Scrounging Firewood (and other stuff)

[chipper1]

One of my traps got all beat up late last year. Now I wonder if it was Joe getting loose?

I'm sure he'd tear up a trap.
I just finished looking for my traps, can't find them. Not sure if I let someone borrow them or if they are hiding somewhere here.
I'll ask the boy when he gets home, maybe he knows or remembers.

 

[Lee192233]

Sorry for your family's loss @Cowboy254. It's always tough. I'll be thinking of you.

 

[H-Ranch]

[Barry White DJ voice] Tonight we're going to play a little something special for you oak lovers out there. So turn down the lights, sit back, and enjoy. [/Barry White DJ voice]

 

[bob kern]

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Wait, wait I need to get some candles to help set the mood!!

 

[bob kern]

Thanks for the laugh HR!!

 

[sundance]

Well fellas, a sad day for us. Cowgirl's dad died overnight. He had a brainstem tumour which only made its presence known in the last three weeks. He had been in generally poor health for 10 years so in one respect the extra time he had was a bonus and the thing that got him in the end was unexpected and unrelated to his past history. She did get to go up to Queensland for a week to say goodbye, he was cognitively ok and he wasn't in any pain. So as these things go, it probably went as well as could be hoped but it still sucks.

Thoughts and condolences.

 

[H-Ranch]

Thanks for the laugh HR!!

I try, Bob! Mostly I do it to amuse myself, so if someone else gets a kick out of it then that's just a bonus.

 

[bob kern]

Well fellas, a sad day for us. Cowgirl's dad died overnight. He had a brainstem tumour which only made its presence known in the last three weeks. He had been in generally poor health for 10 years so in one respect the extra time he had was a bonus and the thing that got him in the end was unexpected and unrelated to his past history. She did get to go up to Queensland for a week to say goodbye, he was cognitively ok and he wasn't in any pain. So as these things go, it probably went as well as could be hoped but it still sucks.

So sorry to hear that. Thoughts and prayers to you.

 

[bob kern]

I try, Bob! Mostly I do it to amuse myself, so if someone else gets a kick out of it then that's just a bonus.

Well I think we get on here 50 percent to give or get help and 50 percent for the escape from , well life I guess. Lol

 

[svk]

Gotta be nasty.
My BIL and I were replacing the old wood soffits on a house with vented aluminum, when we were pulling it down they were full of coon crap .
I don't like to get dirty believe it or not, and that job was fitting to be on the show Dirtiest Jobs, it was disgusting. Glad I didn't come down with something .
Been struggling with vermin in the pole barn lately, lots of Dove and Robin's, thinking they are going to nest in there . Also have some coon tracks, looks like he comes in to get out of the rain and just hangs out on the side opposite the house.
Need to set a trap, but I'm afraid I might catch Joe .

Sounds nasty.

Our original hunting camp was a 32’ office trailer that had its share of mice. Dad and I always joked that we were going to get huntavirus (transmitter by mice terds). Nobody ever did lol.

 

[Jeffkrib]

Hi Scrounges, I did some scrounging!

Went out to my sister’s place and got a load. Had to use to BIL’s tractor to get into a location with plenty of dead dry Eucalyptus.





On the way home we took a scenic route as my wife wanted to take pics of this sunflower field, 500km towing ½ Cord of wood



This is the wood stacked ready to burn for winter, as you can see this species of Eucalyptus is an easy to split variety.

Also scrounged up this timber from our bathroom renovation. Our house was built in 1974 and is made from old growth Douglas Fir and Cedar from the West coast of America. Excellent for getting the fire going.

 

[Lee192233]

Hard to believe but Sunday is May 1st which is my hard stop for burning wood. 6.5 months of burning is enough for me. I have about 1.5 more cords of room in the woodshed to finish this spring.

 

[turnkey4099]

Pfft. Some of us are so skilled that we can even flood the engine without a primer bulb.

I did that just yesterday. Picked up ms441 for a hot start and set it on choke.

 

[Jeffkrib]

Well fellas, a sad day for us. Cowgirl's dad died overnight. He had a brainstem tumour which only made its presence known in the last three weeks. He had been in generally poor health for 10 years so in one respect the extra time he had was a bonus and the thing that got him in the end was unexpected and unrelated to his past history. She did get to go up to Queensland for a week to say goodbye, he was cognitively ok and he wasn't in any pain. So as these things go, it probably went as well as could be hoped but it still sucks.

You got to go one day from something, no matter how philosophical you try to be about it, it’s a loss that hurts.
Cowgirl will need lots of hugs.

 

[farmer steve]

Well fellas, a sad day for us. Cowgirl's dad died overnight. He had a brainstem tumour which only made its presence known in the last three weeks. He had been in generally poor health for 10 years so in one respect the extra time he had was a bonus and the thing that got him in the end was unexpected and unrelated to his past history. She did get to go up to Queensland for a week to say goodbye, he was cognitively ok and he wasn't in any pain. So as these things go, it probably went as well as could be hoped but it still sucks.

Condolences to Cowgirl and family.

 

[abbott295]

Sorry for your loss, Cowboy and family.

 

[abbott295]

Jeff, could you tell us a little about your BIL's firewood tractor? Colors make it look like a Massey-Ferguson, but style is not that of anything I recognize. And a roll bar on a tractor of the vintage that looks to be would be unusual on an American tractor. Diesel or gas, or petrol? I don't see a carb hanging on the side of the engine. Thanks.

 

[Jeffkrib]

I don’t know much about it other than it’s a MF65, 4 cylinder diesel.
I‘m assuming the roll bar is a modern aftermarket addition.

 

[svk]

Good morning guys. I’m running down to Minneapolis today to pick up some friends who are back from Arizona for the summer. They are in their mid-80s and this is probably their last summer coming back to Minnesota. They are planning to move to their place in Arizona full-time because it’s easier to endure an Arizona summer than a Minnesota winter and they don’t wish to travel back-and-forth each year anymore.

It’s bittersweet because I will not be able to see them as much but I understand their decision. They have no close family up here anymore (I’m their go-to guy for any help) and one of their daughters has moved to about a block away from their house down there.

 

[H-Ranch]

Morning walk out to the OWB. Hope I can stop doing that this week.