Scrounging Firewood (and other stuff)

[LondonNeil]

I need to move my wood pile on, I'm getting very twitchy..... I'll dip less than 20m3 soon! . I've been canning the stoves and burnt 6m3 so far.... House had been super warm and dry
. Just did a meter reading for a gas and leccy bill and I'm looking at another £70 ish annual saving on top of last year's £250, despite the arrival of daughter #2 and all the extra washing, so the stoves are worthwhile. A hobby that gets you fit and saves money as well as needing boys toys, you can't better that!
. Just texted my tree surgeon wood guy to see how his pile is. Back at the end of November he mentioned a large Oak he was to take down in the new year that I could have.... Still not down, delayed by building work...grr. worth the wait though I feel. He's currently dropping a large tree of heaven.... Google and this site tell me it's not worth the effort for firewood.... I'll have to wait for my fix!

 

[panolo]

They also sell the Yardmax stuff. Anybody have experience with the Black Diamond or Yardmax stuff?

I have a buddy with the black diamond 25 ton. Have helped him many times and it runs fine now. It did have a carb issue. I pulled it and the carb because it had a goofy idle. It had some machining defects so I just ordered a new one and it fixed it. He burns about 6 cords a year so I'm guessing he has 30+ cords on it with that being the only issue. We did retrofit a speeco 4 way for it and it works ok. The wings are a little narrow so on larger pieces it doesn't always pop them into 4's. The strippers are fixed so this summer we're gonna cut them off and widen them to allow a nicer 4 way.

 

[woodchip rookie]

Most of the time I will be using it in the verticle position so the wings aren't an issue. What engine was on it?

 

[farmer steve]

Got some????????

neighbor has one down the street that might have died. gonna be talking to them soon.

 

[panolo]

Most of the time I will be using it in the verticle position so the wings aren't an issue. What engine was on it?

6.5HP KOHLER

 

[Buckshot00]

Finished up this ash and started on this mess I didn't finish last year.

 

[foxtrot5]

Worked in NYC for many years, could fill these pages with strange stories and traffic jams. I don't miss it a bit!

I used to live just outside NYC in NJ. I don't miss it most days but you can't get a good bagel down here!

 

[bear1998]

neighbor has one down the street that might have died. gonna be talking to them soon.

Hey friend ....let me know....happy wife....happy life...

 

[farmer steve]

not much today except workin on a pile of scrounged wood from when it was frozen. got my locust logs noodled up and soon to be split. KOS!!

 

[bear1998]

View attachment 627792 not much today except workin on a pile of scrounged wood from when it was frozen. got my locust logs noodled up and soon to be split. KOS!!
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Nice!!

 

[JustJeff]

I used to live just outside NYC in NJ. I don't miss it most days but you can't get a good bagel down here!

I had to stop at The Bagel House and pick up a dozen made in their brick wood fired oven. Not sure if the wood is scrounged but the bagel tastes better if I believe it is!

 

[MechanicMatt]

No sweat Uncle Mike, tax season ends right at my birthday. We'll get together and have some fun. I'll pick up my dies when I drop off my W2

 

[MustangMike]

Unless you want to sch my exhaust tomorrow pm or Fri?

 

[dancan]

The weather here is like a yoyo , crapstorm yesterday morning with an inch of snow followed by 3 hours of freezing rain then drizzle all day with the ground being about 20* , that kept the towtruck guys busy all day . Last night was an inch of rain with wind and today was 46 and full sun . Tonight it's dropping to 16* , a high of 19* tomorrow then 7* tomorrow night .
I had to refill the woodrack tonight so no terra firma in the driveway , mucky tractor ruts to the woodshed and back lol
At least the house is at 72* on scrounged wood and only a few copecs a day go to the utility man to run the fans that move the warm air through the house
Scrounge on gentleman , keep them copecs in your pocket !

 

[woodchip rookie]

I gotta pay just for the block heater on the diesel. Last diesel I'll have. Had all kinds of DEF/DPF problems with it also. Till the delete.

 

[dancan]

I gotta pay just for the block heater on the diesel. Last diesel I'll have. Had all kinds of DEF/DPF problems with it also. Till the delete.

Then the fun begins lol
The block heater on my 7.3 quit this winter but it will still start at 5* F on the glowplugs , I just let it warm up for 10 to 15 minutes before I go anywhere .

 

[MechanicMatt]

I'll check out schedule and let you know tomorrow...

 

[Cowboy254]

View attachment 627792 not much today except workin on a pile of scrounged wood from when it was frozen. got my locust logs noodled up and soon to be split. KOS!!
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Nice looking locust, FS! BTW, I drove up WTF hill a few weeks ago and was going to get a pic of the sign for you but someone had stolen it. A common occurrence with that particular sign for some reason.

Here's a link for @MustangMike to get the cycling juices flowing http://theclimbingcyclist.com/climbs/alpine-national-park/falls-creek-omeo-side/ . @Jeffkrib has scaled this hill but most people who do the 3Peaks event are walking this one since they already have 200km in the legs including two decent climbs, one of 2000ft and one of 5000ft. Me, I'd rather cut wood.

 

[bigfellascott]

Got a couple of ute loads of this the other day, hard as hell to split (had to hit some of it around 8 times before it got a split in it) and weighs a ton but should be good burning wood for an all nighter, hope so anyway.

All I can say is thank god for the 394, she soon had it sorted.

 

[Hinerman]

Who is the host?

I'm not welcome at most GTG's due to my status as a reformed mod lol.

Matt...aka Hedgerow

One swift kick in the sack and all will be forgiven...