Scrounging Firewood (and other stuff)

[Backyard Lumberjack]

Yeah, but there is only one Gunny, and lots of other good folk from that neck of the woods. My daughter went to Alvernia University just out side of Reading. Lots of her friends were from Lebanon. Didn't Gunny get a new name and get kicked off anyway. Did he ever make it back?

i don't know Gunny. was he a US Marine...?

 

[sean donato]

Well here it is. Last grill was a char broil commercial series. This is pretty much the same thing. Old one lasted nearly 10 years so hopefully this one will too. And to kick it off, some all beef hot dogs from the last steer. Texas long horn. You can take your Angus and...... trying to talk him into raising a couple head of charolais. One of the best beef cattle imo....

 

[H-Ranch]

i don't know Gunny. was he a US Marine...?
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Uhhhh... no.

 

[husqvarna257]

shade is king for my projects!!!

add in a fan?.....

priceless!

I love my wood lot because it is shaded for most of the day. Hot sun can kill any ambition quickly.

 

[turnkey4099]

Rained out again. 2nd day in a row. I have gotten in only 2 days wooding in the past week. Withdrawal symptoms. Wx report says good dry weather for the next 7 days tho. That shouild dry out my main wooding spot by about Wed.

 

[husqvarna257]

Today was the day to deal with the driveway. Wild roses were encroaching / going over onto the driveway. took the tractor out and ad my wife drive up while I stayed in back on the backhoe . Ripped them up but they will be back. Anyone building a survival house could line all the outskirts of the property with wild roses, slow anyone down and no truck or car could drive though them. Took out the Husky 450 out for a run cutting down small trees overhanging the drive. I have not used it in a year but I only run Husky pre mix so it ran like a dream

 

[Kodiak Kid]

I love my wood lot because it is shaded for most of the day. Hot sun can kill any ambition quickly.

Agreed!

My brother lives in Sacramento. He asked if I'd come down and help him scrounge up some firewood this Summer. I told him he'd have a better chance of me either over night air freighting him a cord, or hell freezing over before I went down there in the middle of Summer to help out with firewood! It gets over 100 during Summer months in the Sacramento Valley!!! No thanks!

Cut safe, stay sharp, and be aware!

 

[Kodiak Kid]

Today was the day to deal with the driveway. Wild roses were encroaching / going over onto the driveway. took the tractor out and ad my wife drive up while I stayed in back on the backhoe . Ripped them up but they will be back. Anyone building a survival house could line all the outskirts of the property with wild roses, slow anyone down and no truck or car could drive though them. Took out the Husky 450 out for a run cutting down small trees overhanging the drive. I have not used it in a year but I only run Husky pre mix so it ran like a dreamView attachment 997007

If you don't mind me asking? How much was that model of tractor, and how heavy a log can it lift?!?! I need one bad!

 

[Kodiak Kid]

Steelhead was on the menu here last nite. never had Walleye. poached with a cover to a cover/dish i poached (english term for LN, scrounged) a bit back while out on a scrounge hunt! this was a Sampler Plate... surf n turf for FD chow call later on. and fresh corn on the cob from garden corn patch! (looks like corn cob to me!)
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the lemon is from SIL's front yard lemon tree out in California... cilantro and w/basil from the garden. (sh never frozen)

Looks delicious! I hope its not farmed fish though! Being a Commercial Fisherman from Alaska. I stress to other folks that. "Friends don't let friends eat farmed fish!

 

[Philbert]

Knew a guy made his fire starters from dryer lint and and toilet paper rolls. Might have used some wax too (?).

Philbert

 

[LondonNeil]

I light a lot of fires, 2 small stoves that can't be kept in over night..... I light about 330 fires reach winter. Mostly it's just newspaper balls, kindling, a few small logs, and a match. I do collect waxed paper all year long and add that... Lots of the kids sweets (candy) wrappers are waxed paper, and some bread is wrapped in waxed paper. I have also used wax from old unwanted candles, I just took the cheese grater to it and grated a bit on to so news paper then rolled and twisted the paper up with the wax inside. That seemed to help get things roaring fast. I also watch out in the super market at the end of summer to see if they have left over BBQ stuff selling cheap and as well as stocking up on a couple of sacks of charcoal for the next summer I'll buy a few bottles of the lighter gel if I see them. A goood squirt onto a sheet of newspaper before rolling it up and adding to the stove helps. These are my zero/low cost and low effort techniques.

I have also considered adding a few strips of polypropylene or pet plastic which both contain only H, C, and O atoms, no halogens, and are common and easily identified. Plastic bottles are usually one of these 2. My chemistry tells me they are highly calorific, burn easily and can't burn to make really nasty products like dioxins (PVC which contains chlorine does produce dioxins and these are nasty... Think agent orange). Like most solid or liquid fuels they will produce soot but that is the worst as far as I can determine. However I've resisted trying as I can't find a definitive answer. I suspect a few strips cut from a bottle would make s decent fire starter.

 

[Kodiak Kid]

Knew a guy made his fire starters from dryer lint and and toilet paper rolls. Might have used some wax too (?).

Philbert

Cotton swabs rolled in Vasolean, Bag Balm, or Tiger Balm. Makes for great fire starter! As well as for cleaning and packing lasserations and other wounds! I have a ziplock bag of them in my Felling pack, as well as my hunting pack! Its good stuff! However, when it comes to at home fire starter. Dry saw waste packed in a five gallon bucket with about a half gallon to a gallon of used motor oil poured on top of it. Then a lid on the bucket. Best fire starter ever in my opinion. Only takes a half cup to a cup to start a fire. If you're wood is plenty dry? No kindling should be required.

And to "Chipper"
The longer the ribbons the better!

Cut safe, stay sharp, and be aware!

 

[LondonNeil]

How do you dry the saw chips though? I rake them up off my lawn asap after cutting as they kill the grass (I think they strip the nitrogen from the soil,). I've just run a tank through my 365 and Raked up 5 sack fulls. Half has gone straight to the wheelie bin and the remainder will go to the next collection. But if o could dry it, I've got 5 gallons of used oil to hand currently.

 

[Kodiak Kid]

How do you dry the saw chips though? I rake them up off my lawn asap after cutting as they kill the grass (I think they strip the nitrogen from the soil,). I've just run a tank through my 365 and Raked up 5 sack fulls. Half has gone straight to the wheelie bin and the remainder will go to the next collection. But if o could dry it, I've got 5 gallons of used oil to hand currently.

I usually don't have to if I'm bucking dry wood. However, I have spread it out about one to two inches thick on an eight by eight tarp in my shop. Also on the same size tarp outside in the sun for a couple days if the saw waste is just a little damp. If its wet saw waste? Don't even bother, make some dryer stuff with your saw! When keeping saw waste to make fire starter. I usually lay a tarp down along a dry log, and on the side of the log Im bucking to catch the waste and keep it clean and dry. Better to do it on a dry day than rainy day also.

Cut safe, stay sharp, and be aware!

 

[MustangMike]

To dry them, just put them in a paper bag or carboard box.

 

[Kodiak Kid]

To dry them, just put them in a paper bag or carboard box.

Good idea MustangM! I'll try that!

 

[Kodiak Kid]

It works great. Also good for oil drips and spills on concrete shop floors. An old Alaskan who's been long past now. Learned me the ol "oiled saw waste" trick for fire starter and oil spills . He and his family moved up from Wisconsin to Alaska, and homesteaded in Homer in the 1930's when he was just a boy. One of the first families to start and establish the small town of Homer! He was definitely from the old school! As he was also one of the most ambitious and hardest working men I've ever known. Eventually becoming a millionaire and land Baron by owning the biggest Cattle ranch in Alaska!

Its good stuff! Cut safe, stay sharp, and be aware!

 

[SS396driver]

My trip to NH yesterday went well, 195 miles each way and the truck got 23.7 MPG w/traffic jams and a stop at Cabela's! Still had more than 1/4 tank when I got home!

Got to see my youngest Grandson, and they loved the benches.

Cabela's said only one container of powder, and they did not have anything I wanted in 1 lb containers, so I got 8 lbs of H-335, my favorite 223 powder (good for over 2,000 rounds). I can also use it in the 30-30 or 308. In addition, picked up 1,500 rounds of 22 Hp.

You guys are posting way too much to keep up with!

You we’re leaving NH and I was just getting there in fact I’m still there I’m at a KOA in Littleton was a last minute decision to go to Bike Week . My wife’s bike broke down she limped it home and we unloaded the bikes and loaded up the car she drove I rode . No ideal but we’re here . So after a four hour delay we headed out. All backroads took about 7 hours about 280 or so miles . My Goldwing averaged 51 mpg the car 27

Just got some bad news. My friend and local tree guy died yesterday. His bucket truck went over and he was killed on impact.

He was in his 50s, meticulous and careful. I'm in shock!

Sorry to hear this news .

 

[GrizG]

Still working on the ice storm damage... I moved most of this maple tree up the hill and out of the soft muddy area today. Also finished picking up the brush. The rounds still at the bottom of the hill will need to be noodled to move them. The easily accessible trees on this family member's property never seem to have problems! I anticipate having 1 1/4 to 1 1/2 cords from that one tree. After moving it to it's finial resting place, it turns out that the big oak I recently finished up yielded almost 3 cords! I'm seriously thinking about buying a log splitter tomorrow... the high fuel oil prices are driving one of my sons to supplement with a wood stove. Plus there are now two fireplaces to feed for nearly daily social fires. All of the sudden "good exercise" looks like it may kill me trying to keep up with all that!

 

[Lee192233]

Happy Father's Day to all you fathers. My wife got me some sweet tee shirts!