Scrounging Firewood (and other stuff)

[Squareground3691]

Stoking the fire this morning, -12 degrees and - 32 wind chill

 

[SS396driver]

Stoking the fire this morning, -12 degrees and - 32 wind chill View attachment 1054956

Great flooring

 

[Squareground3691]

Great flooring

Great flooring

Walnut

 

[sean donato]

My son and I got back from Oklahoma yesterday with this, it’s 12’ and I can‘t see a brand name.

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It uses this style mount.
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I found a picture of the mount I would have to build, the sockets with pins wouldn’t be difficult to make. The back side would need to be holes for the loader arm bushings.
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It only has one hose per cylinder, the previous pictures I found were two hoses per cylinder. I can understand how the two hoses per cylinder works, but not the one hose per cylinder. I want to use the same diverter valve that runs my grapple.
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One cylinder pushes it one way the other cylinder pushes it the other way. Just treat the 2 single acting cylinders like one double acting cylinder. That hitch looks like it would be great. We still had to line up holes and get pins in place. Major pain in the but.

 

[chipper1]

Buy one NOW! When it shows up, just say "Honey, you said I could buy one!".

Yeah, tell here it was on back order .

 

[Sawyer Rob]

If you mill hardwood (like I do with the saw) you had better have a kiln in which to dry it, or you will wait 2 years for it to dry. It would also be real nice to have indoor storage (which I do not). Selling built furniture is easier (few folks who like nice wood know what to do with it), but it is a lot of work to get it right. A few people want your boards, but no one wants to pay you for them.

I've owned a sawmill since 1998 and that hasn't been MY experience.

Most 5/4 lumber (most used thickness) will be down to ambient moisture content in less than a year, mostly depending on the time of year it's cut, and some will get down in just months. Then you can move it indoors, and in another month or so, it will go down to what ever the RH is in that space.

IF you kiln dried the lumber, it will still go up or down to the RH of whatever space it ends up in.

SR

 

[Backyard Lumberjack]

Anyone ever get clinkers when burning wood ? I would get them when I burned coal ,View attachment 1054718but wood ?View attachment 1054719

small from wood at times. freq in UK using coal. i learned the hardway, metal bucket (only) best when cleaning out nites before fire's ash.... lol

 

[Backyard Lumberjack]

One of several maple logs that I had put up for sale a couple months ago, in case a sawyer might be interested. No takers. I knew they had character. A shame when a 14" log gets split up for 12" firewood but that's how it goes.
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14" or 12" ... workx for me!

 

[Backyard Lumberjack]

Of course Cowboy is behind ... He is from down under!!!

But he gets Gold Stars in my book for recommending someone to check out my back so I could avoid surgery!

often it is just hit n miss for me. hate missing all the swell pix, though...



several threads here especially good for morning

 

[MustangMike]

MechanicMatt reports it was -18° F at the cabin this morning, but they stayed warm with the new insulation on the 2nd floor!

Good to know it worked! As previously reported, the stove had trouble keeping it warm when it was 10° F or less.

 

[Backyard Lumberjack]

Mechanic Matt just called me from up at the cabin (he will be up there coyote hunting for the WE with a few friends).

It is -7° F and he just got the stove lit and thanked me for insulating the upstairs (where we sleep). Says you can really feel the difference!

we have been enjoying the fire in LR fireplace past few evenings with all the icy cold down here. ice included. did not yesterday. should have temps dropped to 44f by time i turned in. even sitting on couch across from fireplace i could really feel the difference. a blanket is not quite the same...

 

[Backyard Lumberjack]

Gonna be bone chilling tomorrow

that is so crazy! i never heard of chill factors in those ranges forecast for up there! up to -60f! our tv weatherman was commenting and made the comment of the day...

" -60f can hurt you!"

 

[MustangMike]

I've owned a sawmill since 1998 and that hasn't been MY experience.

Most 5/4 lumber (most used thickness) will be down to ambient moisture content in less than a year, mostly depending on the time of year it's cut, and some will get down in just months. Then you can move it indoors, and in another month or so, it will go down to what ever the RH is in that space.

IF you kiln dried the lumber, it will still go up or down to the RH of whatever space it ends up in.

SR

I mostly mill Oak (Red or Chestnut) a little over 2" thick, so I'm sure my dry times are longer than yours.

For the rustic benches, tables and gun cabinets I build, that size works for me.

 

[Backyard Lumberjack]

That’s the problem, Mike , I already have a Kevin ported 371 that hasn’t been fueled either!

VP Racing Fuels has dropped the word fuel in name... hope the quality stays up...

 

[Backyard Lumberjack]

That’s a fine legendary Husqvarna, I have a ported one , and it’s a ripper

wonder how much he wants for it?

 

[Backyard Lumberjack]

Maybe he tried running it on a different saw?

i was thinking maybe he oil ported the bar~

 

[Sawyer Rob]

It was -13F at 6:30 this morning, I said the heck with it and went back to bed! It was -8F when I got up the next time and it's -2F now at 10:35 am. lol

SR

 

[Backyard Lumberjack]

High power center fire rifle cartridge is the cure for that disease!

 

[MustangMike]

The table, bench, shelves and gun cabinet were all made from my chainsaw milled Oak.

The post and beam are 6.5" X 6.5" Ash.

 

[Backyard Lumberjack]

It was -13F at 6:30 this morning, I said the heck with it and went back to bed! It was -8F when I got up the next time and it's -2F now at 10:35 am. lol

SR

45f here and very ! i have my flannel slips on. ah-h....