Scrounging Firewood (and other stuff)

[Backyard Lumberjack]

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.

axes in the dinning room! i mite have to try that, next load of firewood i bring in!

 

[Backyard Lumberjack]

.17HMR FTW.
I'd actually like to get a nice thermal setup for one of the ARs, certainly opens up some interesting options.

i'd like one, too... then i could go hog hunting....

 

[Backyard Lumberjack]

You'll have to excuse the dog hair my pardner is shedding.
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that Supersize me docuvid says it all! i never had a bag of MD french fries i din't regret eating 45 mins later...

but pretty sure my pups would not turn noses up on that patty...

 

[Backyard Lumberjack]

You mean this .
Should I stop burning this black locust you think .
Down to 10 here now, they say it's dropping to 7 tonight. Supposed to get up to 25 tomorrow. Hope to drop 6 cherry tomorrow, had hoped to do it Tuesday, but the guy never responded when I called, but I got the call to go ahead tomorrow .
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just got a new regulator for my propane tank up at the ranch. the tech tested with a monometer-like device. tweaked up the inches of water one or two. now blue flame at stove crisper!

 

[Backyard Lumberjack]

Darn global warming

much of Texas had up to 1/2" sheet of ice past few days. the arctic circle had dropped in for a visit! ~

 

[Backyard Lumberjack]

Exactly!!

i won't hardly even eat KFC anymore. the taco bender co sure runined that fast food!...
despite certain current ads and promos

 

[Backyard Lumberjack]

That's where all the stories come from, you know the one's our dads told us about walking to school .

-100f + nearly twice what they been saying from down here....

hard on HH when ya go out on the patio for a few sips...

 

[Backyard Lumberjack]

I had to walk to the bus stop. We lived on a road that backed up to big farms. Our lots were 2 to 5 acres, so I probably walked, maybe a 1/4 mile. For my kids, the bus parked on my court, so my kids had to walk from the front door to the bus. Maybe 150 feet. They had the longest walk of any kid in the neighborhood. All the mom's drove the kids to our court and jammed my drive way up so I couldn't leave till they all left. Some of the kids had it real rough, their mom's had Suburban's and they had to walk 4 feet farther than the mom's in Tahoe's.

these days the Mom's have to... someone mite snatch their kid...

 

[SS396driver]

Been burning oak and black locust last night into today . The locust is for the real cold weather.

 

[Backyard Lumberjack]

Power just went out . Super strong winds here at the moment . Don’t really want to start the generator

just happened here! ! but a blip, all dark, good-bye logon... etc. wait, wait... wait... then updates...wait.

 

[Backyard Lumberjack]

Some wood related stuff from our day.

We went through a bunch of cedar, and cut all the low grade stuff to 53" long for cants.
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Like that.....
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We cut that stack in about 4 hours.
4.25" x anything from 1" to 12"

They will be sold to a local mill that makes the 1/4" t&g closet liner material they sell at Home Depot, Lowes, etc.
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huh! imagine that, i always wondered where they got the cedar liners....

i milled up some cedar yesterday, too! my yard is like a pine kindling killing field from recent storms passing... yesterday's campfire was slow to come around. cold flames! so i amped it up with some cedar kindling. best kindling, imo. makes a nice hot heat center and the pine kindling goes off like a match! i jury rigged me a temp kindling block and made some yesterday.


mill action at the ol chopping block...


and soon the campfire what hot and hopping!

 

[bob kern]

Patiently waiting her turn at bat!

 

[Backyard Lumberjack]

What do you guys feel is more profitable? Selling lumber or firewood?

...getting free checks in the mail and, of course... cowmoney!

but sometimes they don't bring in as much as others. not sure if it is the current price per hundred wgt... or just their size

 

[Backyard Lumberjack]

Been burning oak and black locust last night into today . The locust is for the real cold weather. View attachment 1054993View attachment 1054994

i just pix of firewood!

 

[bob kern]

Got some action finally
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[Backyard Lumberjack]

Profit? what's that?

Last year when lumber prices were all Brandon-ized, we sold a lot of lumber for a decent price.
In theory lumber should be more profitable, but it depends on what people want in your area.

i'll prob get a free BC vacation, but couldn't resist... since seems to me... a wooden headed dummy is in line with and other stuff for a wood thread!

 

[Backyard Lumberjack]

Not in the business, but I would guess there's a more limited market for lumber than firewood. If you can save mill logs from the firewood pile and do both, that's great.

prob what wcc thinks, too... would be my guess!

 

[Backyard Lumberjack]

I never saved money reloading because I shot a lot. It’s been 49 years since I started reloading metallic and maybe 10-12 since I started shot shells. My sons were worn out before the ammo ran out… figure a good 1,500 lbs of birdshot went down range from 410, 28, and 20 gauge shotguns. Got to be 100,000+ rounds of metallic… mostly handgun.

my Dad did not reload to save $. he did it for the ballistics!! and when i say Magnum loads, i mean Magnum loads...!

watched The Gunfighter flic last nite. a young G Peck, never misses, cerca 1950! a catch theme... shty ending... though

 

[Backyard Lumberjack]

Ok, let me rephrase. What would you do with the timber you remove on tree removal job if the costumer dosent want it. Im talking merchantable saw logs lumber grade. Also, when land scaping and tree service is slow, and you have access to both saw logs and firewood logs. What do you feel is most profitable? I guess it all probably depends on what part of the country a guys in?

hey kid!, u tracking the inbound trek of your new skidder? location?

 

[Sawdust Man]

i'll prob get a free BC vacation, but couldn't resist... since seems to me... a wooden headed dummy is in line with and other stuff for a wood thread!
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LOL. It was most definitely worth the risk of going to BC for a spell.