Scrounging Firewood (and other stuff)

[cantoo]

I do that too on the easier splitting stuff. If I ever get time I will add a pre splitting piece onto my 4 way so that it will split either way. I stepped the wings back but the split doesn't open quick enough and it's just too much surface area to split all at once. It will still split it but it has to work harder and it slows the process down a few seconds which just adds to cycle time.

 

[svk]

Well I have two more big aspen to split and I can call it good for a while.

There are lots of dead maple and birch around but don't need them at the moment. The maple can stand for a couple of years and I can get after the birch when things cool down.

 

[MustangMike]

I split some Black Birch and Silver Maple today, keep chipping away at it, we have about 8 cord split I stacked. It is mostly Oak, Hickory and Black Birch with some Beech, Sugar Maple and Silver Maple thrown in.

 

[farmer steve]

Dropped a few dead pines this past week and used little tractor to drag them out today.

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good job Chris. i used to drag small dead oak trees out with one of these.luckily it was all down hill. think Forest Gump.

 

[Marine5068]

Worked up a little more aspen tonight. 3 1/2 trees left to do, all big ones.

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I've got 5 large Aspens to down. I don't burn it much though so I may just sell it as bagged campfire wood.

 

[rarefish383]

Old Oak pasture fence. When they are done with the new fence they are going to stick a match to it. I got a pick up load. I usually plane it down and make display boards for trains. I have been thinking of planing a bunch for flooring in my cabin. The fence guy said if the entrance to the pasture hadn't been on a blind curve with a 50 MPH speed limit he would have put a free sign on it and it would be gone by the end of the day. He also said if I was interested he would call me when ever they got jobs replacing old Oak fencing. Oh, he said all the other people use it for firewood, Joe.

 

[Toy4xchris]

Just had this little one come walking up to me in my backyard. Was just about to fire up the saw

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[rarefish383]

Aw, cute, Joe.

 

[husqvarna257]

made stake sides for the sliverusto yesterday. Tried it out today with a load of pine and the 3/4 ton did just fine. Left it in tow haul so I wouldn't be on the brakes as hard.

 

[JustJeff]

Why is it that a chainsaw can make a man so happy but a weed eater can make him so mad?!!!

 

[Philbert]

Just bought an electric 'Leaf Eater' today (cross between a string trimmer and a chipper) at a garage sale for $10.

Looked at them for years, to reduce the volume of leaves and make them easier to bag (I don't have a bagging lawn mower).
Will let you know in November how it works.

Philbert

 

[husqvarna257]

We have a gypsy moth Caterpillar problem here in Mass that is almost Biblical. Poop all over the cars trees getting decimated and the side of the road looks like the town went down with a brush hog. Made a tail gate and rear window guard today to finish up. Got a good load of pine, pile is growing. Wish it was hardwood but the OWB won't care

 

[MustangMike]

We had an infestation up at me property (Catskills) several year ago that was scary! The wife & I left early (right after we arrived) cause you could not walk through the woods. You could hear them eating, and the decent on the web lines was endless.

When we got the car home, after 2.5 hours on Hwy, it still looked like something out of a Halloween Movie, completely covered in webs!

They seem to have a real fondness for Hard Maple, and the tops of most of my Hard Maples up there are dead.

 

[svk]

Busy day. Hauled wood this morning, got rid of some extra furniture, hauled a truck and trailer load of junk to the dump, ran saws a bit, and caught some fish with the boys tonight. Just waiting for the sauna to heat up and I'll be hitting the hay!

 

[husqvarna257]

We had an infestation up at me property (Catskills) several year ago that was scary! The wife & I left early (right after we arrived) cause you could not walk through the woods. You could hear them eating, and the decent on the web lines was endless.

When we got the car home, after 2.5 hours on Hwy, it still looked like something out of a Halloween Movie, completely covered in webs!

They seem to have a real fondness for Hard Maple, and the tops of most of my Hard Maples up there are dead.

I had them dropping on me as I built the stake side, kind of a horror movie. The webs as you say are crazy, can't even avoid them. My only saving Grace is that I am too deaf to hear them crunching up trees. I hope trees can survive this after last years hit. The firewood may be good next year but all the dead trees would be bad.

 

[coryj]

Replied to another Craigslist ad about cutting up a downed oak. Went yesterday and cut two loads before I started hitting metal in the tree (3x). This was a big yard tree and there was some wire sticking out so I called it a day not knowing what else was inside and unseen.

 

[Philbert]

Urban iron wood?

Philbert

 

[JustJeff]

I actually turned down a scrounge this weekend. I have a lot on my plate this week plus we decided to Thompson water seal the deck (which is 30'long). Worked like a dog around the house but I did get a new hose for my splitter and had to try it out for an hour and a half. Really need to process the wood I have before I go hauling more home. Too hot for wood this weekend anyways. Freaking 84 degrees in the house at 9 pm! Stay cool peeps!

 

[MechanicMatt]

No scrounging today, me and my pops went to the NASCAR race out in the Poconos. Fun time and quite a interesting crowd. Very exciting last 10 laps! We stopped on the way home and got steaks and beer, nice end to a fun day.

 

[svk]

No scrounging today, me and my pops went to the NASCAR race out in the Poconos. Fun time and quite a interesting crowd. Very exciting last 10 laps! We stopped on the way home and got steaks and beer, nice end to a fun day.

Sounds like a lot of fun!