Scrounging Firewood (and other stuff)

[MustangMike]

Now how many people realize ... that the Creedmoor matches, and the original home of the NRA are in NY (Queens now, but it used to be Long Island)! The Creedmoor matches were the first time the US won the competition, and the first-time breech loading firearms won the competition. The events were previously dominated by Irish and Scottish with Muzzle Loading firearms. I believe we used rolling block and falling block firearms at the time.

Matches were 1,000 yards with open sights!

For a few years I worked in the house that used to be the original home of the NRA, but it has since been torn down. Creedmoor Psychiatric Center used to be Creedmoor Farm.

Hence the names of the Roads reflect the history ... Winchester Blvd, Union Turnpike, Range Rd, Saber Court, etc.

 

[Backyard Lumberjack]

Now how many people realize ... that the Creedmoor matches, and the original home of the NRA are in NY (Queens now, but it used to be Long Island)! The Creedmoor matches were the first time the US won the competition, and the first-time breech loading firearms won the competition. Matches were 1,000 yards with open sights!

For a few years I worked in the house that used to be the original home of the NRA, but it has since been torn down. Creedmoor Psychiatric Center used to be Creedmoor Farm.

Hence the names of the Roads reflect the history ... Winchester Blvd, Union Turnpike, Range Rd, Saber Court, etc.

 

[Backyard Lumberjack]

Are those Wasps?!?!

could be. if not, then hornets! trouble by any name!!

 

[Backyard Lumberjack]

Getrdun Rob.
Maybe I should bring some logs by to "help you get caught up" .
Beautiful day for working outside today.
I've got the door open on my buddies barn so I can work on the back of the trailer. Glad he got the temporary paint booth taken down, I just pushed the firebird forward a bit.
I've got the supports for the middle of the fenders fabed up, ready to start on the mounting for the dovetail.
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I have to fix my miscalculation on the frame mounts before fabing the connector between the main portion of the deck and the dovetail, it's off because I added the 1.25" of white oak onto the frame after I welded the mounts to the frame . It opened the gap between the two, I'll get it straightened away, its only time lol. Maybe I'll be pulling it home tomorrow afternoon as I probably won't finish this today.
Got any nice white oak 2x's for the tail .
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how did you make the straight cuts on angled brackets?

 

[Backyard Lumberjack]

We got one of these a few months ago. It’s great on flat, smooth ground, it’s not easy to move around at our mountain place. It’s doable if my wife is in the back pushing.

i plan on light duty use. what were u hauling? was it 4 cu ft or the 7?

 

[Backyard Lumberjack]

I think he meant he likes tractors more than he likes people.

lol

 

[Backyard Lumberjack]

Back about 40 years ago I was talking to a farmer friend and he said he had sold a bunch of large White Oak logs and the logger took one tractor trailer load and cut and run. Told me I could take all I wanted for firewood. I brought my old Hough Pay Loader over and loaded one dump truck load of 12' logs. As I was pulling out a local firewood guy pulled up and started freaking out. I knew him and was surprised how he was acting. Turned out, he bought all the firewood and payed the farmer up front. He told me to keep what I had, but please don't take anymore of his wood. Then he gave me the story on why the logger left all the White Oak logs. He had bought them for whiskey barrel staves. He got the first load to the mill and they said the market bellied up, and didn't even give him enough to cover fuel. The logs I took came to my armpit when I was standing next to them, beautiful veneer timber, cut up for firewood.

 

[Backyard Lumberjack]

Looks a lot steeper, but all those trees look the same from here lol.

that's kinda what i was thinking... all look like too much work to me!

 

[Backyard Lumberjack]

Did a scrounge trip to the state forest on the weekend. For the first time ever my wife joined in to help… Admittedly she had a hidden agenda.. to fly her drone and take pictures.

The young guy also joined in t. I ran the MS661 ported beast with the 36” bar fully buried (no hint of slowing it down) and the Dolmar PS7900.

Not sure if it’s the speed of the 661 or the fact that I had a long bar but I found the saw to be a bit unwieldy. Brand new Stihl RM chain was a bit bitty on the top of the bar jumping back even with wedges in the top of the log and early in the cut (so not pinching on the bar).

If anyone has experienced this and has advice it would be much appreciated.

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[mountainguyed67]

what were u hauling? was it 4 cu ft or the 7?

Hauling either firewood or 5 gallon diesel fuel containers for the loader. It’s the 7 cubic foot.

 

[Backyard Lumberjack]

The drill winch is pretty much useless for firewood, lol. Guess it does ok for small pieces and short distance. I have used it quite a bit doing tree work, works quite well for that , pulling trees overView attachment 1008976Thats pretty cool what the power company did. Your making good progress, looks good!

i the lumberjack themes on this thread! pix, wood, splitting, etc! but glad i don't have to scrounge per se. just yesterday, several storms have passed by thru and wood down all over! neighbor has a nice lil bundle of oak all cut up and on the curb. i stopped and loaded it up ~

add to my piles. good enuff for my needs! which vary from often to daily....

 

[Backyard Lumberjack]

Hauling either firewood or 5 gallon diesel fuel containers for the loader. It’s the 7 cubic foot.

oic. i like that 7! and the flip hitch. neat set up... stout lil wagon... loaded and heaped with firewood, i can see why it might go better in a push/pull format... but a small tractor/tug would be ideal. well, imo

 

[Backyard Lumberjack]

Starting to really come together. Should have plenty of tongue weight to keep the tail from wagging the dog.

i was wondering about that, too! ~

 

[mountainguyed67]

oic. i like that 7! and the flip hitch. neat set up... stout lil wagon... loaded and heaped with firewood, i can see why it might go better in a push/pull format... but a small tractor/tug would be ideal. well, imo
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I don’t like the folding dump mechanism, the rear drops down when dumping, putting the leading dump edge on the ground. I didn’t know it did that until it arrived. The reason I don’t like it is it doesn’t clean out completely when dumped, because it’s right on the ground. If the frame didn’t move and it dumped from above, it would clear. So when I want it clear, I have to lift it up in the back.

 

[Backyard Lumberjack]

Hope I didn’t miss anything in the last 7 pages.

Lots of running in the last two days. Did about 17 hours of driving around MN. Work, dental appointments, and visiting extended family.

My 2A collection improved as well. Acquired a few shotguns from my aunt that belonged to my late cousin and uncle. The gun from my cousin was given to him by my father in the 70’s for hunting pheasants on my grandpa’s farm so it’s a neat homecoming to add to my collection. And picked up a couple of pistols from a gun shop on the way home.

me, too. not sure where i am or what i may have missed. hope to just get close enuff... so i can post

'there, now caught back up!'

but i get the gist of it. chipper is still building his trailer, KK cutting up Alaska, domestic loggers hard at work, some hijacking , shooting and firearms...

i am just here for the pix!

 

[Backyard Lumberjack]

Happy Birthday GrizG and MustangM! I bet there is a fountain of wisdom and experience between the two of you at your age's. Not it that you two gents are old but compared to my Age. I have a ways to go, so once again. Happy Birthday!!!

run as fast as u can KK! - but rest assured... it catches up to you! to everyone... one way or another. time slots. just time slots! some start earlier, some start later... within are the time slots...

catches up to everyone eventually... then it's time out!

 

[WoodAbuser]

me, too. not sure where i am or what i may have missed. hope to just get close enuff... so i can post

'there, now caught back up!'

but i get the gist of it. chipper is still building his trailer, KK cutting up Alaska, domestic loggers hard at work, some hijacking , shooting and firearms...

i am just here for the pix!

Hear that boys and girls? More pix!

 

[Backyard Lumberjack]

Wow! Impressive to say the least I must say! Good on ya! I hope my cardio is that good at your age. But I doubt it will be, It's not even close to that good now! When I was younger. I gave up smoking and rode my Mt bike to our small rural post office and back home a couple times a week and Kayaked the route along the beach (about 12 miles round trip) there and back once a week. I was a hunting, hiking meat packing machine. As I was also jumping back and fourth between working the decks of crab boats on the Bering Sea in the winter and falling timber in the Summer. Of course I took Fall off for hunting reasons that need no explanation! Then I got back into off-road Moto Cross, bought a power boat, and picked up smoking again about 12 years ago. As my kayak and Mt bike collect dust. My cardio is going back down hill. Lets just say that a sheep hunt right now would kick my a** to say the least! I really gotta give up smoking again. My only saving grace is that my profession keeps me in decent shape. However, I would be in much better condition and have more energy if I would just give up these frick'n "death sticks!"

Cut safe, stay sharp, and be aware!

i like some of the wilderness shows on xFinity. one sorta paced slow, but i watched every episode, recording. The Trail.

KK, little doubt in my mind you could be a great Alaskan wilderness life-style star!

i would watch all your shows... they have one called Life Below Zero... maybe yours could be called:

Life Above The 57.79

 

[Backyard Lumberjack]

Hear that boys and girls? More pix!

yeah, suddenly it was too ez to catch up!!!

 

[Backyard Lumberjack]

Well I have the day off today. So Im going to blow out my primary felling saw with air, inspect plug, fuel filter, and air filter, and tune a few chains by removing gullets, bring down rakers and then a light touch on the grinder. I was going to post a pic of the strip of beautiful timber I was cutting the other day, but yesterday. My boss pulled me out of it and put me in a real s**t patch yesterday morning. A thick stand of whips, tall skinny snags, and 12" to 18" "Reprod!" (natural second growth reproduction) Oh its a real crap patch of thick limb locked timber to say the least. I had to cripple five, six, seven, sometimes more. One by one until they would finally all commit at once! Yeah it was a lot if fun! NOT!!
On top of it. He took over my gravy strip once he saw how good of cut'n I was in!!! Boss' for ya! Must have done something to piss him off!
So here's a couple pics of yesterday morning on the drive to work.

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swell pix

morning rush hour here nothing like that!! lol