That was from another thread
lol.Thanks, hopefully no cramps tonight, I was hustling on that one.
Scrounging Firewood (and other stuff)
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lol.Thanks, hopefully no cramps tonight, I was hustling on that one.
Well goodness! I thought I posted it once but couldn’t find it so I put it in there again. They really should keep me away from technology!!That was from another thread
Thanks, hopefully no cramps tonight, I was hustling on that one.
calamari
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Looks like a perfect candidate to put a round under it and never have to worry about hitting dirt while you buck it up. Too bad it's willow. Do you burn willow or will the tree be burned in a slash pile?@turnkey4099 I was thinking about you today, cutting on a big nasty willow today
Gonna need a bigger saw/bar when I go back, the ported 261cm did a nice job, but the 20" was a bit short, had to cut from both sides after the 4th cut on the stem. The round under the stem in the last 2 pictures is 18-20".
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Thinking about it why buck it up any further if you're just going to burn it to get rid of it? Throw the slash on it and burn it as is right there.
I'm lazy.
Maybe he has bare dirt and firefighting ability where he’s taking it?
calamari
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Being from California too the thought of burning anything in the open kind of makes things pucker up but he's from Michigan where they still get rained on. I know, I've heard of that happening in the distant past too. Maybe I saw a picture in a book someplace?
Morning guys. I taught cast iron cooking class last night to a dozen students, here’s the finished product. I forgot to get pics of the appetizers though. Apple pie and brownies (both baked in cast iron) for dessert.
We set off the fire alarms at the school while cooking too lol. They called ahead but a FD member did visit us. We offered him dinner but he declined.
calamari
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Maybe @Backyard Lumberjack and @svk can have a cook off?
You'll own nothing and be happy
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There is a round under it, and I even said so in my post, are you that guy from craigslist that calls asking all the questions that are answered in the ad
."The round under the stem in the last 2 pictures is 18-20"."
I'm moving it all to a pile about 100yrds away where it will all be burnt. I suggested that I move it to the side as I cut it and we could burn it right there, but because it's near a fairly busy road they didn't want to go that route.
What do you mean fire fighting ability, here we just keep adding more on until the fire department tells us to stop(if we don't have a permit) or until you run out of things to burn.
I did have to place it in a smaller less open area than this(except the spot where the tree is there are some nice smaller walnut). I had to put it in the center of an area surrounded by power lines on two side, and the creek on the other two and one of those is wooded.
Hoping they are willing to light it when I'm there with the tractor and can push the big stuff onto the pile for them, otherwise they will have to look at this stuff sitting there for a long time. And I have three more large branches to remo6from another large willow, the largest is about 16" just out from the stem, those are all on the opposite side of the creek they said I could stack the branches and wood up near their bonfire pit, I don't think they understand how much wood and debris is there so I plan to pull some of it across and add it to the pile I've already made.
My neighbor is from cali, I was born there, but don't associate with it otherwise
. He freaked out about my fires when he first moved in, some are quite large and you can see the ash plumb above the treeline at night 
. I have my very own personal fire spotter, he would sit out on his deck and watch, for hrs, meanwhile I was sound asleep lol. I'd even ask him the next day how it went 
, he's pretty much over it now, we're getting him trained.
calamari
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It's not as much fun as it used to be out here in the summer for sure. Weeks to months of upslope or downslope smoke or just plain day and night smoke with you doing mental triage on which boat you'll take when you evacuate and which you'll claim on your insurance. Women and children can tell what aircraft type is flying over just from the sound of their engines while they're sitting on the couch.There is a round under it, and I even said so in my post, are you that guy from craigslist that calls asking all the questions that are answered in the ad
"The round under the stem in the last 2 pictures is 18-20"."
I'm moving it all to a pile about 100yrds away where it will all be burnt. I suggested that I move it to the side as I cut it and we could burn it right there, but because it's near a fairly busy road they didn't want to go that route.
What do you mean fire fighting ability, here we just keep adding more on until the fire department tells us to stop(if we don't have a permit) or until you run out of things to burn.
I did have to place it in a smaller less open area than this(except the spot where the tree is there are some nice smaller walnut). I had to put it in the center of an area surrounded by power lines on two side, and the creek on the other two and one of those is wooded.
Hoping they are willing to light it when I'm there with the tractor and can push the big stuff onto the pile for them, otherwise they will have to look at this stuff sitting there for a long time. And I have three more large branches to remo6from another large willow, the largest is about 16" just out from the stem, those are all on the opposite side of the creek they said I could stack the branches and wood up near their bonfire pit, I don't think they understand how much wood and debris is there so I plan to pull some of it across and add it to the pile I've already made.
My neighbor is from cali, I was born there, but don't associate with it otherwise
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I think steak was about 11 per pound. So the cooking class is more or less a break even proposition....dinner for 12 people cost me $286 in groceries (and I get paid $25 per student). Granted there were some leftovers that I took home but it is mostly a way to spread my love for cast iron to others versus adding to the pocketbook.
I can't imagine. Being asthmatic I have just watched and figured I'd need to leave if we ever had those problems. I try not to have any smoke coming off my fires
, need to keep them burning clean .calamari
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Cast iron and fat ducks are my favorite. Render the fat to fry potatoes in later and crispy skinned duck breast. What this has to do with scrounging firewood I have no idea but I'm duck hunting for the last time this season this coming weekend and hope to get a couple fat rice field Pintails.
calamari
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Good for you! I wish more people did that out here but there's so much to burn and our burnning season can be shut off at any time so people heap it on and make a smudge. My mom was the worst because she was afraid of fire but couldn't stop herself from burning all her leaves.
Dudders
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They're kidding you - they've got an app that tells them. Plus what airline it is, where it's going, where it's from, the pilot's inside leg measurement, etc. Sad...
That’s how they learn to tell by sound.
Water. Our place we burn on is timberland, embers will drop and start tiny smoldering spots that can and do start burning. I have a water trailer on hand to handle those. Nothing has gotten out of control on me, but when it’s dry I don’t want to do it without water. I’m not gonna start the next big wildfire in California.
I prefer to burn when it looks like this.
The 1st 2 pics are of a pile I covered before it snowed then burnt it, the rest of the pics are of some pikes me and the old man made and burnt while clearing 2 acres for his new home build site, some pics you can see a huge water tote we kept for just in case with a 100'hose and gas water pump. We probably burnt 30 big piles and probly atleast 30 cords of wood on top of the brush.
