Scrounging Firewood (and other stuff)

[chipper1]

Got everything on the ground done and I started filling the woodshed for 23/24 with what was left in the bucket from filling the other side.
This load is mainly pine/softwoods for the bonfire pit.

Can you guys help me identify this on, picture of the branch included.

And another of pine and the mystery wood. Sure you guys know what it is out west. All I know is that I smelt like Tommy Boy after splitting these two buckets .


This one was a little of the mystery wood, a round of BL, and a round of cherry.

 

[chipper1]

I tightened the return line on the splitter since I had my scrench on me and I was thinking about it.
When I finished splitting the softwood I went to shut the machine down and saw I had some smoke so I figured I'd get a picture for you guys.

Then as I was taking the picture the coal flames up . Never had that happen before, I'm guessing its because of the sappy softwoods.

 

[chipper1]

Since the wood was all gone...



Almost forgot to get a picture of this one. I stopped half way thru, I can't afford to loose anymore man card points .


Got some help picking up the brush and the smaller rounds, I cut the very small stuff when its locust.



Then I managed to get one more load split. I still have a good number of rounds, maybe 3 buckets for tomorrow if the weather allows.

 

[H-Ranch]

Almost forgot to get a picture of this one. I stopped half way thru, I can't afford to loose anymore man card points .

I hear ya - every time I forget to take a pic for @Cowboy254, I take the wood back off the stack and reload the wheelbarrow for a photo just so I don't get any more demerits.

 

[mountainguyed67]

Ummm not sure what you mean

Part of what you quoted is inside the quote box, another part is above the quote box, like its from you.

 

[mountainguyed67]

It's not the amount of wood per load, it's the number of reps! Speaking of....
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You must have smooth flat ground if you don’t lose any of the load, or do you lose some?

 

[mountainguyed67]

We’re not worthy!!!!

Slacker!

 

[H-Ranch]

You must have smooth flat ground if you don’t lose any of the load, or do you lose some?

Not particularly flat and definitely not smooth. Rarely, I lose a piece off the front and have to stop quickly not to run into it. I would guess 2 or maybe 3 splits since I got all of the dump trailer loads.

 

[Lee192233]

Got everything on the ground done and I started filling the woodshed for 23/24 with what was left in the bucket from filling the other side.View attachment 972137
This load is mainly pine/softwoods for the bonfire pit.
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Can you guys help me identify this on, picture of the branch included.
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And another of pine and the mystery wood. Sure you guys know what it is out west. All I know is that I smelt like Tommy Boy after splitting these two buckets .
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This one was a little of the mystery wood, a round of BL, and a round of cherry.
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Nice to see you getting after it. I believe the mystery tree is Eastern Hemlock. Getting kinda rare in the eastern US due to another invasive species, the hemlock woolly adelgid. Just another in the long line of invasives destroying our native species.

 

[farmer steve]

Well if it involves tech and can be messed up I almost guarantee I did it!! Sorry fellas.

No biggie Bob. I peruse the whole forum and see it regularly. I have trouble sometimes when I edit a post to try and add a pic. Sometimes I get pizzed, delete the whole post and start over.

 

[Jeffkrib]

G'day fellers,

My old man has been and will be off scrounging duties for a while. He hit a big wombat (aka tree stump on legs) riding his pushbike 6 weeks ago, went over the handlebars and fractured his pelvis. Unfortunately the break went through the hip socket and is about 10mm (a little under half an inch) wide which is bad. He can expect to require a hip replacement in the nearish future but first the fracture has to heal. He had a month non weight bearing and is now near the end of two weeks touch weight bearing with a frame. He then has two weeks 50% weight bearing on that leg with the frame then an attempt to fully weight bear and see how it goes.

He's 81 but was in excellent condition, riding 50-60km most mornings and the enforced layoff has not gone down well. It remains to be seen how things go as he attempts to return to normal function. We did get some good scrounging together in back in October so at least there is no shortage of wood for the coming winter.

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Cowboy can you pass on this complement to your dad.…….. One of the finest complements one cyclist can give to another, If he’s been cycling 50 - 60 km per day in his 80s tell him he’s a f#@*king animal.

The two things I wish for in my 80s is to cycle as much as your old man and cut as much wood at Turnkey4099

 

[Brufab]

No biggie Bob. I peruse the whole forum and see it regularly. I have trouble sometimes when I edit a post to try and add a pic. Sometimes I get pizzed, delete the whole post and start over.

That quote stuff is out my realm of knowledge currently. For me it's best to just reply

 

[farmer steve]

That quote stuff is out my realm of knowledge currently. For me it's best to just reply

If you rebuild them old carbs you can figure it out.

 

[501Maico]

Some cool bug art when splitting oak. Any ideas on what kind of bug? I only saw a few pockets of tiny ants in other rounds from the same tree.

 

[JustJeff]

Some cool bug art when splitting oak. Any ideas on what kind of bug? I only saw a few pockets of tiny ants in other rounds from the same tree.

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That's pretty cool. Almost as if they were drawing trees. I'd probably slice that off, clear coat it and hang it in my garage

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[stumpy75]

Can you guys help me identify this on, picture of the branch included.
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Hemlock

 

[chipper1]

Nice to see you getting after it. I believe the mystery tree is Eastern Hemlock. Getting kinda rare in the eastern US due to another invasive species, the hemlock woolly adelgid. Just another in the long line of invasives destroying our native species.

Thanks. I've been trying hard to break out of hibernation, I struggle with SAD, even though I'm not sad lol.
My buddy is bringing his excavator over next week to remove the elm stump, the locust tree stump from the one I dropped in the video above, and a 5-6" cherry stump that I was pushing on to see if it would budge and it broke off.
Then once the frost is completely out I can finalize the rough grade and start finishing the parking/ accessory drive/side of the barn(trailer parking area) with crushed asphalt. Lots to do and as you know the time moves quickly.

Hemlock

Thanks guys.
I looked and hemlock has needles.
A friend has a very large one at his place about 25 minutes from here.
This tree was taken from the lake Michigan lakeshore.

 

[farmer steve]

Hemlock @chipper1. Almost as good as spruce.

 

[chipper1]

Well I went out and grabbed the branch and compared it. It does have small needles, they are about 1/4"-3/8" long.
They look much like the pictures on the net.
We'll go with hemlock, thanks guys .

This is the only one I've ever cut.
I told the client I personally wouldn't remove it as it appeared to be slow growing...but it will probably be some nice bonfire wood anyway. I saw one eastern hemlock that is 554 yrs old and other were near 200' tall , probably wouldn't be good for the lake view 100yrs from now lol.

In my searching, I also found out we have a plant called poison hemlock here in Michigan . They can look similar to queen Ann's lace, but grow to be much taller.

 

[chipper1]

Hemlock @chipper1. Almost as good as spruce.

The inside was pretty shiny, lots of resin in there for sure and it was quite heavy, bet it wouldn't be bad at all.
Hopefully it will work okay in the bonfire. Maybe if it doesn't get burned this summer I'll try it out. I could probably take an armful and toss it on the top in the woodshed for next yr, just for the experience .