it was and he said it is either Oak or Maple!!!!

I guess I will see when I get there!

Hope it's a good one Mike.
I was thinking of you when we left the store. Came out and this was parked right in the first spot. Dang this thing is sweet. Too bad I couldn't get the front of it.
And starting at a mere 20k above the base price of the car you too could own one, sure hope tax season is good this year .
Roush stage 3 .
http://www.roushperformance.com

Also this rag tag crowd of possers wanted in on the action too .

 

[NGaMountains]

Free oak for firewood (Cumming)
http://atlanta.craigslist.org/nat/zip/5973508101.html
Wish I could get this....schedule won't allow!!!
Somebody--Anybody...GET IT!!!

Hilarious, Reggie! That's exactly where I was today! I spent a few hours getting two truckloads of the big limbs.

For the first time, I ran the MS880 that I got from Adam Clarke on the Tradin' Post. I've seen folks talk that they suck bone stock (and maybe they do compared to what they can become after porting, I don't know). Maybe it's just me, the rank amateur who's biggest saw to date was a Dolmar 7900. I was absolutely blown away by this saw and told Adam I couldn't be happier! For bucking wood already on the ground, where the weight helps, this 880 kicked butt, and made the whole task so much easier than it has been! It went through piece after piece of 12" to 24" wood like it was air, I felt like I was wielding a light saber.

Maybe I'll go back in a few days if everyone else is scared off by the size of what's left and take a crack at some of those trunks with the 41" bar. Today I was so tired by the time I got done I could barely lift the last round into the truck, and I didn't have time for the mandatory noodling that will be required for those trunks. No tractor or grapple here, just one guy, a couple saws and a truck.

Scrounge on fellas!

 

[chipper1]

It'll be willow, 1/4 of the size they advised, inaccessible unless using a helicopter or building your own 3-mile road in over sensitive wetlands, full of metal, ceramic insulators, horse shoes, relics of yesteryear, and by the time you meet them someone would have told them it is worth milling and they now want $ for the valuable log and a bond to ensure you restore the area to how it was before you got there.

Other than that, good luck.

You reminded me of this video, hilarious.
If you guys haven't seen this it's a must see.
@MustangMike you'll like the "taxes"part.
I also like the "I see a tricycle wheel on it".

Here's another.

 

[dancan]

Dancan:
I cannot see your pic. All I see is { x }.
Lots of Pics are starting to look that way.
Might be something the company computer guru has installed on this end.

Is that Poplar or Aspen?

Can't see that one, Dan.

ditto, unless it's birch in a snowstorm, then Yep

nothing @dancan . here's what i get.

View attachment 553725

Well geezz , I'm sorry you guys , it was a pic of a six of the most beautiful scantily clad mermaids you ever saw playing harps and a dozen of their most beautiful topless mermaid triplets in a wood fired hot tub waiving us in to their cottage by the ocean with live edged picnic tables overflowing with smoked salmon , lobstahs , oysters , caviar and scallops , rib-eye steaks , roast chicken and BBQ'ed ribs , tubs of beers , rums , whiskeys and vodka of all nationalities , gallons of Maple syrup , prosciutto and other hams , Montreal smoked meat , sausages and a mountain of cheeses from all continents , roasted garlic , fried onions , gallons of beef , pork , chicken and turkey gravy and stuffin , a truckload of homemade bread and rolls that just smelled out of this world and me throwing scrounged up dry spruce in that wood fired heater with a grin that a thousand dollar bill couldn't wipe off my face ....
I almost forgot , there's a small table at the top left with a salad , grits , water and a Vegemite sandwich ...... Sorry .

 

[dancan]

Free oak for firewood (Cumming)
http://atlanta.craigslist.org/nat/zip/5973508101.html
Wish I could get this....schedule won't allow!!!
Somebody--Anybody...GET IT!!!

Here's two more ads my bud from GA sent me: http://atlanta.craigslist.org/atl/zip/5957597025.html
Free oak fire wood!!!!!!!!!!!!

http://atlanta.craigslist.org/wat/zip/5940867908.html
Tree for free!

This tree got struck by lightening last year and didn't make it.. it fell right off my driveway for easy access if anyone needs some good firewood. I don't have the right chainsaw or the time to worry about it if anyone is in need. Otherwise it gets to lay there is waste

You Southerners suck .....





And I mean the in a most kind and respectful way I hope you know ....

 

[woodchip rookie]

Well geezz , I'm sorry you guys , it was a pic of a six of the most beautiful scantily clad mermaids you ever saw playing harps and a dozen of their most beautiful topless mermaid triplets in a wood fired hot tub waiving us in to their cottage by the ocean with live edged picnic tables overflowing with smoked salmon , lobstahs , oysters , caviar and scallops , rib-eye steaks , roast chicken and BBQ'ed ribs , tubs of beers , rums , whiskeys and vodka of all nationalities , gallons of Maple syrup , prosciutto and other hams , Montreal smoked meat , sausages and a mountain of cheeses from all continents , roasted garlic , fried onions , gallons of beef , pork , chicken and turkey gravy and stuffin , a truckload of homemade bread and rolls that just smelled out of this world and me throwing scrounged up dry spruce in that wood fired heater with a grin that a thousand dollar bill couldn't wipe off my face ....
I almost forgot , there's a small table at the top left with a salad , grits , water and a Vegemite sandwich ...... Sorry .

Wow. You smoke the GOOD stuff.

 

[dancan]

No , but I know lotsa farmers lol

 

[dancan]

Tapatalk pic work for everyone ?

Mighty Mouse Logging LLC

 

[dancan]

Last Sundays walkabout

Mighty Mouse Logging LLC

 

[NGaMountains]

Tapatalk pic work for everyone ?

Mighty Mouse Logging LLC

Yep!

 

[Just a Guy that cuts wood]

Well geezz , I'm sorry you guys , it was a pic of a six of the most beautiful scantily clad mermaids you ever saw playing harps and a dozen of their most beautiful topless mermaid triplets in a wood fired hot tub waiving us in to their cottage by the ocean with live edged picnic tables overflowing with smoked salmon , lobstahs , oysters , caviar and scallops , rib-eye steaks , roast chicken and BBQ'ed ribs , tubs of beers , rums , whiskeys and vodka of all nationalities , gallons of Maple syrup , prosciutto and other hams , Montreal smoked meat , sausages and a mountain of cheeses from all continents , roasted garlic , fried onions , gallons of beef , pork , chicken and turkey gravy and stuffin , a truckload of homemade bread and rolls that just smelled out of this world and me throwing scrounged up dry spruce in that wood fired heater with a grin that a thousand dollar bill couldn't wipe off my face ....
I almost forgot , there's a small table at the top left with a salad , grits , water and a Vegemite sandwich ...... Sorry .

Now I am hungry ......... Nice pic

 

[Wowzer]

It'll be willow, 1/4 of the size they advised, full of metal, ceramic insulators, horse shoes, relics of yesteryear, inaccessible unless using a helicopter or building your own 3-mile road over sensitive wetlands, and by the time you meet them a neighbour whose brother in law's second cousin twice removed who used to sweep the floors at a sawmill 40 years ago would have told them it is worth milling and they now want $ for the valuable log and a bond to ensure you restore the area to how it was before you got there.

Other than that, good luck.

Only if this could fit nicely in my signature haha well said

 

[Cowboy254]

wood fired

What was that other stuff you were banging on about?

 

[ReggieT]

You Southerners suck .....





And I mean the in a most kind and respectful way I hope you know ....

IKR!!!
Hell, it ain't all glory below the old Mason Dixon line...but hard wood is everywhere.
Just saw a guy burn about 6 cords of ash & hedge outdoors in his field for giggles...couldn't sell it for $50 a load...DELIVERED!!!!!
So he grabs a case of Colt 45's & bottle of Jägermeister and starts one hella va bonfire!

 

[ReggieT]

You reminded me of this video, hilarious.
If you guys haven't seen this it's a must see.
@MustangMike you'll like the "taxes"part.
I also like the "I see a tricycle wheel on it".

Here's another.

I don't think I ever tire of listening to this!

 

[CaseyForrest]

I can't believe it's as warm as it is here, a January thaw is not abnormal, but weeks of warm weather in January I've never seen before .

Im certainly over it. Ive got a barn to build and I cant even dig the post holes...

 

[square1]

Im certainly over it. Ive got a barn to build and I cant even dig the post holes...

Looks like we might be returning to our regularly scheduled winter this weekend. Here's hoping!

 

[CaseyForrest]

Looks like we might be returning to our regularly scheduled winter this weekend. Here's hoping!

Here's hoping but I'm not going to hold my breathe. The ground has had a chance to warm up and its supersaturated now. It's good to take a decent cold snap to get some frost back and I don't see those temps in the forecast.

I will, however, accelerate my plans to get wood under the lean too. I won't find myself in this situation ever again. As soon as the ground gets stiff enough to move around on, woods being moved.


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[PSUplowboy]

Im certainly over it. Ive got a barn to build and I cant even dig the post holes...

Initially I thought maybe you meant due to frozen ground. Guess you're talking mud

 

[CaseyForrest]

Initially I thought maybe you meant due to frozen ground. Guess you're talking mud

Unfortunately, yes. Rental yards won't even rent out posthole augers because of all the frost in the ground. They seem shocked when I tell them there is no frost.

Frost laws on the roads came on last week here in surrounding counties. Super early. That usually doesn't happen until march.


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