I have to live thru guys posts as a 24hr caregiver for the wife currently. Things not good today. Went from place earlier in the day to a ambulance ride to the main hospital 
Scrounging Firewood (and other stuff)
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Thoughts are with you.....hope all is well.I have to live thru guys posts as a 24hr caregiver for the wife currently. Things not good today. Went from place earlier in the day to a ambulance ride to the main hospital
Sorry, I had my hearing aids on and could hardly hear it. I guess that's what all those years of running a gutted muffler on a Super 1050 does.
That is awesome!! Score!!My "scrounge" of the day (year!)
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A close friends nephew owns a tree trimming business. Apparently, he runs ALOT of perfectly good firewood through the chipper just to get rid of it. I think I have a new honey hole
It means a drive into the city, 40 miles each way, a small inconvenience for the return. He is so eager to give it away he happily loaded me with a smile
I took my dump trailer my buddy brought his utility and we filled em up. I got some work to do now.
Evening chipper!
For years I've been thinking it would be nice to have a trailer picker on the front on my tractor. All the years I shifted trailers at UPS I used a yard shifter, with a dolly picker on the front. It has a pneumatic piston with a U shaped hook on top, a mirror low on the windshield that pointed down. You pushed a button and the piston shot down, held it down until you got the u under the donut of the pintle. Let go of the button and two mongo springs pulled the dolly up. It would take a driver 10-15 minutes to get out, lift the tongue of the dolly up, pull it forward and set it in the pintle. S shifter could do it in 10 seconds and be gone. My JD X540 has hydraulic lift on the front implements. I started chopping up 1/4" angle, bought a 4 bolt, bolt on receiver hitch, and when I was done, I can now pull up to my wood splitter or any of my trailers and pick them up and move them around. i never have to get off and fold the leg up or wind the jack stand up. Just lift the whole thing up and off I go. I need to get the paint out and I'll be pretty much done.
I put one on the front bumper of my riding mower. It is fixed so I have to dismount and hook up. I mostly run my splitter and 3'x4' trailer around the wood lot on the front end. Very easy that way to position both where I want them.
That’s super easy on those tiny tractors though.
Can I join this conversation? I promise I will behave.
For years I've been thinking it would be nice to have a trailer picker on the front on my tractor. All the years I shifted trailers at UPS I used a yard shifter, with a dolly picker on the front. It has a pneumatic piston with a U shaped hook on top, a mirror low on the windshield that pointed down. You pushed a button and the piston shot down, held it down until you got the u under the donut of the pintle. Let go of the button and two mongo springs pulled the dolly up. It would take a driver 10-15 minutes to get out, lift the tongue of the dolly up, pull it forward and set it in the pintle. S shifter could do it in 10 seconds and be gone. My JD X540 has hydraulic lift on the front implements. I started chopping up 1/4" angle, bought a 4 bolt, bolt on receiver hitch, and when I was done, I can now pull up to my wood splitter or any of my trailers and pick them up and move them around. i never have to get off and fold the leg up or wind the jack stand up. Just lift the whole thing up and off I go. I need to get the paint out and I'll be pretty much done.
That looks like the most awesome self driving, hydraulic cannon I've ever seen.
Good score! It's that time of year again when I start to think about getting wood in. My garden is heavy clay and often is too wet for me to work on for a while yet and after a week of storms there are yes down everywhere but my lawn is a pond. Anyway, I've contacted my two usual tree guys to let them know I'm still here and starting to want to get wood. With our recent energy price rises and now war in Ukraine I can imagine energy doubling again, so I want wood! It's been a mild winter this year though and I'll have about 1.3 years worth of wood CSS left over, so no need to panic. Quite looking forward to a few more tanks through that little dolmakita-rippersaw Mooohahahahaha! I'd have to grab the 365 for wood like your scrounge though!My "scrounge" of the day (year!)
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A close friends nephew owns a tree trimming business. Apparently, he runs ALOT of perfectly good firewood through the chipper just to get rid of it. I think I have a new honey hole
It means a drive into the city, 40 miles each way, a small inconvenience for the return. He is so eager to give it away he happily loaded me with a smile
I took my dump trailer my buddy brought his utility and we filled em up. I got some work to do now.
I don’t really understand how these forums work but I found a post besmirching Australian arborists and thought I might be able to offer some inside information on how bad we really are.
I wonder how well your firewood will dry with closed in sides?
Nice shack @Marine5068. Should work great. I could see my little Kubota living in the garage
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Mine's fully enclosed. Put dry wood in and it stays dry.
I had a three sided enclosure that I put green firewood in. Seemed to take forever to season. Of course, it was tucked under some overhanging branches and did not get any breeze through it. I now stack my green out in the open, top covered with a tarp, where it can get plenty of sun and wind.
If I can help it, I do all my cutting and splitting when it's cold. I've become allergic to sweating...
It doesn't always work out the way I want though. Up until Last week we had 2-3 ft of snow on the ground dating back to Christmas. Hard to do much in the woods when its that deep. Now I have a nice stack of logs all I have to do is keep my lay down area clear. Easy peasey.
Hey, plowing the driveway for some neighbors pays off ... just got a nice bottle of Red Wine!
He always does 2 of the driveways - his and his Mom's, but said I saved him a trip to the chiropractor this time! There was a tough ice crust on the top!
He always does 2 of the driveways - his and his Mom's, but said I saved him a trip to the chiropractor this time! There was a tough ice crust on the top!
Man, over here it's just expected of me 
A nip of wine while snow plowing, that's the ticket.
In all honesty, my neighbors have never asked me to plow for them. Something about watching someone with a disability try to shovel the deep spots out of a 150 ft driveway that I can't stomach. They are always appreciative. That's enough payment - Although an occasional bribe would be nice!
A nip of wine while snow plowing, that's the ticket.
In all honesty, my neighbors have never asked me to plow for them. Something about watching someone with a disability try to shovel the deep spots out of a 150 ft driveway that I can't stomach. They are always appreciative. That's enough payment - Although an occasional bribe would be nice!
I have a similar wood shed but it only sees wood that has been seasoning for a minimum of a year in the outside ricks. Fill it with 3 cords and the back porch with another three each fall.
