AMEN to that.
Scrounging Firewood (and other stuff)
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MechanicMatt
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about towing weight on small hydrostatic mowers ,it is covered in the manual . What I have seen is that any low end hydro mower is around 250 lbs. I asked a cub cadet dealer if that was rolling or dead weight and he did not know exactly but said most likely rolling weight. With that I kept a belt drive manual shift mower around to pull a trailer and use the ball on the hydro mower for pulling it out when I get stuck.
MechanicMatt
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Now that the 338-06 has you playing with rifles again. I think it’s time to get the G A D fired up again!!!
Lord knows I have it BAD!!
Guys, Uncle Mustang and I are hitting my pals Farm tomorrow. I have 6 other family members that have taken a deer from there, but somehow they elude him. He’s seen them, but either out of range or no good backstop.
Give us a little prayer tonight that he connects tomorrow. We have a few bucks running around and a ton of doe
Come on, let the big buck walk out tomorrow!!!
Pic is one of the better days there, but there have been multiple three deer days there
MechanicMatt
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Third grade my dad decided I was old enough to become his splitter
It was outta necessity, he got deathly ill and everyone in the house stepped up in one way or another
We do that with these ,chicken of the woods
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Yeah, that part is definitely Chaga!
Lol, 1/2” in Cali during the Coof was over $50. weeks before…$9 at HD.
Somebody made shitloads of $ during that farce.
Well, we had an intense northern lights show earlier this evening that I missed due to cloud cover. By the time it cleared up here, the red had moved on. I did get a couple nice shots of the green on the horizon though.
MechanicMatt
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Fog is thick!!!
He just rolled into the Farm, hopefully he connects!!
On my drive to the farm, I seen tons of deer in fields
He just rolled into the Farm, hopefully he connects!!
On my drive to the farm, I seen tons of deer in fields
@MechanicMatt
Thick here too Matt. Good luck!! Get Uncle Mike a big one. I'm gonna try a new stand this morning.
Thick here too Matt. Good luck!! Get Uncle Mike a big one. I'm gonna try a new stand this morning.
WoodAbuser
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Looks like a load of crap to me.@MechanicMatt
Thick here too Matt. Good luck!! Get Uncle Mike a big one. I'm gonna try a new stand this morning.
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Only if you qualify for that statement. LOLSo I finally got around to reading more of the owner's manual that came with my Ferris FW15 walk behind mower. I noticed the third paragraph on page 6. Should I be offended?
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Yesterday afternoon I go back over to my woodpile to drop off my full gas can for my logsplitter. Hanging out at a 2 week old scrape is a doe a little bit smaller than the one I got here earlier yesterday morning. I was in my truck and she left soon after I got out. Then I go home to get my tractor to move a bin of firewood from the logging area back to my house. Lo and behold there is a 6 pointer sniffing and pawing at the new scrape. I have been peeing on it every other day. I think I am upsetting him a bit. He sees me on the tractor and could care less. I watched him for a few minutes and he left heading for my house. I wish the pictures were clearer. In the last photo he was standing still. All I could think of is why did you leave the shotgun at home. It was getting darker by the last photo. He was in no hurry to walk away with me there. I think that they love hearing my tractor run.
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They can destroy a lot of crops quickly. One year they hit my farmer friend's pumpkin patch taking a nibble out of each pumpkin. Another year they did in his green bean crop. That year I counted 3 bucks and 9 does out in one of his fields on Thanksgiving night. They were having a deer orgy.
As to the scrounging firewood I took a few pictures at the site my town here in CT has open Tue, half a day on Thurs, and Sat. I believe this is all brought in by the town and they do seem to have spread some of it out for easier access. Last time I went I was able to back up to more of a log stack and it was mostly downhill to the truck bed.
This one shows the roll off containers which some of it goes into, probably supply outpaces demand of town residents.
This is the last bit getting unloaded across the splitter.
I guess it is a good set up, minimizes the chainsaw noise in the neighborhoods at least to a good degree not everyone can work in the time frames available. A good portion of the users there split manually and load their trucks or trailers so knot stuff is more common than normal whole blow down. This time I hardly got any ash, last time was almost all. I think most of it was standing dead. My guess is they go around and gather up what the contractors for the overhead wires on poles leave, why work on the side of the road the town has a single axle container truck with log loader and brings the stuff here.
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This one shows the roll off containers which some of it goes into, probably supply outpaces demand of town residents.
This is the last bit getting unloaded across the splitter.
I guess it is a good set up, minimizes the chainsaw noise in the neighborhoods at least to a good degree not everyone can work in the time frames available. A good portion of the users there split manually and load their trucks or trailers so knot stuff is more common than normal whole blow down. This time I hardly got any ash, last time was almost all. I think most of it was standing dead. My guess is they go around and gather up what the contractors for the overhead wires on poles leave, why work on the side of the road the town has a single axle container truck with log loader and brings the stuff here.
a couple more in thumbnail but I reduced their size anyway
Jacque
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Most work gloves will work but insulated fireplace gloves are a staple for me. Awkward for detailed manipulation but excellent for most of what is needed for when working near the flame or hot coals - especially when loading ash bucket when hot coals get shoveled into the ash.
No deer, but I saw one. All alone, so it was likely a buck, but could not make it out so I didn't shoot.
Found out that range finders don't work in the fog, and that it is better to leave the scope on 3 (not turn it up to 9) in the fog!
I watched him slowly go across the field for about 5 minutes. Was hoping he would come a little closer, but he kept getting further away, and more into the fog!
At least I saw him! Thought I would see more, but the nearby dump starts making a terrible racket after 7, and the only stuff I saw after that was a cat (numerous times) and some squirrels.
Found out that range finders don't work in the fog, and that it is better to leave the scope on 3 (not turn it up to 9) in the fog!
I watched him slowly go across the field for about 5 minutes. Was hoping he would come a little closer, but he kept getting further away, and more into the fog!
At least I saw him! Thought I would see more, but the nearby dump starts making a terrible racket after 7, and the only stuff I saw after that was a cat (numerous times) and some squirrels.
