Scrounging Firewood (and other stuff)

[LondonNeil]

thanks panolo. I might message and ask for better photo.

yes I have thought of timeserts, although since its already been helicoiled I'm not sure if there is enough material to timecert it now

 

[Haywire]

Those heated handles sure would be nice this time of year.

They sure are!

 

[rarefish383]

London, couldn’t really see inside where the damage would be. Good luck!

U&A, the we’re laying on the ground for 2years in log form before I brought them over to my place. And yeah I’m sure you’re correct, they’d probably still be ok...... but I’m nuts. Really am, I have a ocd for it...... I even have different safes for shotguns and rifles..... just coo-coo

my BIL used to just flip them onto his grain elevator and make a giant mountain, used to drive me INSANE

I made a round pile one time for giggles and he was like “what’s the point, Waiste of time”

then other things, I’m like ehhh..... oh well....

You're a rookie at Wood OCD. I measure every piece to exactly 18", don't mix any species. Stack every thing in half cord, measured, 64 CF racks. Guns? One safe for pre WWI Savage 1899's. One for post WWI 99's, one for post WWII 99's, and one for post 1 million. They are like the pre and post 64 Winchesters.

 

[MechanicMatt]

You're a rookie at Wood OCD. I measure every piece to exactly 18", don't mix any species. Stack every thing in half cord, measured, 64 CF racks. Guns? One safe for pre WWI Savage 1899's. One for post WWI 99's, one for post WWII 99's, and one for post 1 million. They are like the pre and post 64 Winchesters.

I was going to separate by species but then my BIL and Nephew both convinced me I was crazy. But sadly, I could see separation in the future.... 18in rounds, ehhh I’m not that nuts yet. And if I get a few more rifles I’ll either have to split them up by action or brand. Maybe a Ruger safe a Winchester safe or go levers here, bolts there and semi’s over there. Right now it’s just shotguns, rifles and then “deer rifles” separately

 

[dancan]

Well , there was rain in the forecast for this afternoon so ,,,,

I wanted to get a few more dead standers close to the road

Found a few fir and

Black Spruce and ready to burn
All drug out and then it just started to spit so I got it loaded fast .

I figured best not to chance getting stuck on wet packed snow with the duallie and not be able to make it up one of the hills .

 

[MechanicMatt]

I found the pictures. I had to go searching the AS archives, but here’s the pictures of the round piles I made. The first was ehhh, the second (bigger one) came out better in the end. Wife and family all thought I was nuts then too. Can’t believe how long ago it was!

 

[MechanicMatt]

I had climbed on the roof of my old house to take these pictures

 

[U&A]

London, couldn’t really see inside where the damage would be. Good luck!

U&A, the we’re laying on the ground for 2years in log form before I brought them over to my place. And yeah I’m sure you’re correct, they’d probably still be ok...... but I’m nuts. Really am, I have a ocd for it...... I even have different safes for shotguns and rifles..... just coo-coo

my BIL used to just flip them onto his grain elevator and make a giant mountain, used to drive me INSANE

I made a round pile one time for giggles and he was like “what’s the point, Waiste of time”

then other things, I’m like ehhh..... oh well....

Nice piles,

But dude

You pile of rounds should look like this!


Sent while firmly grasping my redline lubed RAM [emoji231]

 

[Haywire]

You're a rookie at Wood OCD. I measure every piece to exactly 18", don't mix any species. Stack every thing in half cord, measured, 64 CF racks. Guns? One safe for pre WWI Savage 1899's. One for post WWI 99's, one for post WWII 99's, and one for post 1 million. They are like the pre and post 64 Winchesters.

Haha..I've got a couple rifles leaning in the corner, and I just eyeball all my wood cuts!

 

[MechanicMatt]

U&A that’s the side I plan on splitting by hand no hydro, so I’m thinking the dryer the better. Or..... wait for a freezing morning again and go get at it. But yeah, years past I used to try and make pretty piles. Now if I can get them on pallets I’m happy

 

[U&A]

I was going to separate by species but then my BIL and Nephew both convinced me I was crazy. But sadly, I could see separation in the future.... 18in rounds, ehhh I’m not that nuts yet. And if I get a few more rifles I’ll either have to split them up by action or brand. Maybe a Ruger safe a Winchester safe or go levers here, bolts there and semi’s over there. Right now it’s just shotguns, rifles and then “deer rifles” separately

you guys are absolutely insane.

just stop it you.

all my guns are mixed up. You should see my sock drawer, you’d loose your mind

 

[MustangMike]

My friend Harold and I were up at the cabin. Harold is a Carpenter, and has some OCD. I was going to cut up some large Ash rounds. Harold says "wait, I want to measure and mark them, I want them to all stack equal". I said how long do you want them … he responds 18". I take the chainsaw and cut six rounds. The wise guy grabs a tape measure and goes out there and checks them, looks up and me and curses!!!! They were all within 1/4" of 18"!!! Don't ask me to do that again!

 

[Haywire]

My friend Harold and I were up at the cabin. Harold is a Carpenter, and has some OCD. I was going to cut up some large Ash rounds. Harold says "wait, I want to measure and mark them, I want them to all stack equal". I said how long do you want them … he responds 18". I take the chainsaw and cut six rounds. The wise guy grabs a tape measure and goes out there and checks them, looks up and me and curses!!!! They were all within 1/4" of 18"!!! Don't ask me to do that again!

Sometimes it's better to be lucky than good!

 

[MustangMike]

I went to my Daughter's house today with the splitter and ported Asian 660 to noodle and split some large Sugar Maple rounds. Unfortunately, many of them were spaulded.

That 660 is a beast! I had it ported by someone, and when it came back it ran good, but I was not blown away … so I went into it myself (based on info from some other porters) and it is now a beast!

This was one of the two loads we did today. Her house is the Stone one in the background, the large Sugar Maple rounds are across the street, down an incline. Had to noodle them in quarters to move them to the splitter. My Daughter and oldest Grandson helped me out.

R U Happy Cowboy … 3 pics!!!

 

[svk]

I'm diggin' my new 550

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That’s a hell of a pile. Do be careful taking it apart!

 

[svk]

Beautiful stone house! Lots of character.

(Just giving you crap now) but we gotta know the name of that builder so we can put up a post trashing him. . Oops wrong site.

 

[svk]

Got the rest of the Norway pine hauled in, noodled, split, and stacked. I ended up needing to haul the 8500 up the hill because the 16” bar on the 130 didn’t cut through the bottom of the last few pieces.

That stump piece was pretty heavy!


A good way to haul a saw on a snowmobile. The early-mid 80’s sleds with big running boards were the best for this.


Only took me 21 minutes to go from rounds to finished splits. The 8500 is a noodling BEAST with a 20” bar.

 

[hamish]

A good way to haul a saw on a snowmobile. The early-mid 80’s sleds with big running boards were the best for this.
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Only took me 21 minutes to go from rounds to finished splits. The 8500 is a noodling BEAST with a 20” bar.
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Till it grabs a tree and busts your ankle, then ya hobble about in the bush having a colourful conversation with the trees.

 

[svk]

Till it grabs a tree and busts your ankle, then ya hobble about in the bush having a colourful conversation with the trees.

I would never drive a sled in thick woods with a saw like that!

 

[MechanicMatt]

Sometimes I’m amazed I’m alive let alone able to walk with some of the dumb stuff I’ve done on quads, dirt bikes and sleds. Never is a LONG time Steve