Scrounging Firewood (and other stuff)

[svk]

I literally haven’t left the house today. Been cleaning and cooking all day. It’s supposed to be nicer tomorrow, around 30 degrees.

Needed some business deductions before year end so yesterday was quite interesting. Have a few new things to assist my scrounging and other outdoor projects.

 

[Logger nate]

I literally haven’t left the house today. Been cleaning and cooking all day. It’s supposed to be nicer tomorrow, around 30 degrees.

Needed some business deductions before year end so yesterday was quite interesting. Have a few new things to assist my scrounging and other outdoor projects.

New things...?

 

[chipper1]

Doesn't look like too much snow left. I camped out at the Byron Center yard Tuesday night and woke up to that slop Wednesday morning. Had to run into Muskegon first thing, what a mess!!

We got a little more today, along with some sleet and rain/freezing rain, it was a bit messy. 96 heading west can get dumped on pretty good out that way, while we are still what I consider the lake effect area, they get a lot more than here or GR.

 

[chipper1]

New things...?

He got some "office supply scrounging tools", paper is made from wood right lol.

 

[Drptrch]

G'day blokes, haven't been around for a couple of weeks, finally turn up to find I'm 25 pages behind. I've caught up now, and can provide my considered opinions on things, which of course you'll all find riveting.​

Funny thing. I learned to drive my grandfather's 1969 Holden Premier (I stihl have it) which was a 3-on-the-tree manual on the left side of the steering column. Then as a 19 year old, I went to the US and learned to drive a floor shift manual with the right hand. So I could drive a column shift manual with the left and a floor shift with the right. When I was confronted with a floor shift in Oz with the left hand - hopeless! Had to learn all over again.



Glad to see you're stihl alive Dan. Don't tell me you've run out of spruce??



Those trees look a bit like bluegum. In forested areas here they grow like telephone poles but usually a pain to split.





Agreed. Ironbark is about as good as firewood gets.

As we speak )


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[svk]

New things...?

Some new, some new to me.

 

[svk]

Round 1

 

[Logger nate]

Some new, some new to me.

Thought maybe we were going to see some pictures of new saws or something.. : )

 

[Logger nate]

Round 1
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Nice! Guess we were replying at the same time, lol.

 

[svk]

Round 2

 

[svk]

I also made a stop at the Chevy dealer. Bought a 2013 1/2 ton quad cab and ordered a dumper dogg dump box for my 02’ 2500 HD (my current daily driver) which will now be a plow truck/wood truck/work truck only.

 

[Logger nate]

I also made a stop at the Chevy dealer. Bought a 2013 1/2 ton quad cab and ordered a dumper dogg dump box for my 02’ 2500 HD (my current daily driver) which will now be a plow truck/wood truck/work truck only.

Wow! That’s going to be nice! Always wanted a dump trailer but I can see the advantages of a dump box.
What size 4 wheeler?

 

[svk]

Wow! That’s going to be nice! Always wanted a dump trailer but I can see the advantages of a dump box.
What size 4 wheeler?

850 Polaris.

I didn’t take delivery because they are putting a windshield and hand/thumb warmers on for me.

Excluding home purchases, I spent more $ yesterday than I have in a single day in my entire life. All stuff that will be used and appreciated though.

 

[chipper1]

850 Polaris.

I didn’t take delivery because they are putting a windshield and hand/thumb warmers on for me.

Excluding home purchases, I spent more $ yesterday than I have in a single day in my entire life. All stuff that will be used and appreciated though.

Nice scrounging equipment buddy.
I guess it was a good yr to need to write off that much more, been a while since I was in that spot and it worked to my advantage.
Speaking of taxes, I just got a letter from the irs today saying that I'm owed more money on my 2014 taxes and they are paying it .
It took a bit of work/paperwork to get them to come off it, but they finally did, even when I was told by others and the irs that they wouldn't pay up lol.

 

[MustangMike]

Well, I love my 570, but that is a big beast you got coming there!

 

[Logger nate]

850 Polaris.

I didn’t take delivery because they are putting a windshield and hand/thumb warmers on for me.

Excluding home purchases, I spent more $ yesterday than I have in a single day in my entire life. All stuff that will be used and appreciated though.

That’s great!

 

[muad]

Nice scores SVK. I need a 4wheeler or SXS.

 

[turnkey4099]

I do that too, but if they are decent I'll either bring some of them right into the house when I'm splitting during the burning season or I throw them in with the splits to give away with other not so pretty wood. I just sold a nice truckload of my "seconds" to a neighbor for 50, I've probably given him a full cord the last yr so I didn't mind charging him that, and it helps him out. Nice when things work well for everyone like that.

I keep a pile of those right inside the entry to my wood yard. I usually get a few people stop by in the fall for campfire wood. The rest of what I call 'uglies' go on a separate rick and I burn those first - they usually keep my fire going for the first 2 weeks of the heating season.

 

[Cowboy254]

Thought I'd better start the new year off right. A bloke I know had a big branch split off a peppermint and he had the tree guys come and separate it from the rest of the tree and chip most of the brush. They left the logs.



Some of it was a bit ratty and plenty of twists in some parts.



I had the danger ranger loaded up a bit higher that I normally like and was just hoping that I didn't put a chunk through the rear window or get pulled over by the cops on the way home.



Fortunately, I was only scrounging next door to my place .



The 241 was a bit undersized but after walking back up the hill to get Limby (which I promptly flooded - oh yeah, don't do more than one pull in the 'start' position in summer) I wasn't going to walk back up to get the 460. Biggest log around 20". There's stihl a few logs left in this pile so should get another load out of it then I'll pile the junk and prolly use it for bonfire material. Neighbour is happy for me to take downed trees and there is a larger one on the property that I'll get to at some point.

 

[svk]

It was a blessing to be both in the position to spend money and be able to deduct it. I have only had a wheeler for 2 of the past 10 years and really need one for what I do. Yes I overbought a bit on on the wheeler but hopefully this will last me for 10-15 years.