Scrounging Firewood (and other stuff)

[rarefish383]

A week or so ago I posted the pic of some Chestnut Oak that dry rotted from the inside, with the caption, what wood is this? By the way, it burns like crap. It actually BURNS but little heat and kind of slow. Here are a couple pics of healthy Chestnut Oals from the same section of woods. First pic is repeat of the old post. The oval pointed leaves are the Chestnut Oak.

 

[rarefish383]

Oops, got my pics mixed up. The one on the truck is the dead dry rotted one.

 

[rarefish383]

VERY off topic here but passed a major milestone in a lifelong dream. I soloed Wed. last week. I was hoping to get my private pilot checkride done before I turn 50 (WTF happened to the years?!) later this spring. But I'll get there before mid-summer.
The landing was a little long because I didn't have my CFI (extra weight) and if you notice the windsock, I had about a 3kt tailwind. But I didn't bounce or balloon nor did I slew sideways on touchdown. Directional control was maintained at all times.

Congrats. One of my hunting buddies got his private license about two years ago. He and his wife are moving to a lake front in NH. Now he's working on a float license.

 

[Backyard Lumberjack]

Thanks! It's hard to find "chili" without noodles here in WI. I'm even using 3 different kinds of dried chiles from the local Latino market.

Thank you, Steve. I think I may have a slim chance.

I'll let you guys know how I do.

never heard of chili with noodles! so i googled it - most just looks like modded spaghetti to me.... lol

i am more inclined to think of noodles as in wide egg noodles in a soup... as in this pix of dinner last nite... last of the holiday's homemade turkey soups...

 

[Backyard Lumberjack]

VERY off topic here but passed a major milestone in a lifelong dream. I soloed Wed. last week. I was hoping to get my private pilot checkride done before I turn 50 (WTF happened to the years?!) later this spring. But I'll get there before mid-summer.
The landing was a little long because I didn't have my CFI (extra weight) and if you notice the windsock, I had about a 3kt tailwind. But I didn't bounce or balloon nor did I slew sideways on touchdown. Directional control was maintained at all times.

CONGRATS! signed off as Safe For Solo is definitely an accomplishment! I can remember my first time signed off... 'safe for solo!'

a couple of thoughts to help you with your flying career...

1) any landing u can walk away from, is a good one!

2) there are old pilots... and there are bold pilots. but there are no old, bold pilots!

 

[Backyard Lumberjack]

I ride my bike to work year-round and invariably end up with some (less than 10, really) bitterly cold commutes.
I wear a ski helmet & goggles, layer a good fleece jacket under a windbreaker and double cross country ski tights, booties and hand warmers in the lobster claw mittens.
And having a beard is the cat's pajamas... I don't even feel the wind.

could have used some. kept making fists with my hands, vs fingers in glove fingers...

 

[Backyard Lumberjack]

Glad I did the chainsaw work yesterday when it was about 30F, it is now 5F (-15C).

You guys better slow down the posts after tax season starts, or I'm going to have to skip pages!

i am worried about it come Monday if i go out of town this weekend... lol

do i just give everyone a Like?

or read for content and theme continuity?...

issue being:

 

[Backyard Lumberjack]

Glad I did the chainsaw work yesterday when it was about 30F, it is now 5F (-15C).

You guys better slow down the posts after tax season starts, or I'm going to have to skip pages!

kinda thinking maybe it has become the Good Afternoon check-in thread... lol

 

[Backyard Lumberjack]

Congrats. One of my hunting buddies got his private license about two years ago. He and his wife are moving to a lake front in NH. Now he's working on a float license.

water and hard surface... two worlds apart!

 

[Backyard Lumberjack]

finally... caught up for the moment

 

[turnkey4099]

CONGRATS! signed off as Safe For Solo is definitely an accomplishment! I can remember my first time signed off... 'safe for solo!'

a couple of thoughts to help you with your flying career...

1) any landing u can walk away from, is a good one!

2) there are old pilots... and there are bold pilots. but there are no old, bold pilots!

And 3) Most useless things Altitude above you and landing strip behind you.

 

[old CB]

Got a nice scrounge yesterday. Was in town and happened to see a bucket truck with the operator removing a honey locust. Circled around the block and pulled up to ask, "You want to get rid of any big wood?" After a brief confab, the guy in the bucket said come back around 3 and you can have it all. Sweet!

The crew was done & gone when I returned. Green honey locust--that stuff is heavy! They left it in big pieces. (Actually, I prefer big stuff when processing.) Just rolling the trunk rounds up the tailgate ramp onto my trailer was quite a job. Had to noodle in half a couple of chunks that I could not budge otherwise. Was late and I was thoroughly done when I got home, so I unloaded this morning. And then returned to get a pickup-load of limbs.

Did I mention it was heavy? Kept thinking I might look for more later today, but my weary ass is parked next to a warm fire right now.

 

[mountainguyed67]

^Nice scrounge!

 

[Vtrombly]

Got a nice scrounge yesterday. Was in town and happened to see a bucket truck with the operator removing a honey locust. Circled around the block and pulled up to ask, "You want to get rid of any big wood?" After a brief confab, the guy in the bucket said come back around 3 and you can have it all. Sweet!

The crew was done & gone when I returned. Green honey locust--that stuff is heavy! They left it in big pieces. (Actually, I prefer big stuff when processing.) Just rolling the trunk rounds up the tailgate ramp onto my trailer was quite a job. Had to noodle in half a couple of chunks that I could not budge otherwise. Was late and I was thoroughly done when I got home, so I unloaded this morning. And then returned to get a pickup-load of limbs.

Did I mention it was heavy? Kept thinking I might look for more later today, but my weary ass is parked next to a warm fire right now.
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That's a nice scrounge CB honey locust burns nice and that's a decent amount of wood right there.

 

[Billhook]

Congrats. One of my hunting buddies got his private license about two years ago. He and his wife are moving to a lake front in NH. Now he's working on a float license.

Now that is the kind of talk I like to hear whilst discussing firewood!
My father flew Wellington and Warwick bombers in the war and he trained in Canada at Edmonton then went down to Pensacola and flew Catalinas. I did my PPL in 1978 and father always said that you are not a proper pilot until you have flown a seaplane. So in 1991 I set off to Jack Browns Seaplane base in Kissimmee, Florida and had a lot of fun on the water. Several things were new to me. Chuck Brown asked me to turn downwind while we were water taxiing into a strong headwind. I applied full right rudder but the wind was too strong for the rudders on the floats of the Piper Cub.
He showed me how to do it by applying full throttle, which lifted the nose out of the water a bit and moved the centre of buoyancy back which in turn meant that the wind now blew the tail round to downwind!
Later as I was becoming a little too cocky with my abilities, we were flying over a small lake and he said "Do y'all think you can put her down in there" I said sure and put the Cub down in the lake perfectly. Easy as the floats act like ABS on the water. Must have had that cocky look on my face when Chuck said "That was real nice, a real nice landing, but had y'all thought about how you are going to get out of here?!"
I looked around and there was no way that there was room for a straight take off. I said " Well you got me there Chuck, I suppose I shall have to pay for the recovery truck!"
He just smiled and said "Watch this" Then proceeded to do a circular take off on the lake gathering speed then onto one float before turning into wind at a good speed.
Whilst in Kissimmee I met Lee Lauderback of the Stallion 51 When you gain your water wings this is your next mission!

I was in heaven mentally and physically. If I had to go to war in 1943 then a Mustang would be the plane I would fly.

 

[chipper1]

I missed your post yesterday. I went to bed at 9:00, so that ought to tell you something (lol). I'm 62 and he had the saw when I was in my late teens.

, I knew you were a youngster lol. Not sure why I thought you were younger, but I was sure in my mind you were .

 

[GrizG]

Ive noticed that the scrounge thread always has a hunting element to it hunting for wood and hunting for food

The common factor is being outside and interacting with nature on some level!

 

[rarefish383]

never heard of chili with noodles! so i googled it - most just looks like modded spaghetti to me.... lol

i am more inclined to think of noodles as in wide egg noodles in a soup... as in this pix of dinner last nite... last of the holiday's homemade turkey soups...
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I don’t know why, but that’s called Cincinnati Chili. We were out in Oklahoma and a got a plate. It was about the best concoction of my favorite foods I ever had. Pasta, Chili, Italian sausage and Andouille sausage. Man was it good.

 

[H-Ranch]

Got a few loads in before dark this evening. I think the cold screwed up the timing on the flash because I couldn't get a good pic by the end.

 

[Lee192233]

I don’t know why, but that’s called Cincinnati Chili. We were out in Oklahoma and a got a plate. It was about the best concoction of my favorite foods I ever had. Pasta, Chili, Italian sausage and Andouille sausage. Man was it good.

In Wisconsin chili is ground beef, tomato sauce, chili powder and macaroni noodles served with oyster crackers. Ok but kinda blah.