Scrounging Firewood (and other stuff)

[Backyard Lumberjack]

Holidays are passed and now we are into the new year. 2022. gosh, how time flies. hope it was a nice holiday season for you all. and that the new year will go as you desire. most of our decorations down, but the tree still up. we like the lights!

yesterday's scrounge. just a little urban windfall. pun intended. big storms couple days ago. 6 tornadoes, too. one few blocks from us. oak, free for scrounging. just couple houses down from me. 10 maybe 15 mins work... bit under 1/10th cord... closer to .6 or 7 of a tenth. good enuff for my needs. burn all i can, stack the rest....

oiled up my lil Echo first. then some fuel. too off. warmed it up. and off i went. 2 houses away.

 

[Backyard Lumberjack]

yesterday's scrounge... yesterday's lounge. we enjoyed the fireside warmth in evening catching up on some t.v. ...

 

[farmer steve]

Holidays are passed and now we are into the new year. 2022. gosh, how time flies. hope it was a nice holiday season for you all. and that the new year will go as you desire. most of our decorations down, but the tree still up. we like the lights!

yesterday's scrounge. just a little urban windfall. pun intended. big storms couple days ago. 6 tornadoes, too. one few blocks from us. oak, free for scrounging. just couple houses down from me. 10 maybe 15 mins work... bit under 1/10th cord... closer to .6 or 7 of a tenth. good enuff for my needs. burn all i can, stack the rest....

oiled up my lil Echo first. then some fuel. too off. warmed it up. and off i went. 2 houses away.
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That'll get the wheelbarrow guys excited.

 

[Backyard Lumberjack]

That'll get the wheelbarrow guys excited.

right! a quintessential... quick turn around. lol

"not for resale!'

 

[H-Ranch]

That'll get the wheelbarrow guys excited.

Oh sure... *those* guys.

 

[Vtrombly]

right! a quintessential... quick turn around. lol

"not for resale!'
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Taking a barrow in your hands never know whether the next load will be its last. I can see the listing. "Vintage barrow perfect condition all it needs is a tire you move load of firewood is included. My loss is your gain. Wont last long"

 

[farmer steve]

Glad I wasn't hunting when this decided to go over.

 

[Backyard Lumberjack]

Taking a barrow in your hands never know whether the next load will be its last. I can see the listing. "Vintage barrow perfect condition all it needs is a tire you move load of firewood is included. My loss is your gain. Wont last long"

lol. mine are always the last load. that is until the next one comes up... well, for me... comes down. the oak falls so much and so often... only a dual wheelbarrow is fast enuff to get the job done timely... you guys know...

right tool for the right job!

i guess i could put on a 8 hp Briggs...

 

[LondonNeil]

 

[LondonNeil]

AHH give up. I was trying to find a clip of the medic, Eugene Roe, hanging out advice to one of the men about how to avoid trench foot. It's in ep 6, Bastogne, (battle of the bulge) I think. Anyway... Dry socks, very important.... Dry your wet ones round your neck.

 

[Vtrombly]

Glad I wasn't hunting when this decided to go over.

Ill say was it just the strap that let loose or was that the tree that it was on?

 

[farmer steve]

Ill say was it just the strap that let loose or was that the tree that it was on?

The whole tree fell over. The ratchet strap at the top was the only thing that broke. Stand not damaged at all. It couldn't have fallen any more perfect so the stand wasn't bent up.

 

[Vtrombly]

The whole tree fell over. The ratchet strap at the top was the only thing that broke. Stand not damaged at all. It couldn't have fallen any more perfect so the stand wasn't bent up.

That's awesome that looks like a really nice stand that would have been bad if it had ben damaged.

 

[Jere39]

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You are lucky you weren't in it, and that it came out unscathed. Here is one a neighbor was in during the "SnoTober" event a couple years ago. The stand was nestled in a three trunk Oak cluster. A neighbor who was borrowing it decided the weather was getting bad and climbed down and walked back to his house. Next morning he noted how wise that decision was. Scout and I inspected it a couple days later after all the snow was gone. This one did not get out unscathed, though it was repairable. I had another ladder to replace this one and straightened a few things, and it is back in service.

 

[mountainguyed67]

Had another tree across our driveway yesterday.

 

[Brufab]

Thats a beautiful driveway!

 

[mountainguyed67]

Thats a beautiful driveway!

Do I detect sarcasm?

 

[Brufab]

No the view is spectacular i wonder what the rest of the area looks like.

 

[H-Ranch]

No the view is spectacular i wonder what the rest of the area looks like.

Plus there is clearly not a lot of traffic on it - now that's my kind of driveway!

 

[mountainguyed67]

No the view is spectacular i wonder what the rest of the area looks like.