Scrounging Firewood (and other stuff)

[Sawyer Rob]

I'd like to see that. When I split the 24" ones, my splitter would only split the log on one side. Then I'd have to spin it 180 to break it in half.

I split some 24" and bigger oak last week, no problem at all.

I cut them over my trailer so I don't have to lift them, then roll them right up onto my splitters beam,

Then push them through the 4-way,

easy peasy…

SR

 

[mountainguyed67]

Hinerman,
Whoa! How do you split those big boys? I use to go after 24" ones, but I'd have to saw in half just to load (by hand) into my little 5x8 trailer. I'd have to saw them in half again just to get under the splitter. I only cut for myself so there's always smaller stuff for me to deal with. If I sold firewood, I'd go after the big ones; hard to pass on them.

I have split red fir and black oak 5 feet in diameter, I would take the splitter inside the wood trailer. Sometimes I had help, sometimes I didn’t. One round would make a quarter cord at that diameter. I’d split five rounds, then pull the splitter into the trailer with a come along. I’d have the splitter vertical. Once the log was pushed over onto the splitter foot, I wasn’t moving it again, too heavy. With weight charts I calculated each round weighed between 1,100 and 1,400 lbs (with the black oak). It wouldn’t split all the way across, it would hinge on the other end. Sometimes I could finish the split with a maul, sometimes I had to move the splitter over there. I would pull it out from where it was, dig under at the new spot, and work the foot under. I had to repeat this until it was down to quarters, then I could move it. I didn’t split them all the way down, I would split them just enough so I could lift them onto the trailer and truck. Then I would stack in the trailer all around the splitter, completely burying it. Sometimes people didn’t believe I had a splitter in there, I would say “you think I split that by hand?”. Ha ha.

 

[mountainguyed67]

Maybe these are a little bigger than Hinerman’s, the sides of the trailer are 2 feet high. I would roll them into the trailer, then roll them out at home, and push them over onto the vertical splitter. With these it didn’t matter if they split all the way across, I could rotate by hand.

 

[Plowboy83]

I finally finished the splitting the red gum. Not sure how much is in the pile it’s little over 50 ft long and thrown 6 ft high

 

[mountainguyed67]

Awesome, nice place too.

 

[Saiso]

What I normally bring in the woods when I scrounge any distance from the truck! Picture doesn’t show gas junk + I’m wearing pants and hard hat.

 

[Plowboy83]

Awesome, nice place too.

Thank you sir

 

[chipper1]

It hit just south of us overnight. The Laurentian divide is 35 miles south of us and the slight elevation rise held all of the weather to the south. Two hours to the south of us has 5 inches of wet heavy snow.

Neat, well sort of lol.
We got some of the precipitation that came thru here and went up you way back today, and the temps are dropping too. Just as the river was getting down to almost normal levels the rain came, now its out of its banks again. I'm sure the West Michigan shoreline is getting pounded with all this wind.
Delivered this to my parent's neighbors today, he was very thankful. I also sharpened the chain on his 455 rancher, it's curving a little, really needs the rakers set as the right cutters are a bit longer. He had a round file, but didn't have a handle for it or a flat file. I had him drill a 3/16 hole thru a golf ball and the tang just barely came out the other side, it worked like a charm, and now he has a good handle/and didn't have to buy one .

 

[square1]

Fiskars session on some hackberry (small, far stack) Uugh!; chestnut (near stack) stuff smells awful!; and some nice straight grained white oak (3rd stack) Aah, twas like heaven on earth. There is something magical in the "thunk" of oak logs popping open after a good strike

 

[dancan]

Big Sky Day here before a week of dismal weather so off I went for some social distancing !
Boy , was I wrong , it was tard central .
Tard #1

I had a tow cable but I had enough room to get by the Vdub .
Tard #1 cost me the front mounts on the drivers runningboard .

That's tard #1 and her dog walking back to her car after I explained my displeasure about her fine parking job in front of a gate on private road .

That's tard#2 in a of a group of 4 .
I walked over to tell them to stay out of the wetlands , run the roads and play in the ditches .
Tard #2 thot he was being smart by saying "Nice to meet you ."
Polly didn't think that I was nice after I said , "Paul lets you guys run back here , stay on the roads , stay the **** outta the wetlands so he doesn't revoke your asses access to the trails." .
Feckin tards .

 

[KiwiBro]

The tard thaw. Starts as a trickle, ends as a torrent.
#MakeNovaScotiaGreatAgain.
Build that wall before the tard tsunami washes away commonsense and respect.

 

[Deleted member 150358]

The tard thaw. Starts as a trickle, ends as a torrent.
#MakeNovaScotiaGreatAgain.
Build that wall before the tard tsunami washes away commonsense and respect.

I thought a family of em on 4 wheelers were gonna turn off the road into my property. They had all stopped by the field drive. So I went out and as I got around the corner of the house I hear em saying "you got enough gas for another mile and a half for sure..." They stayed on the road. Yay!

 

[JustJeff]

Daughter and I walked the dog today. We've been walking country roads the last few days as a lot of the area trails are either closed or there are too many people for me. Anywho, saw these two trees growing together, the one encircling the other in a wooden embrace. Thought it was cool and hope to see it 20 years from now to see what it looks like then. Also came across a cold blooded killer.....of crickets and worms... He was out enjoying the warm weather same as us.

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[dancan]

Well between dealin with the tards I did locate some Spruceholes for a score or 2

So even between dealin with tards I got myself a nice load of Spruce
I have way less snow than Saiso

 

[dancan]

Hey Cowboy !!!

#not gonna kill me

 

[LondonNeil]

Great idea if you want to learn saw porting. I printed my own timing wheel, and there are lots of "how to" videos. If you go this route I would get an OEM piston pin bearing, Meteor piston and an OEM Elastostart pull rope.

I was thinking a Cross p+c, so no porting work necessary.

 

[KiwiBro]

Only on AS could someone ask about a bar and be advised to buy a ported saw build kit and make a chainsaw.

 

[U&A]

These are the new ones I'm looking at. Don't know whitespider?
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Got my attention

Looks nice.

The absolute Best MT for a lighter truck in my experience is this. BFGKM2. If i could get them in my size with the correct load range i would NOT hesitate.

Currently running these TOYO MY’s and they are great for heavy trucks and have great load ranges

Sent while firmly grasping my redline lubed RAM [emoji231]

 

[Deleted member 150358]

I was impressed with the light on the 45apc my son loaned me. Neighbors dog was barking at something behind the shed. So I took it out with me. Really lights up anything within the farm yard.

So I looked it up on Amazon $269. I am still impressed with it but dayum! Probably well worth it but I've never paid attention to the prices most I see are at the big box store 79.95 on clearance.
SureFire X300 Ultra Series LED WeaponLights with TIR Lens

 

[muad]

ARE WE TALKING TIRES!!!![emoji15][emoji15][emoji15]

Got my attention

Looks nice.

The absolute Best MT for a lighter truck in my experience is this. BFGKM2. If i could get them in my size with the correct load range i would NOT hesitate.

Currently running these TOYO MY’s and they are great for heavy trucks and have great load ranges

Sent while firmly grasping my redline lubed RAM [emoji231]

Love BFGs. Have been running their ATs for years. The F350 is due for a set, current ones have 61K miles on them.

Getting ready to buy a new set, gonna bump up to a slightly larger size this go round.