Scrounging Firewood (and other stuff)

[Cowboy254]

Operation Big Mess is going well.



The Cowkids are stacking the kindling and spreading the noodles to dry as I speak. Two tanks through the 241.

 

[clint53]

This was the 4th load from the same White Oak and we ain't finished.

 

[farmer steve]

Was the boiler OEM or custom other than that looks a lot like my Englander and I think I like non EPA better

As far as I know OEM. The guy that built them did a lot of different configurations.

 

[rarefish383]

Scrounged this up from my neighbor Saturday. Older non EPA stove. My mom dated the guy that started this co in high school. They made woodstoves till the EPA got involved. Several of my wood customer's Stihl use them and it's the brand I use in the shop.. They sell anywhere from 3-6 hundred dollars on CL and marketplace. This one is set up to be boiler. After my original neighbor sold another guy moved in and started using the stove with unseasoned wood. Check out the creosote on the door. He moved out and the new people have a pellet stove. Probably a $2 grand stove when new. Used ones sell for $4-500 or more. Free is gooder. View attachment 884776View attachment 884777View attachment 884778

I’ve kind of been looking for an old Timber Line. I had one once for wood or coal. It was small, perfect for my cabin in WV. It was only about 14-16 inches wide, but pretty deep. It was just wide enough for two splits to fit through the door, but you could stack them 4 high. I’ve only seen two sell in ten years and they went for several hundred bucks. TSC has a little one for $199, I might try it.

 

[MFV]

As far as I know OEM. The guy that built them did a lot of different configurations.

That’s cool we boil water on ours to humidifie the house but it’s not cold enough long enough here, to run a boiler I would have to keep my windows open

 

[HadleyPA]

I just bought a back up blower for mine in the shop. Cheap China was around $70 and made in USA was almost $100. USA for the win. The baker shop was about 15 minutes from me and that's where I would get my gaskets. To bad they are closed now. The one I have in my shop is a Falcon model. 1 big door. They also made a single eagle that wood take stuff up to 24 inches. Mine keeps the shop at 70 even on the coldest days. I load it around 4 or 5 in the evening and Stihl have coals around 6 the next morning.

Mind if I ask where you got the blower from?

 

[farmer steve]

Martin's produce supplies in shippensburg PA. It's actually a greenhouse inflator fan. I am going to have to adapt it a bit as the bolt pattern is a little different. You can find blowers online. I needed 1 for my greenhouse so I bought 2 when I was there.

 

[HadleyPA]

I've done what you are talking about a million times, and yes, they are good at going down plowed hills (and you can steer), but on about 4-5 inches of fresh snow, the plastic ones slow down because they are pushing too much of it while the runners just keep you above it.

I try to take my Grandkids at least once a year (before my busy Tax Season) but have not done so yet this year.

However, I did take my oldest Grandson out to shoot is 22 this afternoon ... he did well and was happy as a lark!

I agree about the plastics pushing in deep powder, but once you get it packed I don't think it really makes much difference, except that runner sleds are much easier to steer. However, they don't take to jumping over the ramps nearly as well as an el-cheapo plastic sled! . Got this whole sled thing has brought back a bunch of memories. Remember one time as a kid a whole bunch of us went to the biggest Hill in town to go sled riding for a full Sunday afternoon after church. I'm talking a group of 5-6 entire families. Well one guy brought a slip and slide and the adults were going to be the first to use it. Naturally the bigger, burlier men all got on at the back and the smaller women all sat in the front. When they took off the whole thing proceeded to spin right around because of having more weight in the rear passing the lighter front. As a kid I couldn't believe what I was seeing, and I had never heard adults scream like that in all my life. Let's just say that for most of the women, that was there only ride down the hill that day!

 

[HadleyPA]

Martin's produce supplies in shippensburg PA. It's actually a greenhouse inflator fan. I am going to have to adapt it a bit as the bolt pattern is a little different. You can find blowers online. I needed 1 for my greenhouse so I bought 2 when I was there.

Cool, thanks, I'll check them out

 

[chipper1]

This was the 4th load from the same White Oak and we ain't finished.

Nice looking load.
You have a great wife for sure, they're hard to find .
I liked the 462 the best, even though those old buggers sure have a great sound.
Watch those loose chains, while a 20 won't normally hit you, a 24 can reach you depending on the saw, but over a 28 can get you, and even if you have chaps on and they smack you it still hurts pretty bad , so I've heard.

 

[chipper1]

Sort of like meeting people from saw forums. Folks are usually but not always the same person you encounter online.

That's the truth, some it's better only knowing them online.

 

[chipper1]

Right, like using the choke after it’s been running.....

That's for sure one of them.
Many times guys who don't drop start a saw have a hard time getting up enough rpm to get them to start. I had an older friend who was having this problem last yr, I set him up with a "D" style stihl handle and he can get it going now

 

[sean donato]

That's the truth, some it's better only knowing them online.

Its funny you guys mention this. I'm into 1/5scale DC, which uses 2 stroke engines. I've recently started buying and selling off my other rc stuff that I no longer use, some of the guys I thought I knew are nothing like they are online, in person.

 

[chipper1]

Its funny you guys mention this. I'm into 1/5scale DC, which uses 2 stroke engines. I've recently started buying and selling off my other rc stuff that I no longer use, some of the guys I thought I knew are nothing like they are online, in person.

Totally, the real question is what they think of u in person .

 

[sean donato]

Totally, the real question is what they think of u in person .

I like to think I'm about the same either way lol. I'm just a deck

 

[clint53]

Nice looking load.
You have a great wife for sure, they're hard to find .
I liked the 462 the best, even though those old buggers sure have a great sound.
Watch those loose chains, while a 20 won't normally hit you, a 24 can reach you depending on the saw, but over a 28 can get you, and even if you have chaps on and they smack you it still hurts pretty bad , so I've heard.

Thanks.
Those old saws are fun, but problems sometimes pop up. If I couldn't work on them I wouldn't have them.
My wife spotted the loose chain and pointed at it. I had one chain to break since 1976. I had only run 20" bars or shorter until last year.
The first 24" I got I noticed right away the problems with longer bars.
That 462 is a hoss.

 

[chipper1]

Thanks.
Those old saws are fun, but problems sometimes pop up. If I couldn't work on them I wouldn't have them.
My wife spotted the loose chain and pointed at it. I had one chain to break since 1976. I had only run 20" bars or shorter until last year.
The first 24" I got I noticed right away the problems with longer bars.
That 462 is a hoss.

Yep, the 462 is a beast for a 70cc saw, just don't tell my husky friends I said that lol.
I have some older saws, but I don't work on them, even though I can . I've worked on so many things because I couldn't afford not to, that these days I do what I can to avoid them. I did put a new caliper, pads and rotor on the little Honda odyssey friday, I can't see paying a few hundred dollars for something I can do for just over 100. Everything in life is about balance, since I used to do all that work on everything the first half of my life, I feel I need to balance out the last half of my life.
They don't have to break to hit you, the lengths I was talking about hitting you are from popping off .
Watch this one in slow motion, my reflexes are a little slow getting out of the way in case it would have hit me, about 3/4 of a second slow, it could have done some serious damage at 15k rpms

 

[chipper1]

I like to think I'm about the same either way lol. I'm just a deck

If you're a deck, does that mean your personality is pretty flat/level lol.
Online I enjoy giving everyone a hard time, and can be a "little" sarcastic, but in person I'm much worse .
I'm a pretty easy read if someone cares to pay the slightest bit of attention, it's not like I hide how I feel, some like that, some would rather be lied to .
Personally I enjoy knowing where people stand, whether I agree or not, that's okay, just be genuine and consistent.

 

[mountainguyed67]

I brought down one of the 12’ black oak logs Sunday. When I got down to the end of ten miles of dirt road the log was mostly out of the trailer and dragging behind. I still had an hour to go, if I was in a car. I used the truck’s rear winch to pull it back in. Originally I had a chain and binder across the log, side to side. The only reason it didn’t come out all together is I hooked the tail of the forward lifting chain to the trailer side, to keep it inside. I wasn’t using the forward lifting chain to secure it. It was dark, that’s why I didn’t notice the log dragging behind.

This was my first time hauling wood that wasn’t already bucked to length. I think I need to borrow a car trailer and use three chains and binders. I’ll have to get the ratcheting type binder. Going across with this type, I couldn’t grab another link. There’s no give. The ratcheting type lets you adjust it to the correct tension, instead of another link being your only choice. Or I suppose I could use ratchet straps, I prefer chain and binder for stuff this heavy though.

There’s a second log, but there’s two feet of snow up there now. I had a hard enough time getting up our driveway with 3” of snow on Sunday. I have two sets of chains, but didn’t have them on. I could try it that way, undecided.



You can see the flat spot from dragging the log.

 

[sean donato]

If you're a deck, does that mean your personality is pretty flat/level lol.
Online I enjoy giving everyone a hard time, and can be a "little" sarcastic, but in person I'm much worse .
I'm a pretty easy read if someone cares to pay the slightest bit of attention, it's not like I hide how I feel, some like that, some would rather be lied to .
Personally I enjoy knowing where people stand, whether I agree or not, that's okay, just be genuine and consistent.

Wouldnt post up I'm a Richard lol. I like to think it's a bout equal here as anywhere else. I get fired up over stupid thing, and am rather tactless at times, but in general I like to think I'm decent person. My wife may have different opinion lol. Heck it's not even hard to track me down, my screen name is my name. No reason to hide from people I most likely wont meet, and if I happen to meet them, they already know my name.